• Drawing of Adam and of sacrifices., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

Old and New Testaments), imperfect Made for Pedro Fort, a merchant of Barcelona in 1455, who presented it to a church, probably Barcelona: inscribed 'Scriptus fuit liber iste per petrum fort mercatorem In Civitate barchenone anno a nativitate dominj Millesimo

• Drawings, including of king Saul, the priest Eli, who falls dead after being told that his two sons had been killed and the ark of God taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:17-18); and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

Old and New Testaments), imperfect Made for Pedro Fort, a merchant of Barcelona in 1455, who presented it to a church, probably Barcelona: inscribed 'Scriptus fuit liber iste per petrum fort mercatorem In Civitate barchenone anno a nativitate dominj Millesimo

• Detail of a miniature of Dante and Virgil entering the area devoted to simoniacs and magicians, while Dante speaks to the upside-down figure of Pope Nicholas III, with a figure of the True Church in the centre, as a lady dressed in blue with a gold star on her breast, and a seven-headed monster before her (presumably the false church), in illustration of Canto XIX., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

III, with a figure of the True Church in the centre, as a lady dressed in blue with a gold star on her breast, and a seven-headed monster before her (presumably the false church), in illustration of Canto XIX. Pope-Hennessy

• Detail of a miniature of monks singing a requiem, with the celebrant wearing spectacles, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Church mass Master of the Salisbury Breviary St Stephen Master of the Bedford Hours Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of a metrical version of the Psalms in Middle English., The Psalms in English verse (the Surtees Society version), with parallel Latin, and Latin prayers

English verse (the Surtees Society version), with parallel Latin, and Latin prayers The Augustinian priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire: 14th-century ? inscription 'Liber monasterii de Kirkham' (f. 2v).15th-century ? inscriptions 'Johes Vicaricui Hutton' and Thomas leue'

• Detail of historiated initial., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of

• Detail of a miniature of the Trinity., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of

• Detail of historiated initial., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of

• Detail of historiated initial., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of

• Detail of historiated initial., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of

• Detail of illuminated initials., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of

• Decorated initial 'V'(irginis) with penwork decoration containing a human head., Processional

red with brown penwork decoration. Large and small initials in plain red or blue. Processional Petrus Lauzelli, priest of the church of St. Michael-des-lions, Limoges: 'Incipit processionalis ordinatus secundum usum et consuetudinem ecclesie sancti michaelis lemovicis' (f. 11), and a

• Illuminated initial with interlace., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Illuminated initial., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Miniature of the Crucifixion., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Miniature in two registers, of the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Illuminated initial with interlace., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Illuminated initial., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Illuminated initial 'H'(istoria) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296) Written in 1457 by Julianus de Viterbo for Guidone Gonzaga (d. 1483): colophon, 'Scripsit Julianus de viterbio

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'H'(istoria) with interlace motifs and a smaller initial with penwork decoration., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296) Written in 1457 by Julianus de Viterbo for Guidone Gonzaga (d. 1483): colophon, 'Scripsit Julianus de viterbio