• null, Château d'Amour, called 'The Myrour of Lewed Men' (translated into English)

(£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. Flourished initials Robert Grosseteste York England, N. E.? (York)

• The arms of the guild of barber-surgeons of the city of York., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

Diagram in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons of York, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its

• Flourished initials, in the Register book of the Archbishop of York., Register book of the Archbishop of York

Flourished initials, in the Register book of the Archbishop of York. Large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Register book of the Archbishop of York Inscribed 'Regestum Archiep. Eborac. FN', and 'Histor. Eborac vol.

• Miniature of a bust of Henry VIII., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

Diagram in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons of York, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its

• Miniature of a bust of Edward VI., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

Diagram in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons of York, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its

• Miniature of a bust of Queen Mary., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

Diagram in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons of York, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its

• Miniature of a bust of Queen Elizabeth I., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

Diagram in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons of York, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its

• Miniature of a bust of James I., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

Diagram in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons of York, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its

• Miniature of a bust of Charles I., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

Diagram in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons of York, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its

• Miniature of a bust of Charles II., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

Diagram in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons of York, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its

• Miniature of a bust of Queen Anne., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

Diagram in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons of York, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its

• Miniature of a bust of George I., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

Diagram in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons of York, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its

• Miniature of a bust of George II., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

Diagram in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons of York, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its

• Miniature of a bust of George III., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

Diagram in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons of York, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its

• Illuminated initial 'S'(elon), with a full border including an added white rose of York and the closed fetterlock in the lower border., La cité des dames

pen-flourishing. La cité des dames Cecily [Cicely; née Cecily Neville], duchess of York (b. 1415, d. 1495), Yorkist matriarch, and/or her husband Richard of York, 3rd duke of York (b. 1411, d.1460), regent of France in 1436 and 1441-1445: includes

• null, Register book of the Fraternity of Corpus Christi, York

15). Smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing including human heads. Register book of the Fraternity of Corpus Christi, York Heading 'Liber ordinacionis Fraternitatis corporis Christi fundate in Ebor ... Incepte Anno domini millesimo cccc^o^ octavo' (f. 15).William Petty

• Full page miniatures of the fortified town of York., Historical miscellany, including abridged versions of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britanniae' (index Gesta Britonum) in verse (404 verses) and in prose (ff. 46-48v), followed by a poem relating to the building of York (ff. 48v-55v), and copies of papal bulls and regal documents (ff. 55v-58v)

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. York Geoffrey of Monmouth (index Galfridus Monumetensis) York England, N. (York ?)

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) and partial foliate border., Breviary, Use of York, imperfect

Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) and partial foliate border. Containing a York calendar (ff. 7-12v) including in red William of York (8 June) and his translation (6 Jan.), Wilfrid of York (12 Oct.). These saints also appear in the litany (ff. 76v-77).Catchwords

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit) and partial foliate border., Breviary, Use of York, imperfect

Decorated initial 'D'(ixit) and partial foliate border. Containing a York calendar (ff. 7-12v) including in red William of York (8 June) and his translation (6 Jan.), Wilfrid of York (12 Oct.). These saints also appear in the litany (ff. 76v-77).Catchwords

• Historiated initial 'H'(ere) of the author presenting the book to an enthroned king, with a full border containing white and red roses, at the beginning of the list of contents., The Master of Game

owned by him: white roses of York joined with red roses of Lancaster (ff. 1, 2v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Presentation of the book Edward of York England