• Decorative headpiece and intials at the beginning of the first Ode., Psalter with odes, prayers, service of holy communion, and a short excerpt from Daniel (ff. 213v-214)

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Ode Symeon Metaphrastes, St Basil, St John Chrysostom, St John of Damascus and others Italy or Eastern Mediterranean

• Diagrams showing men and animals going around the earth and meeting on the other side., L'image du monde

Diagrams showing men and animals going around the earth and meeting on the other side. Old foliation in Part 1 on verso and in Part 2 on verso to xxiiii. Circular ink diagrams in brown and red of: the

• Ink diagram of a game entitled 'la fourme de la table rounde'., L'image du monde

Ink diagram of a game entitled 'la fourme de la table rounde'. Old foliation in Part 1 on verso and in Part 2 on verso to xxiiii. Circular ink diagrams in brown and red of: the elements (f. 52v);

• Ink diagram of day and night., L'image du monde

Ink diagram of day and night. Old foliation in Part 1 on verso and in Part 2 on verso to xxiiii. Circular ink diagrams in brown and red of: the elements (f. 52v); diagrams showing the 'roundness' of the

• Text page with large and small initials and rubric., L'image du monde

Text page with large and small initials and rubric. Old foliation in Part 1 on verso and in Part 2 on verso to xxiiii. Circular ink diagrams in brown and red of: the elements (f. 52v); diagrams showing the

• Decorated initial 'B'(Ritaiuua) [for Britannia] and coloured initial 'E'(Neas)., Historical miscellany, including an excerpt from Geoffrey's 'Historia regum Britanniae' (index Gesta Britonum) (ff. 1-11v), Bernard's 'De cognitione humanae conditionis' (ff. 12-15v), 'Catalogus Romanorum Pontificum' from Peter to Benedict XII (ff. 16-22), Innocent's 'De miseria humanæ conditionis' (ff. 23-32), and John's 'Turris Sapientiae, sive Speculum theologiae' (f. 32v)

the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated and coloured initials Geoffrey of Monmouth (index Galfridus Monumetensis), Bernard of Clairvaux (index St Bernard, Bernardus Clarevallensis), Innocent III, John of Metz (index Johannes Metensis) England

• Initial with foliate decoration., Psalter, imperfect, including Odes (ff. 219v-232v)

or brown (ff. 1-14). Line-filler with geometric decoration in red and black (f. 218v). Psalter, imperfect, including Odes (ff. 219v-232v) John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain to the Levant Company at Constantinople, 1670-1676, and later Master of Christ's College,

• Detail of decorated initial 'U'., Mainly scientific and grammatic miscellany, including the Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 100-108v; 109-34), the Mirror of Light (ff. 155-168); Cistercian statuta and ordinationes (ff. 200-220); De sphaera (ff. 59-75); algorismus with commentary (ff. 26-43)

(ff. 26-43) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Buckfast, Devon: see Ker 1964.Inscription with the name John Fox (f. 34v)Inscriptions: 'John Sgacton (?), 'John Shabeton' (?) (ff. 1, 221).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased

• Calendar page with 'KL' letters sprouting with foliage, including grotesque heads., Numerous tables, 2 calendars; Ars Kalendarii (ff. 102-104v), imperfect

calendars; Ars Kalendarii (ff. 102-104v), imperfect Inscribed in English in a 16th/17th-century hand (f. 1v). John Marshall, 17th century: inscribed 'John Mearchall' (f. 26v) and 'John Marshall' (f. 46v, with penwork decoration) and his monogram, followed by 'vi' (, f.

• Detail of illuminated initial., Law treatise called Britton

Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Smaller and small initials in plain red or blue. Law treatise called Britton John Eltonhed(?), 15th-century: inscriptions (ff. 188, 188v).Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh of Toulouse, his sale in 1789: note by 'F[rancis].D[ouce] .'

• Detail of decorated initial., Law treatise called Britton

Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Smaller and small initials in plain red or blue. Law treatise called Britton John Eltonhed(?), 15th-century: inscriptions (ff. 188, 188v).Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh of Toulouse, his sale in 1789: note by 'F[rancis].D[ouce] .'

• Detail of a miniature of John the Evangelist and John the Baptist., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

Detail of a miniature of John the Evangelist and John the Baptist. Includes the ~Somme le roi~, a manual of moral instruction, composed in 1279-80, at the request of King Philip III of France (1270-1285) by Laurent d'Orleans, the king's

• Decorated initial 'E', at the beginning of the Law treatise entitled 'Breton'., Law treatise called Britton

Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Smaller and small initials in plain red or blue. Law treatise called Britton John Eltonhed(?), 15th-century: inscriptions (ff. 188, 188v).Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh of Toulouse, his sale in 1789: note by 'F[rancis].D[ouce] .'

• Flourished initial 'T', in the Law treatise called Britton., Law treatise called Britton

Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Smaller and small initials in plain red or blue. Law treatise called Britton John Eltonhed(?), 15th-century: inscriptions (ff. 188, 188v).Count Justin de MacCarthy-Reagh of Toulouse, his sale in 1789: note by 'F[rancis].D[ouce] .'

• Historiated initial 'J'(ohannes) of a lawyer holding a book, with a partial border, at the beginning of the preface (the introductory bull of John XXII), and a foliate initial 'J'(ohannes), at the beginning of the gloss; with birds and a hybrid grotesque in the margin., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

bull of John XXII), and a foliate initial 'J'(ohannes), at the beginning of the gloss; with birds and a hybrid grotesque in the margin. Contains the Constitutuions Clementinae, a collection of constitutions of Clement V promulgated by John II in

• Architectural headpiece in colours, silver, and gold with a pediment and four columns and an initial in red, silver, and gold., Evangeliary of the four Gospels with sections (but not canon tables) and Sermo catecheticus in Pascha

into this one.f. 3 is a parchment flyleaf.ff. 4-79: Matthew; ff. 79-127: Mark; ff. 130-217: Luke; ff. 220-278v: John.ff. 279-280: John Chrysostom's Sermo catecheticus in Pascha (PG 59. 721-24). Architectural headpiece in colours, silver, and gold with a pediment and

• Detail of a miniature of John writing and sending a letter of 1 John., Bible historiale complétée (Maccabees to Revelation)

Detail of a miniature of John writing and sending a letter of 1 John. Contains the Bible historiale, a French adaptation of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica by Guyart des Moulins (c. 1291-95), classified as the bible historiale complétée by Berger

• Detail of a miniature of John being inspired by the Holy Ghost, at the beginning of 2 John., Bible historiale complétée (Maccabees to Revelation)

Detail of a miniature of John being inspired by the Holy Ghost, at the beginning of 2 John. Contains the Bible historiale, a French adaptation of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica by Guyart des Moulins (c. 1291-95), classified as the bible

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of the Dominican friar, John of Freiburg, teaching a group of pupils., Summa confessorum

no. 7976.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. John of Freiburg teaching Written by more than one scribe John of Freiburg (Johannes de Friburgo) East Anglia England, S. (East Anglia)

• Decorated initial 'E'(dward)., Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum (imperfect)) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

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 le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England