• Decorated initial 'T'(he) combined with a partial foliate bar border with acanthus leaves and feathering including the arms of the Marmion family of Checkenden at the beginning of book 8., Speculum religiosorum or ecclesiae (ff. 1-6v); Confessio amantis, imperfect (ff. 8-215v), (also known as The Rede (Boarstall) Gower)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial and bar border Edmund of Abingdon (index Edmund de Pontigny; Edmund Rich; saint Edmund); John Gower England

• Decorated initial 'I'(ff) combined with a partial foliate bar border with acanthus leaves and feathering including the arms of the Fitz-Nigel family at the beginning of book 4., Speculum religiosorum or ecclesiae (ff. 1-6v); Confessio amantis, imperfect (ff. 8-215v), (also known as The Rede (Boarstall) Gower)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial and bar border Edmund of Abingdon (index Edmund de Pontigny; Edmund Rich; saint Edmund); John Gower England

• Decorated initial 'S'(icut) at the beginning of the first text, and birds, oak leaves, acorns and crowned knight in armour in the margins., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

owned at least ff. 63-66 in 1565, inscribed 'Sn Guiliel Bowyer. 1565' (f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff.

• Decorated initial 'D'(e) with pen-flourishing including an oak leaf, at the beginning of a list of the relics given to Waltham abbey by Harold and others., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

owned at least ff. 63-66 in 1565, inscribed 'Sn Guiliel Bowyer. 1565' (f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff.

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in the 'Waltham Chronicle'., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

owned at least ff. 63-66 in 1565, inscribed 'Sn Guiliel Bowyer. 1565' (f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff.

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) with pen-flourishing. Arches drawn in the margin, possibly by William Howard in the early 17th century., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

owned at least ff. 63-66 in 1565, inscribed 'Sn Guiliel Bowyer. 1565' (f. 63).Inscribed 'An Olde Calender belonginge to me John Prim[...?] ?servaunt to M. George h[...] chamberlaine of the cittie of London. 1568' (f. 128): owned probably only ff.

• Detail of a miniature of John the Evangelist, holding a martyr's palm and a chalice in which a spider spins, at the beginning of his suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Dunois Hours')

a miniature of John the Evangelist, holding a martyr's palm and a chalice in which a spider spins, at the beginning of his suffrage. A bond by Jean, Bastard d'Orléans, Comte de Dunois et de Longueville, to Bertrand de Beauvais,

• Text page with pen drawing of a surgical instrument., Medical miscellany, including Bradmore's 'Philomena' in Middle English translation (ff. 6-184v)

nation for £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. Drawing of surgical instrument John Bradmore England

• Offset of the Trinity miniature, with an inscription reading '19 A XXII / p. 296'., Sept articles de la foy

31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,

• Miniature of the Trinity with a kneeling king, identified as Henry VII, and a full foliate border., Sept articles de la foy

31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,

• Miniature of the Trinity with a kneeling king, identified as Henry VII, and a full foliate border., Sept articles de la foy

31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,

• Miniature of the Resurrection of Christ, with a full foliate border., Sept articles de la foy

31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,

• Detail of a miniature of the Resurrection., Sept articles de la foy

31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,

• Detail of the emblem of the Order of the Garter, from the lower border of the folio., Sept articles de la foy

31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,

• Miniature of the Ascension of Christ, with a Tudor Rose, and the royal arms in the lower margin of the folio., Sept articles de la foy

31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,

• Detail of a miniature of the Ascension of Christ., Sept articles de la foy

31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,

• Detail of the royal arms, from the lower border of the folio., Sept articles de la foy

31v).Richard Woodville (Wydeville), (d. 1469), 1st earl Rivers, knight of the Garter (1450), husband of Jacquetta of Luxembourg (widow of John, duke of Bedford): his erased ownership inscription (f. 31v); emblem of the Garter (see offsets (ff. [v], 15, 15v,

• Detail of a miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Detail of a miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon. The miniature was painted by Andrea di Firenze, according to unpublished notes of A.

• Detail of a white vine initial 'M'., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Detail of a white vine initial 'M'. The miniature was painted by Andrea di Firenze, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and decorated in different

• Detail of arms from the lower border of the folio., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Detail of arms from the lower border of the folio. The miniature was painted by Andrea di Firenze, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and