• Coloured drawings of the way to Jerusalem from England: here, the Danube River in Hungary., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Hungary Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• null, Travels (index Itinerarium)

£10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawings depicting the wonders of Constantinople: Greek philosophers working in the highest hills of Macedonia, and tournaments at the palace of the Emperor in Constantinople., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Constantinople Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawing depicting the dragon-daughter of King Ypocras, and the knights who tried to break the spell enchanting her., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Dragon Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Text page., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Text Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawings depicting the costume of the Chaldeans and the origin of the Amazons., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Amazons Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawing depicting the pygmies of Dondun Island, who eat through a straw. Spaces reserved for illustration have been left blank throughout the manuscript., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Pygmies Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text; ownership inscription in the lower margin., The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (extended version to 1419)

his name (f. 150).Added marginal annotations throughout, 16th-17th century. Inscribed 16th or 17th century, 'Com fflint' (f. 91v).Inscribed, 16th-17th century, 'John' (f. 1*v).Erased and partly erased inscriptions, ?17th century (ff. 17, 51v, 80v, 90v, 140).Added Latin verse signed ‘Johannes’, and

• Detail of a coloured drawing depicting the dragon-daughter of King Ypocras, and the knights who tried to break the spell enchanting her., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Dragon Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawing depicting the Palace of the Great Chan., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Palace Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Illuminated initial 'H'(enry) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the statutes of the reign of Henry IV, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 31 Henry VI

Illuminated initial 'H'(enry) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the statutes of the reign of Henry IV Ff. 283-288v contain added texts, headed 'Declaracio R ducis Ebor. et alior(um)' and beginning 'Where that Edmunde late duc of

• Decorated iInitial 'I(n) at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and in the lower margin, a circular diagram of the Golden Chain of Macrobius, labelled in the centre ‘Aurea cathena macrobii’, with intersecting semi-circles marked ‘Ignis’, ‘calidus’, ‘aer’, ‘humidus’, etc., Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• Diagram of the harmony of the planets, marked with names of Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, and the Moon, with the page number '380' in Twysden's handwriting., Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• Initial 'T' with a bird in a reading from the Gospel of John for the 6th Sunday after Easter., Gospel lectionary

a reading from the Gospel of John for the 6th Sunday after Easter. Ecphonetic notation in red. Decorated foliate heapieces in red, often with a yellow wash, one extending into the margin (f. 1), one with an animal head (f.

• Diagram of The Tower of Wisdom, with micro-architectural decoration, and on the right, a coloured initial at the beginning of the Explanation of the Tower of Wisdom., Theological miscellany, including provebial Latin poetry, and William of Waddington's Le Manuel des Pechiez (f. 81r-v); the 'Speculum theologie'

miscellany, including provebial Latin poetry, and William of Waddington's Le Manuel des Pechiez (f. 81r-v); the 'Speculum theologie' Compiled by John Segbruck, monk of the Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert, Durham (see Friedman 1995 p. 245).? Thomas Howard (b.

• null, Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• null, Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed by him (f. 2) and with his pagination and his (?) notes (f. 1v).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him at the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• null, Dialogues, with alphabetical index

verso) and price ‘25 Gs' (f. 134). ? Price '3: 3: 0' inscribed in ink, f. 133v, lower left corner).? John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806), antiquary and topographer (inscribed in pencil ‘Gregory the 1st Dialogues, Compleat, Wrote about/ Anno

• Ownership inscription that this manuscript is for the use of the friars of the Franciscan convent at Southampton: 'Ad usum fratrum minorum in Suythamptona'; with the decorated initial 'A'., Collection of Franciscan texts, including the life of Francis

minister Thomas to Roger at Wynde and Isabella, and is dated 1467 (ff. 1v-2); the second is from Thomas to John Baly and Katherine, and dated 145-. (ff. 76v-77).The Franciscan convent at Southampton: inscription 'Ad usum fratrum minore In Suythamptona'

• Historiated(?) initial excised, and full foliate border with heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of the Statutes of Henry VI., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 1 Richard III, with a table of contents

Historiated(?) initial excised, and full foliate border with heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of the Statutes of Henry VI. 6 large historiated (?) initials excised, accompanied by full foliate borders with heraldic arms in the