• Illuminated initials., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

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 initials Master of Sir John Fastolf Rouen France, N. E. (Rouen)

• Decorated initials 'C'(orynthis) and 'P'(oul) at the prologue of 1 Corinthians., Wycliffite New Testament, later version with the usual prologues and table of lections (index tabulae lectionum, capitularia, lists of pericopes)

Decorated initials 'C'(orynthis) and 'P'(oul) at the prologue of 1 Corinthians. Added text written by Richard Smith: the Epistle to the Laodiceans, which is imperfect at the end (f. 284).Added index (f. 285).Horizontal catchwords. Large puzzle initials in red

• Decorated initial 'M'(illesimo), at the beginning of Book 6 of Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum; in the lower margin the beginning of an ownership and anathema inscription (which finishes on the facing page), stating that the manuscript belongs to the church of St Mary's, Southwick., Historia Anglorum

Mary, Southwick, Hampshire, 13th century: ownership inscriptions (ff. 2v-3, 10v, 58v-59, 67, 69v, 84v-85, 161); borrowed from the priory by John Leland in c. 1533 (see discussion Carley 2001).Inscribed '95' (1st parchment flyleaf).Lord William Howard, 1589 (b. 1563, d. 1640),

• Marginal drawing of the Battle of Lincoln, in Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum. Captions identify the man to the left as Baldwin FitzGilbert and the central crowned figure as King Stephen; the king is directing Baldwin to address the army of his behalf., Historia Anglorum

Mary, Southwick, Hampshire, 13th century: ownership inscriptions (ff. 2v-3, 10v, 58v-59, 67, 69v, 84v-85, 161); borrowed from the priory by John Leland in c. 1533 (see discussion Carley 2001).Inscribed '95' (1st parchment flyleaf).Lord William Howard, 1589 (b. 1563, d. 1640),

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Miniature of the Visitation, decorated initial 'D'(eus), and full foliate border, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Miniature of the Nativity with an angel preparing a bath for the Christ child, decorated initial 'D'(eus), and full foliate border, at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Miniature of the Requiem mass, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, initial 'O' with a nun in prayer, and a full foliate border, at the beginning of a prayer to Our Lord., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• On the left, illuminated initial, and on the right, a miniature of the Requiem mass, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Miniature of a burial., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Text page with small decorated initials., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

Text page with small decorated initials. Numerous inscriptions on f. 99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1 marginal drawing of the head of the royal figure in leadpoint (f. 37). 14 three-sided borders and large

• Text page with coloured initials., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

Text page with coloured initials. Numerous inscriptions on f. 99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1 marginal drawing of the head of the royal figure in leadpoint (f. 37). 14 three-sided borders and large initials

• Text page with coloured initials., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

Text page with coloured initials. Numerous inscriptions on f. 99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1 marginal drawing of the head of the royal figure in leadpoint (f. 37). 14 three-sided borders and large initials

• Text page with coloured initials., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

Text page with coloured initials. Numerous inscriptions on f. 99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1 marginal drawing of the head of the royal figure in leadpoint (f. 37). 14 three-sided borders and large initials

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

d. 1836), writer on art and collector: his sale, 11 May 1838, lot 39; purchased by Russell for £1. Reverend John Fuller Russell (b. 1813, d. 1884), ecclesiastical historian: not identifiable in the catalogues of his sales; probably bought from

• Text with diagrams for numerical divination, and fifteen magical characters., Proposiciones; Errores in grammatica, letter to the Archbishop of Corinth; philosophical, scientific and mathematical treatises.

and included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).Richard Philyp, perhaps

• Detail of a miniature of Prince Henry offering or receiving the book., The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum) (index Regement of Princes, The Government of Princes)

Detail of a miniature of Prince Henry offering or receiving the book. Numerous inscriptions on f. 99. 1 presentation miniature in colours and gold (f. 37). 1 marginal drawing of the head of the royal figure in leadpoint (f.

• Detail of illuminated initial 'A'(d dominum cum tribularer), with foliate motifs, at Psalm 119., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'D'(ixit dominus domino meo), with foliate and knotwork motifs, at Psalm 109., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

Psalm 109. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward