• Coloured initial 'I'(n)., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

and some since written in the Saxon and laytine tonge'.Copy of a cirograph dated to the 10th year of King John (ff. 28v-29v).f. 81 should precede f. 83.Horizontal catchwords. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red or

• Diagrams of eclipses, with the earth in the centre and the sun in the outer orbit. In the upper diagram, labelled 'Eclipse of the moon', the earth casts its shadow on the moon, while in the diagram below, labelled 'Eclipse of the sun', the moon casts its shadow on the earth., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera), in a mathematical and scientific miscellany

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Eclipses Johannes de Sacro Bosco (index Johannes de Sacrobosco, Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, John de Sacrobosco) England

• Miniature of the Crucifixion with John the Evangelist and the Virgin Mary., Prayers for saints' vigils with a calendar

the Crucifixion with John the Evangelist and the Virgin Mary. Horizontal catchwords.Miniature curtains, likely of silk, once protected the full-page minitures. These are no longer extant, but the holes and thread, by means of which these were attached, are still

• Miniature of one of the seven angels showing John the holy city of Jerusalem descending from heaven., Apocalypse with prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée (ff. 1-43), Prophétie de la sibylle Tiburtine (ff. 43-47v)

the seven angels showing John the holy city of Jerusalem descending from heaven. Extensive use of gold leaf. The manuscript is in excellent condition, but has been trimmed. The left side of the miniature of f. 43v has been cut

• Miniature of an angel showing John the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God., Apocalypse with prologue of Gilbert de la Porrée (ff. 1-43), Prophétie de la sibylle Tiburtine (ff. 43-47v)

an angel showing John the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God. Extensive use of gold leaf. The manuscript is in excellent condition, but has been trimmed. The left side of the

• Headpiece in colours and gold, with a large initial 'M' in colours and gold., Psalms and Odes, imperfect at the end

Headpiece in colours and gold, with a large initial 'M' in colours and gold. Added miniature on a separate leaf, dating to the 2nd half of the twelfth century (f. 67).Musical notation (ff. 244v-247).f. 278 is a parchment flyleaf

• Initial 'L'(ocutus) with floral penwork decoration and pen-flourishing including the head of a grotesque at the beginning of Augustine's 'De disciplina christiana'., Theological miscellany

Initial 'L'(ocutus) with floral penwork decoration and pen-flourishing including the head of a grotesque at the beginning of Augustine's 'De disciplina christiana'. f. 50 is blank.f. 96 is a parchment flyleaf.A composite manuscript. Large decorated initials in blue or

• Initials with pen-word decoration and figures of division marked by dotted lines and a line-divider., Collection of sermons and theological treatises, imperfect, including the polyphonic conductus 'Veri floris sub figura' (f. 63) and contemporary additions relating to medicine (ff. 66, 84, 119-119v)

including the polyphonic conductus 'Veri floris sub figura' (f. 63) and contemporary additions relating to medicine (ff. 66, 84, 119-119v) John Nettleton, the elder (d. 1553) and the younger (d. c. 1597), of Hutton Cranswick, East Yorkshire: owned by him

• Champ initial 'L'(icet) combined with a three-sided bar border ending in foliate featherings., Historia destructionis Troiae (index Historia troiana; History of the Trojan war; De casu troiae; De bello troiano)

Troiae (index Historia troiana; History of the Trojan war; De casu troiae; De bello troiano) Erased inscription (f. 1*v). Inscribed 'John Th[hom?]s', 16th century (f. 181).Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert

• Puzzle initial 'A'(nno) with pen-flourishing., Chronica maiora

Puzzle initial 'A'(nno) with pen-flourishing. Fragments from a 14th-century liturgical book with musical notation on four-line red staves, used as flyleaves (ff. 1*-2*, 190-191v).Various manufacturing aids including leaf signatures. Original foliation. Large initial in blue and red with pen-flourishing

• Diagrams of eclipses, with the earth in the centre and the sun in the outer orbit. In the upper diagram, labelled 'Eclipse of the moon', the earth casts its shadow on the moon, while in the diagram below, labelled 'Eclipse of the sun', the moon casts its shadow on the earth., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera), in a mathematical and scientific miscellany

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Eclipses Johannes de Sacro Bosco (index Johannes de Sacrobosco, Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, John de Sacrobosco) England

• Miniature of Ezekiel, and his vision of the four beasts (an angel, an eagle, a lion, and an ox, the symbols of the four evangelists), and a decorated initial 'I'(l), at the beginning of the book of Ezekiel., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Miniature of Matthias and the idolatrous Jew, and decorated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of the book of Maccabees; marginal bust of Christ added to conceal the heraldry visible from the verso., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Miniature of the Tree of Jesse, a decorated initial 'L'(i), and a partial border, including a dog chasing a hare, at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Miniature in two parts, with Rehoboam above, sitting at the feet of King Solomon, and below the verdict of King Solomon about to be executed, and a decorated initial 'L'(es) and a partial border including a dog chasing a hare, and birds, at the beginning of the book of Solomon., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Decorated initial 'L'(a), from Isaiah., Bible (Proverbs-Revelation)

books (ff. 145, 146v, 149v, 150, 150v, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161) and for the writings of Paul, Peter, John and Jude (ff. 261v, 268, 272, 274, 276, 277v, 279, 280v, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 306v, 308, 309v,

• Text-page with flourished initials 'S'(alehadins) and 'I'(l)., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

later owned by Firmin-Didot; perhaps bound for him; annotated perhaps by him with several notes concerning the Hospitallers of St John, and '+ de moy patriarche de alexandrie +' and 'sera(?) de moy lyon(?) est' (f. 122).This is the earlier

• Text-page with flourished initials 'T'(andis) and 'I'(usqua)., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

later owned by Firmin-Didot; perhaps bound for him; annotated perhaps by him with several notes concerning the Hospitallers of St John, and '+ de moy patriarche de alexandrie +' and 'sera(?) de moy lyon(?) est' (f. 122).This is the earlier

• July and August, in the Calendar of an astronomical Miscellany., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rima) and decorated initial 'H'(uius)., Various theological and mathematical tracts, including the prose life of Cuthbert, incomplete (ff. 74-101v), 22 miracles of Cuthbert, the Brevis relatio

2; its book-plate, f. [iii], with the pencil inscription 'XIII 1.28').Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Decorated initials Robert Grosseteste, John Holywood, Bede, and others Durham England, N. (Durham?)