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British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
Historiated initial 'S'(oror) with Seneca holding a scroll extending into the margin at the beginning of Seneca's Hercules furens. Catchwords written vertically.The outer bifolio in the first quire is made of parchment (ff. 1/12).ff. 205-206v are ruled leaves with
White vine initial 'S'(epe) with decoration extending into the margin at the beginning of De inventione. Catchwords written vertically. No visible watermark. 2 white vine initials in gold and colours with decoration extending into the margin (ff. 1, 90).
White vine initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the text. Leaf signatures. Catchwords written horizontally. A large white vine initial in gold and colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 3, 28v, 43v, 63v, 85). Space for
Decorated initial 'M'(anchante) with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves extending into the margin at the beginning of the text. Catchwords. Quires numbered on the recto of the 1st and verso of the last folio. Leaf signatures.Gap after f. 150.Watermark
Partial white vine borderwith a large historiated initial 'H' (ieronimus) of Jerome. f. i is a ruled parchment leaf.Horizontal catchwords.The rubric on f. 324 has been erased. 1 partial white vine border in colours and gold with a large
books with an index (ff. 113-118) (index Canon law) List of names in a modern cursive hand, possibly owners, including John (Johannes) Bryeley (f. 1*).Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1703, rector
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 Written by several scribes John Chrysostom (index Johannes Chrysostomus) England
1732), clerk to the committee of Private Trade, East India Company 1687-1732: his signed inscription (f. 1*; see Wright 1972).? John Murray (b. 1670/71, d. 1748), library agent and book collector, of Sacombe in Hertfordshire: inscribed 'IMS' (f. 'i verso'),
including: 'Johan Holland ownethe this book god make her a good woman' and 'The 15th of February 1590 payd to John his nurse' (f. 44).Excerpt from 'Seneca ad Lucilium', 18th century (f. 1*v).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.
Puzzle initial 'A'(nte) and a smaller blue intial with red penwork decoration 'h'(ec). Vertical catchwords. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue and a smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Small plain initials in
in red. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Various religious texts, including the liturgy of John Chrysostom (ff. 2-31v), the liturgy of Basil the Great (ff. 32-45), and the liturgy of the Pre-sanctified (ff. 46-59v) Written in by Ioannes
signature probably once appeared in the top right corner of f. 1, which has been cut off (see Wright 1972). John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of Bury, county Lancashire, antiquary and herald, Somerset Herald in 1720: sold to Edward
blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Cadels. Coustumes de Bretaigne (index Coutumes de Bretagne, with ordinances of Geoffrey, John and other dukes of Britany Louis Henri de Loménie (b. 1635, d. 1698), comte de Brienne: his armorial binding
Partial border with a large white vine initial 'H'(umano) and an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin. ff. 1, 2, 163, 164 are ruled parchment leaves. ff. 1, 2 have pen trials and various inscriptions in Latin
Large white vine initials 'E'(phigeniam) and 'V'(ere), and an effaced coat of arms of a gold shield with three red stars (?) on a blue ground, encircled by a wreath. f. 1* is a paper leaf.Ruled in ink.Horizontal catchwords.
initials with grey penwork decoration, some with faces in the bowls. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Latin Poems John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), baron Somers, lawyer and politician: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Janu: 6. 1738/9 from Ld
a different hand (ff. 4-9v).'Oratio valde bona ad dicendum in mane' with a reading from John and a prayer 'Deprecor te, domina mea' omitted after readings from Luke, Matthew and Mark (ff. 64v-68) and added by the same hand at
with a partial border containing the arms of John Donne, at the beginning of the list of contents. Contains books of the second volume of the Chroniques of Froissart; the other volumes are Royal 14 D II, 14 D IV-VI.Catchwords
Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial and border Giovanni Boccaccio, translation by John Lydgate based on translation by Laurent de Premierfait England
Florence: rubric 'Incipit psalterium componitum secundum morem et ordinem Vallis Umbrose' (p. 1); the litany includes Salvius, ‘Sancte pater Benedicte’, John (Gualbert?), and Reparata; Benedict and Salvius are emphasised in the Sanctorale (pp. 269, 407); inscribed, 17th century, ‘De s(an)c(t)o