• Historiated initial 'L(iber)' with the Tree of Jesse at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel., Bible, including the Psalms and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 595-639v)

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. Historiated initial Paris France,

• Text page with coloured initials., Theological miscellany, including lives of the saints, the song of St Godric; John of Ford's Epistolae (ff. 104-106); Vita Sancti Wulfrici anachoretae (ff. 106-147)

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. Text page John of Ford England

• Ownership inscription of Alice d'Avesnes, reading ' 'Ici comence en francoys la promiere collection en francois que len apele autentices e est a Alis de heynau / contesse de Norfolk et mareshale dangleterre file le conte Iohan de (hey[na]u) a qi la conte de Hollande et de Selande e la / signorie de frise eschey. / Pries pour le conte Rogier mareschal son signour e por lavant dite Alis e por le cinte Ioh[a]n son pere e por / la contesse phelippe sa mere e por mon[signour] Ioh[a]n de hastinges sire de bergeueny a qui le livre fu en aucun tens / e pour tous les amis e les amies a lavant dite Alis e por tous ceus a qui ele estoit tenue.', Authenticum and Tres Libri

the country of Prester John, end of 14th century (f. 190v).Added notes of valuations of manors in Hemnales and Madles in Epping, Essex, end of the 14th/beginning of the 15th century (f. 190v).Extract of Chancery roll 16 of Edward III,

• Marginal drawings of swords with the inverted arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem, indicating his death, and an inverted mitre and crosier referring to the death of Richard II, bishop of Durham., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem, indicating his death, and an inverted mitre and crosier referring to the death ofRichard II, bishop of Durham. Includes two autograph copies of works of

• Marginal image of an inverted shield with the royal arms of England referring to the death of Henry II, and the same arms in the upright position indicating the coronation of Richard I., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

image of an inverted shield with the royal arms of England referring to the death of Henry II, and the same arms in the upright position indicating the coronation ofRichard I. Includes two autograph copies of works of Matthew

• Marginal image of an inverted shield bearing the royal arms of England with a crossbow and a crown referring to the death of Richard I, and the same arms in the upright position indicating the coronation of king John., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

the death ofRichard I, and the same arms in the upright position indicating the coronation of king John. Includes two autograph copies of works of Matthew Paris: the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England

• Miniature in four compartments, with portraits of English kings: Henry II and Richard I, in the upper register, and John and Henry III, in the lower register., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

compartments, with portraits of English kings: Henry II and Richard I, in the upper register, and John and Henry III, in the lower register. Includes two autograph copies of works of Matthew Paris: the only complete copy of the Historia

• Text page., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

of a register of letters [Close Roll ?] of Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, for March 1301 beginning on the verso and including: letters to the sheriffs

• Text page., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

of a register of letters [Close Roll ?] of Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, for March 1301 beginning on the verso and including: letters to the sheriffs

• Table of the finger calculations of the Computus., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

of a register of letters [Close Roll ?] of Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, for March 1301 beginning on the verso and including: letters to the sheriffs

• Decorated initial 'D'(e temporum), at the beginning of book 3 of Bede's De Temporum Ratione., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

of a register of letters [Close Roll ?] of Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, for March 1301 beginning on the verso and including: letters to the sheriffs

• Text page with table., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

of a register of letters [Close Roll ?] of Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, for March 1301 beginning on the verso and including: letters to the sheriffs

• Foliate initial 'D'(e natura) with zoomorphic motifs, at the beginning of the prologue to book 3 of Bede's De Temporum Ratione., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

of a register of letters [Close Roll ?] of Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, for March 1301 beginning on the verso and including: letters to the sheriffs

• Two circular diagrams of circles or spheres of Petosiris, at the end of the De Divinatione Mortis et Vitae., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

of a register of letters [Close Roll ?] of Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, for March 1301 beginning on the verso and including: letters to the sheriffs

• Text page with marginalia of two dragons., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

of a register of letters [Close Roll ?] of Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, for March 1301 beginning on the verso and including: letters to the sheriffs

• Zoomorphic initial 'O'(peratio)., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

of a register of letters [Close Roll ?] of Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, for March 1301 beginning on the verso and including: letters to the sheriffs

• Text page with red and green text., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

of a register of letters [Close Roll ?] of Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, for March 1301 beginning on the verso and including: letters to the sheriffs

• Text page with green and red writing, and a zoomorphic initial., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

of a register of letters [Close Roll ?] of Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, for March 1301 beginning on the verso and including: letters to the sheriffs

• Text pages., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

of a register of letters [Close Roll ?] of Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, for March 1301 beginning on the verso and including: letters to the sheriffs

• Circular calendar diagram., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

of a register of letters [Close Roll ?] of Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine, for March 1301 beginning on the verso and including: letters to the sheriffs