• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of a teacher with students, at the beginning of the Physica., Physical treatises

(f. 4); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, royal Appendix 71, f. 8v

• Text page with glosses and marginal drawings., Physical treatises

(f. 4); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, royal Appendix 71, f. 8v

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a goat playing the violin., Glosses to Aristotle's Physical treatises, with a table of contents

(f. 4); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, royal Appendix 71, f. 8v

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost quam) of a man gazing at the heavens, with earth and sea before him, at the beginning of Meteorologica, and a marginal drawing of a man pointing to a gloss., Physical treatises

(f. 4); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, royal Appendix 71, f. 8v

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(ost quam) of a man, with the sky, earth, and sea before him, at the beginning of Meteorologica, with an instruction for the display script., Physical treatises

(f. 4); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: included in the catalogue of 1666, royal Appendix 71, f. 8v

• Detail of Jesse sleeping from an historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber), at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Detail of an historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber) of a Tree of Jesse including Mary and Christ, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Detail of an historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber) of a Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Decorated initial 'S'(ero) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of Richard of Saint-Victor's 'De statu interioris hominis'., Theological works including De statu interioris hominis (ff. 1-31v, ends imperfectly); De sacrificio David Prophete (ff. 32-39v, begins imperfectly); De Sacrificio Abrahe (ff. 39v-51); Adnotationes in Psalmos (ff. 51-75v); Epistola (ff. 75v-81v).

initial 'S'(ero) with penwork decoration, at the beginning ofRichardof Saint-Victor's 'De statu interioris hominis'. Quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quire).One leaf lost after f. 31.

• Decorated initial 'O'(mne)., Miscellany of devotional and theological texts, including De statu interioris hominis post lapsum, a treatise relating to penance, and the Summula confessionis (imperfect)

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 Written by more than one scribe Richardof Saint-Victor,

• Ownership inscriptions of John Herefeld ?, vicar of Plumstead, donating the manuscript, to the library of St Augustine's abbey, Canterbury, and below, a note that it was bought by Sir Roger Twysden in 1629 for 20 shillings, and rebound for 4 shillings., Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229)

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Decorated initials at the beginning of Gratian's Decretum, with coloured rubrics and marginal headings, and a space left for a larger initial, and the signature of Sir Roger Twysden and the date 1638 in the upper right corner., Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229)

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Puzzle initial 'U'(niversum)., Legenda aurea (index Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints; Golden Legend)

d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• Flourished initials and marginal drawings., Legenda aurea (index Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints; Golden Legend)

d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• Text page with a decorated initial, now largely illegible., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

addressed to her father the duke of Suffolk (see f. 79), also notes in the hand of her husband.Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705: sold

• Text page., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

addressed to her father the duke of Suffolk (see f. 79), also notes in the hand of her husband.Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705: sold

• Text page., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

addressed to her father the duke of Suffolk (see f. 79), also notes in the hand of her husband.Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705: sold

• Text page., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

addressed to her father the duke of Suffolk (see f. 79), also notes in the hand of her husband.Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705: sold

• Text page with a decorated initial 'M'(oste swete Lord), and lettering in red., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

addressed to her father the duke of Suffolk (see f. 79), also notes in the hand of her husband.Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705: sold

• Text page., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

addressed to her father the duke of Suffolk (see f. 79), also notes in the hand of her husband.Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector of Cheriton Bishop in 1705: sold