• Detail of an historiated initial 'H' of an enthroned king, in gold and colours, with a partial bar border., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Entrhoned king Various, including John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Initial 'E'(xceptionis) at the beginning of the prologue of Ivo of Chartres' Panormie, showing damage sustained in the fire of 1731 at Ashburnham House, Westminster., Formula of confession, beginning, 'Confiteor tibi, domine, pater celi et terre' (f. ii), Ceremony of profession, beginning, 'Ad canonicum regularem faciendum' (f. 1), the rule of St Augustine (f. 1v), various chronological computations, beginning, 'Secundum hebraicam veritatem' (f. 4v), notes on the seven ages of the world, the six ages of man, the ten names of the deity, cardinal and ordinal numbers (ff. 4v-5), De corpore et sanguine domini (ff. 5-6), Panormia (index Panormie, Pannormia) (ff. 6-112v), Sermons of Ivo of Chartres, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 114-148v), Constitutions of the Council of Westminster in 1127 (ff. 148v-149), Apocryphal epistle of Pontius Pilate to the Emperor Claudius (f. 149v-150v), Latin names of the winds with English eqivalents, epigram on a hermaphrodite, medical verses (f. 150v)

in Latin and English, added in the twelfth or thirteenth century (f. 150v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: inscribed, 'John. Theyer Jun' (f. i); a lengthy note in his hand, dated 15 July 1659, in vindication of Ivo of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid, at the reading for 27 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid, at the reading for 27 December. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of John the Baptist, holding the Agnus Dei., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

historiated initial 'D' of John the Baptist, holding the Agnus Dei. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 20v, 23v, 25v, 27v, 40, 87, 109, 121, 125v, 128, 130, 131, 136,

• Decorated initials 'E'(dwardus) and 'C'(es)., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initials Various, including John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Decorated initial 'H'(ec) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of an indenture., Cartulary (index Registrum) of Bury St Edmunds during the reign of Henry VIII

etc. from the 9th to the 31st year in the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1540), under the rule of abbot John Reeve. Numerous initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate patterns and flowers. Some cadels (e.g., ff. 75, 76,

• Puzzle initials 'R' and 'P' with penwork decoration extending in the margin., Decretals (index Decretales), Books 1-5, with marginal gloss, imperfect at the end

hand (f. 2).? John Bury, armiger: mentioned in Cottey's note as the donor of the manuscript (f. 5; see Wright 1972).John Cottey or de Cotheye, rector of Cheddon Fitzpaine, co. Somerset, 1328: given to him by John Bury, his ownership

• Illuminated and decorated initial 'D's, in the Kalendarium (a table of contents), with a painted border containing figures in vesica-shaped spaces and a bas-de-page scene with two hybrid figures blowing a trumpets on either side of a castle full of people., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Initial 'R' at the beginning of the section of the text of words beginning with R, accompanied by a bas-de-page scene of an archer about to shoot an arrow at the exposed buttocks of another man., Summa Grammaticalis (index Catholicon)

(?) ‘ZR.R.0’ inscribed in ink,~.0.0’, inscribed in different ink, both f. 301, top right hand corner; ’£~', f. i verso.? John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806), antiquary and topographer (inscribed in pencil ‘John Januensis’s (Alias Balbus) Dictionary with a Grammer.

• An added fifteenth century inscription at the end of the text stating that the book belongs to the priory of regular canons of St. Wulfhad's, Stone, as the gift of Gilbert de Stone, canon of Wells (d. by 1417)., Summa Grammaticalis (index Catholicon)

(?) ‘ZR.R.0’ inscribed in ink,~.0.0’, inscribed in different ink, both f. 301, top right hand corner; ’£~', f. i verso.? John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806), antiquary and topographer (inscribed in pencil ‘John Januensis’s (Alias Balbus) Dictionary with a Grammer.

• Historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid and dragon extender, at the reading for 27 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid and dragon extender, at the reading for 27 December. 46 large historiated initials, with

• Detail of a miniature of John the Evangelist, holding a martyr's palm, standing before a group of representatives of the various churches., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

a miniature of John the Evangelist, holding a martyr's palm, standing before a group of representatives of the various churches. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and the Apocalypse

• Detail of a miniature of John the Evangelist, with the Son of Man, holding a sword in his mouth, and seven tall candlesticks., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

a miniature of John the Evangelist, with the Son of Man, holding a sword in his mouth, and seven tall candlesticks. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and the

• Detail of a miniature of Christ extending from a cloud above to raise John., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

extending from a cloud above to raise John. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and the Apocalypse with a commentary in the Anglo-French prose version (ff. 104-214v).According to Sandler,

• Detail of a miniature of John and a crowned elder., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

a miniature of John and a crowned elder. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and the Apocalypse with a commentary in the Anglo-French prose version (ff. 104-214v).According to Sandler,

• Detail of a miniature of John and the angel witnessing the locusts unleashed by the fifth trumpet, in illustration of Revelation 9: 7-10., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

a miniature of John and the angel witnessing the locusts unleashed by the fifth trumpet, in illustration of Revelation 9: 7-10. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and the

• Detail of a miniature of John witnessing the arrival of the army of the horsemen, riding horses with the heads of lions and tails of serpents, in illustration of Revelation 9: 15-19., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

a miniature of John witnessing the arrival of the army of the horsemen, riding horses with the heads of lions and tails of serpents, in illustration of Revelation 9: 15-19. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or

• Detail of a miniature of John listening to an angel, holding a book, with a rainbow issuing from his head, with feet of fire, standing with one foot on the sea and one foot on the earth, and seven beasts representing seven thunders, in illustration of Revelation 10: 1-17., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

a miniature of John listening to an angel, holding a book, with a rainbow issuing from his head, with feet of fire, standing with one foot on the sea and one foot on the earth, and seven beasts representing seven

• Detail of a miniature of the angel, standing with one foot on the sea and one foot on the earth, giving the book to John, in illustration of Revelation 10: 8-11., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

the sea and one foot on the earth, giving the book to John, in illustration of Revelation 10: 8-11. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and the Apocalypse with

• Detail of a miniature of the angel speaking to John holding a reed; and the temple of God on the right with the worshippers inside, in illustration of Revelation 11: 1-2., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

of the angel speaking to John holding a reed; and the temple of God on the right with the worshippers inside, in illustration of Revelation 11: 1-2. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham)