• Miniature of a group of Christians with dogs setting out to find the body of Edmund., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

setting out to find the body of Edmund. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin

• Detail of a miniature of Edmund's head calling out "Here! Here! Here!" all day long until the men searching for it found it hidden in a thicket, being guarded from predatory animals by a wolf., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

men searching for it found it hidden in a thicket, being guarded from predatory animals by a wolf. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this

• Detail of a miniature of the arrival of the Danes and their king, Sweyn, in England., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

the Danes and their king, Sweyn, in England. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin

• Miniature of the death of Sweyn, the king of the Danes; miniature of a woman being pulled from the shrine of Edmund., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

miniature of a woman being pulled from the shrine of Edmund. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund

• Detail of a miniature of the installation of abbot Baldwin and the building of the abbey at Bury St. Edmond's., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

and the building of the abbey at Bury St. Edmond's. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and

• Detail of a miniature of the entombment of Edmund in the abbey at Bury St. Edmunds., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

Edmund in the abbey at Bury St. Edmunds. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin

• Detail of a miniature of Edmund praying, and the miraculous appearance of five springs., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

and the miraculous appearance of five springs. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king Edmund and his cousin Fremund

• Miniature of the death of Sweyn, the king of the Danes, and on the right, a woman being pulled from the shrine of Edmund., Metrical lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund, in the presentation copy for Henry VI, including the prologue (ff. 1v-5)

on the right, a woman being pulled from the shrine of Edmund. John Lydgate (probably from Lidgate or Lydgate, 10 miles from Bury), a monk of the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, translated this work on the life of king

• Puzzle initial 'N'(umquid) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of 'Ordinarium sive Alphabetum vitae religiosae'., Opera (index Works), imperfect at the end

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Puzzle initial 'I.M.' and other scribes I.M. John of Wales (index John of Waleys, Johannes Gualensis, Ioannes Gallensis) England

• Detail of decorated initial., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Detail John Capgrave, and others Campsey England, S. E. (Campsey)

• Detail of inscription., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Detail John Capgrave, and others Campsey England, S. E. (Campsey)

• Ownership inscription at the end of the manuscript, stating that it was a gift to the Augustinian nunnery at Campsey from Dame Katherine Babyngton, a former subprioress., The Life of Catherine (ff. 1-117v), etc.

Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Ownership inscription John Capgrave, and others Campsey England, S. E. (Campsey)

• Colophon of Antonio Beccaria of Verona, reading 'Athanasii viri sanctissimi de unitate substantiae deitatis / dialogus ex Graeco in Latinu[m] conversus per Antonium / Becariam Veronesem ad serenissimu[m] principem d[omi]n[u]m/ Humfredum Gloucestrix Ducem d[omi]n[u]m suu[m] singularissimu[m] / Locutores Athanasius, Arius et c'; with an inscription identifying the text by John Theyer., Theological treatises

d[omi]n[u]m/ Humfredum Gloucestrix Ducem d[omi]n[u]m suu[m] singularissimu[m] / Locutores Athanasius, Arius et c'; with an inscription identifying the text by John Theyer. The texts include: Contra gentes, De incarnatione verbi, De unitate substantiae deitatis dialogus, as well as a selection

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnipotens) with pen-flourishing, and 15th-century ownership inscription added in the margin stating that the manuscript once belonged to the chapel of St Giles near Brompton-on-Swale, but now belongs to the chantry of St Giles in the chapel of St John the Evangelist at Ravensworth castle., Liturgical texts including Offices, masses, etc., with a York calendar (index Breviary)

chapel of St Giles near Brompton-on-Swale, but now belongs to the chantry of St Giles in the chapel of St John the Evangelist at Ravensworth castle. Musical notation, on four-line red staves (ff. 89-136). Including a calendar (ff. 4-9v), the

• Large white vine initial 'O'(mnes) enclosing a putto, with a butterfly in the margin, at the beginning of the text., Catilina (ff. 1-16), Jugurtha (ff. 16-46), Epitome historiarum Trogi Pompeii (ff. 46-137v), Epitoma de Tito Livio (index Epitome of Livy) (ff. 138-176v)

Large white vine initial 'O'(mnes) enclosing a putto, with a butterfly in the margin, at the beginning of the text. Giovanni di Stia was a Florentine notary.Explicit followed by 4 verses 'Roma vetus veteres […] Quorum consilio precipitata ruis'

• White vine initial 'H'(erbarum) with a butterfly., De viribus herbarum

White vine initial 'H'(erbarum) with a butterfly. ff. 1 and 2 are parchment flyleaves.ff. 1 and [46] are former pastedowns.Marginal notes list ailments for which the various herbs are recommended. 1 large white vine initial in gold, purple, blue

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) depicting a layman in profile (Priscian?) holding a book, at the beginning of Priscian's Grammatica maior., Grammatica maior

Historiated initial 'C'(um) depicting a layman in profile (Priscian?) holding a book, at the beginning of Priscian's Grammatica maior. The outlines of the initials on ff. 4, 4v, 150v, and perhaps elsewhere, have been pricked as if for pouncing.

• Decorated intial 'T'(aberna)., Expositio vocabulorum bibliae; De esu carnium

lot 1567; bought by Chapman for 12s. 6d.? King & Chapman, booksellers; their catalogue 15 November 1790, lot 2746. ? John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806), antiquary and topographer: inscribed in pencil ‘A Dictionary of the Bible [Wrote] About Anno,

• Initial 'D' with pen-flourishing, in Priscian's Grammatica maior., Grammatica maior

Initial 'D' with pen-flourishing, in Priscian's Grammatica maior. The outlines of the initials on ff. 4, 4v, 150v, and perhaps elsewhere, have been pricked as if for pouncing. 1 large historiated initial, with partial border, in colours (f. 4).

• Detail of historiated initial., Grammatica maior

Detail of historiated initial. The outlines of the initials on ff. 4, 4v, 150v, and perhaps elsewhere, have been pricked as if for pouncing. 1 large historiated initial, with partial border, in colours (f. 4). Large and small initials