• Illuminated initial 'S'(cientia) with animal heads and full extenders., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Illuminated initial 'S'(cientia) with animal heads and full extenders. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in

• Detail of illuminated initial 'S'(cientia) with animal heads., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Detail of illuminated initial 'S'(cientia) with animal heads. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours

• Illuminated initials with animal heads., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Illuminated initials with animal heads. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and

• Illuminated initial., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Illuminated initial. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold with foliate

• Illuminated initial with animal head and wings., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Illuminated initial with animal head and wings. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and

• Diagrams., Miscellaneous scientific treatises

Diagrams. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold, and partial bar borders with zoomorphic elements (ff. 129, 133v). 1 partial bar border incorporating a large hybrid (f. 3). Large initials in colours and silver and gold with foliate decoration,

• Coloured initials 'Th'(is), 'I'(n), 'O'(mnipotens)., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

and some since written in the Saxon and laytine tonge'.Copy of a cirograph dated to the 10th year of King John (ff. 28v-29v).f. 81 should precede f. 83.Horizontal catchwords. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red or

• Coloured initials 'T'(his) and 'C'(unctorum)., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

and some since written in the Saxon and laytine tonge'.Copy of a cirograph dated to the 10th year of King John (ff. 28v-29v).f. 81 should precede f. 83.Horizontal catchwords. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red or

• Text page with blank spaces left for initials., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

and some since written in the Saxon and laytine tonge'.Copy of a cirograph dated to the 10th year of King John (ff. 28v-29v).f. 81 should precede f. 83.Horizontal catchwords. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red or

• Coloured initials, including 'H'(ec) at the beginning of the cirograph., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

and some since written in the Saxon and laytine tonge'.Copy of a cirograph dated to the 10th year of King John (ff. 28v-29v).f. 81 should precede f. 83.Horizontal catchwords. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red or

• Coloured initials 'T'(his) and 'I'(n)., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

and some since written in the Saxon and laytine tonge'.Copy of a cirograph dated to the 10th year of King John (ff. 28v-29v).f. 81 should precede f. 83.Horizontal catchwords. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red or

• Coloured initial 'I'(n)., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

and some since written in the Saxon and laytine tonge'.Copy of a cirograph dated to the 10th year of King John (ff. 28v-29v).f. 81 should precede f. 83.Horizontal catchwords. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red or

• Diagrams of eclipses, with the earth in the centre and the sun in the outer orbit. In the upper diagram, labelled 'Eclipse of the moon', the earth casts its shadow on the moon, while in the diagram below, labelled 'Eclipse of the sun', the moon casts its shadow on the earth., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera), in a mathematical and scientific miscellany

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Eclipses Johannes de Sacro Bosco (index Johannes de Sacrobosco, Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, John de Sacrobosco) England

• Miniature of the Crucifixion with John the Evangelist and the Virgin Mary., Prayers for saints' vigils with a calendar

the Crucifixion with John the Evangelist and the Virgin Mary. Horizontal catchwords.Miniature curtains, likely of silk, once protected the full-page minitures. These are no longer extant, but the holes and thread, by means of which these were attached, are still

• Miniature of one of the seven angels showing John the holy city of Jerusalem descending from heaven., Apocalypse with prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée (ff. 1-43), Prophétie de la sibylle Tiburtine (ff. 43-47v)

the seven angels showing John the holy city of Jerusalem descending from heaven. Extensive use of gold leaf. The manuscript is in excellent condition, but has been trimmed. The left side of the miniature of f. 43v has been cut

• Miniature of an angel showing John the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God., Apocalypse with prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée (ff. 1-43), Prophétie de la sibylle Tiburtine (ff. 43-47v)

an angel showing John the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God. Extensive use of gold leaf. The manuscript is in excellent condition, but has been trimmed. The left side of the

• Headpiece in colours and gold, with a large initial 'M' in colours and gold., Psalms and Odes, imperfect at the end

Headpiece in colours and gold, with a large initial 'M' in colours and gold. Added miniature on a separate leaf, dating to the 2nd half of the twelfth century (f. 67).Musical notation (ff. 244v-247).f. 278 is a parchment flyleaf

• Initial 'L'(ocutus) with floral penwork decoration and pen-flourishing including the head of a grotesque at the beginning of Augustine's 'De disciplina christiana'., Theological miscellany

Initial 'L'(ocutus) with floral penwork decoration and pen-flourishing including the head of a grotesque at the beginning of Augustine's 'De disciplina christiana'. f. 50 is blank.f. 96 is a parchment flyleaf.A composite manuscript. Large decorated initials in blue or

• Initials with pen-word decoration and figures of division marked by dotted lines and a line-divider., Collection of sermons and theological treatises, imperfect, including the polyphonic conductus 'Veri floris sub figura' (f. 63) and contemporary additions relating to medicine (ff. 66, 84, 119-119v)

including the polyphonic conductus 'Veri floris sub figura' (f. 63) and contemporary additions relating to medicine (ff. 66, 84, 119-119v) John Nettleton, the elder (d. 1553) and the younger (d. c. 1597), of Hutton Cranswick, East Yorkshire: owned by him

• Champ initial 'L'(icet) combined with a three-sided bar border ending in foliate featherings., Historia destructionis Troiae (index Historia troiana; History of the Trojan war; De casu troiae; De bello troiano)

Troiae (index Historia troiana; History of the Trojan war; De casu troiae; De bello troiano) Erased inscription (f. 1*v). Inscribed 'John Th[hom?]s', 16th century (f. 181).Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert