• Miniature of Christ in Majesty holding a sceptre and an orb, with his hand raised in blessing as the twelve apostles sit around him; below, a group of eight Jews sit on the ground, looking up and at each other. This miniature has been incorrectly bound in this volume in the 19th century; it formely belonged in the other part, La Somme le Roy, now Add. 28162., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Miniature of Christ in Majesty holding a sceptre and an orb, with his hand raised in blessing as the twelve apostles sit around him; below, a group of eight Jews sit on the ground, looking up and at each other. This miniature has been incorrectly bound in this volume in the 19th century; it formely belonged in the other part, La Somme le Roy, now Add. 28162., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initial 'L'(a), at the beginning of 'La Sainte Abbaye.', 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initial 'V'(ous)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initials 'L'(a) and 'L'(a)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initials 'Q'(uant) and 'T'(ele)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initial 'L'(i)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initial 'T'(rois)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initial 'A'., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initial 'L'(i)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initials and line-fillers., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Detail of a miniature divided in four compartments: a nun confessing to a monk., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Detail of a miniature divided in four compartments: a nun praying before an image of Christ crowning the Virgin., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Detail of a miniature divided in four compartments: a nun's vision of Christ., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Detail of a miniature divided in four compartments: a nun's vision of the Trinity., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with the royal arms of England, at the beginning of the text., Tractatulus de regimine seu caritate principum

Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1661, Royal Appendix 86, f. 28.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Royal arms of England Stephen Baron London England, S. E. (London?)

• Puzzle initial 'C'(um) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the statutes for Westminster., A collection of English statutes and laws to the reign of Richard II, including statutes for Westminster, Exeter and Winchester (ff. 1-29), and a chancery register (ff. 30-54)

nation 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 London England, S. (London ?)

• Historiated initial 'L'(ocutus) of Moses speaking to the Israelites, with a sketch for an illuminator, at the beginning of Numbers., Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221, perhaps given by an unidentified countess: inscription on the 18th-century binding, probably copied from a note on the original binding, 'COMITISSAE / TOM II' and 'OLIM. CONVENT./ PRAED. LONDON'; see also Royal

• Historiated initial 'P'(arabole) of Solomon teaching Rehoboam, at the beginning of Proverbs, with ownership signatures of Arundel and Lumley., Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus

Ecclesiasticus A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221, perhaps given by an unidentified countess: inscription on the 18th-century binding, probably copied from a note on the original binding, 'COMITISSAE / TOM V' and 'OLIM. CONVENT./ PRAED. LONDON'; see also Royal

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I(n diebus)' of Ahasuerus and Esther, with Haman hanging below, at the beginning of Esther., Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Esdras, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Maccabees 1-2, with the Glossa Ordinaria

Ordinaria A Dominican convent, London, founded after 1221, perhaps given by an unidentified countess: inscription on the 18th-century binding, probably copied from a note on the original binding, 'COMITISSAE / TOM III' and 'OLIM. CONVENT./ PRAED. LONDON'; see also Royal