• Inscription in gold and silver on a purple background, beginning 'Hic Gabriel an/gelus Zacharie / sacerdoti in / templo d[omi]ni ap/paruit', and relating to a lost miniature of the Annunciation to Zacharias., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• Miniature of Charlemagne and Naymes meeting on horseback, with a ful border including the arms of John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, with the arms of his wife, Margaret Beauchamp., Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book')

with a ful border including the arms of John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, with the arms of his wife, Margaret Beauchamp. The volume includes:List of contents (f. 1v);Dedicatory verses (f. 2v);Genealogical table of descendants of Saint Louis (f. 3);Historia de

• Detail of a herald in a tabard of the arms of John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, with the arms of his wife, Margaret Beauchamp, in pretence, holding a flagpole., Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book')

a tabard of the arms of John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, with the arms of his wife, Margaret Beauchamp, in pretence, holding a flagpole. The volume includes:List of contents (f. 1v);Dedicatory verses (f. 2v);Genealogical table of descendants of Saint Louis

• Miniature of Nectanebus enthroned receiving a letter, and a miniature of Nectanebus having his head shaved and fleeing his palace, with a full border containing a herald wearing a tabard of Shrewsbury arms and holding a banner bearing the royal arms of England, and the arms of John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury with the arms of Beauchamp, earls of Warwick in pretence, for his wife, Margaret Beauchamp, in the lower margin., Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book')

wearing a tabard of Shrewsbury arms and holding a banner bearing the royal arms of England, and the arms of John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury with the arms of Beauchamp, earls of Warwick in pretence, for his wife, Margaret Beauchamp,

• Detail of a miniature of the Valois kings, starting with Charles of Valois, son of Philippe le Bel, his son, Philip VI (1328-1350), the first Valois king, followed by John the Good (1350-1364), and Charles V the Wise (1364-1380)., Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book')

of Philippe le Bel, his son, Philip VI (1328-1350), the first Valois king, followed by John the Good (1350-1364), and Charles V the Wise (1364-1380). The volume includes:List of contents (f. 1v);Dedicatory verses (f. 2v);Genealogical table of descendants of Saint

• Detail of a miniature of the genealogical table of descendants of Louis IX in the form of a fleur-de-lys, with portraits of English kings from Edward I to Edward III and Edward, the Black Prince and John of Gaunt in medallions., Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book')

fleur-de-lys, with portraits of English kings from Edward I to Edward III and Edward, the Black Prince and John of Gaunt in medallions. The volume includes:List of contents (f. 1v);Dedicatory verses (f. 2v);Genealogical table of descendants of Saint Louis (f.

• Detail of a miniature of John Talbot, identified by his Talbot dog, presenting the book to queen Margaret, seated in a palace beside king Henry VI, and surrounded by the court., Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book')

a miniature of John Talbot, identified by his Talbot dog, presenting the book to queen Margaret, seated in a palace beside king Henry VI, and surrounded by the court. The volume includes:List of contents (f. 1v);Dedicatory verses (f. 2v);Genealogical table

• Detail of decorated initial., Collection of Franciscan texts, including the life of Francis

minister Thomas to Roger at Wynde and Isabella, and is dated 1467 (ff. 1v-2); the second is from Thomas to John Baly and Katherine, and dated 145-. (ff. 76v-77).The Franciscan convent at Southampton: inscription 'Ad usum fratrum minore In Suythamptona'

• Detail of decorated initial., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Detail John Capgrave, and others Campsey England, S. E. (Campsey)

• Detail of inscription., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Detail John Capgrave, and others Campsey England, S. E. (Campsey)

• Detail of miniature and illuminated initial., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Detail Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Detail of decorated and illuminated initials., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), fragment

collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Detail Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England, S. (Bury St Edmunds?)

• Miniature of Matthew's symbol of a winged man holding a book., Four Gospels, with liturgical directions, tables, apparatus, lections, and, at the end, Synaxarion and Menologion, imperfect

Miniature of Matthew's symbol of a winged man holding a book. Silk curtains over some miniatures. 7 full-page miniatures in colours on gold grounds of the symbols of the Evangelists and Evangelist portraits (except Luke) (ff. 13, 13v, 106,

• Defaced miniature of Matthew, and decorated headpiece and initial 'B'(iblos) at the beginning of his Gospel., Four Gospels, with liturgical directions, tables, apparatus, lections, and, at the end, Synaxarion and Menologion, imperfect

Defaced miniature of Matthew, and decorated headpiece and initial 'B'(iblos) at the beginning of his Gospel. Silk curtains over some miniatures. 7 full-page miniatures in colours on gold grounds of the symbols of the Evangelists and Evangelist portraits (except

• Detail of a coloured drawing of hardship and horrors in the land of the Tartars., Travels (index Itinerarium)

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. Land of the Tartars Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Detail of a coloured drawing depicting idol worship and blood-sacrifice at the church of Calamye., Travels (index Itinerarium)

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. Idol worship Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Detail of a coloured drawing depicting the King of Ind giving blessing to vessels of ox urine, to be further used in rites., Travels (index Itinerarium)

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. King of Ind Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Detail of a coloured drawing depicting the Island of Crues near the Kingdom of Ind, where the heat is so great that men suffer from genital inflammation., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(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. Inflammation Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• The large blank space at the left of the page was meant to have a large, decorated letter 'C' to begin the name, Cornelius. Further down the page, the history itself begins with another blank space, this time for the first letter of the name of the Greek king, Peleus. In the lower margin, an inscription identifies the book as belonging to the library of the monastery of St Augustine in Canterbury., Dares's 'De bello troiano' (ff. 1-8), and Bever's 'Flores historiarum' (ff. 8v-115v)

Thomas Moyleus of Eastwell, Kent (b. before 1500, d. 1560), lawyer and speaker of the House of Commons: acquired from John Twyne (see Watson 1986).Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), archbishop of Canterbury and patron of scholarship: his red chalk

• Detail of a coloured drawing depicting the death rites of Rybothe Island., Travels (index Itinerarium)

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. Death rites Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)