• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564', 'Frauncis ... 1565', 'Henry 1567', and 'John ... 1574' (f. 84); and again 'John Worth (f. 106), and also 'Humfrye Worthe' (f. 38v). ? The priory of Southwick in Hamphire:

• Decorated initial in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564', 'Frauncis ... 1565', 'Henry 1567', and 'John ... 1574' (f. 84); and again 'John Worth (f. 106), and also 'Humfrye Worthe' (f. 38v). ? The priory of Southwick in Hamphire:

• Decorated and illuminated initials., Canterbury Tales, imperfectly

family: entries of the births of 'Morryse Worthe ... 1564', 'Frauncis ... 1565', 'Henry 1567', and 'John ... 1574' (f. 84); and again 'John Worth (f. 106), and also 'Humfrye Worthe' (f. 38v). ? The priory of Southwick in Hamphire:

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) and partial foliate border., Breviary, Use of York, imperfect

red or blue. Breviary, Use of York, imperfect Added inscriptions in Latin and English, 15th century (f. 80v). John Ellerton, 'parson' (?= John Ellerton, Queen's College Cambridge 1577: inscribed with his name (f. 1v).John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit) and partial foliate border., Breviary, Use of York, imperfect

red or blue. Breviary, Use of York, imperfect Added inscriptions in Latin and English, 15th century (f. 80v). John Ellerton, 'parson' (?= John Ellerton, Queen's College Cambridge 1577: inscribed with his name (f. 1v).John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of

• Initial 'A' and border with floral decoration in gold and colours. Headpiece defaced. The arms of the Tornabuoni family of Florence in the bas-de-page., Odyssey

and rubrics in red at the beginning of books. Initials, running titles and marginal scholia in red. Odyssey Written by John Rhosos of Crete (d. 1498): see Gamillscheg and Harlfinger 1981.The Tornabuoni family of Florence, owned in the 15th century:

• Blue initial 'T'(his) with red pen-flourishing at the beginning of John's prologue. Explicit of Luke's gospel in red. A red star of David, affixed to the margin, marks the beginning of John. The star was used to mark display pages in an 1884 British Museum exhibition of Wycliffite writings., Gospels (Luke and John) in the later Wyclifitte version

gospel in red. A red star of David, affixed to the margin, marks the beginning of John. The star was used to mark display pages in an 1884 British Museum exhibition of Wycliffite writings. The later version of the Wycliffite

• Blue initial 'A'(fter) with red pen-flourishing at the beginning of John, verse 5., Wycliffite Gospels in the later version, imperfect

Blue initial 'A'(fter) with red pen-flourishing at the beginning of John, verse 5. Later version of Wycliffite gospels with prologues. Imperfect, wanting Matt. I: 20 - 8. 26 and John 20: 28 to the end.A red star is affixed to

• Decorated initial., Welsh Laws, in Latin translation

parentage (d. c.1635): inscription recording his gift of the manuscript to John David Rhys in August 1660 (f. 22v; see Wright 1972).John David Rhys (index Siôn Dafydd Rhys, John Davies) (b. 1534, d. 1609?), physician and grammarian: owned after August

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dward)., Statuta Angliae(index Statutes of England; Statute book), including Magna Charta, Charters of Edward III, various statutes, and the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum)

British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Puzzle initial Written by more than one scribe Various, including John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Puzzle initial 'N' at the beginning of a chronicle., Chronicle from Noah to Henry IV, and a list of kings from William I to Henry VI (f. 71r-v)

the list of kings (f. 71r-v) apparently by the same scribe, ends with Henry VI (1422-1471).John Benson: late 15th-century inscription 'John Benson' (f. 71v).William Vagger of Sussex: inscribed in the late 15th century 'Constat Willelmo Vagger de Sussex' (f. 1v).John

• Miniature with the portrait of King Henry VIII, and the beginning of John Croke's English translation of Psalms., Psalms in English verse (girdle book)

Henry VIII, and the beginning of John Croke's English translation of Psalms. A very small girdle book, bound in gold.John Croke was one of the clerks in Chancery.Contents: ff. 2-5: Veni Creator; ff. 6-68v: seven Penitential Psalms followed by the

• Cadels., Confessio Amantis, imperfect

'Henry Swynbourne' (f. 73); 'William erosl' (?) (f. 138v); 'John Maks' (f. 174).Inscription: 'Robert Willmer' and 'RW' with the date 'June 1620' (f. 55v).17th-century inscriptions: 'Anthony Chest' and 'Anthony Chester', and 'John Ch Chester' (upper pastedown).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d.

• Decorated initial 'N'(ow)., Confessio Amantis, imperfect

'Henry Swynbourne' (f. 73); 'William erosl' (?) (f. 138v); 'John Maks' (f. 174).Inscription: 'Robert Willmer' and 'RW' with the date 'June 1620' (f. 55v).17th-century inscriptions: 'Anthony Chest' and 'Anthony Chester', and 'John Ch Chester' (upper pastedown).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d.

• Historiated initial 'D'(omino) with John Chrysostom and border., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum)

Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. John Chrysostom 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)

• First page of text, with a Lumley ownership inscription., The Regement of Princes

90) No decoration. The Regement of Princes John Treglystyn: inscribed 'Constat Iohanni Treglystyn', end of the 15th century (f. 90v).Nicholas Saunder, perhaps to be identified with Nicholas Saunder, pupil of the mathematician John Dee (1527-1609), or Sir Nicholas Saunder of

• Lower half of page: part of genealogical table, with the Valois kings John the Good (1350-1364), Charles V the Wise (1364-130), Charles VI (1380-1422), and below him, his daughter Catherine of France, rather than his son, Charles VII (1422-1461), who was crowned in Reims in 1429 following Joan of Arc's intervention. On the right are the English kings from Edward III (1327-1377), Edward, the Black Prince and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Richard II (1377-1399), and Henry Bolingbroke, later Henry IV (1399-1413), the only son of John of Gaunt, Henry V (1413-1422), and Henry VI in the lower centre (1422-1461)., Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book')

kings from Edward III (1327-1377), Edward, the Black Prince and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Richard II (1377-1399), and Henry Bolingbroke, later Henry IV (1399-1413), the only son of John of Gaunt, Henry V (1413-1422), and Henry VI in

• Illuminated initial 'S'(aepe) at the beginning of Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus., De grammaticis et rhetoribus (ff. 2-14v); Dialogus de oratoribus (ff. 15-42v)

in the other colour. De grammaticis et rhetoribus (ff. 2-14v); Dialogus de oratoribus (ff. 15-42v) Written by John Free, probably in Padua, for John Tiptoft, earl of Worcester (b. 1427, d. 1470), administrator and humanist: his arms and crest (f.

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a group of people, one holding a dish and a pot., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man bringing a cup to a group of people at a table., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St