• Coloured initial and rubric in display capitals., End of 'Contra mendacium' followed by the beginning of 'De cura pro mortuis gerenda', cropped leaf

Coloured initial and rubric in display capitals. The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled

• Alchemical recipe, added in the ? 15th century., Apocalypse (in Wycliffe translation), with commentary

in 1753 to 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. Alchemical recipe England

• Decorated initial 'P'(ascalis) in Anselm's epistle 281., Epistolae 280, 281, and 415, imperfect and fragmentary

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Ink drawings of a beaver with a man blowing a horn, a crocodile swallowing a hydrus, a crocodile with fish, and a winged hyena., Bestiary

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Detail of ink drawings of an ibex and fire stones., Bestiary

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Ink drawings of animals., Bestiary

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

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

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. Decorated initial and border Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus

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

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. Full border with initial Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus

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

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. Illuminated initials Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England,

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

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. Illuminated initials Richard Franciscus Ricardus Franciscus England,

• Flyleaf, with Cassiodorus, commentary on the Psalms., Life of Dunstan, ending imperfectly in chapter 16

red. Highlighting of initials in green or purple. Life of Dunstan, ending imperfectly in chapter 16 ? The Benedictine abbey of Mary, York: see Ker 1964.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Decorated initial 'R'(egnante) with foliate decoration., Life of Dunstan, ending imperfectly in chapter 16

red. Highlighting of initials in green or purple. Life of Dunstan, ending imperfectly in chapter 16 ? The Benedictine abbey of Mary, York: see Ker 1964.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Text page with marginal diagram of the tomb of Oda of Canterbury., Life of Dunstan, ending imperfectly in chapter 16

red. Highlighting of initials in green or purple. Life of Dunstan, ending imperfectly in chapter 16 ? The Benedictine abbey of Mary, York: see Ker 1964.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Decorated initial 'D' in Bede's letter to Ecgbert, Bishop of York (died 766)., Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97)

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 Written by two scribes, including Symeon of Durham Symeon

• Ink drawings of an autalops (antelope) with its horns caught in a shrub, an onocentaur, a hedgehog, a fox feigning death in order to catch birds, and a unicorn resting its head in the lap of a virgin, being pursued by a man with a spear., Bestiary

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Decorated foliate initial 'C', and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Statues., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 14 Henry VI in chronological order

Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl

• Flourished initial 'Q'(ua)., Miscellany of historical and romantic works, including Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum), Apollonius of Tyre

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Flourished initial 'F'(uit)., Miscellany of historical and romantic works, including Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum), Apollonius of Tyre

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Decorated initials 'L'(iber), 'F'(uit), and 'H'(abuit)., Historia Scholastica, imperfect; and chronological digest (ff. 267-272v)

Villedary', f. [ii].The chronology includes a listing of the the dukes of Normandy and kings of England to Henry the younger, son of Henry II (b. 1170, d. 1183), and to the dukes of Normandy in Apulia (f. 270v). Initials

• Marginal drawing of a dragon., Proposiciones; Errores in grammatica, letter to the Archbishop of Corinth; philosophical, scientific and mathematical treatises.

Marginal drawing of a dragon. Includes the condemned propositions of Tempier, Bishop of Paris (1270) and Robertus Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury (1270-1277) (f. 2). Initials in blue or red with pen-flourishing in the other colour at the beginning of each