• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' with image of King Arthur setting infants adrift in a boat., Joseph d'Arimathie (ff. 1-18), Le Livre de Merlin (ff. 18v-74), Suite de Merlin (ff. 74-226), ('the Huth Manuscript')

from Amiens, France: his inscription on f. 1 (see Delcourt 2009).Jacques Joseph Guillaume Pierre, Comte de Corbière (1766-1853), academic and bibliophile, French minister of the interior: his notes and inscription on f. 1. Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne, Paris publisher and bookseller, acquired

• Initial words decorated with pen-flourishing in brown ink, at a ~Hoshanah~ (poetical prayer) for ~Hoshanah Rabbah~ (the seventh day of Sukkot; for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 1857)., Prayer book with Haggadah (ff. 71-88) and ~Pirqei Avot~ (ff. 88v-115), Ashkenazi rite

159v).Illegible censor's signature (f. 1). Extensive amount of erasures (e.g., ff. 11, 24, 31v, 35v, 40, 41, 57, 57v, 82v).Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: inscribed with his name, 'M. Gaster 582' (f. 1) and 'M. Gaster'

• null, Gospels, with prologues (ff. 2-6v, 58r-v, 79v-80, 115v-116), mass readings (ff. 6v-17v), capitula lists (ff. 17v-19, 58v-59v, 80-81v, 116-117), and canon tables (ff. 19v-23v, incomplete)

1 full-page miniature (unfinished drawing) (f. 26***v). Full-page canon tables, some painted, some inhabited (ff. 19v-26). 1 large foliate initial, in red ink. Small initials in plain red. Marginal sketches (ff. 51, 58v). Each Gospel is preceded by at least

• null, Gospels, with prologues (ff. 2-6v, 58r-v, 79v-80, 115v-116), mass readings (ff. 6v-17v), capitula lists (ff. 17v-19, 58v-59v, 80-81v, 116-117), and canon tables (ff. 19v-23v, incomplete)

1 full-page miniature (unfinished drawing) (f. 26***v). Full-page canon tables, some painted, some inhabited (ff. 19v-26). 1 large foliate initial, in red ink. Small initials in plain red. Marginal sketches (ff. 51, 58v). Each Gospel is preceded by at least

• null, Gospels, with prologues (ff. 2-6v, 58r-v, 79v-80, 115v-116), mass readings (ff. 6v-17v), capitula lists (ff. 17v-19, 58v-59v, 80-81v, 116-117), and canon tables (ff. 19v-23v, incomplete)

1 full-page miniature (unfinished drawing) (f. 26***v). Full-page canon tables, some painted, some inhabited (ff. 19v-26). 1 large foliate initial, in red ink. Small initials in plain red. Marginal sketches (ff. 51, 58v). Each Gospel is preceded by at least

• Detail of puzzle initial., Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium

Detail of puzzle initial. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red and decorated extension (f. 1). Small initials in red with blue or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in

• Puzzle initial 'H'(enricus)., Various legal texts, including Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae)

'H'(enricus). f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf inscribed with chronological notes concerning English kings.ff. 2-9 is a Table of Contents.ff. 10-12 is inscribed with the Statutum de Consuetudinibus Kancie (in French).f. 13: is a list:Taxatio civitatis London[ensis] persingulas custodias sive

• Decorated initials and foliate border, in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '1 Martij, 1720/21.' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during

• Decorated initials and foliate border, in the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '1 Martij, 1720/21.' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during

• Miniature of Death, decorated initial 'V'(erba) and foliate borders, at the beginning of Matins in the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '1 Martij, 1720/21.' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during

• Text page of manumissions in Latin., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

Breton Gospel books (see Cohen and Teviotdale 2002). The punctuation is unusual, and is similar to that found in Royal 1 A xviii: 2 dots and a comma (see McGurk and Szerwiniak 1996). Anglo-Saxon neums have been added at the

• Illuminated headpiece decorated in foliate patterns on a gold ground enclosing the title, and an illuminated initial 'B'(iblos) at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., The four Gospels, adapted for liturgical use (index New Testament, Bible)

the title, and an illuminated initial 'B'(iblos) at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew. 5 headpieces, 1 in brown and blue (f. 1), and 4 decorated with foliate patterns in gold and colours, together with large initials in gold

• Puzzle initial 'L'(egitur) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Innocent IV's Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium., Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium

at the beginning of Innocent IV's Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red and decorated extension (f. 1). Small initials in red with blue or purple pen-flourishing or in

• Decorated initial-word panel accompanied by a foliate scroll constituting a medallion with another golden lion in it, at the beginning of the Guide of the Perplexed., The Guide of the Perplexed (~Moreh Nevukhim~)

66, 67, 84, 101, 111, 115, 132, 179, 188, 192). Incomplete at the end. 1 full-page decorated initial-word panel, in colours and gold (f. 1v). 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms (f. 156v). 2 heraldic golden lion in

• Heraldic symbol of a golden lion in a decorated panel, at the beginning of the Guide of the Perplexed., The Guide of the Perplexed (~Moreh Nevukhim~)

66, 67, 84, 101, 111, 115, 132, 179, 188, 192). Incomplete at the end. 1 full-page decorated initial-word panel, in colours and gold (f. 1v). 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms (f. 156v). 2 heraldic golden lion in

• Ownership inscription of Simon, abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St. Mary and St. Benedict, Ramsey, 'Liber domini Simon. abbatis Rameseye', with a table of contents., De consensu evangelistarum, De musica

note (f. 12v) and bifolium signatures perhaps in the same hand. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold with full border, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red

• Miniature of David and Goliath, and historiated initial 'B'(eneurez) of David playing the harp, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Bible (Genesis-Psalms), imperfect, ending in Psalm 109

of David playing the harp, at the beginning of Psalm 1. One of three manuscripts of the 'Bible du XIIIe siècle', or French translation of the Bible not a compilation with sections of Guyart des Moulins' Bible historiale. (see Sneddon

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing a harp, and the Annunciation to the Virgin below, with Gabriel holding a scroll inscribed 'Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum', at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

the beginning of Psalm 1. The missing miniature appears to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominela) of the martyrdom of Catherine, with a full bar border with foliage, dragons, a grotesque, and a dog chasing a hare, at Matins., Book of Hours (the 'Harley Hours'), Use of Sarum, ending imperfectly

Georgij Burche de uly in Com: Glouc: Theologie 1607'.Parts 1 and 2Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed 'Humfredus Wanley (f. 1). The manuscript must have been incorporated in the Harley

• Prefatory full-page miniature in colours and gold of the Adoration of the Magi., Book of Hours (the 'Harley Hours'), Use of Sarum, ending imperfectly

Georgij Burche de uly in Com: Glouc: Theologie 1607'.Parts 1 and 2Humfrey Wanley (b. 1672, d. 1726), librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: inscribed 'Humfredus Wanley (f. 1). The manuscript must have been incorporated in the Harley