• Full-page drawing in brown ink of God the father and, below, Ptolemy, Aristotle, Sibilla, Brigida, and Reynhardus., Praenosticatio Latina or Prefagium

1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Decorated initial 'D'(omini) at Psalm 23 (24)., Psalter (fragment) with a calendar page for November/December (f. 148)

1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Puzzle initials 'S'(ororem) and 'P'(oeta) at the beginning of Terence's Comedies., Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-29v), Eunuchus (ff. 30-74v), Heauton timoroumenos (ff. 75-115), Adelphoe (ff. 115-144), Hecyra (ff. 145-177), Phormio (ff. 177v-205v )

owners/readers, 16th century, several of them of Aldermaston, Berkshire: inscriptions, mainly in English, include mention of 'thys boke p(er)tenit to John …' (f. 1, effaced), 'Wyllyam forster knyght of Aldermasten' (ff. 1v), 'George Saltte of Aldermasten Servante unto humfrey fforster

• null, Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-29v), Eunuchus (ff. 30-74v), Heauton timoroumenos (ff. 75-115), Adelphoe (ff. 115-144), Hecyra (ff. 145-177), Phormio (ff. 177v-205v )

owners/readers, 16th century, several of them of Aldermaston, Berkshire: inscriptions, mainly in English, include mention of 'thys boke p(er)tenit to John …' (f. 1, effaced), 'Wyllyam forster knyght of Aldermasten' (ff. 1v), 'George Saltte of Aldermasten Servante unto humfrey fforster

• null, Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-29v), Eunuchus (ff. 30-74v), Heauton timoroumenos (ff. 75-115), Adelphoe (ff. 115-144), Hecyra (ff. 145-177), Phormio (ff. 177v-205v )

owners/readers, 16th century, several of them of Aldermaston, Berkshire: inscriptions, mainly in English, include mention of 'thys boke p(er)tenit to John …' (f. 1, effaced), 'Wyllyam forster knyght of Aldermasten' (ff. 1v), 'George Saltte of Aldermasten Servante unto humfrey fforster

• Detail of a miniature of the Crucifixion., Saint mistere de la glorieuse piteuse et angoisseuse passion de notre seigneur et saulveur Ihesucrist (Treatise on the Passion of Christ)

order of the Knights Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem: colophon, 'Ce liure est a frere Nicole de Montmirel, commandeur de sainct Mauluy' (f. 186); the arms of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem (gules, a cross argent), and

• Detail of a miniature of Christ before Pilate., Saint mistere de la glorieuse piteuse et angoisseuse passion de notre seigneur et saulveur Ihesucrist (Treatise on the Passion of Christ)

order of the Knights Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem: colophon, 'Ce liure est a frere Nicole de Montmirel, commandeur de sainct Mauluy' (f. 186); the arms of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem (gules, a cross argent), and

• Detail of a miniature of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem., Saint mistere de la glorieuse piteuse et angoisseuse passion de notre seigneur et saulveur Ihesucrist (Treatise on the Passion of Christ)

order of the Knights Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem: colophon, 'Ce liure est a frere Nicole de Montmirel, commandeur de sainct Mauluy' (f. 186); the arms of the order of Saint John of Jerusalem (gules, a cross argent), and

• Miniature of the marriage of John, king of Portugal to Philippa of Lancaster, with a full border, at the beginning of chapter 34 of book 5., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

the marriage of John, king of Portugal to Philippa of Lancaster, with a full border, at the beginning of chapter 34 of book 5. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by

• Detail of a miniature of the marriage of John, king of Portugal to Philippa of Lancaster, at the beginning of chapter 34 of book 5., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the marriage of John, king of Portugal to Philippa of Lancaster, at the beginning of chapter 34 of book 5. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list of

• Miniature of the council of King John of Castile., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

council of King John of Castile. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-9v). According to McKendrick (see McKendrick and Lowden 2011), copied by Jean Du

• Detail of a miniature of the council of King John of Castile., Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre

of the council of King John of Castile. Includes the third volume of the Recueil des croniques d’Engleterre of Jean of Wavrin, preceded by a list of contents (ff. 1-9v). According to McKendrick (see McKendrick and Lowden 2011), copied by

• Historiated initial 'N' with John the Baptist, measuring 160 x 165 mm. On the reverse, two four-line staves, musical notation and partial text '...ni um p[er]hi /...e lumi nep'., Cuttings from a choir book

'N' with John the Baptist, measuring 160 x 165 mm. On the reverse, two four-line staves, musical notation and partial text '...ni um p[er]hi /...e lumi nep'. Italian cuttings.The present cuttings are bound in an album with other cuttings as

• Initial 'A'(s) with full bar border and partial floral border. Arms of William le Neve in the margin., Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland (f. 1) with two prose Scottish chronicles

Prester John to the Emperor Frederick (ff. 310-311v).Andrew of Wyntoun was a canon regular at St Andrews Augustinian priory and prior of St Serf's Inch, Lochleven, Fife (c. 1393-1422). He wrote his ~Orygynale Cronykil~ at the suggestion of Sir John

• Decorated initial 'U'(pon) with foliate feathering including a male figure, extending between the columns and into the margins at the beginning of book 4., Confessio amantis, imperfect

£10,000 (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. Decorated initial John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Marginal image of king Lucius in a baptismal font, with a caption reading 'Rex luci[us] p[ri]mu[s] in Anglia', next to a fragment referring to the origins of the christianity in England during the reign of Lucius, with a marginal note by Matthew Paris beginning 'Luciu[s] rex britannie p[ri]m[us] fuit in anglia/ baptizat[us]'., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

recto-i verso);Abbreviationes chronicorum (ff. 1-48);Imagines historiarum, with a table of contents (ff. 49-136). The text ends with the coronation of John in 1199.According to Stubbs 1876, this manuscript was copied from Lambeth Palace, 8, considered to be the author's own

• Coloured initials., Miscellany, including De regimine principum (ff. 1-97) (see Notes)

of a table of contents (f. 1* verso) and a few medical recipes (ff. 167v-168, 169). John Kymbell: 16th-century inscription 'Iste liber constatt John Kymbell' (f. 2*); 'Jhon Kymbell' (f. 170v); and a receipt of money owed to him dated

• Text page with marginal drawings relating to the fistula., Medical miscellany, including excerpts from Arderne's 'Extracta emoroidarum' (ff. 13-22v), 'Liber medicinarum' (ff. 22v-24 and 40-80), and 'Practica sive Fistula in ano' (ff. 24-40 and 107-109v)

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. Text page with marginal drawings John of Arderne (index Johannis de Arderne) England

• Foliate initial 'D'(omine) with a full border, at the beginning of Matins., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

in 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

• Text page with a full floral border., Books Three and Five of the Canon of Avicenna in Hebrew translation of Nathan ha-Meati

Text page with a full floral border. Two unfoliated blank leaves after f. 212. Watermark, f. [214], unidentified.Colophon was partially erased and overwritten in [5]243, that is, 1483. Full floral border, in colours and gold (f. 209). Books Three