• Diagram of the seven vices represented as devils: Superbia (Pride), Invidia (Envy), Ira (Wrath), Accidia (Sloth), Avaricia (Covetousness), Gula (Gluttony), and Luxuria (Self-indulgence), each subdivided, and countered by virtues, illustrating Peraldus's Liber de vitiis., Theological miscellany, including the Summa de vitiis (see Notes for contents)

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. Vices Peraldus England

• Drawing of a cross with the symbols of the Passion., Prayers, including to the Trinity

Drawing of a cross with the symbols of the Passion. The volume is a composite theological miscellany of manuscripts of different origin, and also includes:Richard Lavenham (index Lavyngham), 'A Litil Tretys on the Seven Deadly Sins', 1st half of the

• Miniature of Matthew writing at an improvised desk under a ruined arch, inspired by a winged putto with a distant landscape of hills and towers in the background, within a painted gold architectural frame., Cutting from a Gospel Lectionary (index Evangelistary) of Gregory XIII, containing Matthew 5:6-7.

for date of Boncompagni's election to the papacy]' in Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.438 and New York, The Morgan Library and Museum, MS. 270, all probably excised from a Gospel Lectionary (A.I.17) described in a 1714 inventory of the

• Pen drawing of the Crucifixion, Added prayer and indulgences, fragment (f. 31v), preceded by a Crucifixion drawing (f. 31)

Pen drawing of the Crucifixion Pen drawing of the Crucifixion (f. 31). Marginal pen drawing of the Five Wounds of Christ (?) (f. 31v). Added prayer and indulgences, fragment (f. 31v), preceded by a Crucifixion drawing (f. 31) Richard Jones

• Marginal drawing, possibly representing the Five Wounds of Christ., Added prayer and indulgences, fragment (f. 31v), preceded by a Crucifixion drawing (f. 31)

Five Wounds of Christ. Pen drawing of the Crucifixion (f. 31). Marginal pen drawing of the Five Wounds of Christ (?) (f. 31v). Added prayer and indulgences, fragment (f. 31v), preceded by a Crucifixion drawing (f. 31) Richard Jones (d.

• Initial 'C'(ome) with pen-flourished decoration., Statutes of Edward III and Richard II, including a table of contents (ff. 1-11v)

146v-147). Statutes of Edward III and Richard II, including a table of contents (ff. 1-11v) Two heraldic arms in the lower margin (ff. 146v and 147).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Detail of decorated initials., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and

• Detail of miniature and genealogy., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and

• null, Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and

• null, Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and

• null, Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The pictorial genealogy continues to Henry VIII in the same scribal and artistic hand, including Catherine of Aragon, Mary, and

• Text with diagrams for numerical divination, and fifteen magical characters., Proposiciones; Errores in grammatica, letter to the Archbishop of Corinth; philosophical, scientific and mathematical treatises.

'; included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f. 33), in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, (f. 20v) and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James’s Palace (see

• Decorated initial 'D'(olor), at the beginning of the De compunctione cordis., De compunctione cordis, De die iudicii et de resurrectione, De beatitudine animae, De paenitentia, De luctaminibus and De die iudicii; patristic excerpts

patristic excerpts Added parts of a version of a revision of the Sarum Ordinal of 1278-1279 (ff. 1-2, 83-84v).Added notes in English 14th-century hand (f. 2v).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop ofYork, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram,

• Full page drawing of the Sacrifice of Isaac, with captions in Ashkenazi square script. Isaac is kneeling on the altar, Abraham is lifting the knife, but an angel prevents him from hurting his son by grabbing his knife. The same angel points to the ram caught in a bush on the left. Beneath, at the foot of the mountain, the two servants, the donkey and a dog are resting in a field., Commentary on the Pentateuch

Archiv d’Urbino, 1687, below it oval stamp perhaps of the Archiv (f. 480v); ee William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 44.Moses Panzi of Ricanati: inscribed with his name, undated (f. 1).Inscriptions,

• Full-page miniature of the menorah with caption in Ashkenazi square script., Commentary on the Pentateuch

Full-page miniature of the menorah with caption in Ashkenazi square script. Gilt edges. Hebrew characters are used instead of catchwords. Ruling is visible. After f. 217 blank, unfoliated leaf.On the dating of part 2, see Narkiss, 'The Art of the

• Miniature of the Holy Ark with two doves symbolizing the cherubs, the Tablet of Law, and the Altar, with captions in Ashkenazi square script., Commentary on the Pentateuch

Tablet of Law, and the Altar, with captions in Ashkenazi square script. Gilt edges. Hebrew characters are used instead of catchwords. Ruling is visible. After f. 217 blank, unfoliated leaf.On the dating of part 2, see Narkiss, 'The Art of

• Miniature of the basin, the table, the table of showbread, plates and dishes for incense, the musical instruments and the cleansing instruments, with captions in Ashkenazi square script., Commentary on the Pentateuch

Archiv d’Urbino, 1687, below it oval stamp perhaps of the Archiv (f. 480v); ee William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 44.Moses Panzi of Ricanati: inscribed with his name, undated (f. 1).Inscriptions,

• Upper and lower covers and spine., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

Thomas Gale (b. 1635 or 1646, d. 1702), dean ofYork and antiquary.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician: inscribed, 'Tho. Surrey(?)' (f.

• Decorated initials., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

Thomas Gale (b. 1635 or 1646, d. 1702), dean ofYork and antiquary.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician: inscribed, 'Tho. Surrey(?)' (f.

• Decorated initials and marginal drawings., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

Thomas Gale (b. 1635 or 1646, d. 1702), dean ofYork and antiquary.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician: inscribed, 'Tho. Surrey(?)' (f.