• Coloured drawing depicting the dragon-daughter of King Ypocras, and the knights who tried to break the spell enchanting her., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(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. Dragon Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Text page., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(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. Text Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawings depicting the costume of the Chaldeans and the origin of the Amazons., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(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. Amazons Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawing depicting the pygmies of Dondun Island, who eat through a straw. Spaces reserved for illustration have been left blank throughout the manuscript., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(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. Pygmies Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text; ownership inscription in the lower margin., The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (extended version to 1419)

his name (f. 150).Added marginal annotations throughout, 16th-17th century. Inscribed 16th or 17th century, 'Com fflint' (f. 91v).Inscribed, 16th-17th century, 'John' (f. 1*v).Erased and partly erased inscriptions, ?17th century (ff. 17, 51v, 80v, 90v, 140).Added Latin verse signed ‘Johannes’, and

• Detail of a coloured drawing depicting the dragon-daughter of King Ypocras, and the knights who tried to break the spell enchanting her., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(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. Dragon Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Coloured drawing depicting the Palace of the Great Chan., Travels (index Itinerarium)

(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. Palace Sir John Mandeville England, E. England, E. (East Anglia)

• Decorated initial 'T'(hees) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ., Mirror of the Life of Christ (ff. 1-221v), and the first leaf of the Traité pour Essamples les Amantz Marietz (ff. 223-223v)

HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.7.6’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Decorated initial and border Nicolas Love; John Gower England

• Decorated initial 'T'(hees), at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ., Mirror of the Life of Christ (ff. 1-221v), and the first leaf of the Traité pour Essamples les Amantz Marietz (ff. 223-223v)

HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.7.6’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Detail: Decorated initial Nicolas Love; John Gower England

• Decorated initial 'T'(he), and three-sided foliate border, in the Maistir of game., Maistir of Game (index Maister of Game) (ends imperfectly)

Decorated initial 'T'(he), and three-sided foliate border, in the Maistir of game. 3 large decorated foliate initials with three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 13, 19v). Small initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with

• Full-page frame with interlace, and words in gold and silver, before the beginning of Luke., Gospels of Luke and John, with prologue, table of chapters, and lections for the year (ff. 104v-111v)

the Gospels (ff. 2, 63). Chrysography. Initials in red or brown. Apparatus in brown and red. Gospels of Luke and John, with prologue, table of chapters, and lections for the year (ff. 104v-111v) ff. 112r-v contains added readings for August

• Full-page frame with interlace, and illuminated initial 'Q'(uidem) with bird heads, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels of Luke and John, with prologue, table of chapters, and lections for the year (ff. 104v-111v)

the Gospels (ff. 2, 63). Chrysography. Initials in red or brown. Apparatus in brown and red. Gospels of Luke and John, with prologue, table of chapters, and lections for the year (ff. 104v-111v) ff. 112r-v contains added readings for August

• Calendar pages with illuminated initials 'KL' and foliate borders., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O'(ff) of the Lover's confession, at the beginning of the prologue., Confessio amantis

of the prologue. This manuscript contains the first recension of the Confessio amantis of John Gower (b. 1330, d. 1408), originally dedicated to Richard II: 'In ovre englisshe I thenke make/ a book for kyng Richardis sake' (f. 1), with

• Illuminated initial 'C'(lementissime) with a partial border., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(um) of David playing the harp with two angels, at the beginning of Psalm 4., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Two historiated initials 'D'(eus) and 'E'(xaudi) of a king's head (David?), at the beginning of Psalms 53 and 54., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of a king's head (David?), at the beginning of Psalm 53., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(xaudi) of a king's head (David?), at the beginning of Psalm 54., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);

• Historiated initials 'I'(n) of a building with a small face visible behind the bars of the window, and 'N'(isi) of a church building., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester') The calendar of Sarum use includes John of Beverley (7th May, added to the Sarum calendar in 1416, f. 3); Frideswide annotated 'non sarum' (f. 5v);