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Detail of a miniature of the death of Nectanebus., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

Voyages of Marco Polo in a revised version attributed to Thibault de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for Charles's of Valois projected crusade and Jean de Cépoy, admiral of the fleet for the projected crusade of Philip VI of France

Detail of a miniature of Darius, king of Persia ordering the chiselling of a marble slab in order to make a portrait of Alexander., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

Detail of a miniature of Darius, king of Persia ordering the chiselling of a marble slab in order to make a portrait of Alexander. Includes 8 works forming a compendium of the wonders of the East combined with crusading texts:

Detail of a miniature of Alexander and his soldiers fighting with crabs, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

Detail of a miniature of Alexander receiving tribute from the citizens of Babylon., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

Detail of a miniature of Alexander sending letters to Olympias and Aristotle, mistakenly represented as a woman., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

Flourished puzzle initial 'B'(eatus), at the beginning of the Breviary., Breviary, Brigittine use

[f. i]); purchased by Bennett in April 1897.Richard Bennett of Riversdale, Manchester: affixed the booklabel 'From the Library of William Morris Kelmscott House Hammersmith' (inside lower cover, [f. vi]); his sale of the 'Morris' manuscripts, 5 December 1898, lot 815.

Flourished puzzle initial 'Q'(uid), in the Breviary., Breviary, Brigittine use

Flourished puzzle initial 'E'(xultate), in the Breviary., Breviary, Brigittine use

Flourished puzzle initial 'D'(ixit), in the Breviary., Breviary, Brigittine use

Flourished puzzle initial 'R'(egem), including the wounds of Chris, at the beginning of an Office of the Brigittine nuns., Breviary, Brigittine use

Flourished puzzle initial 'R'(egem), including the wounds of Chris, at the beginning of an Office of the Brigittine nuns. 18 large puzzle initials in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing in purple and red, with green and yellow wash, developing

Drawing of a knight on horseback., The romance poem 'Roberte the Devyll'

Drawing of a knight on horseback. ff. i and ii are book-plates affixed to the inside upper cover; f. iii is a note by Francis Douce on paper about the manuscript affixed to a paper flyleaf; f. iv is an

Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of king David pointing to his eyes at Psalm 26: 'Dominus illuminatio mea' / 'The Lord is my light', and a full border with acanthus motifs and sprays., Psalter with a calendar (ff. 2-5), a litany (ff. 143-146), and excerpts from the New Testament

1515), of Little Hadham, Hertfordshire; son of John Capell of Stoke Nayland, Suffolk; lord mayor of London from 1503-04, and from 1509-10: inscription recording the gift of a 'Valentyn' to him from the wife of Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Lieutenant of

Detail of a historiated initial 'C'(antate) of monks singing at a lecturn, at Psalm 97: 'Cantate domino canticum novum' / 'Sing to the Lord a new song', and a full border with acanthus motifs and sprays., Psalter with a calendar (ff. 2-5), a litany (ff. 143-146), and excerpts from the New Testament

Historiated initial 'V'(erba) of Jerome in his study and a full border with acanthus motifs and sprays., Psalter with a calendar (ff. 2-5), a litany (ff. 143-146), and excerpts from the New Testament

Initial 'N'(unc) in red with pen-flourished decoration., Collection of theological treatises, including Hilton's 'The scale of perfection' (ff. 1-51) and Hampole's commentary on the Song of Songs, part 4 (ff. 126v-129v)

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 Written by two scribes Walter Hilton, Richard Rolle of

Decorated initial 'M'(arcianus) at the beginning of book 5., Polychronicon with a continuation to the reign of Richard II (c. 1398), imperfect at the end, vol. 2

Decorated initial 'M'(arcianus) at the beginning of book 5. This manuscript is volume 2 of 2 volumes: vol. 1 is Harley 1728. The text of this volume starts at the end of book 3.Catchwords. 4 initials in colours and gold

Ink drawings of Noah's Ark and decorated initials with pen-flourishing in book 2., Polychronicon with a continuation to the reign of Richard II (c. 1398), vol. 1

gift of this manuscript to Matthew Wottone by him while bishop of Salisbury (f. 1).Matthew Wotton (d. 1551), scholar and fellow of King's Hall, Cambridge 1523-1540, perhaps the treasurer of Salisbury in 1551: inscription dated 1551 recording the gift of

Decorated initial 'I'(n) with foliate decoration including acanthus extending into the margins at the beginning of the text., The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (common version to 1430), including John Page's poem 'The Siege of Rouen' (imperfect)

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 Various authors

Puzzle initial 'T'(his) with pen-flourishing extending into the margins at the beginning of the prologue. Added 16th-century marginal decoration., The Poor Caitif (index The poor wretch; Poor Caitiff)

common-profit book made from the proceeds of his estate: inscribed 'This book was maad of the goodis of John gamalin for a comy[n] p[ro]fite [th]at [tha]t p[er]soone [tha]t ha[th] [th]is book co[m]mittid to hi[m] of [th]e p[er]soone [tha]t ha[th] pow[er]

Coloured initial with pen-flourished decoration extending into the margins., Ruralium commodorum opus (index De agricultura; Ruralia commoda), Books 1-11, imperfect

pen-trials of later readers.Members of the Collin family, Aconbury, co. Hereford, 17th century: marginal scribbles with their names include 'of Acconbury Richard Collins (f. 83v; see Wright 1972).William Hackford, unidentified, 17th century: his name (f. 59v; see Wright 1972).Members of

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