• Text page is a compilation of royal and papal charters., A compilation of papal and royal charters (ff. 95-149v), followed by papers and memoranda relating to churches and pensions (ff. 150-198v)

The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and papers relating to churches, pensions and other matters, mainly contemporary to Abbot William de Chiriton (1316–44) (ff. 45-57);-

• Text page., Prayer book of Joanna of Ghistelles (Office of the Dead, Use of Messines)

Ypres, in 1516: the Benedictine calendar includes Countess Adela (8 January), founder of the Abbey, and the dedication of the church and choir (21 September), and its octave (28 Sept.); both litanies have Sidronius (relics at Messines) immediately after Stephen

• Decorated initial with anthropomorphic design., Gospel Lectionary

gold capitals written over red. Marginal notations in red. Gospel Lectionary Notes in Greek relating to various priests of the church of St Kyriake, dated 1516, 1535, 1541, 1549,and 1560 (f.359v) (see Garthausen 1909).Lorenzo Alessandro Zacagni (d. 1712), prefect of

• Evangelist portrait of Matthew as a scribe, in colours and gold., Gospel Lectionary

gold capitals written over red. Marginal notations in red. Gospel Lectionary Notes in Greek relating to various priests of the church of St Kyriake, dated 1516, 1535, 1541, 1549,and 1560 (f.359v) (see Garthausen 1909).Lorenzo Alessandro Zacagni (d. 1712), prefect of

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominica)., Processional, use of Sarum (index Processionale)

Bartholomew's, Reynold and Richard. Popham may refer to John Popham (b.c. 1395, d. 1463), who added a chapel to the church. Reynold (Reginald) Collier (d. 1471) and Richard Pulter (d. 1480) were both priors of St. Bartholomew's. Other names in

• Text pahe with the script of one of the most important of the many scribes who worked at St. Albans in the 12th century, 'The St. Albans Calligrapher'., Breviary

green (22nd June, f. 4v), 'Inventio Sancti Albani' in red, with octave (2nd August, f. 5v), the dedication of the church of St. Alban (29th December, f. 7), but does not include the feast of Edward the Confessor (canonised 1161),

• Decorated initial 'E'(dwardus) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs; in the lower margin (probably added), 2 animals including a hare (or squirrel) with oak leaves and acorns, and unidentified arms (including 2 boar heads)., Various legal texts including Registrum brevium (reign of king Edward III (r. 1327-1377)), Magna Carta, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), etc.

(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

• Puzzle initial 'S'(amaritanus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 4 of Peter Lombard's Sententiae., Sententiae (index Sentences), with marginal gloss, imperfect

Clement Heigham (d. 1634), M.P. for Suffolk in 1593: inscribed with his name (f. 1).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Champ initial 'C'(redo) combined with a bar border ending in foliate feathering in the margins., Breviary, imperfect

Clement Heigham (d. 1634), M.P. for Suffolk in 1593: inscribed with his name (f. 1).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac), including a list of chapters (ff. 72v-81, in 2 columns)

Recapitulation sur mes precedents devis & chapitres' (ff. 1-67; dated 1631 on f. 1).Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): inscribed 'Tho: Baker' (f.

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with the Virgin and John the Evangelist, at the beginning of the Te igitur in a Missal., Missal

147. Missal The cathedral of St. Kylian, Würzburg, between 1443 and 1455: the calendar includes the dedication of the old church of Würzburg (26 July), in black, and the feasts of Kylian, its octave (8 and 15 July), and the

• Historiated initial 'B'(ritannia) with armed figures in a boat?, and a full border, at the beginning of Gaufridus Monemutensis's Historia Britonum., Miscellany of mostly historical texts

Eastern from 1368 onwards; the quire with the calendar (ff. 307-314) is perhaps a later addition. History of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Norwich is recorded in detail.In the calendar is added 'Petrus Bovyll obiit 1516' (f. 313v).Unidentified

• Historiated initial 'B'(ritannia) with armed figures in a boat?, at the beginning of Gaufridus Monemutensis's Historia Britonum., Miscellany of mostly historical texts

Eastern from 1368 onwards; the quire with the calendar (ff. 307-314) is perhaps a later addition. History of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Norwich is recorded in detail.In the calendar is added 'Petrus Bovyll obiit 1516' (f. 313v).Unidentified

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with the Virgin and John the Evangelist, at the beginning of the Te igitur in a Missal., Missal

147. Missal The cathedral of St. Kylian, Würzburg, between 1443 and 1455: the calendar includes the dedication of the old church of Würzburg (26 July), in black, and the feasts of Kylian, its octave (8 and 15 July), and the

• Historiated initial 'R'(esurrexi) with the Resurrection, angels supporting heraldic arms to the left, in a Missal., Missal

147. Missal The cathedral of St. Kylian, Würzburg, between 1443 and 1455: the calendar includes the dedication of the old church of Würzburg (26 July), in black, and the feasts of Kylian, its octave (8 and 15 July), and the

• Historiated initial 'R'(esurrexi) with the Resurrection, angels supporting heraldic arms to the left, in a Missal., Missal

147. Missal The cathedral of St. Kylian, Würzburg, between 1443 and 1455: the calendar includes the dedication of the old church of Würzburg (26 July), in black, and the feasts of Kylian, its octave (8 and 15 July), and the

• Border roundels with the Maries at the sepulchre, and the 'Noli me tangere', in a Missal., Missal

147. Missal The cathedral of St. Kylian, Würzburg, between 1443 and 1455: the calendar includes the dedication of the old church of Würzburg (26 July), in black, and the feasts of Kylian, its octave (8 and 15 July), and the

• Historiated initial 'V'(idi) of a bishop sprinkling holy water on a church with a liturgical spoon; behind him a deacon stands next to a font of holy water and holds a hyssop, with a partial bar border including grotesques and hybrids., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

bishop sprinkling holy water on a church with a liturgical spoon; behind him a deacon stands next to a font of holy water and holds a hyssop, with a partial bar border including grotesques and hybrids. 46 large historiated initials,

• Miniature of worshippers in a church, with a statue of Christ blessing, for the suffrage for Peace., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (The 'Neville of Hornby Hours')

worshippers in a church, with a statue of Christ blessing, for the suffrage for Peace. Egerton 2781 is closely related in style and iconographic content to the Taymouth Hours (Yates Thompson 13) and the Smithfield Decretals (Royal 10 E IV).

• Illuminated initial 'A'(ctum) with a partial bar border, at the beginning of book 10., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

fish (ff. 333, 420v). Commentary on Unum ex quatuor John Leyre, rector of Great Doddington, Northans (1377-81), presented to the church of Doddington, in the diocese of Lincoln in 1367 and mentioned as a parson of 'Great Dodyngton' in 1370