• Front cover of brown leather with gold tooling, the arms of George II and the date, 1757., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

ends 'Say we so alle . pur charyte'. The latter half of the poem is devoted to conduct when at church and in company. There is no indication of authorship. On the fly-leaf (f. 33), in two 15th-century cursive hands,

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

. pur charyte'. The latter half of the poem is devoted to conduct when at church and in company. There is no indication of authorship. On the fly-leaf (f. 33), in two 15th-century cursive hands, are a charm against bleeding

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

. pur charyte'. The latter half of the poem is devoted to conduct when at church and in company. There is no indication of authorship. On the fly-leaf (f. 33), in two 15th-century cursive hands, are a charm against bleeding

• 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

• 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

• Detail of a miniature of Godfrey of Bouillon praying in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, with a foliate initial 'L'(a)., Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum, in French, with continuation to 1231

Godfrey of Bouillon praying in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, with a foliate initial 'L'(a). Contains the 'Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum' in the French translation of William of Tyre, with continuation to 1231, preceded by a list

• Miniature of the marriage of Amaury with Maria Comnena, with an inscription 'MARIA' on the wall of a church, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'U'(ne chose)., Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum, in French, with continuation to 1231

with an inscription 'MARIA' on the wall of a church, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'U'(ne chose). Contains the 'Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum' in the French translation of William of Tyre, with continuation to 1231,

• Detail of inhabited initial 'A'., Leaf from de Chauliac's 'Surgery' (index Chirurgia magna), Book VI, in English translation (originally ff. 107-107v in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12, from which it was removed by John Bagford)

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus)., Gregorian sacramentary

red. Highlights in red between ff. 63-67. Gregorian sacramentary The Benedictine abbey of St. Columba, Sens (see Orchard 2002).The cathedral church of St. Cyr, Nevers: late 10th-century and early 11th-century additions to companion volume Harley 2991 conform the sacramentary to

• Historiated initial 'A', with foliate borders., Leaf from de Chauliac's 'Surgery' (index Chirurgia magna), Book VI, in English translation (originally ff. 107-107v in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12, from which it was removed by John Bagford)

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Architectural frontispiece with an historiated initial, a portrait of Josephus, and the coat of arms and mottos of Aragon., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

'card(enale)', half erased (f.[ii]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273). Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp (almost entirely effaced): 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (f. 1)John Wright,

• Detail of the arms of Aragon and the mottos: BIEN ELIR (with the tassel of pearls) and POR BIEN FINIR (with bundle of maces)., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

'card(enale)', half erased (f.[ii]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273). Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp (almost entirely effaced): 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (f. 1)John Wright,

• Detail of faceted initial 'H'(ebreos) with a putto reading from a book., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

'card(enale)', half erased (f.[ii]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273). Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp (almost entirely effaced): 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (f. 1)John Wright,

• Detail of faceted initial 'M'(oyse) with putti clambering to the top of the letter, which is decorated with the arms of Aragon., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

'card(enale)', half erased (f.[ii]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273). Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp (almost entirely effaced): 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (f. 1)John Wright,

• Detail of faceted initial 'Q'(uibus) with carnations and moto: 'SUST[I]NIRE'., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

'card(enale)', half erased (f.[ii]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273). Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp (almost entirely effaced): 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (f. 1)John Wright,

• Detail of faceted initial 'D'(e) with a pair of dolphins, and, in the border, a lioness seizing a ram and the arms and mottos of Aragon: BIEN ELIR and SUST[I]NIRE., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

'card(enale)', half erased (f.[ii]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273). Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp (almost entirely effaced): 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (f. 1)John Wright,

• Decorated initial, 'Ce sunt les rentes de lesglise S. Norrice de Reins' (register of tithes, rents, and other dues of the church of St Nourrice, otherwise St Balsamia, Nurse of St Remigius, at Reims)

10). 'Ce sunt les rentes de lesglise S. Norrice de Reins' (register of tithes, rents, and other dues of the church of St Nourrice, otherwise St Balsamia, Nurse of St Remigius, at Reims) Bought by the British Museum from Tross

• Decorated line and initial 'E'., Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70)

and Harlfinger 1981.The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid at Ripon: owned in the 17th century; its inscription 'Liber Ecclesiae Collegiatae de Ripon' (ff. 1, 304v; see Wright 1972).Thomas Mangey (b. 1683/4, d. 1755), Church of England clergyman

• Puzzle initial 'U' with pen-flourishing extending into the margin at the beginning of the Statutes of Exeter Cathedral., Statutes of Exeter cathedral, from William [Warelwast, 1110 ?] to Thomas Brantingham, issued in 1387

The cathedral church of Exeter (see Wright 1972).Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian: MS. 146 in his library inventory, now Harley 7644 (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of