• Illuminated initials., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of

• Miniature of an eminent envoy sent by the head of the church being brought before the Grand Duke Dmitri., Skazanie o Mamaevom Poboishche (the Tale of the Rout of Mamai)

sent by the head of the church being brought before the Grand Duke Dmitri. The Skazanie is a romance, composed in the 15th century, relating the struggle of the Muscovian Grand Prince, Dmitri Donskoj, against his Tartar opponent, Mamai. The

• Decorated initial 'X' with an abbreviated form of Christ's name, 'Xpi' at the beginning of Matthew 1.18., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• A frame with five roundels and interlace panels (probably intended for a 'Christ in Majesty' miniature)., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Calendar with manumissions written on the outer edge of the page., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Text page with decorated initial 'N'(ovum)., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Canon tables with decoration., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Canon tables with Bodmin manumissions., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Decorated initials 'IN' with 'I' forming interlace pattern borderat the beginning of Mark's gospel., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam) enclosing a flower at the beginning of Luke's gospel., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Text page with rubric in capitals at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Historiated initial 'O' of the Adoration of the Magi, including an African king, measuring 140 x 160. On the reverse, partial two four-line staves, musical notation and text: '...regi da et m /...filio regis'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'D' of a Memento Mori, measuring 125 x 110. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...antur'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'P' of the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, measuring 250 x 210. On the reverse, partial two four-line staves, musical notation and text: '...lo tu /… Co[n]. Exulta'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'I' of a male martyr saint, measuring 100 x 95. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...ti eum'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'C' of Lawrence, measuring 135 x 120. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...tate domi /...?ium can'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Foliate initial 'E', measuring 75 x 75. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...me'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Foliate initial 'S', measuring 75 x 80. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '…tate e'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Foliate initial 'S', measuring 80 x 80. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '…um no(n)'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Bar border and initial 'W'(han) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Prologue of the Canterbury Tales., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue