• Text page with a table concerning the three persons of the Trinity. The table reads: Ex Patre Potente Uno Auctore Operante Per Filium Sapientem Patri equalem Natum Disponentem In Spiritu Benigno Concordi Communi Conservante, Five book of Sentences (index Sententiae)

of tituli precedes each book. 1 large initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs marked in red. Rubrics in red. Five book of Sentences (index Sententiae) The cathedral priory

• Decorated initial 'S'(eynt) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Apocalypse (in Wycliffe translation), with commentary

in 1753 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. Decorated initial England

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) enclosing a flower, with foliate feathering extending into the margin, at the beginning of the text., Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 1-31v); De vita christiana ad sororem suam (ff. 32-46v); Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 47-72v)

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. Decorated initial Caesarius of Arles (index Caesarius Arelatensis);

• The arms as cardinal of Cardinal Pietro Riario (b. 1445, d. 1474), a later addition to the manuscript., Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• Text page with pen-flourished initial and catchword., Sermons (f. 2); Statutes of the Church of Hereford (f. 258v)

reign of Louis IX of France. There are nearly a hundred of his sermons in this manuscript, mostly for special occasions, with those at the end on the sacraments and commandments.A further 14th-century copy of the sermons of Gilbert of

• Puzzle initial 'F'(rater) at the beginning of the Prologue., Bible, without the Psalms

Bible, without the Psalms John, vicar of Elmham, 13th century: inscription recording the gift of this manuscript to Norwich Franciscans, for the use of Herveo de Berewick (f. 2*v). 'Herveo de Berewick', friar of the Franciscan convent at Norwich, 13th

• Pen-flourished initial 'C'(um), 'B'(ritannia), and 'E'(neas), at the beginning of the Historia regum Britanniae, with the name of 'Lumley' in the lower margin., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

the 1609 catalogue of his collection; passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a cross., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

the 1609 catalogue of his collection; passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a cross., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

Detail of a marginal drawing of a cross. Contents: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae (ff. 1-37v);Historia Britonum (ff. 38-45); Visio Thurkilli, attributed to Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of Coggeshall, Essex (1208-1218), a description of a vision seen in 1206

• Text page with a marginal drawing of two mitres., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

the 1609 catalogue of his collection; passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix

• Detail of a marginal drawing of two mitres., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

Detail of a marginal drawing of two mitres. Contents: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae (ff. 1-37v);Historia Britonum (ff. 38-45); Visio Thurkilli, attributed to Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of Coggeshall, Essex (1208-1218), a description of a vision seen in 1206

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

the 1609 catalogue of his collection; passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

Detail of a marginal drawing of a church. Contents: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae (ff. 1-37v);Historia Britonum (ff. 38-45); Visio Thurkilli, attributed to Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of Coggeshall, Essex (1208-1218), a description of a vision seen in 1206

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a crown, above an inscription reading 'Etheldredus'., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

the 1609 catalogue of his collection; passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a crown, above an inscription reading 'Etheldredus'., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

Detail of a marginal drawing of a crown, above an inscription reading 'Etheldredus'. Contents: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae (ff. 1-37v);Historia Britonum (ff. 38-45); Visio Thurkilli, attributed to Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of Coggeshall, Essex (1208-1218), a description of