• Decorated initial 'A', at the beginning of the Tract against clerks., Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly)

Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly) Unidentified owner, 18th century: note attributing the tract to John Wycliffe (f. 1v). Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller: catalogue 1836, no. 1359; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d. 1872), baronet, collector of books and

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing a harp and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Psalms., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

to the nation for £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. David London England, S. (London?)

• Illuminated initial 'K'(yrie) and marginal drawing of a fox and an ape, at the beginning of the litany., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

the nation for £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. Marginal drawing London England, S. (London?)

• Detail of historiated initial 'B'(eatus)with David harping at the beginning of the Psalms., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

to the nation for £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. David London England, S. (London?)

• Initial with foliate designs, initials with penwork flourishing, and full border., Breviary, Use of Sarum, including a Psalter with a litany (ff. 181-243v)

the nation for £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. Illuminated initials London England, S. (London?)

• A diagram of Old Testament genealogy, including Noah, with diagrams of the world and Noah's ark., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

presumably his death in 1553.King George III (b. 1738, d. 1820).Given to the British Museum by King George IV in 1823 as part of the library of King George III. Old Testament genealogy London England, S. E. (London or Westminster)

• A diagram of the genealogy of the kings of England, including Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry VII., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

in 1553.King George III (b. 1738, d. 1820).Given to the British Museum by King George IV in 1823 as part of the library of King George III. Genealogy of the kings of England London England, S. E. (London or Westminster)

• Illuminated initial 'D' in colours and gold with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves, ivy, and foliate feathering extending into the margins to form a partial border, including a male figure., Confessio amantis, imperfect

£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. Illuminated initial John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Illuminated initial., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book) from Edward III to Richard II

Statuta Angliae, Statute book) from Edward III to Richard II Inscription, 15th century, partly erased (f. 225v). C. Meyer, book-seller, London, late 18th century: a pink label inscribed 'Bound & Sold by C. Meyer. Bookseller & Binder to the Queen

• Decorated initial 'T'(obias)., Books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth, and Proverbs with the glossa ordinaria

as supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (f. 1*).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 16, bought for Edward Harley through Thomas Bacon.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Decorated initial 'I'(n)., Books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth, and Proverbs with the glossa ordinaria

as supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (f. 1*).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 16, bought for Edward Harley through Thomas Bacon.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

II being delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip the Bold, duke of

• Miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy. On

• Miniature of Richard II being delivered to the citizens of London., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

delivered to the citizens of London. Illustrated by the Virgil Master (fl. in Paris, c. 1309-1420).Jean Creton (fl. 1386–1420), historian and poet. This work was commissioned between November 1401 and March 1402 by Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy. On

• Pen-flourished initials 'F'(rater) and 'H'(enrici)., Cartulary made for Walter Lynton (index Walter de Lynton), master of the hospital of the Virgin Mary and Lazarus, Burton Lazars, Leicestershire

its cartulary, made for Lynton in 1402 (f. 5) (see Davis no. 491; cf no. 90).The hospital of St-Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn, London, a subordinate hospital of Burton Lazars, Leicestershire (see Wright 1972).Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681, d. 1725), book collector: binding with

• Detail of a coloured drawing with knights jousting, including Tristan, designated by an inscribed 'Ti'., Roman de Tristan in prose (index Tristram) (imperfect)

two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside the upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 237, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. The Harley Collection, formed by

• Large miniature of Tarquinus and Lucrecia at the beginning of book 6. Full border copied from f. 88v, with acanthus leaves, flowers, fruits and gold leaves on unpainted ground, inhabited by a man climbing on a vine and a hybrid wrestling a bear. Decorated initial 'U'(nde) in gold and blue, and an original 15th-century initial 'D'(ux) which was cut-out from the original folio and pasted onto the present folio., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), replacement folio

1487): his arms (in vol. 1: Harley 4372, f. 12).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake

• Miniature of the author, Jean Creton, and the French knight who requests him to go to England., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

oath (f. 41v), Richard captured (f. 44), Richard and Bolingbroke at Flint (f. 50), Richard delivered to the citizens of London (f. 53v), Parliament recognizes Bolingbroke as king (f. 57). 1 large initial in colours and gold 'A'(u) with foliate

• Miniature of Richard II knighting Henry of Monmouth in Ireland., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

oath (f. 41v), Richard captured (f. 44), Richard and Bolingbroke at Flint (f. 50), Richard delivered to the citizens of London (f. 53v), Parliament recognizes Bolingbroke as king (f. 57). 1 large initial in colours and gold 'A'(u) with foliate

• Miniature of MacMorogh, the Irish chieftian, coming to confer with the Earl of Gloucester., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

oath (f. 41v), Richard captured (f. 44), Richard and Bolingbroke at Flint (f. 50), Richard delivered to the citizens of London (f. 53v), Parliament recognizes Bolingbroke as king (f. 57). 1 large initial in colours and gold 'A'(u) with foliate