• Puzzle initial 'P'(uer) at the beginning of the music for Christmas day., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Musical notation., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Zoomorphic initial 'F'(ecit) at the beginning of the prologue to the Gospels., Glossed Matthew and Mark

in red or blue, one with an animal head (f. 44). Paraphs in brown. Glossed Matthew and Mark The cathedral church of St Peter, York: 13th-century ? inscription 'Liber sanct[ ] ebor' (f. 3); inscribed, 14th-century, with a title and

• Illuminated initial 'M('atheus) at the beginning of the prologue to Matthew., Glossed Matthew and Mark

in red or blue, one with an animal head (f. 44). Paraphs in brown. Glossed Matthew and Mark The cathedral church of St Peter, York: 13th-century ? inscription 'Liber sanct[ ] ebor' (f. 3); inscribed, 14th-century, with a title and

• Illuminated initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of Matthew, with acanthus leaf decoration., Glossed Matthew and Mark

in red or blue, one with an animal head (f. 44). Paraphs in brown. Glossed Matthew and Mark The cathedral church of St Peter, York: 13th-century ? inscription 'Liber sanct[ ] ebor' (f. 3); inscribed, 14th-century, with a title and

• Illuminated initial 'M'(arcus) at the beginning of the prologue to Mark, with foliate decoration., Glossed Matthew and Mark

in red or blue, one with an animal head (f. 44). Paraphs in brown. Glossed Matthew and Mark The cathedral church of St Peter, York: 13th-century ? inscription 'Liber sanct[ ] ebor' (f. 3); inscribed, 14th-century, with a title and

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nitium) at the beginning of Mark, with acanthus leaf decoration., Glossed Matthew and Mark

in red or blue, one with an animal head (f. 44). Paraphs in brown. Glossed Matthew and Mark The cathedral church of St Peter, York: 13th-century ? inscription 'Liber sanct[ ] ebor' (f. 3); inscribed, 14th-century, with a title and

• Coloured 'KL' letters in the calendar page for May, with additions, including on 23 May 'the feast of the relics of the blessed Peter, Exeter' (Festum reliquiarum ecclesie beati Petri Exon.'), Calendar and verses

red, blue, and green, with penwork decoration. Small initials in red, blue, green, or brown. Calendar and verses The cathedral church of St Peter, Exeter: evidence of the script and litany; perhaps made for Leofric, bishop (1046-1072) and given by

• The first entry on this page, the annal for 399, records that Rufinus of Aquileia wrote his history of the Church in that year. Other annals include the discovery of the body of the first martyr, Stephen (410), Augustine's publication his book 'The City of God' (414, in red) and the deaths of Jerome (420) and Augustine (424)., Gesta Regum Anglorum; Annals to 1212 (ff. 103-33), imperfect (the B version)

records that Rufinus of Aquileia wrote his history of the Church in that year. Other annals include the discovery of the body of the first martyr, Stephen (410), Augustine's publication his book 'The City of God' (414, in red) and

• Decorated initials 'I'(n) and 'N'(otandum) with reserved designs, geometric and arabesque motifs, followed by display script; one simple initial 'A'(udivit)., Sermons on the Gospels

£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 initials Church Fathers England, S. England, S. (Reading)

• Puzzle initial 'O'(nus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Nahum., Minor Prophets, glossed

Herefordshire: inscribed 'Liber sancte marie vallis Dore' (f. 113).Inscribed, 15th century 'Bodduam' (f. 1). John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other

• Puzzle initial 'P'(lantaverat) and plain red and blue initials., Versified Bible (index Biblia Versificata)

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Coloured initials 'L'(icet) and 'M'(ensis), Rule of Saint Benedict and other religious texts, including the Carta caritatis

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Pen-flourished initials, 'O'(tium), 'T(ria), 'P'(onam)., Theological tracts

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Tinted pen-drawing of the Crucifixion.

180-184; available at [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42876], accessed on 30 July 2009. Pen drawing of the Crucifixion tinted in green and pink-brown. The church of St. John Baptist, Pirton (Worcestershire), 14th century: the inscription 'Missale Parochie de Pirton' (recto, above the drawing).The blank

• Initial 'I'(n) in the form of a dragon, and 'B'(eatus) with two bishops with crosiers, the lower with a closed book;and the ownership inscription: 'Liber Sancte Trinitatis de Kirkham' in the lower margin., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire, founded c.1122 (12th century or 13th century inscription 'Liber Sancte Trinitatis de Kirkham', f. 1; added letter

• initial 'P'(etisa) and three pairs of busts men and women, labelled Ioachim and Anna, Ioseph and Sancte Maria, and Alpheus and [Mary] Cleophe., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire, founded c.1122 (12th century or 13th century inscription 'Liber Sancte Trinitatis de Kirkham', f. 1; added letter

• null, Epitome bellorum omnium annorum DCC

1 large foliate initial in colours on a burnished punched gold ground (f. 1, perhaps 19th-century ?), with a three-sided border incorporating heraldic arms. Small initials alternately plain red or blue, often in unusual angular forms. Epitome bellorum omnium

• null, Epitome bellorum omnium annorum DCC

1 large foliate initial in colours on a burnished punched gold ground (f. 1, perhaps 19th-century ?), with a three-sided border incorporating heraldic arms. Small initials alternately plain red or blue, often in unusual angular forms. Epitome bellorum omnium

• Puzzle initial 'R'(esurrexi) at the beginning of the music for Easter day., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold