• Detail of a miniature of Henry VII sitting on a throne decorated with the royal arms of England and inscribed with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit', and receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, at the beginning of the prologue addressed to Henry VII., Anabasis

translation of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII

• Miniature of Louis XII enthroned receiving the book from the translator, Claude de Seyssel, with a full border including grotesque hybrids, flowers, and plants, at the beginning of the prologue of the translator addressed to Louis XII., Anabasis

translation of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII

• Decorated panels, the upper with a standing figure., 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])

Decorated panels, the upper with a standing figure. 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

• Detail of plaque, with standing figure., 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 plaque, with standing figure. 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 headstones

• Panel with the Latin inscription ('Vale Tiberi')., 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])

Panel with the Latin inscription ('Vale Tiberi'). 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

• Detail of panel with Latin inscription., 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 panel with Latin inscription. 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 headstones

• Drawing of a epithet with putti., 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])

Drawing of a epithet with putti. 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 headstones

• Detail of drawing of a epithet with putti., 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 drawing of a epithet with putti. 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

• Drawing of a panel with 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])

Drawing of a panel with 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

• Detail of a panel with 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 panel with 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

• Text pages with drawing 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])

Text pages with drawing 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

• 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

• 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,