• Decorated initials., Theological miscellany

Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.29’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Ink drawings of a head and in the lower margin, a woman with crossed arms, in Thierry of Chartres's Commentary on Cicero's De inventione., Commentary on Cicero's De inventione (index Rhetorica), ending imperfect

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'N'(ulle), at the beginning of the Nova statuta., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from Edward III to Henry VI, ending in the year 1451

manuscripts and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. Illuminated initial London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(ome) of Edward III, at the beginning of his Statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from Edward III to Henry VI, ending in the year 1451

and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. King Edward III London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'R'(ichard) of Richard II, at the beginning of his Statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from Edward III to Henry VI, ending in the year 1451

and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. King Richard II London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H'(enry) of Henry IV, at the beginning of his Statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from Edward III to Henry VI, ending in the year 1451

and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. King Henry IV London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) of Henry VI, at the beginning of his Statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from Edward III to Henry VI, ending in the year 1451

and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. King Henry VI London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'N'(ostre) of Henry V, at the beginning of his Statutes., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from Edward III to Henry VI, ending in the year 1451

and newspaper proprietor: with his book-plate inscribed '£ble.e.e [i.e. £190.0.0] / [bought from] Maggs / March 1924 (inside upper cover). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. King Henry V London England, S. E. (London)

• Text page., Epistula de reliquiis S. Pantaleonis, fragment

Royal Society, London: its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 2); its book-plate (f. [ii] verso), with the pencil inscription: 'XIII.2.8'.Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with

• Decorated initial 'N'[ature] at the beginning of Periegesis., Periegesis (f. 2v); Collectanea rerum mirabilium (f. 12); De excidio Troiae historia (f. 57); Prophetia Sybillae (f. 67)

by Gilbertus Autissioderensis (Gilbert the Universal, Bishop of London, 1128-1134), as stated in the colophon on f. 101v.The manuscript has much in common with London, British Library Royal 15 A.xxii and London, British Library Cotton Vespasian D.xxi ff.1-17, one of

• Decorated initial 'C'[um] at the beginning of Solinus' Collectanea., Periegesis (f. 2v); Collectanea rerum mirabilium (f. 12); De excidio Troiae historia (f. 57); Prophetia Sybillae (f. 67)

by Gilbertus Autissioderensis (Gilbert the Universal, Bishop of London, 1128-1134), as stated in the colophon on f. 101v.The manuscript has much in common with London, British Library Royal 15 A.xxii and London, British Library Cotton Vespasian D.xxi ff.1-17, one of

• Text page from 'Collectanea rerum mirabilium' with initials., Periegesis (f. 2v); Collectanea rerum mirabilium (f. 12); De excidio Troiae historia (f. 57); Prophetia Sybillae (f. 67)

by Gilbertus Autissioderensis (Gilbert the Universal, Bishop of London, 1128-1134), as stated in the colophon on f. 101v.The manuscript has much in common with London, British Library Royal 15 A.xxii and London, British Library Cotton Vespasian D.xxi ff.1-17, one of

• Puzzle initial 'A' with decoration., Periegesis (f. 2v); Collectanea rerum mirabilium (f. 12); De excidio Troiae historia (f. 57); Prophetia Sybillae (f. 67)

by Gilbertus Autissioderensis (Gilbert the Universal, Bishop of London, 1128-1134), as stated in the colophon on f. 101v.The manuscript has much in common with London, British Library Royal 15 A.xxii and London, British Library Cotton Vespasian D.xxi ff.1-17, one of

• Decorated initials 'C'(ornelius) and 'P'(eleus) with foliate decoration from the beginning of 'De excidio Troiae historia'., Periegesis (f. 2v); Collectanea rerum mirabilium (f. 12); De excidio Troiae historia (f. 57); Prophetia Sybillae (f. 67)

by Gilbertus Autissioderensis (Gilbert the Universal, Bishop of London, 1128-1134), as stated in the colophon on f. 101v.The manuscript has much in common with London, British Library Royal 15 A.xxii and London, British Library Cotton Vespasian D.xxi ff.1-17, one of

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uo) with outline drawing of a dragon and foliate decoration., Lamentations of Jeremiah, with commentary

by Gilbertus Autissioderensis (Gilbert the Universal, Bishop of London, 1128-1134), as stated in the colophon on f. 101v.The manuscript has much in common with London, British Library Royal 15 A.xxii and London, British Library Cotton Vespasian D.xxi ff.1-17, one of

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uo) with outline drawing of a griffon and foliate decoration., Lamentations of Jeremiah, with commentary

by Gilbertus Autissioderensis (Gilbert the Universal, Bishop of London, 1128-1134), as stated in the colophon on f. 101v.The manuscript has much in common with London, British Library Royal 15 A.xxii and London, British Library Cotton Vespasian D.xxi ff.1-17, one of

• Historiated initial 'O'(rem) with outline drawing of a mermaid and foliate decoration., Lamentations of Jeremiah, with commentary

by Gilbertus Autissioderensis (Gilbert the Universal, Bishop of London, 1128-1134), as stated in the colophon on f. 101v.The manuscript has much in common with London, British Library Royal 15 A.xxii and London, British Library Cotton Vespasian D.xxi ff.1-17, one of

• Large initial 'R'(edare) with foliate decoration., Lamentations of Jeremiah, with commentary

by Gilbertus Autissioderensis (Gilbert the Universal, Bishop of London, 1128-1134), as stated in the colophon on f. 101v.The manuscript has much in common with London, British Library Royal 15 A.xxii and London, British Library Cotton Vespasian D.xxi ff.1-17, one of

• Miniature portrait of Henry VIII wearing an emblazoned coat., Collection of arms and mottoes of Companies and Corporations of London

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. Henry VIII London England, S. (London ?)

• Puzzle initial 'H'(ere) and full border., Lectionary, in the earlier Wycliffite version

earlier Wycliffite version Roger Lyne, chantry priest of St Swithin's, London Stone, City of London: inscribed 'thys booke was of Roger lyne chantre prest of / saynt swythyns at london stone' f. 1).Francis Wilstropp of Yorkshire, living in 1564: inscribed