• Detail of an historiated initial 'E' of an enthroned king, in gold and colours, with a partial bar border., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Enthroned king Various, including John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H' of an enthroned king, in gold and colours, with a partial bar border., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Entrhoned king Various, including John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Decorated initial 'D' and full bar border with foliate and spray decoration, including daisies., Breviary, Use of Sarum

in the margins of ff. 74v and 165 relating to St Patrice of Ibernia and St John of Beverley (St Johannes de Beverlaco).? John Mochelgroue (d. 1458), armiger, unidentified: his obit added to the calendar margin under 27 January (f.

• Tinted drawing of the Crucifixion with Mary and John flanking the cross. John's scroll reads: 'This is the disciple who giveth testimony' (John 21:24)., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

the Crucifixion with Mary and John flanking the cross. John's scroll reads: 'This is the disciple who giveth testimony' (John 21:24). English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald,

• Initial 'E'(xceptionis) at the beginning of the prologue of Ivo of Chartres' Panormie, showing damage sustained in the fire of 1731 at Ashburnham House, Westminster., Formula of confession, beginning, 'Confiteor tibi, domine, pater celi et terre' (f. ii), Ceremony of profession, beginning, 'Ad canonicum regularem faciendum' (f. 1), the rule of St Augustine (f. 1v), various chronological computations, beginning, 'Secundum hebraicam veritatem' (f. 4v), notes on the seven ages of the world, the six ages of man, the ten names of the deity, cardinal and ordinal numbers (ff. 4v-5), De corpore et sanguine domini (ff. 5-6), Panormia (index Panormie, Pannormia) (ff. 6-112v), Sermons of Ivo of Chartres, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 114-148v), Constitutions of the Council of Westminster in 1127 (ff. 148v-149), Apocryphal epistle of Pontius Pilate to the Emperor Claudius (f. 149v-150v), Latin names of the winds with English eqivalents, epigram on a hermaphrodite, medical verses (f. 150v)

in Latin and English, added in the twelfth or thirteenth century (f. 150v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: inscribed, 'John. Theyer Jun' (f. i); a lengthy note in his hand, dated 15 July 1659, in vindication of Ivo of

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of one knight unhorsing another before a castle, while a group of women look on., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Text page., Grammatical and legal tracts, letters and documents

St Edmunds (according to Arnould 1940).Part 3:Grant of land at Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire (5th July 1308) by Simon de Repindon to John de [Al]dewyncle (f. 128). 10 lines of a love song in English in a 15th century hand (f. 128v).Parts

• Text page., Grammatical and legal tracts, letters and documents

St Edmunds (according to Arnould 1940).Part 3:Grant of land at Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire (5th July 1308) by Simon de Repindon to John de [Al]dewyncle (f. 128). 10 lines of a love song in English in a 15th century hand (f. 128v).Parts

• Decorated initials 'E'(dwardus) and 'C'(es)., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initials Various, including John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominica)., Processional, use of Sarum (index Processionale)

St Bartholomew's Priory, West Smithfield, London. Inscription on f. 120v names John Popham as well as two late priors of St. Bartholomew's, Reynold and Richard. Popham may refer to John Popham (b.c. 1395, d. 1463), who added a chapel to

• Decorated initial 'H'(ec) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of an indenture., Cartulary (index Registrum) of Bury St Edmunds during the reign of Henry VIII

etc. from the 9th to the 31st year in the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1540), under the rule of abbot John Reeve. Numerous initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate patterns and flowers. Some cadels (e.g., ff. 75, 76,

• Puzzle initials 'R' and 'P' with penwork decoration extending in the margin., Decretals (index Decretales), Books 1-5, with marginal gloss, imperfect at the end

hand (f. 2).? John Bury, armiger: mentioned in Cottey's note as the donor of the manuscript (f. 5; see Wright 1972).John Cottey or de Cotheye, rector of Cheddon Fitzpaine, co. Somerset, 1328: given to him by John Bury, his ownership

• Initial 'R' at the beginning of the section of the text of words beginning with R, accompanied by a bas-de-page scene of an archer about to shoot an arrow at the exposed buttocks of another man., Summa Grammaticalis (index Catholicon)

(?) ‘ZR.R.0’ inscribed in ink,~.0.0’, inscribed in different ink, both f. 301, top right hand corner; ’£~', f. i verso.? John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806), antiquary and topographer (inscribed in pencil ‘John Januensis’s (Alias Balbus) Dictionary with a Grammer.

• An added fifteenth century inscription at the end of the text stating that the book belongs to the priory of regular canons of St. Wulfhad's, Stone, as the gift of Gilbert de Stone, canon of Wells (d. by 1417)., Summa Grammaticalis (index Catholicon)

(?) ‘ZR.R.0’ inscribed in ink,~.0.0’, inscribed in different ink, both f. 301, top right hand corner; ’£~', f. i verso.? John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806), antiquary and topographer (inscribed in pencil ‘John Januensis’s (Alias Balbus) Dictionary with a Grammer.

• Text page., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Text page., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Genealogical diagram tracing the descent of James II of Scotland from St Margaret., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Text page., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Initial 'B'(eatus) marking the beginning of a list of popes. Ownership inscription in upper margin., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Text page., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester