• Miniature of Tarquinius (index Tarquin), in armour and with raised sword, leaping on Lucretia's bed., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• A drawing of a spirit, sun, man, and woman., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• A drawing of a man and woman embracing., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• Drawing of an eagle, a snake, a man and a frog, with a legend below., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• A drawing of a village., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• Drawing of vessels relating to alchemy., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

(1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• Miniature of Nebuchadnezzar in bed with the Image of precious metals at the beginning of the prologue to Gower's Confessio amantis., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

of the prologue to Gower's Confessio amantis. This text was composed c. 1390 by John Gower (b. c. 1330, d. 1408), and is in the third recension of the text.One of 13 manuscripts containing an image of the Lover's Confession.

• Miniature of Nebuchadnezzar in bed with the Image of precious metals, and decorated initial 'O'(f hem) with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering extending into the margins at the beginning of the prologue to Gower's Confessio amantis., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

into the margins at the beginning of the prologue to Gower's Confessio amantis. This text was composed c. 1390 by John Gower (b. c. 1330, d. 1408), and is in the third recension of the text.One of 13 manuscripts containing

• Miniature of the Lover kneeling before the Confessor in a landscape at the beginning of book 1 of Gower's Confessio amantis, with an acanthus frame surrounding the miniature and decorated initial 'I'( may)., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

amantis, with an acanthus frame surrounding the miniature and decorated initial 'I'( may). This text was composed c. 1390 by John Gower (b. c. 1330, d. 1408), and is in the third recension of the text.One of 13 manuscripts containing

• Decorated initial 'H'(e) combined with a foliate border including acanthus leaves and besants at the beginning of the text., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

was in th[e] Kinges displeasu[re]' (f. 73). John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection,

• Miniature of the Annunciation in the upper register and of the Nativity in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

December, f. 7v).John of Dalling, monk of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans: given by him with the permission of John of Hertford, abbot of St. Albans (1235-60), before 1260, inscribed, 'Hunc librum dedit Frater Johannes de Dal/ling ex licencia

• Initials with pen-flourishing., Various texts including Ashendon's Summa de accidentibus mundi (ff. 1-98v)

red and blue. John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: these three manuscripts were sold as a separate volumes to Edward Harley with the rest of Batteley's collection through his nephew John Batteley (of the

• Miniature of Oedipus raising his sword to cut off the head of the Sphinx, portrayed as a man in a blue garment, holding a large scimitar., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• Detail of a miniature of Jadan and Jereboam., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• Miniature of the crowned head and dismembered body of King Cyrus in a barrel., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• Detail of a miniature of Julian the Apostate., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Julian the Apostate., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• Detail of a miniature of the tomb of Arthur., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium), abridged

abridged Numerous medieval and post-medieval added inscriptions in Greek, English and Latin (ff. 1*v, 2*v, 265v, 266). John Bentley: inscribed in 1587 'John Bentley aetatis sue xxxiiii, fe. viii 1587 Anno eliza xxx' (f. 4v).Thomas Cotton, 16th century: inscribed with

• Genealogy of William the Conqueror to Henry I in a genealogical chronicle of the kings of England, from Adam to Edward IV (the 'Considerans' chronicle)., Genealogical Chronicle of the Kings of England, from Adam to Edward IV (the 'Considerans' chronicle)

red lines connecting them. Diagrams. Genealogical Chronicle of the Kings of England, from Adam to Edward IV (the 'Considerans' chronicle) John Sprotte: inscription 'Liber symfom dono me Johannie Sprotte de Gryndon rectoris' (f. 2v).? Shelfmark 'LLg 148' (f. 1).William Petty

• Drawing of bloodletting man., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 48-169), and a phlebotomy

decoration in red or brown. Small initials in brown. Paraphs in red or blue. Diagram (f. 25). Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 48-169), and a phlebotomy Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and