• Detail of initial 'P'(rimum), at the beginning of Acts., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

text written in the margins and decorated with red frames. Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible') John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); his

• Detail of initial 'N'(on), at the beginning of prologue to the Catholic Epistles., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

text written in the margins and decorated with red frames. Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible') John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); his

• Detail of initial 'I'(acobus), at the beginning of James., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

text written in the margins and decorated with red frames. Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible') John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); his

• Detail of initial 'P'(etrus), at the beginning of 1 Peter., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

text written in the margins and decorated with red frames. Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible') John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); his

• Detail of initial 'S'(ymon), at the beginning of 2 Peter., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

text written in the margins and decorated with red frames. Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible') John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); his

• Detail of initial 'I'(udas), at the beginning of Jude., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

text written in the margins and decorated with red frames. Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible') John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); his

• Detail of initial 'O'(mnes), at the beginning of the prologue to Revelation., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

text written in the margins and decorated with red frames. Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible') John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); his

• Detail of initial 'A'(pocalypsis), at the beginning of Revelation., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

text written in the margins and decorated with red frames. Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible') John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); his

• Detail of initial 'A'(az), at the beginning of the 'A' section of the Interpretation of Hebrew names., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

text written in the margins and decorated with red frames. Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible') John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); his

• Text page with a diagram of a wind rose in the upper margin., De architectura (index On architecture)

a monastic library: inscribed 'Iste Liber est monasterii [effaced] G, XLIII' (f. 1* verso).Annotations in an Italian hand, 15th century. John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 13 September 1722 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection,

• Illuminated initial 'D' in blue, red, and gold at the beginning of the book., De architectura (index On architecture)

a monastic library: inscribed 'Iste Liber est monasterii [effaced] G, XLIII' (f. 1* verso).Annotations in an Italian hand, 15th century. John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 13 September 1722 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection,

• Initial 'D' and three smaller initials with foliate decoration and partial borders., A collection of tales and tracts, all imperfect, including De disciplina clericali; Legenda Aurea

Initial 'D' and three smaller initials with foliate decoration and partial borders. Flyleaves (ff. 1-6, 172-175) are fragments of a law treatise from a 13th-century manuscript. A note on f. 42v in pencil: 'Cum Nigellus sit infirmus hinc libellum

• Text page with red initial 'I'(incipit)., Speculum humanae salvationis (in verse), added sermon on II Corinthians vi 2 (ff. 60v-61v)

in red. Marginal annotations in red. Speculum humanae salvationis (in verse), added sermon on II Corinthians vi 2 (ff. 60v-61v) John Nettleton, the elder (d. 1553) and the younger (d. c. 1597), of Hutton Cranswick, East Yorkshire (see Wright 1972).Henry

• Large historiated initial 'T'(his) enclosing the arms of Henry VII, king of England supported by a dragon and a greyhound combined with a full panel border in colours and gold with acanthus leaves and the emblems of the king., Quadripartite indenture made between Henry VII, John Islip, abbot of Westminster, the abbot of St Albans and the mayor and commonalty of London in 20 Henry VII (r. 1489-1509)

red rose (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold on a red or blue panel. Quadripartite indenture made between Henry VII, John Islip, abbot of Westminster, the abbot of St Albans and the mayor and commonalty of London in 20 Henry

• Decorated initial 'D'(um)., De architectura (index On architecture)

a monastic library: inscribed 'Iste Liber est monasterii [effaced] G, XLIII' (f. 1* verso).Annotations in an Italian hand, 15th century. John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 13 September 1722 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection,

• Pen-flourished initial 'A'(rchitecti), De architectura (index On architecture)

a monastic library: inscribed 'Iste Liber est monasterii [effaced] G, XLIII' (f. 1* verso).Annotations in an Italian hand, 15th century. John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 13 September 1722 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection,

• Text page., Various texts relating to Scottish history, including the Chronicles of the Picts and Scots (index Scotichronicon)

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. Text page Various, including John of Fordun (index Johannes de Fordun) England

• Decorated initial 'P'(apa) with foliate decoration., Poetria nova

Decorated initial 'P'(apa) with foliate decoration. Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures.f. 40v is blank. Large initial in colours with foliate decoration. Numerous smaller initials in red with purple penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork. Paraphs in red,

• Puzzle initial 'H'(eri) with penwork decoration., Eligantiae (with an alphabetical list of words, ff. 73-87) (index Elegantiolae)

Puzzle initial 'H'(eri) with penwork decoration. ff. 1* and 3* are parchment flyleaves with various inscriptions. 2 large initials in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 1, 7). Paraphs in blue. Capitals marked in yellow. Marginal notes in red.

• Coloured initials with pen-flourishing., 'Epistolarum collectio'

Coloured initials with pen-flourishing. Puzzle initial with pen-flourishing extending into the margins in blue and red (f. 1). Initials in red with pen-flourishing in blue, or in blue, with pen-flourishing in red. Rubrics in red. 'Epistolarum collectio' Addition of