• Miniature of Salome receiving the head of John the Baptist from a soldier, while John's headless body leans out of a tower on the right, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour., Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version)

receiving the head of John the Baptist from a soldier, while John's headless body leans out of a tower on the right, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. The text is originally a Provencal poem composed between 1288 and

• Text page with a decorated initial 'W'(e praise), with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower: 'Forasmutche as you have desired so simple a weman to wrighte in so worthye a booke (good) Mayster Leaftaunte [Lieutenant] therefore I shall…' (continued on f. 75)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower: 'Forasmutche as you have desired so simple a weman to wrighte in so worthye a booke (good) Mayster Leaftaunte

• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower (continued from f. 75): '… to take the worde of trewethe utterlye oute of youre mouthe howe styll to dye that by deathe you maye purchase eternall life and remembre…' (continued on f. 76)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower (continued from f. 75): '… to take the worde of trewethe utterlye oute of youre mouthe howe styll to dye that by

• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower (continued from f. 76): '… Precher sayethe there is a tyme to be borne and a tyme to dye and the daye of deathe is better than the daye of oure birthe…' (continued on f. 77)., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower (continued from f. 76): '… Precher sayethe there is a tyme to be borne and a tyme to dye and the daye

• Initial 'P'(atri) with a full penwork border, at the beginning at the dedication letter of Petrus de Harentals to Arkel., Collectarius super librum Psalmorum

Petrus de Harentals to Arkel. Contains an alphabetical index (ff. 1-10v) and the dedication to John de Arkel, bishop of Utrecht and Liège (d. 1378) (ff. 11-13).Numerous pointing hands (maniculae) and human heads in profile highlighted in yellow with notabilia

• Miniature of the map of the world, at the beginning of Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon., Polychronicon

Miniature of the map of the world, at the beginning of Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon. Ranulph Higden (b. c. 1299, d. 1364), was a monk of the Benedictine abbey of St. Werburg, Chester. His 'Polychronicon' is a universal history, based

• Drawing of Edward VI seated on a throne inscribed with a motto 'Dieu et mon droit' and 'Vivat rex', receiving the book from the author William Forrest., The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise, imperfect

poesye of princelie practise, imperfect Added leaves of a lectionary from lives of saints of English origin containing readings of John and Paul (26 June) and Margaret (20 July), 1st half of the 13th century (ff. 1, 79)William Forrest (fl.

• Illuminated initial 'T'(he nobleste) of a crowned Tudor rose, at the beginning of the poem., The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise, imperfect

poesye of princelie practise, imperfect Added leaves of a lectionary from lives of saints of English origin containing readings of John and Paul (26 June) and Margaret (20 July), 1st half of the 13th century (ff. 1, 79)William Forrest (fl.

• Foliate initial 'P'(salmus), at the beginning of the text., Enarrationes in Psalmos 51-100

Foliate initial 'P'(salmus), at the beginning of the text. In the catalogue of the Lumley Library considered as a first volume of a set of two manuscripts; the second volume is Royal 5 D V.Quire signatures. Large initial in

• Text page with decorated initial 'A'., Thebais (index Thebaid)

or blue, some with penwork decoration in the other colour. Rubrics in red capitals. Paraphs in brown. Thebais (index Thebaid) John Russell, Bishop of Lincoln and Chancellor of Oxford University (b. c.1430, d. 1494): his inscription on f. 1.William Brygon:

• Historiated initial 'B' of God in Majesty above four saints, including two Franciscans, measuring 90 x 95 mm (upper centre)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18196, ff. 2-90. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of John the Baptist (f. 46), a Benedictine monk (f. 47), God (ff. 48, 52), seated men (ff. 53, 62, 64),

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ic) with yellow filigree decoration, set against a ground of green and purple., Vocabulary of Maestro Goro d'Arezzo (index Gorus de Aretio) with additions by Jacopo Paltonio (index Jacopus Paltonius), including a table of contents (f. 4v)

Illuminated initial 'H'(ic) with yellow filigree decoration, set against a ground of green and purple. The text is a vocabulary in Italian vernacular glossing Latin authors.This manuscript is bound together with Harley 1742. Initial in gold set against a

• Miniature of the map of the world, at the beginning of Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon, including 39 towns, 14 of which are in England., Polychronicon

Miniature of the map of the world, at the beginning of Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon, including 39 towns, 14 of which are in England. Ranulph Higden (b. c. 1299, d. 1364), was a monk of the Benedictine abbey of St.

• Initial 'I'(n principio) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible with prologues (ff. 1-295) and Interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 296-327)

commentaries on the various books of the Bible, followed by Latin hexameters, in a 15th-century English hand (f. i verso). John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed

• Miniature of the map of the world, at the beginning of Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon., Polychronicon

Miniature of the map of the world, at the beginning of Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon. Ranulph Higden (b. c. 1299, d. 1364), was a monk of the Benedictine abbey of St. Werburg, Chester. His 'Polychronicon' is a universal history, based

• Map of the Mediterranean and adjoining countries., Polychronicon

Map of the Mediterranean and adjoining countries. Ranulph Higden (b. c. 1299, d. 1364), was a monk of the Benedictine abbey of St. Werburg, Chester. His 'Polychronicon' is a universal history, based on earlier writers, but extended to his

• Continuation of calendar for May with drawings of saints Dunstan, Urbanus, Augustinus and Petronilla., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

Continuation of calendar for May with drawings of saints Dunstan, Urbanus, Augustinus and Petronilla. Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted

• Calendar for October with drawings of a man sowing (labour of the month), symbols of saints: a bishop's mitre (for Leger), a hand with stigmata ( Francis), joined hands (Fides), a church (Dionysus), an archbishop (Wilfrid)., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

Calendar for October with drawings of a man sowing (labour of the month), symbols of saints: a bishop's mitre (for Leger), a hand with stigmata ( Francis), joined hands (Fides), a church (Dionysus), an archbishop (Wilfrid). Contents very similar

• Calendar for November with drawings of a man killing a pig (labour of the month), all saints and all souls, emblems of saints: a chain (for Leonard), a bishop's mitre (Martin), Archbishop Edmund., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

Calendar for November with drawings of a man killing a pig (labour of the month), all saints and all souls, emblems of saints: a chain (for Leonard), a bishop's mitre (Martin), Archbishop Edmund. Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue

• Continuation of calendar for November with drawings of symbols representing saints Edmund (an arrow), Clement (an anchor) Katherine (a wheel) and Andrew (a saltire cross)., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

Continuation of calendar for November with drawings of symbols representing saints Edmund (an arrow), Clement (an anchor) Katherine (a wheel) and Andrew (a saltire cross). Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King