• Detail of a drawiing of a snake., Silloge, in the third recension (ff. 4-245), with calendar (ff. 1-3v), De xiv urbis regionibus (ff. 246-253v), De notis antiquis (ff. [254-269v]), and index of the locations of the inscriptions (ff. [270-271v])

Detail of a drawiing of a snake. Original foliation, and ink foliation, which stops at f. 253. Full-page calendar in colours and gold (ff. 1-3v). Headings in panels with text in gold or colours, some in the form of

• Historiated border., Missal, Use of Rome

Missal, Use of Rome Executed at Lisbon for the rectification of the services of the Portuguese Church, by order of John III King of Portugal (1521-1557), and completed after his death under the patronage of his wife, Queen Catherine, and

• Miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents., Missal, Use of Rome

Missal, Use of Rome Executed at Lisbon for the rectification of the services of the Portuguese Church, by order of John III King of Portugal (1521-1557), and completed after his death under the patronage of his wife, Queen Catherine, and

• Architectural frontispiece with an historiated initial, a portrait of Josephus, and the coat of arms and mottos of Aragon., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

Architectural frontispiece with an historiated initial, a portrait of Josephus, and the coat of arms and mottos of Aragon. The manuscript was copied in Florence and illuminated in Rome. The miniaturist, Gaspare da Padova, also known as the Master

• Detail of the arms of Aragon and the mottos: BIEN ELIR (with the tassel of pearls) and POR BIEN FINIR (with bundle of maces)., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

Detail of the arms of Aragon and the mottos: BIEN ELIR (with the tassel of pearls) and POR BIEN FINIR (with bundle of maces). The manuscript was copied in Florence and illuminated in Rome. The miniaturist, Gaspare da Padova,

• Detail of faceted initial 'H'(ebreos) with a putto reading from a book., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

Detail of faceted initial 'H'(ebreos) with a putto reading from a book. The manuscript was copied in Florence and illuminated in Rome. The miniaturist, Gaspare da Padova, also known as the Master of the Vatican Homer, worked for various

• Detail of faceted initial 'M'(oyse) with putti clambering to the top of the letter, which is decorated with the arms of Aragon., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

Detail of faceted initial 'M'(oyse) with putti clambering to the top of the letter, which is decorated with the arms of Aragon. The manuscript was copied in Florence and illuminated in Rome. The miniaturist, Gaspare da Padova, also known

• Detail of faceted initial 'Q'(uibus) with carnations and moto: 'SUST[I]NIRE'., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

Detail of faceted initial 'Q'(uibus) with carnations and moto: 'SUST[I]NIRE'. The manuscript was copied in Florence and illuminated in Rome. The miniaturist, Gaspare da Padova, also known as the Master of the Vatican Homer, worked for various patrons, including

• Detail of faceted initial 'D'(e) with a pair of dolphins, and, in the border, a lioness seizing a ram and the arms and mottos of Aragon: BIEN ELIR and SUST[I]NIRE., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

Detail of faceted initial 'D'(e) with a pair of dolphins, and, in the border, a lioness seizing a ram and the arms and mottos of Aragon: BIEN ELIR and SUST[I]NIRE. The manuscript was copied in Florence and illuminated in

• null, Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

that most of John Prise's religious manuscripts came from such houses.Sir John Prise (alias Sion ap Rhys, b. 1502 or 1503, d. 1555): 'John Prise: is Owner of this booke' (f. 2); cf. N. R. Ker, 'Sir John Prise', ~The

• null, Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

that most of John Prise's religious manuscripts came from such houses.Sir John Prise (alias Sion ap Rhys, b. 1502 or 1503, d. 1555): 'John Prise: is Owner of this booke' (f. 2); cf. N. R. Ker, 'Sir John Prise', ~The

• Decorated initial 'A'(s) with pen-flourishing., Poems, imperfect

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. Decorated initial John Multon John Multon John Lydgate London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of added marginal annotation (in the hand of Humfrey Wanley?)., Poems, imperfect

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. Added marginal annotation John Multon John Multon John Lydgate London England, S. E. (London)

• Decorated initial., Commentary on the Ethics of Aristotle

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Full-page miniature of John sitting on the island of Patmos and writing the first words of his Gospel, ‘In principio’, on a scroll, with an angel, John’s symbol, indicating a Virgin and a Child on the sky, at the beginning of John, with a full border including flowers, insects and a parody of tournament., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

of John sitting on the island of Patmos and writing the first words of his Gospel, ‘In principio’, on a scroll, with an angel, John’s symbol, indicating a Virgin and a Child on the sky, at the beginning of John,

• Detail of a miniature of John sitting on the island of Patmos and writing the first words of his Gospel, ‘In principio’, on a scroll, with an angel, John’s symbol, indicating a Virgin and a Child on the sky, at the beginning of John., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

of John sitting on the island of Patmos and writing the first words of his Gospel, ‘In principio’, on a scroll, with an angel, John’s symbol, indicating a Virgin and a Child on the sky, at the beginning of John.

• Illuminated initial 'F'(ive) with a full border with flowers, acanthus leaves branches, the royal arms of England and a gold portcullis with chains, the heraldic badge of the Beauforts., Prologue to the Wycliffite Bible, in the later version (imperfect)

England and a gold portcullis with chains, the heraldic badge of the Beauforts. Includes the prologue by John Purvey, imperfect; the text starts 'Five and twenti bookis', and ends 'descendant in infernum viventes'.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. Some pointing hands in

• Flourished initial., Psalter, a metrical version (the Surtees Psalter version)

version (the Surtees Psalter version) Inscription 'Will (?) Bonnell' (f. 1v).John Fauntleroy: inscription in calligraphy (f. 1*); inscription (f. 1); 'John Fauntlero' (f. [101v].Bought by the British Museum in 1836, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• The arms of Thomas Wall, Windsor herald, in the right margin, the signature of Jo Starkey, in the upper margin, that of Sir Robert Cotton ('Robert Cotton Bruceaus') with the date 1610 in the lower margin., De Regimine Principum; Secrets of the Philosophers; Secretum Secretorum

ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Heraldry and signatures Perhaps John Multon John Multon Thomas Hoccleve, Pseudo-Aristotle London England, S. E. (London)

• Decorated initial 'G'(od)., De Regimine Principum; Secrets of the Philosophers; Secretum Secretorum

/ ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Decorated initial Perhaps John Multon John Multon Thomas Hoccleve, Pseudo-Aristotle London England, S. E. (London)