• Portolan chart of the Black Sea., Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas)

circuit of wall in a lake) (ff. 7v-8). Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas) John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: his name inscribed (f. 1); listed in

• Portolan chart of the Adriatic., Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas)

circuit of wall in a lake) (ff. 7v-8). Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas) John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: his name inscribed (f. 1); listed in

• Circular diagram of the division of the world between Shem, Ham and Japhet., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

Circular diagram of the division of the world between Shem, Ham and Japhet. Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f. 22v). 12 calendar pages with tinted drawings

• Calendar page for February with tinted drawings of a man with a shovel (the labour of the month: digging) and saints: Brigida, a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the purification), a brasier (Blaise), a sword (Agatha), a bird (Valentine), Peter in Cathedra and Matthew., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

Calendar page for February with tinted drawings of a man with a shovel (the labour of the month: digging) and saints: Brigida, a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the purification), a brasier (Blaise), a sword (Agatha), a bird (Valentine),

• Calendar page for March with a man trimming vines (the labour of the month), a ram (Aries), David's harp, saints Gregory, Edward, Cuthbert, Benedict, and a fleur-de-lis (for the Annunciation)., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

Calendar page for March with a man trimming vines (the labour of the month), a ram (Aries), David's harp, saints Gregory, Edward, Cuthbert, Benedict, and a fleur-de-lis (for the Annunciation). Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter

• Detail of historiated initial 'U' with an angel holding a book., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

Detail of historiated initial 'U' with an angel holding a book. 2 historiated initials in colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green, or blue. Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan The Benedictine cathedral

• Decorated initial., Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 2)

Decorated initial. Musical notation.For vol. 1, see Egerton 3311. For a third volume in the set, formerly in the possession of Major J. R. Abbey, see E. Ph. Goldschmidt, ~Gothic and Renaissance Bookbindings: Exemplified and Illustrated from the Author's

• Miniature of Urbs Roma, in military dress, seated upon a pile of armour, holding a broken sword and a figure of winged Victory, flanked by the letters 'S' and 'C', and enclosed within an architectural roundel and frame., Cutting possibly from the Notitia Dignitatum

19th-century hand on verso, 'J. M. W. 1856 / I. Lwe / "School of Leonardo da Vinci/ Very fine miniature"'. John Malcolm of Poltalloch (b. 1805, d. 1893), art collector and landowner: ink stamp on verso 'Malcolm Collection / B.M'.;

• Verse by Francesco Petrarca, signed with 'Franciscus .p.'; below his signature the word 'Macrobius' has been erased., Verse

Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts; purchased through John Gibson (fl. 1720-26); the manuscript probably arrived at the library in June 1726 (see Wright 1976, p. 468). Edward

• Decorated initial 'D'(icto), and a full foliate border with a rebus of a bird perching on a tun inscribed 'MOK' (sic), at the beginning of the second part of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum., Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum

44v). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum John Morton (d. 1500), administrator and archbishop of Canterbury: owned by him while bishop of Ely (1478-1486), perhaps when he

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulta), at the beginning of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum., Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum

44v). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum John Morton (d. 1500), administrator and archbishop of Canterbury: owned by him while bishop of Ely (1478-1486), perhaps when he

• Decorated initial 'D'(icto), at the beginning of the second part of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum., Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum

44v). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum John Morton (d. 1500), administrator and archbishop of Canterbury: owned by him while bishop of Ely (1478-1486), perhaps when he

• Lower part of a full foliate border with a rebus of a bird perching on a tun inscribed 'MOK' (sic), at the beginning of the second part of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum., Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum

44v). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum John Morton (d. 1500), administrator and archbishop of Canterbury: owned by him while bishop of Ely (1478-1486), perhaps when he

• Detail of decorated initial., Miscellany, including Seneschaucie (ff. 109v-116v)

Detail of decorated initial. Large initials in red with penwork decoration (ff. 52v, 54). From f. 76, large puzzle initials in red and black, large simple initials in red, and paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Miscellany,

• Detail of puzzle initials., Miscellany, including Seneschaucie (ff. 109v-116v)

Detail of puzzle initials. Large initials in red with penwork decoration (ff. 52v, 54). From f. 76, large puzzle initials in red and black, large simple initials in red, and paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Miscellany,

• null, Lectionary, including the life and miracles of saint Kyneburga in Gloucester, imperfect

red. Lectionary, including the life and miracles of saint Kyneburga in Gloucester, imperfect The Augustinian priory of St Mary and John the Baptist, Lanthony : evidence of the liturgy (see Ker 1964). ? Richard Graves (b. 1677, d.1729), antiquary: note

• Detail of the arms or the Urswick family and the motto 'Misericordia' in the lower border., Manuale (ff. 2-46v), Retractiones (extract), De beata vita (ff. 47-86v); and Psalms, Prayers, Litanies

Detail of the arms or the Urswick family and the motto 'Misericordia' in the lower border. The litany including saints Swithin, Dunstan, Edith, and Etheldreda.Watermark, f. 1, of a quartered coat of arms, similar to ~Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae, Historiam

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist being taken to prison., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

a miniature of John the Baptist being taken to prison. Volume 4 of a set that includes Royal MS 18 D IX and Royal MS 18 D X; it is not known whether the third volume ever existed.Contains the second

• Detail of a miniature of the beheading of John the Baptist., La Bible Historiale, part 4 (Bible Historiale of Edward IV)

of the beheading of John the Baptist. Volume 4 of a set that includes Royal MS 18 D IX and Royal MS 18 D X; it is not known whether the third volume ever existed.Contains the second edition of the

• Miniature of the death of Meleager, with a partial border; and a miniature of a Tudor rose and pomegranates, between two lions surmounted by a fleur-de-lis and a crown, with the autograph inscriptions of Margaret of York, reading 'For yet not har that /ys on of yo[u]r treu frendes / Margarete of Yorke', and her doughter, Marie de Bourgogne, reading 'Prenez moy a jamais pour votre / bonne amie Marie .X. de bourg[og]ne', and erased arms of John Donne of a wolf rampant., Historia Alexandri (Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre)

de Bourgogne, reading 'Prenez moy a jamais pour votre / bonne amie Marie .X. de bourg[og]ne', and erased arms of John Donne of a wolf rampant. Contains the Historia Alexandri translated as Quinte Curse Ruffe des faiz du grant Alexandre