• Detail of inscription at the end of the main text in which the scribe, Brother Thomas Grene, has written his name in red. Four lines lower down, a later hand has written 'Grenewich', which suggests that the manuscript may have belonged to the Franciscan convent at Greenwich., Collection of Franciscan texts, including the life of Francis

minister Thomas to Roger at Wynde and Isabella, and is dated 1467 (ff. 1v-2); the second is from Thomas to John Baly and Katherine, and dated 145-. (ff. 76v-77).The Franciscan convent at Southampton: inscription 'Ad usum fratrum minore In Suythamptona'

• Puzzle initial., Travels (index Itinerarium)

by the British Museum from Baynes, 29 May 1838 (note on f. 1* verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Puzzle initial Sir John Mandeville England

• Table., Astrological and medical treatises and recipes, including a zodiacal lunary (ff. 31-35v); 'The Nature of Wommen' (ff. 28v-30)

and brown. Astrological and medical treatises and recipes, including a zodiacal lunary (ff. 31-35v); 'The Nature of Wommen' (ff. 28v-30) John Smythe: 16th-century inscription (f. 28v). James Orchard Halliwell-[Phillipps] (b. 1820, d. 1889), antiquary and literary scholar: inscription 'J. O.

• Illuminated initial and border., Scientific miscellany, including John Metham's Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 75-96)

including of Zodiac man (f. 18), buildings (ff. 54v-55), palms (ff. 93-96), and astronomical diagrams (ff. 104v-122). Scientific miscellany, including John Metham's Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 75-96) Added gatherings and text in a Gothic cursive hand (ff. 1-13v).Thomas Allen (b. 1540,

• Decorated initials., Scientific miscellany, including John Metham's Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 75-96)

including of Zodiac man (f. 18), buildings (ff. 54v-55), palms (ff. 93-96), and astronomical diagrams (ff. 104v-122). Scientific miscellany, including John Metham's Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 75-96) Added gatherings and text in a Gothic cursive hand (ff. 1-13v).Thomas Allen (b. 1540,

• Drawing of a chemical process with a standing man, in the Practica geometrie., Scientific miscellany, including John Metham's Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 75-96)

including of Zodiac man (f. 18), buildings (ff. 54v-55), palms (ff. 93-96), and astronomical diagrams (ff. 104v-122). Scientific miscellany, including John Metham's Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 75-96) Added gatherings and text in a Gothic cursive hand (ff. 1-13v).Thomas Allen (b. 1540,

• Puzzle initial 'M'., Stimulus Conscientiae (Prick of Conscience); The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, and other devotional texts.

in red. Stimulus Conscientiae (Prick of Conscience); The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, and other devotional texts. 16th-century inscription 'Jhn John Danyell oethe this boke' (f. 26).16th-century inscriptions 'Roberte Holgate', or 'Robert Holgate' (ff. 93, 109v, 110).Cox Macro (b. 1683,

• Text page, with marginal cryptic or secret letters, and five interlocking swords, with the inscription of a reader or performer: "Thomas Wen [?] he that myowth.", The play 'Infantia Salvatoris'

and shields. The play 'Infantia Salvatoris' The Benedictine priory of St Petroc, Bodmin, Cornwall: colophon with the name the scribe John Archer, a native of Bodmin and a canon of the priory of St. Petroc: 'Quod dominus Johannes architenens canonicus

• 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

• Historiated initial of Benedict with a partial border., Dialogues (ff. 1-98v), and a letter (ff. 99-107)

(ff. 18, 19, 39v, 68). Capital letters highlighted in red. Decorated catchwords. Dialogues (ff. 1-98v), and a letter (ff. 99-107) John Wright, librarian to George Henry Hay, 7th Earl of Kinnoull and husband of Abigail, youngest daughter of Robert Harley:

• Historiated initial of a seated bishop and kneeling woman, with a partial border., Dialogues (ff. 1-98v), and a letter (ff. 99-107)

(ff. 18, 19, 39v, 68). Capital letters highlighted in red. Decorated catchwords. Dialogues (ff. 1-98v), and a letter (ff. 99-107) John Wright, librarian to George Henry Hay, 7th Earl of Kinnoull and husband of Abigail, youngest daughter of Robert Harley:

• Historiated initial with Jonah and the Whale., Bible, with prologues and the interpretations of Hebrew names

Historiated initial with Jonah and the Whale. This manuscript is kept with the rest of the Henry Davis collection in the Rare Books and Music Department of the British Library. Applications to examine it may be made at the

• Decorated initial 'L'(iggynge) at the beginning of book 4., Troilus and Criseyde

Beomonte in Aldersgate...' (f. 98v). Inscribed, ?15th century, 'Iste liber ?donstat mr George [ending erased]' (f. 98v). Inscribed, 16th century, 'John S.' (f. 98v).Nicholas Brett, 17th century: inscribed with his name (f. 98v).Francis Wadsworth, 17th century: inscribed 'Francis Wadsworth' and

• 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.

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist., Book of Hours

with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist. 3 diptychs of full-page miniatures with foliate borders, in colours and gold, inserted as a separate quire after the calendar (ff. 18v-21). 37 full-page miniatures in semi-grisaille against coloured backgrounds, with large

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist., Book of Hours

with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist. 3 diptychs of full-page miniatures with foliate borders, in colours and gold, inserted as a separate quire after the calendar (ff. 18v-21). 37 full-page miniatures in semi-grisaille against coloured backgrounds, with large

• Historiated initial 'F'(or) with a figure (damaged), combined with a full foliate bar border at the beginning of the text., De proprietatibus rerum, imperfect

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. Historiated initial Bartholomaeus Anglicus, translated by John Trevisa England, S. E. (?London)