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of 12th/13th century (e.g., f. 125v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 139 ', (f. 1) and included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f.26).Presented to the British
ink as far as 'lx' (f. 125). Large puzzle initial in red and blue, with purple and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red with purple pen-flourishing, and in blue with red pen-flourishing. Initials in red. Paraphs in red.
Inhabited puzzle initial including a reading figure. 1 large inhabited puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, including a reading figure (f. 5). 1 smaller initial in red, with reserved designs, with pen-flourishing in red
in red and brown or blue (ff. 1, 5, 5v, 76, 142, 161v, 270). Small initials in plain red. Miscellany, including a history of Susanna, 58 Aesopic fables (ff. 171-187), a liber 'de doctrina cordis' (ff. 5-141v); Alan of Lille's
Illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with interlace decoration, at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke. Full-page canon tables in gold and red, within frames of gold and/or silver and colours (ff. 1-6v). Very large initials in colours and gold with
at the beginning of the Hours of the Cross. f. 1 is an added printed leaf of a title page for a book of hours, Paris 1600, signed by 'Iamet Mettayer Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roy'. 24 small miniatures, in colours
the beginning of the Passion of Christ according to John. f. 1 is an added printed leaf of a title page for a book of hours, Paris 1600, signed by 'Iamet Mettayer Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roy'. 24 small miniatures, in
borders, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin. f. 1 is an added printed leaf of a title page for a book of hours, Paris 1600, signed by 'Iamet Mettayer Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roy'. 24 small
with a hybrid creature and foliage. f. 1 is a small parchment fragment of a charter or deed in English.The first leaf of this manuscript is bound in Harley 5958, f. 87. 1 large initial in red with red penwork
dolphins, sphinxes, masks, trophies and heraldic decoration, in colours and gold, at the beginning of texts or books (ff. 1, 17, 26v-27 [miniature f. 26v, accompanying border f. 27], 37, 47v, 59, 73v, 88, 101v, 115, 131v, 148v, 164, 178,
Historiated initial 'P' with king Philip II of Spain. 1 miniature at the beginning missing (piece of red protective silk after f. 1).1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 60). Large decorated initials in gold on coloured
Interlace initial 'I'. ff. 1, 74 are parchment flyleaves.Ruled in hardpoint. 1 large interlace initial in brown (f. 4). Initials in red (now oxidised), brown, or red and brown, some with foliate motifs and simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red.
book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘13 die Augusti, 1724’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime
Last Judgement (ff. 102-109v). The Dominican convent of St-Jacques, Paris: inscribed in the late 13th century with 'Sancti jachobi' (f. 1, Humfrey Wandley added 'Par.'). Faded or erased ?13th-century inscriptions (ff. 39v, 40v, 61v, 65v and 108). Nathaniel Noel (fl.
from this manuscript (f. 63) by Huygens 1967, pp. 502-03.Musical notation: neumes. 1 large foliate initial in brown (f. 16v). 2 initials in red with penwork decoration (ff. 1, 33). Initials in brown, occasionally with some penwork decoration in brown
the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew. 1 large foliate and interlace initial, in colours and gold (f. 3). Large initials alternating red, blue, or pale brown, usually with simple decoration in one of the other colours. Small initials alternating
c. (?), written in a cipher, which O'Conor 1819 states to be that of the Tally Court of the Exchequer. 1 large foliate initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, at the beginning of the Statutes (f. 24). Smaler initials
Latin list of contents in his hand? (f. 1); his binding: his sale 4 March 1733 (the 16th part), lot 718.John Nickolls (b. 1710/11, d. 1745), antiquary (inscribed ‘Jn Nickolls’ (f. 1, upper right hand corner). Charles Burney (b. 1757,
duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham; inscribed with the press-mark ' Pres 3 No. 29' (f. 1) corresponding to his catalogue; see O’Conor 1818-1819.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold
beginning of some texts. 29 large initials in red with red or brown penwork decoration, some without penwork decoration (ff. 1, 6, 8, 47, 53v, 62, 69, 75, 80, 107 (2x), 116v, 125v, 129, 131v, 134, 136v [in black], 140v,