• Inhabited puzzle initial including a reading figure., Liber de Apibus, etc.

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 (see below). Bought by the British Museum from Rodd on 13 August 1840 for 10s 6d, along with

• Puzzle initial., Miscellany, including a history of Susanna, 58 Aesopic fables (ff. 171-187), a liber 'de doctrina cordis' (ff. 5-141v); Alan of Lille's Parabolae (ff. 161-171); and Regulae theologicae (ff. 270-318v); Alan of Meaux's Metrical treatise on Susanna (ff. 1-4)

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 (see below). Bought from Rodd by the British Museum on 13 August 1840 for 5s, along with 32

• 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,

• Coloured initial., Epistola de sacrificio azymi et fermentati, and misc. theological texts

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 188). William Forrest, according to Ker, the vicar of Bledlow, near Thame, in 1556

• Outline drawing of Peter and a monk., Epistola ad Florianum, Epistola ad Vigilium, De actibus apostolorum (ends incompletely); with interlinear and mariginal glosses.

a library in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (Wright 1972). ?Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Detail of initial 'L'., Miscellaneous theological texts

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 188). William Forrest, according to Ker, the vicar of Bledlow, near Thame, in 1556

• 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)

• 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)

• Interlace initial 'I'., Diadema monachorum, Sermon on the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (imperfect at the end)

couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (pasted inside upper cover); and his armorial binding.Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 15, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. The Harley Collection, formed by

• 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

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) with display capitals, at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 41.Unidentified reader, 17th century(?), who has written a title and a ten-line note (f.

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) at Matthew 1:18., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 41.Unidentified reader, 17th century(?), who has written a title and a ten-line note (f.

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of Origines's Commentary on Jeremiah., Commentary on Jeremiah, and on the Song of Songs

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

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(psum) in the form of a bird, in Origines's Commentary on Jeremiah., Commentary on Jeremiah, and on the Song of Songs

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

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(psum) in the form of a bird, in Origines's Commentary on Jeremiah., Commentary on Jeremiah, and on the Song of Songs

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