Large gold initial with white vine decoration extending in the margin and small gold initial on a coloured ground with contrasting tracery. Index of contents (ff. 1-2v).Contemporary glosses and notabilia in cursive hand. White vine initial in colours and
of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated border and initial Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on a translation by Laurent de Premierfait England
White vine initial 'F'(ortitudo) at the beginning of the text and wreath in the lower margin enclosing a blank space originally intended for a heraldic motif. Rubrics were probably originally in red ink but the pigment has oxidised. Catchwords.
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. Decorated headpiece and initial John Glykys (index Ioannes Glykys), Manuel Chrysaphes Eastern Mediterranean
Decorated headpiece and initial, and marginal diagram. Sparse marginal readers's annotations. Headpiece with geometric decoration, title, decorated initial and marginal diagram in red (f. 2). Small decorated initials (ff. 116v, 117v). Commentary on Plato's Alcibiades Scribe erroneously identified as
a different hand (ff. 4-9v).'Oratio valde bona ad dicendum in mane' with a reading from John and a prayer 'Deprecor te, domina mea' omitted after readings from Luke, Matthew and Mark (ff. 64v-68) and added by the same hand at
Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with Augustine in a bishop's mitre holding a bishop's staff and a heart at the beginning of the Pseudo-Augustine Manuale, with the arms or the Urswick family and the motto 'Misericordia' in the lower border. The
with the ownership mark of the Duke of Grafton in the upper right-hand corner. The Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large
In verrum speech 5. The Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold,
by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for
by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for
by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for
by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for
In verrem. The Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the
Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the beginning of each
Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the beginning of each
Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the beginning of each
by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for
by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for
Grafton price-code decoded, perhaps by John Holmes, of the British Museum library: inscribed 'cost the Duke of Grafton £4.4s. / JH.' (f. 1v). 1 large and 6 small white vine initials, in colours and gold, marking the beginning of each