• Miniature of the coronation of Henry I., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Henry I Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Detail of a miniature of the coronation procession of Richard I., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Richard I Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Miniature of the coronation procession of Richard I., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Richard I Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Detail of a miniature of Edward I returning from Gascony., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Edward I returning from Gascony Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Miniature of Edward I returning from Gascony., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Edward I returning from Gascony Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• 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

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6516.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

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

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6516.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

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

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6516.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of a landscape, a river scene with walled towns, and ships representing England., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. View of England Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Detail of a miniature of a view of England, with a walled tower, and ships., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. View of England Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Text page., Anciennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre, volume 1

in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 13.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Master of the London Wavrin Jean de Wavrin Bruges Netherlands, S. (Bruges)

• Detail of decorated initials, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V., Copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V

68) and a double flageolet (f. 101) (see Augustus Hughes-Hughes, ~Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum~, 3 vols (London: British Museum, 1906-1965), III, pp. 361-62). Large initials and display script in yellow, green, and red, with interlace, foliate,

• Detail of initial 'M'(arcus) with interlace and bird's head decoration, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V., Copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V

68) and a double flageolet (f. 101) (see Augustus Hughes-Hughes, ~Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum~, 3 vols (London: British Museum, 1906-1965), III, pp. 361-62). Large initials and display script in yellow, green, and red, with interlace, foliate,

• Detail of initial with bird's head decoration, a copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V., Copy of a page from Cotton Otho C.V

68) and a double flageolet (f. 101) (see Augustus Hughes-Hughes, ~Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum~, 3 vols (London: British Museum, 1906-1965), III, pp. 361-62). Large initials and display script in yellow, green, and red, with interlace, foliate,

• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 11-90), preceded by a chapter list (ff. 4-10v)

G. Watson, ~Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts c. 700-1600 in the Department of Manuscripts, The British Library~, 2 vols (London: British Library, 1979), I, 166; cf. Vienna, ÖNB, Cod. 618, signed by Marerio in 1440).Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d.

• Miniature of a map., Liber insularum archipelagi

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Miniatures of maps, including of the islands of Podia., Liber insularum archipelagi

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Detail of a miniature of a map of the island of Andros, from section 28., Liber insularum archipelagi

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves combined with a three-sided border at the beginning of the prologue., Polychronicon to c. 1400 (imperfect)

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. Decorated initial Ranulf Higden (index Ranulph Higden) England, ?S. E. (London)

• Miniature of a knight in armour, with a full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic, with heraldic arms in the lower margin., De Secundo Bello Punico

gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside upper cover).Henry