• Initial with penwork decoration 'P'(retor)., Speculum monachorum

17th centuries: his name occurs in an English prayer on a stub (between ff. 70-71).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Marginal sketch of the city of Jerusalem., Speculum monachorum

17th centuries: his name occurs in an English prayer on a stub (between ff. 70-71).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Decorated initial 'R'(ex) with pen-flourishing., Baarlam et Josaphat, imperfect

Coloured initials in red or blue. Capitals marked with red. Baarlam et Josaphat, imperfect John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Title in display capitals and decorated initial 'P'., Psalter, including Odes (ff. 245-265v) and the fragment of a Euchologion (ff. 266-282)

red. Psalter, including Odes (ff. 245-265v) and the fragment of a Euchologion (ff. 266-282) Conyers Middleton (b. 1683, d. 1750), Church of England clergyman and author, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1706, head librarian of the University Library at

• Decorated initials 'O[mega]' and line separating the books; title in display capitals., Odyssey

and dated Rome, 10 August 1479 (f. 259).Made for Bartholomaios Chryspianos (f. 259).Conyers Middleton of Cambridge (b. 1683, d. 1750), Church of England clergyman and author: bought from him by Edward Harley on 20 February 1725 (see Wright and Wright

• Initial 'A' with foliate penwork decoration including birds., Catena on the Psalms and Odes

his inscription (f. 665).Stolnic Constantine Cantacuzenos (d. 1716): made for him, his ownership note(f. 13).Edmund Chishull (b. 1671, d. 1733), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: probably received by him in Bucharest in 1702; Latin translation of Psalm 1 preceded

• Miniature of monks singing a requiem, with the celebrant wearing spectacles, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi) and full foliate borders, 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)

• Coloured initials at the beginning of Psalm 55; text in Greek, Latin and Arabic., Trilingual Psalter

made from the Greek by Abu l-Fath Abd Allah b. al-Fadl b. Abd Allah al-Mutran al-Antakie, deacon of the Melkite church of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red

• Miniature of the Deposition and foliate borders, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of the Collegiate Church of Sint Hermeskerk, Ronse

blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in red. Book of Hours, Use of the Collegiate Church of Sint Hermeskerk, Ronse The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Miniature of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, initial 'M'(oicti), and full border, at the beginning of Book 2., Débat de félicité

the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, initial 'M'(oicti), and full border, at the beginning of Book 2. Single leaf which doesn't belong to this manuscript taken out in 1947 and

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 5., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 5. In two volumes,

• Decorated initial 'D'(isciplina), at the beginning of Book 1 of Isidore's Etymologiae., Etymologiae

IV, later extended to Henry VII, in humanistic cursive script (f. 224v).Francis Blomefield (b. 1705, d. 1752), topographical historian and Church of England clergyman: presumably acquired before 1727, while he was a student at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge: inscribed

• Historiated initial 'A'(d) at the beginning of the hymn based on a psalm verse for the first Sunday in Advent, with a kneeling layman looking up to the radiant face of God, and a direction to the artist or note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin., 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

• Illuminated border and historiated initial at the beginning of the mass on Christmas day. In the left column, the reading for Christmas eve from the Gospel of Luke is highlighted by the long golden letter I(n), and at the end of the right column, the hymn verses for the introit of mass on Christmas day begin with an historiated initial 'P'(uer) of the Nativity, with the Virgin lying on a red blanket, receiving the infant Christ from the midwife, while Joseph and the animals look on, and a direction to the artist or note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initail 'D'(ominus) of Andrew's crucifixion, at the vigil of the feast of Andrew., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'S'(uscepimus) of a bishop blessing the throats of the faithful who are queuing up, holding candles, at the beginning of the feast of Blaise, with a note 'purificaciou(n'), possibly an instruction to the illuminator and a direction to the artist or a note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated partial border and historiated initial 'R'(orate) of the Annunciation to the Virgin, with the Archangel Gabriel bearing a scroll with the words "Ave Maria" beside the Virgin who is in front of an open book, at the feast of the Annunciation,with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator, in the lower margin: 'i ymage of oure ladey'., 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

• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'D'(e) of John the Baptist in the wilderness, wearing a camel skin garment carrying a book to which is tied a small figure of a lamb, at the beginning of the offertory of feast of the birth of John the Baptist on 24 June. In the lower margin, a note, or possibly an instruction to the artist: 'sent Jon ye baptyst'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'N'(unc) with Peter and Paul holding their symbols of keys and a sword, respectively, at the beginning of the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. In the lower margin, the note "Peter and Paule," is possibly a later identifying note or an instruction to the artist., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'L'(audeamus) of the crowned Virgin surrounded by cherubim at the feast of the Assumption, with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator or later note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin: 'assumsion'., 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