• Calendar page for April with tinted drawings of saints Tiburtius and Valerianus, George, Wilfrid, and Mark., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Edward II in 1327 '84 [years ago]' (Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has

• Circular diagram with the symbols of the zodiac., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Edward II in 1327 '84 [years ago]' (Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has

• Tinted drawing of Zodiac Man., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Edward II in 1327 '84 [years ago]' (Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has

• Table of the days of the week with various tinted drawings, possibly relating to the labours of the year and auspicious and inauspicious days., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Edward II in 1327 '84 [years ago]' (Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has

• Table of the days of the week with various tinted drawings., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Edward II in 1327 '84 [years ago]' (Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has

• Table of significant events, including the Nativity and the murder of king Edward II in 1327., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Edward II in 1327 '84 [years ago]' (Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has

• Table of English kings with twelve portraits, including those of William the Conqueror and Richard II., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Edward II in 1327 '84 [years ago]' (Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has

• Table of weights and measures, possibly for calculating the prices of bread or wheat, with a drawing of a balance and weights., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Edward II in 1327 '84 [years ago]' (Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has

• Miniatures of two figures in two compartments, relating to the accompanying astrological tables., Libellus geomancie (Book of Astrological Tables)

et alc. /meddelton', late 15th, early 16th century (f. 227).Humphrey Lloyd (b. c. 1527, d. 1568), Welsh antiquary, brother-in-law of John Lumley: inscribed 'Sum Humfredi Lloyde' (f. 4).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator:

• Detail of a miniature in four segments: 1. Pierre Bersuire reading; 2. the Death of Hasdrubal; 3. John II enthroned; 4. A battle illustrating the second Punic War, at the beginning of decade 2., Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius)

3. John II enthroned; 4. A battle illustrating the second Punic War, at the beginning of decade 2. Contains the 'Ab urbe condita' of Livy, translated by Pierre Bersuire (ca. 1290-1362), as 'Les decades de Titus Livius', for John II,

• Illuminated initial 'D' in colours and gold with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves, ivy, and foliate feathering extending into the margins to form a partial border, including a male figure., Confessio amantis, imperfect

£10,000 (a 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. Illuminated initial John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Calendar page for February with tinted drawings of a man with a shovel (the labour of the month), two fish (Pisces), saint Brigida, a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the purification), and saints Blaise, Agatha, Valetine, Peter in cathedra [in Antiocha], and Matthew., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Edward II in 1327 '84 [years ago]' (Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has

• Calendar page for April with tinted drawings of a man with a flower (the labour of the month), a bull (Taurus), saints Mary of Egypt, Ambrose, Guthlac's scourge, and saints Tiburtius and Valerianus, George, Wilfrid, and Mark., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Edward II in 1327 '84 [years ago]' (Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has

• Decorated initial 'W'(e), and a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower: 'Forasmutche as you have desired so simple a woman to wrighte in so worthye a booke (good) mayster lieutenaunte therefore I shall as a frende desyre you and as a christian require you to call uppon god to encline youre harte to his lawes to quicken you in his waye and not [on the next page] to take the worde of trewthe utterlye oute of youre mouthe...', Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower: 'Forasmutche as you have desired so simple a woman to wrighte in so worthye a booke (good) mayster lieutenaunte therefore I shall as a frende desyre

• Drawing of the world, with God wearing a crown above, Christ in Majesty, and the devil bound below., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera)

by Halliwell-Phillipps, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). The world Johannes de Sacro Bosco (index Johannes de Sacrobosco, Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, John de Sacrobosco) England

• Text page with a marginal note by Humfrey, duke of Gloucester., De administratione principium (Le livre de l'information des princes)

Text page with a marginal note by Humfrey, duke of Gloucester. Catchwords and bifolium signatures. Numerous pointing hand (maniculae). 1 miniature in colours and gold of a king enthroned in council, with a full border and a foliate initial

• Full white vine border with a large initial 'S'(emper)., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae); Persius

Full white vine border with a large initial 'S'(emper). f. 1* is a parchment leaf.Horizontal catchwords.According to A.C. de la Mare, the border on f. 1 is one of the earliest extant examples of the white vine style. She

• Miniature of the Death and Assumption of the Virgin, of the Virgin Mary's entombment and the passing of her soul to Christ, surrounded by a crowd of apostles and angels, and her Assumption to heaven in a mandorla, within a mosaic-like frame., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index antiphoner, antiphonal)

Santa Maria degli Angeli in 1798; his sale 11 May 1838, lot 181; purchased by Lloyd for £4 4s. Reverend John Fuller Russell (b. 1813, d. 1884), ecclesiastical historian: his sale 26 June 1885, lot 124.George Salting (b. 1835, d.

• Detail of miniature with a monkey playing a lute., Splendor Solis (an alchemical treatise) (index Splendor of the Sun)

of the Sun) Charles II, king of England (b. 1630, d. 1685): a manuscript answering to 3469 was seen by John Evelyn in the library of Charles II at Whitehall Palace, 2 Sept. 1680, being described by him as follows:

• Miniature of a two-headed winged figure holding in his left hand a golden egg and in his right, a circular mirror., Splendor Solis (an alchemical treatise) (index Splendor of the Sun)

of the Sun) Charles II, king of England (b. 1630, d. 1685): a manuscript answering to 3469 was seen by John Evelyn in the library of Charles II at Whitehall Palace, 2 Sept. 1680, being described by him as follows: