• Initial 'P'(lures) with extension and foliate decoration., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6388.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of decorated initial., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum

• Detail of drawing of Gemini., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum

• Detail of a drawing of Sagittarius., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum

• Detail of historiated initial., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).Purchased by the British Museum

• Puzzle initial with penwork flourishing, and in the lower margin, the ownership inscription 'James Orchard Halliwell No. 220'., Lives of saints, 28 miracles of the Virgin, and Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatorio Sancti Patricii (ff. 195-196)

Biography~ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12020, accessed 10 Feb 2006]. Probably Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller: inscribed with a price in pencil '£1.0.0' (upper pastedown).J. R. Smith: purchased by the British Museum on 25

• Diagrams of star signs., Treatise on the astrolabe

National Biography~ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12020, accessed 10 Feb 2006]. Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; bought from him by the British Museum on 13 August 1840 for £2 2s, along with 32 other

• Coloured initials 'S'(i), 'C'(um), and 'E'(adem)., Treatise on the astrolabe

National Biography~ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12020, accessed 10 Feb 2006]. Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; bought from him by the British Museum on 13 August 1840 for £2 2s, along with 32 other

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with interlace decoration, at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke., Gospels, with capitula (ff. 163-175)

abbey of Sainte Genevieve, Paris: inscription in a 17th-century hand 'Ex libris S. Genovefae Parisiensis' (f. 1).James Woodman, bookseller of London; purchased by Harley in 1725 (see Humphrey Wanley's diary, Lansdowne 772, f. 51v).Inscription 'A (?)/S' (f. 1).The Harley Collection,

• Title page decorated with a coloured drawing of an armorial tree with the arms of Lancashire noble families centred around those of the duchy of Lancaster., 'The Visitacion of Lancashire' (index Visitation of Lancashire) (unfinished)

of Lancashire) (unfinished) William Smith (b. c. 1550, d. 1618), herald, playwright and topographer, c. 1575 citizen and Haberdasher of London, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant in 1597: written by him in 1598 following a visitation in 1467 (f. 2*), notes probably

• Coloured drawing of the map of Lancashire dated and signed by William Smith., 'The Visitacion of Lancashire' (index Visitation of Lancashire) (unfinished)

of Lancashire) (unfinished) William Smith (b. c. 1550, d. 1618), herald, playwright and topographer, c. 1575 citizen and Haberdasher of London, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant in 1597: written by him in 1598 following a visitation in 1467 (f. 2*), notes probably

• List of chapters in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower margin is an early 15th-century inscription., List of chapters to Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum

see ~English Benedictine Libraries: The Shorter Catalogues~, ed. by R. Sharpe and others, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 4 (London: British Library, 1996), pp. 542-43. List of chapters added by a later 13th- or early 14th-century hand (f. 1v).

• Text page with the history of the abbey with the death of Abbot Edwin, in the reign of Eadmund (Edmund Ironside), and events of the 10th century, telling of Cnut's taking of Mercia and London., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

of Eadmund (Edmund Ironside), and events of the 10th century, telling of Cnut's taking of Mercia and London. The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and

• Text page including a charter of Kenred, king of Mercia (704-709), supports Ecgwin in his efforts to establish an abbey dedicated to the Virgin at the site where she appeared in a vision to Eoves (a herdsman after whom Evesham was named) and the bishop. The names of Brithwold, archbishop of Canterbury, and Waldhere, bishop of London, appear among the witnesses., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

herdsman after whom Evesham was named) and the bishop. The names of Brithwold, archbishop of Canterbury, and Waldhere, bishop of London, appear among the witnesses. The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire)

• Miniature of the Nativity, before Mark., Four Gospels, with list of lections (ff. 168v-177)

with the printed 'Ex Bibliotheca Renessiana No' inscribed '1' (inside upper cover), Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, bought in January 1836 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Decorated initial and border., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

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. Decorated initial and border Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England, S. (London)

• Full border with initial 'S'(eynt) in blue, pink, and green with foliate spray., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

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. Full border with initial Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England, S. (London)

• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

£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. Illuminated initials Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England, S. (London)

• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

£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. Illuminated initials Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England, S. (London)

• Foliate initial 'S'(cripta), followed by display script, at the beginning of Prudentius' 'Peristephanon'., Cathemerinon (2-16); Peristephanon (16-62); and other smaller texts including letters to/from Berengar of Tours

Added, 12th century: notes and glosses (ff. 1, 1v and in the margins of the main text). Matthew de Varenne, London bookseller and auctioneer (fl. 1723/4): his sale (through Nathaniel Noel), 21 December 1723, lot 34.The Harley Collection, formed by