• Decorated initial 'U'(trum) and white vine border with flowers, a winged putto, birds, a gem, and 2 compartments with rabbits, at the beginning of the text., Orator (ff. 1-59v); Brutus (ff. 60-138) (external link no longer available)

Decorated initial 'U'(trum) and white vine border with flowers, a winged putto, birds, a gem, and 2 compartments with rabbits, at the beginning of the text. Catchwords.Very clean manuscript: no marginal annotations.This manuscript was made in Florence c. 1470-c.

• Illuminated border with putti and a coat of arms, and the historiated initial 'M'(agna)., Epistolae and various dialogues (external link no longer available)

Illuminated border with putti and a coat of arms, and the historiated initial 'M'(agna). f. [ii] is a former pastedown.The letter concerning the death of Cardinal Theanensis (ff. 17-35v) was written in 1492.Vertical catchwords. Full borders in gold and

• Architectural border with a reclining figure holding a heart, and the illuminated initial 'R'(everendissime)., Epistolae and various dialogues (external link no longer available)

Architectural border with a reclining figure holding a heart, and the illuminated initial 'R'(everendissime). f. [ii] is a former pastedown.The letter concerning the death of Cardinal Theanensis (ff. 17-35v) was written in 1492.Vertical catchwords. Full borders in gold and

• Architectural border with a rose bush and the historiated initial: 'S'(aepe)., Epistolae and various dialogues (external link no longer available)

Architectural border with a rose bush and the historiated initial: 'S'(aepe). f. [ii] is a former pastedown.The letter concerning the death of Cardinal Theanensis (ff. 17-35v) was written in 1492.Vertical catchwords. Full borders in gold and colours with all'

• Foliate border with a seated, armed woman, and an historiated initial of a figure holding a shield: 'P'(ersuasistis)., Epistolae and various dialogues (external link no longer available)

Foliate border with a seated, armed woman, and an historiated initial of a figure holding a shield: 'P'(ersuasistis). f. [ii] is a former pastedown.The letter concerning the death of Cardinal Theanensis (ff. 17-35v) was written in 1492.Vertical catchwords. Full

• Puzzle initial 'A'(bho[m]inacio) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the list of contents., Homilies on Matthew (index In Matthaeum) (imperfect), with list of contents (ff. 145v-159v) (external link no longer available)

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. Puzzle initial John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus) England

• Detail of decorated initial., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses (external link no longer available)

by Edwards for £1 2s.; inscribed '1.2.0' (f. 1, top right).James Edwards (b. 1756, d. 1816), book collector and bookseller.? John Haddon Hindley (b. 1765, d. 1827), orientalist: perhaps his sale, 4 March 1793, lot 1193, bought by Walker for

• Detail of a decorated initial 'S' (epe et multum) at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, Book I., De inventione (index Rhetorica) (external link no longer available)

Detail of a decorated initial 'S' (epe et multum) at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, Book I. 1 large puzzle initial in red, blue, green, and yellow with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the first book (f.

• Detail of a illuminated initial 'D'(ix[it] insipiens in corde suo) at Psalm 52., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214) (external link no longer available)

English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational

• Detail of illuminated initial 'B' (eati inmaculati) at Psalm 118., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214) (external link no longer available)

in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational hand' which

• Detail of illuminated initial 'B'(enedictus), with foliate motifs, at Psalm 143., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214) (external link no longer available)

saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational hand'

• Litany with the names of Mary and Michael in gold letters., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214) (external link no longer available)

saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational hand'

• Litany with the name of Benedict in gold letters followed by the number III, indicating that he is to be invoked three times., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214) (external link no longer available)

to be invoked three times. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the

• Miniature of David in Prayer, and a full trompe l'oeil border, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome (external link no longer available)

the Virgin (ff. 32-37); the Gospel Lessons (ff. 37-41v); prayers to the Virgin (ff. 42-47v); suffrages to the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine, and Barbara (ff. 48-51v); the Hours of the Virgin (ff.

• Detail of an illuminated foliate headpiece, with birds and flowers around it., Liturgy of John Chrysostom, with marginal annotations, and three troparia to him (external link no longer available)

many of or with foliate forms, some with other colours. Small red or brown initials. Knotted decorative forms. Liturgy of John Chrysostom, with marginal annotations, and three troparia to him Written mainly by Sebastianos Argyropoulos, the Metropolites of Ephesus, in

• Miniature of David in Prayer, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome (external link no longer available)

the Virgin (ff. 32-37); the Gospel Lessons (ff. 37-41v); prayers to the Virgin (ff. 42-47v); suffrages to the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine, and Barbara (ff. 48-51v); the Hours of the Virgin (ff.

• 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]) (external link no longer available)

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]) (external link no longer available)

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]) (external link no longer available)

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]) (external link no longer available)

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