• Text page from John., Four Gospels (the 'Harley Gospels', or 'Codex Harleianus')

page from John. This is source Z in the studies of the Latin New Testament (Wordsworth and White; Bonifatius Fischer). Corrections in a contemporary hand in slanting uncial employ a Greek style of syllabification recalling the method of Victor of

• Text page from the explicit to Luke and the incipit to John., Four Gospels (the 'Harley Gospels', or 'Codex Harleianus')

to Luke and the incipit to John. This is source Z in the studies of the Latin New Testament (Wordsworth and White; Bonifatius Fischer). Corrections in a contemporary hand in slanting uncial employ a Greek style of syllabification recalling the

• Text page at the end of the prologue to John., Four Gospels (the 'Harley Gospels', or 'Codex Harleianus')

end of the prologue to John. This is source Z in the studies of the Latin New Testament (Wordsworth and White; Bonifatius Fischer). Corrections in a contemporary hand in slanting uncial employ a Greek style of syllabification recalling the method

• Text page from John., Four Gospels (the 'Harley Gospels', or 'Codex Harleianus')

page from John. This is source Z in the studies of the Latin New Testament (Wordsworth and White; Bonifatius Fischer). Corrections in a contemporary hand in slanting uncial employ a Greek style of syllabification recalling the method of Victor of

• Decorated initial 'S' with foliate decoration., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

Decorated initial 'S' with foliate decoration. Copious notes in an early-modern hand. 10 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 44, 55v, 78, 96v, 117, 135, 153, 170v). Small

• Decorated initial 'C'., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

Decorated initial 'C'. Copious notes in an early-modern hand. 10 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 24v, 44, 55v, 78, 96v, 117, 135, 153, 170v). Small initials in red

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lle) and partial border., Devotional treatises and sermons, including Memoriale credencium (ff. 1-69), a treatise on the five senses (ff. 106v-127), a sermon by Thomas Wymyldon (ff. 140-153), a treatise on the visitation of the sick (ff. 156-160v), and a treatise on 'wedded men, wives, and their children' (ff. 160v-166v)

£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. Puzzle initial John Wycliffe, Thomas Wymyldon, and others England

• Historiated initial 'E(t si) with the head of a man (?Cicero), besants and acanthus leaves extending into the margins at the beginning of the text., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

Historiated initial 'E(t si) with the head of a man (?Cicero), besants and acanthus leaves extending into the margins at the beginning of the text. ff. 1* and 53 have been washed and reused as flyleaves for the present

• 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.

• Partial foliate border with an historiated initial 'H'(anc) of Ovid holding a book., Epistolae (index Letters)

Partial foliate border with an historiated initial 'H'(anc) of Ovid holding a book. Partial foliate border in colours and gold with an historiated initial 'H'(anc) of Ovid holding a book (f. 1). Red initials with purple penwork decoration and

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of an enthroned king, perhaps Richard II, at the beginning of the text., Polychronicon

Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of an enthroned king, perhaps Richard II, at the beginning of the text. Ranulph Higden (b. c. 1299, d. 1364), was a monk of the Benedictine abbey of St. Werburg, Chester. His 'Polychronicon' is a universal

• Historiated initial 'E(t si) with the head of a man (?Cicero), besants and acanthus leaves extending into the margins at the beginning of the text., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

Historiated initial 'E(t si) with the head of a man (?Cicero), besants and acanthus leaves extending into the margins at the beginning of the text. ff. 1* and 53 have been washed and reused as flyleaves for the present

• Decorated initials: 'I'(tem), 'D'(ialectica), 'G'(ustus), 'I'(tem), 'I'(tem), and 'O'(lfactus)., Tracts on various subjects, including rhetoric and mathematics, and Alan of Lille's De planctu naturae (ff. 17-32v)

1-17).Robert Talbot (b. c. 1505, d. 1558), antiquary and scholar of Winchester college, fellow of New College, Oxford, friend of John Leland, prebendary and canon of Norwich from 1547 to 1558: his ownership inscription (f. 1).Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635, d.

• White vine initial 'T'(erentii), Vita Terentii (ff. 1-3v); Comoediae (index Comedies) (ff. 3v-169)

White vine initial 'T'(erentii) 7 white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 5, 32v, 61v, 89, 116v, 141). Alternating red or blue initials. Rubrics and abbreviations of protagonists' names in red. Vita Terentii (ff. 1-3v); Comoediae (index

• Historiated initial 'U'(t) with the author Petrus Isolellae in profile and acanthus leaves extending into the margins to form a full border; female figure in the lower margin and kneeling man in the outer margin., Summa grammaticae (index De arte grammatica)

Historiated initial 'U'(t) with the author Petrus Isolellae in profile and acanthus leaves extending into the margins to form a full border; female figure in the lower margin and kneeling man in the outer margin. Catchwords written horizontally. Large

• Three-sided foliate border with a large decorated initial 'F'(ratres scientes quia hora est)., Psalter and Breviary, with a calendar, use of Rome

Initials and paraphs in green; some text in green (ff. 535-540). Psalter and Breviary, with a calendar, use of Rome John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 28 August 1724 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).Edward Harley (b.

• Decorated initial with reserved designs and pen-flourishing., Missal

in black ink.Marginal annotations. 1 full-page miniature in colours and gold of the Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist, with a full border inhabited by birds and flowers, and, in the lower margin, a jewelled cross in

• Decorated initial 'S'(icut) combined with a partial bar border with ivy and a dragon at the beginning of the text., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum)(ff. 1-147v), ending with an alphabetical index (ff. 148-174v); Commentary on Boethius’s De Consolatione philosophiae (ff. 175-272)

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. Decorated initial Written by several scribes John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus); Nicholas Trevet England

• Text page with coloured initial., Theological miscellany, including Gennadius's 'De vera fide' (ff. 1-17) and Explanation of the epitaph of Constantine the Great (ff. 60v-61v), Pseudo-Methodius's 'Apocalypsis' (ff. 42-45v), and Leo V's 'Oracula' (f. 57)

Text page with coloured initial. A full table of contents in ~Summary Catalogue~ 1999. Initials with foliate decoration in silver and titles in dark red. Line-fillers and small initial in red. Theological miscellany, including Gennadius's 'De vera fide' (ff.

• Headpiece with geometric decoration., Menaion: Canons and other liturgical readings for Saints for November, ending with Stavrothekion, Theotokion and Canon Parakletikos

Headpiece with geometric decoration. Headpiece with geometric decoration, title and initials in light brown (f. 2). Initials and line-fillers in light brown or red. Menaion: Canons and other liturgical readings for Saints for November, ending with Stavrothekion, Theotokion and