• Diagram of a 'T-O' map of the inhabited world, showing the relative positions of the three continents., Etymologiae

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8603).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Map Written probably by three scribes Isidore England

• Diagram of the positions of the moon and drawings of the forms of the moon., Etymologiae

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8603).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Diagram and forms of the moon Written probably by three scribes Isidore England

• Detail of illuminated initial., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

brown. Spaces for coloured initials left blank after f. 90. Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v) Unidentified English owner, 13th century: with annotations in leadpoint throughout.The benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, 14th century: its characteristic title

• Detail of decorated initial., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

brown. Spaces for coloured initials left blank after f. 90. Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v) Unidentified English owner, 13th century: with annotations in leadpoint throughout.The benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, 14th century: its characteristic title

• Decorated initial 'I'(n), at the beginning of the book Ezra., Job and Ezra, with prologues

sketch of Christ on the Cross, 12th century (back flyleaf). Job and Ezra, with prologues Re-written and restored by an English hand, of the Canterbury type, in the second half of the 10th century, according to Gameson.? Thomas Howard (b.

• Heading in display capitals, and the first word 'Vir' in colours, at the beginning of the book of Job., Job and Ezra, with prologues

sketch of Christ on the Cross, 12th century (back flyleaf). Job and Ezra, with prologues Re-written and restored by an English hand, of the Canterbury type, in the second half of the 10th century, according to Gameson.? Thomas Howard (b.

• Decorated initial 'H'., Life of Bede

Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born in Northumbria around 635, he entered the monastery of Melrose in 651, and later became guest-master

• Marginal drawing of travellers, speaking In English, in the margin of Jacobus de Voragine's life of Cecila., Legenda aurea (index Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints; Golden Legend)

travellers, speaking In English, in the margin of Jacobus de Voragine's life of Cecila. Rust-stains from a chain-staple (?) at the lower edge of the front flyleaves (ff. [iii-]iv]). 4 large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and

• Initials 'R'(es) and 'A'(nno) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's 'Gesta regum Anglorum'., Gesta regum Anglorum (ff. 4-103v); Gesta pontificum Anglorum (ff. 108-167); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatorio S. Patricii (ff. 167v-175)

Initials 'R'(es) and 'A'(nno) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's 'Gesta regum Anglorum'. Part 2 of this manuscript is Harley 23.Two sets of quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso

• Initials 'P'(rima), 'Q'(uatuor), 'N'(on), 'T'(abernaculum) with penwork decoration., Liber Exceptionum, Part II (ff. 1-55v); sermons, and other texts (see Notes for contents)

Initials 'P'(rima), 'Q'(uatuor), 'N'(on), 'T'(abernaculum) with penwork decoration. Also contains:Sermo de offendiculis mundi (ff. 55v-56v);Richard of St-Victor, Sermo de omnibus sanctis (ff. 56v-58);Ego sum pastor bonus (ff. 58r-v);Modicum et iam non videbitis me (ff. 58v)Uncrossed tironian ets. Quire marks

• 'Reserve' initial 'E'(piphaniam) in brown with foliate decoration in green and red., Fragment of a leaf from a late 12th century English Sequentiary containing sequences for the Circumcision and the Epiphany

square B clefs). The original recto has been misplaced as verso. Fragment of a leaf from a late 12th century English Sequentiary containing sequences for the Circumcision and the Epiphany John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller and antiquary: part

• Decorated initial with a hybrid creature and foliage., Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John

Decorated initial with a hybrid creature and foliage. f. 1 is a small parchment fragment of a charter or deed in English.The first leaf of this manuscript is bound in Harley 5958, f. 87. 1 large initial in red

• Decorated initial 'P'(raeterea)., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

or purple. Numbers in red. Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect The cathedral priority of St Andrew, Rochester: 12th or 13th-century inscription 'Liber Sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesiae' (f.

• List of chapters in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower margin is an early 15th-century inscription., List of chapters to Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum

List of chapters in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower margin is an early 15th-century inscription. Leaf marks in crayon ('ai'-'aiiii' to 'zi'-'ziiii', followed by symbols, lines, letters), catchwords in crayon and ink, quire marks in dark

• Initial 'H'(omo) with penwork decoration., Homilies

reserved line. Rubrics in red. Abstract and foliate motifs in crayon (f. 62). Homilies Added folio from a late-11th century English Missal (f. 207r-v).Added text, ?13th century (f. 206v). Added folio from a Continental manuscript of the 1st half of

• Decorated initial 'D'(ivinarum)., Chronicle with lists of patriarchs, popes, rulers and geographical features, including mountains, rivers, islands and cities

with lists of patriarchs, popes, rulers and geographical features, including mountains, rivers, islands and cities Added text in a cursive English hand, c. 1300; a memorandum on king Edward the martyr (b. 962, d. 978) (f. 1).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) with display capitals, at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

brown. Spaces for coloured initials left blank after f. 90. Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v) Unidentified English owner, 13th century: with annotations in leadpoint throughout.The benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, 14th century: its characteristic title

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) at Matthew 1:18., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

brown. Spaces for coloured initials left blank after f. 90. Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v) Unidentified English owner, 13th century: with annotations in leadpoint throughout.The benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, 14th century: its characteristic title

• Calligraphic specimen with a large initial 'R'(icordare), and an illuminated border., Specimens of Calligraphy

(b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calligraphic specimen Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini England

• Calligraphic specimen with a large initial 'T'(u) and an illuminated border, inscribed with the names of Henry Fitzalan, lord Maltravers, son of the 12th earl of Arundel, and of Petrucchio Ubaldini., Specimens of Calligraphy

(b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calligraphic specimen Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini England