• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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:

• Detail of various scenes of daily life pictured in the border, including a man drawing water and a pig being slaughtered., 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:

• White vine initial 'M'(ecenas) and, in the lower margin, the bookstamps of Pandolfo di Ricasoli and the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites in Florence., Odes (index Carmina)

White vine initial 'M'(ecenas) and, in the lower margin, the bookstamps of Pandolfo di Ricasoli and the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites in Florence. ff. 72-73 are parchment leaves. 2 large initials in gold with white vine decoration in

• White vine initials 'N'(ec) and 'O' (Curas) at the beginning of the text., Satires

White vine initials 'N'(ec) and 'O' (Curas) at the beginning of the text. This manuscript was made in Florence c. 1440-c. 1450, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 2 white

• Decorated initial 'T'(indare)., Bucolica

Decorated initial 'T'(indare). Large blue initial with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Numerous smaller initials in red with purple penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration. Plain red initials (ff. 58-60). Rubrics, running headers, and abbreviations of

• Coloured initials and title with foliate decoration., Erotemata

Coloured initials and title with foliate decoration. ff. 1, 3 and 33 are on paper. Coloured title and initials with added? foliate decoration in red and green (f. 4). Initials in red or light brown, occasionally decorated. Rubrics and

• Detail of a miniature from Apocalypse, of God enthroned, with John, and angel, and Christ., Bible historiale, with various biblical books and saints lives (the early version) (Grand Bible historiale complétée à prologues)

Apocalypse, of God enthroned, with John, and angel, and Christ. Bound in 2 volumes, with continuous foliation (vol. 1: ff. 1-288; vol. 2: ff. 289-604).Contains an extended version of the Bible Historiale of Guyart des Moulins, classified as the 'grande