• null, Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

Voyages of Marco Polo in a revised version attributed to Thibault de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for Charles's of Valois projected crusade and Jean de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for the projected crusade of Philip VI of France

• Decorated initial 'A'(s) with pen-flourishing., Poems, imperfect

1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial John Multon

• Detail of added marginal annotation (in the hand of Humfrey Wanley?)., Poems, imperfect

1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Added marginal annotation John

• Decorated initial 'A' with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Henry VI's statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), for Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV, to 18 Henry VI (imperfect)

of each statute and its number are labeled in the margin. Gothic script is used for incipits, excipits, and headings. Contemporary foliation. Catchwords at the end of each gathering. Middle of f. 228, watermark of a cross on top

• Detail of the miniature of the Martyrdom of Blaise., Cuttings from a Missal of Clement VII

first publication of the catalogue of his collection in 1869 and the second edition of 1876 (see Robinson 1876). Purchased by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum in 1895.Transferred to the Department of Manuscripts of the

• Montage composed of a miniature of the Assumption of the Virgin above the inscription 'Assumpta Est Maria' (centre); a three-sided historiated border of the arms of Clement VII, the Medici devices of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper' and a yoke with motto 'Suave', two prophets in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (left); and a single historiated border of the Medici device of the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other striking the banner but with no effect, two prophets in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (right)., Cuttings from a Missal of Clement VII

first publication of the catalogue of his collection in 1869 and the second edition of 1876 (see Robinson 1876). Purchased by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum in 1895.Transferred to the Department of Manuscripts of the

• Montage composed of a miniature of the Martyrdom of Blaise surmounted by two Medici devices of a yoke with motto 'Suave' (centre); a three-sided historiated border of the arms of Clement VII, the Medici devices of a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper' and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other striking the banner but with no effect, and two sibyls in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (left); and a single historiated border of the Medici 'Candor Illesus' device, two prophets in medallions and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic grotesques (right)., Cuttings from a Missal of Clement VII

Montage composed of a miniature of the Martyrdom of Blaise surmounted by two Medici devices of a yoke with motto 'Suave' (centre); a three-sided historiated border of the arms of Clement VII, the Medici devices of a diamond ring with

• Detail of a miniature of arms supported by a red dragon and a white greyhound., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270)

Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270) Thomas Thwaytes (d. 1503), chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV, and treasurer of Calais until 1490, arrested for treason in 1494,

• Detail of a miniature of the siege of Acre., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270)

Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270) Thomas Thwaytes (d. 1503), chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV, and treasurer of Calais until 1490, arrested for treason in 1494,

• Miniature of the siege of Acre, with a partial border including the royal arms of England, the Beaufort's badge of a portcullis, used by Henry VII, a scroll inscribed with a motto 'Dieu et mon droit', and red and white roses., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270)

Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270) Thomas Thwaytes (d. 1503), chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV, and treasurer of Calais until 1490, arrested for treason in 1494,

• Miniature of Hugues de Puisac with the king in a palace, and outside, plotting, while behind, traitors are hanged, with a partial border including the royal arms of England supported by a red dragon and a white greyhound, and the Beaufort's badges of a portcullis, used by Henry VII., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270)

Denis (from Louis le Gros to the death of Saint Louis, 1270) Thomas Thwaytes (d. 1503), chancellor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under Edward IV, and treasurer of Calais until 1490, arrested for treason in 1494,

• Historiated and foliate full border with three medallions of half-length figures of God the Father, a saint writing and a prophet holding a scroll inscribed: 'ecce virgo conc(ipiet) et pa(riet filium)', with a historiated initial 'V'(ultum) of the Annunciation with display script for the textual opening with letters in a four-colour sequence, and a foliate initial 'E'(uctavit)., Leaves from a Missal of Cardinal Domenico della Rovere

recto as verso. The verso of f. b contains text from the end of the rubric for the Blessing of the Palms from the Mass for Passion Sunday and is followed by the beginning of the Mass for Palm Sunday