• Detail of a pen drawing illustrating Psalm 133., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

is not the Gallican version of it but the Roman (see Abbot Gasquet and Edmund Bishop, ~The Bosworth Psalter~ (London: Bell and Sons, 1908)).Coloured drawings have been added in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century (ff. 29-35). 2 full-page

• Pen drawing illustrating Psalm 136., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

not the Gallican version of it but the Roman (see Abbot Gasquet and Edmund Bishop, ~The Bosworth Psalter~ (London: Bell and Sons, 1908)).Coloured drawings have been added in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century (ff. 29-35). 2 full-page drawings

• Pen drawings illustrating Psalms 13 and 14., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

is not the Gallican version of it but the Roman (see Abbot Gasquet and Edmund Bishop, ~The Bosworth Psalter~ (London: Bell and Sons, 1908)).Coloured drawings have been added in the 2nd quarter of the 12th century (ff. 29-35). 2 full-page

• Initial 'L'(iber) with interlace decoration and display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, and four medallions with saints holding books and a cross (Evangelists?), at the beginning of Matthew. The name of the manuscript's owner, Lord Lumley, is inscribed in the lower margin., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

altera parte excavatum: vide i A. xviii'), according to David Casley (~A catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King's Library~ (London: 1735), see also Warner and Gilson 1921, p. 17).Includes the full set of Franco-Saxon prologues and prefaces to individual

• A charter of Cnut, in Anglo-Saxon (promulgated probably c. 1017, when Cnut became king of all England), addressed to Archbishop Lyfing (1013-1020), Godwin, bishop of Rochester, Ælmær, abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury (1006-1022), and others, confirming the privileges of the church., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

altera parte excavatum: vide i A. xviii'), according to David Casley (~A catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King's Library~ (London: 1735), see also Warner and Gilson 1921, p. 17).Includes the full set of Franco-Saxon prologues and prefaces to individual

• Historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII giving the manuscript to a group of monks, with full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

the 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. Henry VII England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII giving the manuscript to a group of monks, with full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

the 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. Henry VII England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a drawing of Pachomius receiving the tables from an angel., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

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. 12); its book-plate with the

• Detail of a drawing of monks., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

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. 12); its book-plate with the

• Detail of illuminated initial and border., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

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. 12); its book-plate with the

• Detail of coloured initials., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

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. 12); its book-plate with the

• Detail of historiated initial of the killing of Goliath., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

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. 12); its book-plate with the

• Detail of illuminated initial with an animal head terminal., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

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. 12); its book-plate with the

• Detail of miniature of Benedict., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

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. 12); its book-plate with the

• Detail of drawing of monks., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

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. 12); its book-plate with the

• Detail of decorated initial 'O'., Canticles, litany, and collects (ff. 135-144v); Hymnal and Office of the Dead (ff. 147-170v)

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. 12); its book-plate with the

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) and full border at the beginning of Psalm one, decorated with painted foliage, an animal mask and animal heads., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

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. 12); its book-plate with the

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) at the beginning of Psalm 101, with David beheading Goliath, and an illuminated border., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

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. 12); its book-plate with the

• Full-page miniature of seated Benedict holding an abbot's staff in his right hand and an open book in his left, with a kneeling monk, possibly the scribe/artist Eadui Basan at his feet., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

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. 12); its book-plate with the

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51, with the Evangelist symbols of the ox of Luke and the eagle of John in roundels in the border., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

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. 12); its book-plate with the