• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of book 17., 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

• Decorated initial 'U'(lpianus) at the beginning of book 15., 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

• Text page., 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

• Detail of a folio with a version of the Lord's prayer in English., Theological works in prose and verse including The Lay Folks' Mass Book and Speculum Mundi

(ff. 2v);230/1:'þo Whele of Fortune..' (f. 104v-106v);244/5: 'Allemighty God in trinite..' (ff. 36-49);906/8: Abuses of the age, 'Gifte hys made domesman..' (f. 2v: the last 6 lines);1014/1: 'Of þo flode of þo world..' (ff. 101-104v);1101/7: Speculum Mundi of Gy de

• Text page with paraphs and catchword., Sermons (f. 2); Statutes of the Church of Hereford (f. 258v)

reign of Louis IX of France. There are nearly a hundred of his sermons in this manuscript, mostly for special occasions, with those at the end on the sacraments and commandments.A further 14th-century copy of the sermons of Gilbert of

• Text page with a table concerning the three persons of the Trinity. The table reads: Ex Patre Potente Uno Auctore Operante Per Filium Sapientem Patri equalem Natum Disponentem In Spiritu Benigno Concordi Communi Conservante, Five book of Sentences (index Sententiae)

of tituli precedes each book. 1 large initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs marked in red. Rubrics in red. Five book of Sentences (index Sententiae) The cathedral priory

• Schematic plan of Jerusalem with the six gates, and within that 'habitationes' of various social strata, starting with the king and priests, and ending with the 'vulgus', from Pierre de Poitiers's Compendium., Aurora, with marginal gloss; Pierre de Poitiers' Compendium (ff. 1v-6v)

genealogy of Christ in the form of a diagram, Schematic plan of the city of Jerusalem with diagrams and tables, including schematic drawings of Noah's ark, the Mansions in the desert, the Taberacle and Jerusalem, and a genealogy of Christ

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) enclosing a flower, with foliate feathering extending into the margin, at the beginning of the text., Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 1-31v); De vita christiana ad sororem suam (ff. 32-46v); Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 47-72v)

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 Caesarius of Arles (index Caesarius Arelatensis);

• The arms as cardinal of Cardinal Pietro Riario (b. 1445, d. 1474), a later addition to the manuscript., 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

• Text page with pen-flourished initial and catchword., Sermons (f. 2); Statutes of the Church of Hereford (f. 258v)

reign of Louis IX of France. There are nearly a hundred of his sermons in this manuscript, mostly for special occasions, with those at the end on the sacraments and commandments.A further 14th-century copy of the sermons of Gilbert of

• Historiated initial 'V'(ir) of Job with his wife and friends, at the beginning of Job., Job with the Glossa ordinaria

1956); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see

• Foliate initial 'C'(ogor) at the beginning of the prologue to Job., Job with the Glossa ordinaria

1956); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see

• Foliate initial 'V'(anitas) at the beginning of Ecclesiastes., Proverbs, Ecclesistes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, with the Glossa Ordinaria

1956); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see

• Ownership inscription of the Franciscan convent, Canterbury, with a shelfmark, reading 'B. Luchas Joh[ann]es glossat[us]. De com[mun]itate fr[atru]m mi[n]o[rum] Cantuar[ie]', and referring to another manuscript, perhaps Royal 4 C I containing Luke and John with the Glossa Ordinaria., Proverbs, Ecclesistes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, with the Glossa Ordinaria

1956); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see

• Foliate initial 'D'(iligite) at the beginning of Wisdom., Proverbs, Ecclesistes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, with the Glossa Ordinaria

1956); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see

• Puzzle initial 'V'(erba) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of the prologue to Ecclesiastes., Proverbs, Ecclesistes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, with the Glossa Ordinaria

1956); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library: in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see