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of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial and bar border Edmund of Abingdon (index Edmund de Pontigny; Edmund Rich; saint Edmund); John Gower England
of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial and bar border Edmund of Abingdon (index Edmund de Pontigny; Edmund Rich; saint Edmund); John Gower England
of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial and bar border Edmund of Abingdon (index Edmund de Pontigny; Edmund Rich; saint Edmund); John Gower England
to a standing knight in armour. A later inscription on the facing folio identifies the monk as John Lydgate, and the knight as the Earl of Salisbury, to whom Lydgate's 'The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man' was dedicated. The
a miniature of John the Evangelist, holding a martyr's palm and a chalice in which a spider spins, at the beginning of his suffrage. A bond by Jean, Bastard d'Orléans, Comte de Dunois et de Longueville, to Bertrand de Beauvais,
foundation of the abbey in 973. The earlier names concur with those in the 12th-century lists and entries extend to John Ramsey, abbot from 1450 to 1457. Full page-length or large initials with geometric and foliate decoration in colours (f.
Decorated initial 'I'(n the name of God). f. 1 is a parchment leaf with various pen trials and inscriptions. Two parchment fragments have been pasted onto this folio.f. 2 is inscribed, 'henricus octavus dei gracia' and bears the ownership
White vine initial 'P'(lutarchus) combined with a three-sided white vine border with a wreath enclosing the arms of Lodovico Petroni, at the beginning of the text. Many books are preceded by a capitula list (ff. 59v-60v, 72v-73v, 86-87, 96v-97v,
Genealogical diagram in brown, yellow, and red ink. Horizontal catchwords, some in decorative frames.Ruled in red.Unfinished; spaces left for large initials.f. 1* is a former pastedown inscribed, 'Orate pro anima'.1 ruled leaf after f. 299. Genealogical diagrams in brown,
31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,
31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,
31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,
31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,
31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,
31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,
31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,
31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,
31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,
Agony in the Garden, the Crowning with Thorns, the Road to Calvary, and the Flagellation), and portraits of the Evangelists John (lower left) and Matthew (lower right) in monochrome. In the lower border, flanked by two winged putti and doves,
Agony in the Garden, the Crowning with Thorns, the Road to Calvary, and the Flagellation), and portraits of the Evangelists John (lower left) and Matthew (lower right) in monochrome. In the lower border, flanked by two winged putti and doves,