• null, The four Gospels, adapted for liturgical use (index New Testament, Bible)

possibly acquired together with Burney 105, another Saibante manuscript.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Theodoros Hagiopetrites Theodoros Hagiopetrites Eastern Mediterranean Eastern Mediterranean, Greece (Thessalonica, monastery of Philokalos)

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus), at the beginning of book 9 of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

included in the catalogue of Henry of Eastry (beginning of the 14th century), no. 246 (see M. R. James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover~ (Cambridge, University Press, 1903, p. 45).Added note in English, 'elde me is bestolen on

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus), at the beginning of book 10 of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

included in the catalogue of Henry of Eastry (beginning of the 14th century), no. 246 (see M. R. James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover~ (Cambridge, University Press, 1903, p. 45).Added note in English, 'elde me is bestolen on

• Puzzle initial, at the beginning of Michel de Northgate's Ayenbite of Inwyt., Ayenbite of Inwyt

over an erasure (f. 2); press-mark of St Augustin's 'Dist. XVI Ga IIII' (f. 2) (see Montague Rhodes James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover: The Catalogues of the Libraries of Christ Church Priory and St. Augustine’s Abbey at

• Flourished initial., Ayenbite of Inwyt

over an erasure (f. 2); press-mark of St Augustin's 'Dist. XVI Ga IIII' (f. 2) (see Montague Rhodes James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover: The Catalogues of the Libraries of Christ Church Priory and St. Augustine’s Abbey at

• Flourished initials., Ayenbite of Inwyt

over an erasure (f. 2); press-mark of St Augustin's 'Dist. XVI Ga IIII' (f. 2) (see Montague Rhodes James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover: The Catalogues of the Libraries of Christ Church Priory and St. Augustine’s Abbey at

• Decorated initials., Ayenbite of Inwyt

over an erasure (f. 2); press-mark of St Augustin's 'Dist. XVI Ga IIII' (f. 2) (see Montague Rhodes James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover: The Catalogues of the Libraries of Christ Church Priory and St. Augustine’s Abbey at

• Decorated initial., Ayenbite of Inwyt

over an erasure (f. 2); press-mark of St Augustin's 'Dist. XVI Ga IIII' (f. 2) (see Montague Rhodes James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover: The Catalogues of the Libraries of Christ Church Priory and St. Augustine’s Abbey at

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of a king kneeling before Christ., Fragment of a Psalter

the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.3 notes on f. [i]:'This fragment of an ancient Psalter was found at the back of a shelf among refuse Articles. From the handwriting of Humfrey Wanley at

• Puzzle initial on the first page of text, from the book of Job, with Arundel and Lumley ownership signatures., Bible (Job to Revelation)

in ~Tituli librorum de libraria ecclesiae Christi~ compiled under Henry of Estria (1284-1331), Cotton Galba E IV (see James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover~ (Cambridge, University Press, 1903) no 321, p. 51); extensively corrected in the 11th-12th centuries,

• Headpiece., Historiae ecclesiasticae, imperfect, preceded by a table of contents

Headpiece. f. i is a letter from Edward Burton, Regious Professor Divinity at Oxford to Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society dated 1831.For Arundel's acquisition of Greek manuscripts see generally David Howarth, ~Lord Arundel and his Circle~ (New

• Illuminated headpiece decorated in foliate patterns on a gold ground enclosing the title, and an illuminated initial 'B'(iblos) at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., The four Gospels, adapted for liturgical use (index New Testament, Bible)

with Burney 105, another Saibante manuscript.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Illuminated headpiece and initial Theodoros Hagiopetrites Theodoros Hagiopetrites Eastern Mediterranean Eastern Mediterranean, Greece (Thessalonica, monastery of Philokalos)

• Decorated braided headpiece, and small intial 'T' at the beginning of Eusebius of Caesarea's Historia ecclesiastica., Historiae ecclesiasticae, imperfect, preceded by a table of contents

Decorated braided headpiece, and small intial 'T' at the beginning of Eusebius of Caesarea's Historia ecclesiastica. f. i is a letter from Edward Burton, Regious Professor Divinity at Oxford to Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society dated 1831.For

• Miniature of an ancient and holy wise man entering Arthur's banqueting hall., Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu

of an ancient and holy wise man entering Arthur's banqueting hall. Includes: Estoire del Saint Graal, imperfect (ff. 1-88); La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 89-139); abridged version of the Morte Artu, imperfect, attributed to Walter Map (ff. 140-161). This

• Detail of a miniature of an ancient and holy wise man entering Arthur's banqueting hall., Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu

miniature of an ancient and holy wise man entering Arthur's banqueting hall. Includes: Estoire del Saint Graal, imperfect (ff. 1-88); La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 89-139); abridged version of the Morte Artu, imperfect, attributed to Walter Map (ff. 140-161).

• Detail of a marginal note that records that the second gathering had been lent to the illuminator Pierre Remiet (fl. 1368-1420): 'Ci faut le secomt cayer que maistre Renaut doit avoir, qui fut baille / a Perrin Remiet po[ur] faire lenluminure de lautre cayer'., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Detail of a bas-de-page miniature of a battle between the armies led by Laomedon and Nestor, the latter assigned with the arms of Anjou-Hungary., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Detail of a miniature of Jason rowing out from Colchis, watched by Medea and other women to the island where the ram is kept. He yokes the pair of fire-breathing bulls, ploughs the field and sows the dragon's teeth; he then cuts down with his sword the dragon that guards the golden ram., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of the death of Laius., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest

• Bas-de-page miniature of the discovery of the infant Oedipus., Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction

in around seventy manuscripts), and is now preserved in only thirteen manuscripts.It is drawn from a variety of sources, covering ancient history from Thebes in the time of Oedipus to Rome in the time of Pompey. This is the earliest