• Initial 'P'(atri) with a full penwork border, at the beginning at the dedication letter of Petrus de Harentals to Arkel., Collectarius super librum Psalmorum

Petrus de Harentals to Arkel. Contains an alphabetical index (ff. 1-10v) and the dedication to John de Arkel, bishop of Utrecht and Liège (d. 1378) (ff. 11-13).Numerous pointing hands (maniculae) and human heads in profile highlighted in yellow with notabilia

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ic) with yellow filigree decoration, set against a ground of green and purple., Vocabulary of Maestro Goro d'Arezzo (index Gorus de Aretio) with additions by Jacopo Paltonio (index Jacopus Paltonius), including a table of contents (f. 4v)

Illuminated initial 'H'(ic) with yellow filigree decoration, set against a ground of green and purple. The text is a vocabulary in Italian vernacular glossing Latin authors.This manuscript is bound together with Harley 1742. Initial in gold set against a

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• Illuminated initial 'Y'(e) with foliate decoration extending into the margin., 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. Illuminated initial Bartholomaeus Anglicus, translated by John Trevisa England, S. E. (?London)

• Circular map in brown ink with Jerusalem at the centre., Catilina; Jugurtha, imperfect at the beginning

Circular map in brown ink with Jerusalem at the centre. ff. 1-97: damaged by damp; stained brown.1 blank ruled leaf after f. 97.f. 98 is a former parchment pastedown.f. 99 ia a blank parchment leaf with an effaced inscription,

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) with interlace patterns and a bird, and other decorated letters at the beginning of Thessalonians., The Pauline and Catholic Epistles (except III John and Jude), and Revelation, imperfect

on red or yellow backgrounds. Text in red, sometimes with a yellow wash. The Pauline and Catholic Epistles (except III John and Jude), and Revelation, imperfect Inscribed in runes 'Ego Iusueus Hac/si indignus diacon[us]/ [h]anc librum quem / ad opus