• Detail of lower border., De amicitia (ff. 2-30v), De senectute (ff. 31-58v), Paradoxa (ff. 59-72)

Detail of lower border. Offsets in the lower margins of ff. 42 and 43 were caused by the blue initials at the top of ff. 32 and 36. 3 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 31,

• Detail of a miniature of a knight in armour, with a full border inhabited by animals and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• Detail of a section of the full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• Detail of a section of the full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• Detail of a section of the full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic, with heraldic arms., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• Detail of a white-vine initial 'C'(ornelius)., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• Detail of a white-vine initial 'V'(t ex)., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• White-vine initial 'C'(um transit)., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• White vine initial 'I'(ntranti)., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum)

(b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. White vine initial The scribe of the Ferrara Strabo The scribe of the Ferrara Strabo John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus), translated by Georgius Trapezuntius (index George of Trebizond) Florence Italy, Central (Florence)

• 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 an inserted miniature of a kneeling pilgrim, accompanied by a monk, presenting a book to a standing knight in armour. A later inscription on the facing folio identifies the monk as John Lydgate, and the knight as the Earl of Salisbury, to whom Lydgate's 'The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man' was dedicated. The figure of the monk may represent either Lydgate (d. c. 1450), a Benedictine monk at the abbey of Bury St Edwards, Suffolk, or Deguileville (d. c. 1358), a Cistercian at the abbey of Chalis in Valois, and the earl of Salisbury, Thomas Montague (d. 1428) may be the figure in armour (see Scott 1996, p. 305)., Lives of St Edmund and St Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect

to a standing knight in armour. A later inscription on the facing folio identifies the monk as John Lydgate, and the knight as the Earl of Salisbury, to whom Lydgate's 'The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man' was dedicated. The

• Decorated initial 'I'(n the name of God)., Statutes of the Hospital of Ewelme, Oxfordshire

Decorated initial 'I'(n the name of God). f. 1 is a parchment leaf with various pen trials and inscriptions. Two parchment fragments have been pasted onto this folio.f. 2 is inscribed, 'henricus octavus dei gracia' and bears the ownership

• 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

• Full-page frontispiece of Homer seated in a landscape, encircled by a laurel wreath with eight medallions of the muses and, in the four corners, subsidiary medallions of four bearded figures holding books., Narratio de gente et vita Homeri, Verses on Homer, Iliad (ff. 16-239)

Full-page frontispiece of Homer seated in a landscape, encircled by a laurel wreath with eight medallions of the muses and, in the four corners, subsidiary medallions of four bearded figures holding books. f. 14 is a half sheet.f. 193

• Full white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds and putti, with a title piece flanked by putti, a large white vine initial 'M' and, in the lower margin, a medallion designed for arms., Narratio de gente et vita Homeri, Verses on Homer, Iliad (ff. 16-239)

Full white vine border in colours and gold, inhabited by birds and putti, with a title piece flanked by putti, a large white vine initial 'M' and, in the lower margin, a medallion designed for arms. f. 14 is

• Historiated initial 'P'(etrus) of Peter and Paul, in semi-grisaille, with partial foliate borders., Hours, Use of Rome ('Hours of Jacques de Brégilles')

Pierre Berès 5th sale, 3rd part, at Drouot Richeliue, Paris, 13 December 2006, now in the Morgan Library). We thank John Bidwell, Astor Curator of Printed Books and Bindings, The Morgan Library & Museum, for this information.Thomas Shadford Walker (b.

• 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.