• Diagram of a gateway with its vestibules and three alcoves (Ezekiel 40: 20-27)., In Ezechielem, imperfect

£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. Gateway Written by one scribe Richardof Saint-Victor England

• Diagram of the ratios of the sides of a right triangle to each other, a theorum thought useful for reconstructing measurements of the Temple not given in the vision of Ezekiel., In Ezechielem, imperfect

£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. Diagram Written by one scribe Richardof Saint-Victor England

• Diagram of the elevation (design of the walls and supporting structures) of the Temple as described in Ezekiel 41:5-8., In Ezechielem, imperfect

£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. Diagram Written by one scribe Richardof Saint-Victor England

• Diagram of the porticus described in Ezekiel 41:5-8 from the side., In Ezechielem, imperfect

£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. Porticus Written by one scribe Richardof Saint-Victor England

• Diagram of the plan of the temple with its Holy of Holies, holocaust, and vestibule, as described in Ezekiel 41:15-42:20., In Ezechielem, imperfect

£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. Temple Written by one scribe Richardof Saint-Victor England

• Diagram of the Temple and its surrounding structures in elevation and plan., In Ezechielem, imperfect

(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. Temple diagram Written by one scribe Richardof Saint-Victor England

• Diagram of the altar described in Ezekiel 43:16-18., In Ezechielem, imperfect

£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. Altar Written by one scribe Richardof Saint-Victor England

• Coloured initial with penwork decoration extending into the margin., Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (ff. 2-233v), preceded by a prologue (ff. 1r-v)

£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. Coloured initial Richard Barre, bishop of Ely (d. 1202)

• Headpiece and initial 'H'(Eta) with foliate decoration executed in reddish-brown, at the beginning of the homily for the third Sunday after Epiphany, or of the Publican and Pharisee., Homilies on the Gospels for each Sunday of the ecclesiastical year

Headpiece and initial 'H'(Eta) with foliate decoration executed in reddish-brown, at the beginning of the homily for the third Sunday after Epiphany, or of the Publican and Pharisee. Foliate headpieces in reddish brown and/or red (ff. 4, 120, 278v). Other

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixi) with pen-flourishing, incorporating a human head, in the Psalms., Psalms, with commentary ('Rolle of Hampole's Psalter') (ends imperfectly), preceded by a calendar (ff. 1v-7) and a homily on patience and humility (ff. 8-9)

230).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• Coloured initials, and In the first column, a rubric introducing a list of 'relics which are kept in the church of St. Mary, Reading'. The first group relate to Christ (pieces of the Holy Cross and various items he had touched), the next group to the Virgin Mary, the third to patriarchs and prophets, etc., Cartulary of Reading abbey, with lists of the libraries at Reading and its cell at Leominster, and of relics and vestments at Reading

ofRichard 1 (1190-1199), although the booklist may have been copied between c. 1180 and c. 1191, based on the names of the owners and donors of manuscripts: see Coates. The latest episcopal charters are of Hubert Walter, bishop

• Coloured initials, and rubric before a list of contents: 'Here begins a summary of the charters which are in Reading church'. The first entry is 'a charter of King Henry, our founder, concerning the foundation and liberties of Reading church'., Cartulary of Reading abbey, with lists of the libraries at Reading and its cell at Leominster, and of relics and vestments at Reading

ofRichard 1 (1190-1199), although the booklist may have been copied between c. 1180 and c. 1191, based on the names of the owners and donors of manuscripts: see Coates. The latest episcopal charters are of Hubert Walter, bishop

• 'Coloured initials and rubric stating 'These are the books which are kept in Reading church'., Cartulary of Reading abbey, with lists of the libraries at Reading and its cell at Leominster, and of relics and vestments at Reading

ofRichard 1 (1190-1199), although the booklist may have been copied between c. 1180 and c. 1191, based on the names of the owners and donors of manuscripts: see Coates. The latest episcopal charters are of Hubert Walter, bishop

• Initial with penwork decoration., 'Liber poenitentialis', imperfect at the end (ff. 37-49v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 36 r-v)

part of a larger volume including Cotton Vespasian D XIX, ff. 83-112v. The Austin Friars, York: recorded in their library catalogue, dated 1372 (see Ker and Watson 1987; Humphreys 1990).Henry Savile, of Banke (b. 1568 d. 1617), collector of manuscripts:

• Inhabited initial 'I'(nicium) at the beginning of Mark with lions and an animal playing a fiddle., Mark with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses; preceded by a table of' capitula sive distinctiones', beginning 'De Iohanne baptista' (ff. 2 r-v), and by the prologue 'Marcus evangelista Dei' (ff. 3-4v), imperfect at the end (the last leaf has been cut out)

'Mr Burton', 16th or 17th century (f. 96v). Arms (reputed) of Edward the Confessor sketched in black ink in the 16th or 17th century (f. 96v). Arms ofRichard II of a hart couchant, gorged with a crown and tethered,

• Decorated initial 'U'(lpianus), at the beginning of book 9., Digestum Vetus, with pre-Accursian glosses

apparatus ad Digestum of Hugolinus-Azo, and Azo, Proemium Degesti Veteris (f. 2v), 1st half of the 13th century.Added draft of a concord between the executors of 'Roger de Hyda miles' and Richard, Rogers's son, 13th century (f.1).William of Newenham: partially