• Miniature of the Last Judgement., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Damaged miniature of a funeral., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Miniature of the General Resurrection., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Miniature of the Resurrection with the instruments of the Passion., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Damaged miniature., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Detail of decorated initials with pen-flourishing in book 7., Confessio amantis, imperfect

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. Detail John Gower London England, S. E. (?London)

• Portrait of the Evangelist Matthew writing his Gospel, with his name inscribed in Greek on the miniature and in Arabic in the margin., The Four Gospels with a marginal commentary on Matthew (largely derived from the homilies of John Chrysistom), capitula, Eusebian sections, and hypotheses to Mark and Luke

(ff. 3v, 85v, 137v, 215v). The Four Gospels with a marginal commentary on Matthew (largely derived from the homilies of John Chrysistom), capitula, Eusebian sections, and hypotheses to Mark and Luke The Monastery of St Symeon the Wonderworker (Simeon Stylites

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) enclosing a star with partial ivy border at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Mistres Trygg for yt by hers' (f. 1).John Bird, by 1517: inscribed 'Of your charyte pray for the sole of John Byrd gentylman the wych departyd the ii dey of august in thys ix yere + rayne of kyng herry

• Full-page drawing in brown ink of God the father and, below, Ptolemy, Aristotle, Sibilla, Brigida, and Reynhardus., Praenosticatio Latina or Prefagium

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, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Decorated initial 'D'(omini) at Psalm 23 (24)., Psalter (fragment) with a calendar page for November/December (f. 148)

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, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Cutting of an illuminated initial 'O', and below, f. 5, with an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of the Trinity., Initial from Jerome's commentary on Isaiah (index Commentarium in Isaiam), Book 5, fragment, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). Originally trained and employed as a shoemaker, Bagford became a bookseller and antiquary, and

• Historiated initial 'G'(loriosissimam) with Augustine as a bishop, with stigmata, combined with a three-sided white vine border including the coats of arms of the Hungarian humanists Janus Vitez (index John Vitez) and Petrus Garazda (index Peter Garazda), medallions with saints (probably the Fathers of the Church: three of them are bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a dog, birds and flowers., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

white vine border including the coats of arms of the Hungarian humanists Janus Vitez (index John Vitez) and Petrus Garazda (index Peter Garazda), medallions with saints (probably the Fathers of the Church: three of them are bishops and the fourth

• Miniature of the presentation of the volume, with border with heraldic decoration., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of

• Miniature of a queen in bed with a dragon, the king looking on from a window., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of

• Miniature of a battle, and decorated initial and border., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of

• Miniature of jousting., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of

• Miniature of battle, with soldiers being pushed off of a cliff., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of

• Miniature of a siege., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of

• Detail of miniature., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of

• Detail of the miniature., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of