• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a queen entering a church, with an angel following behind., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

of a queen entering a church, with an angel following behind. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part II: the

• Text page with line filler., Treatises on Geomancy with a table of contents (ff. 3-5)

(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

• Detail of a miniature of monks singing a requiem, with the celebrant wearing spectacles, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Church mass Master of the Salisbury Breviary St Stephen Master of the Bedford Hours Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Decorated initial 'P'(lacete) at the beginning of the prologue to the History of Jerusalem of Foucher de Chartres., De muliere Chananaea, Miracula S. Letardi

1 includes capitula to Enchiridion (ff. i-iiv). According to the unpublished notes of Michael Gullick, written in the Christ Church script, probably by the scribe of Cambridge University Library, Kk.1.17 and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 274 (ff. i-48).Part 3 includes

• Text with decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of the History of Jerusalem of Foucher de Chartres., History of Jerusalem

1 includes capitula to Enchiridion (ff. i-iiv). According to the unpublished notes of Michael Gullick, written in the Christ Church script, probably by the scribe of Cambridge University Library, Kk.1.17 and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 274 (ff. i-48).Part 3 includes

• Text page., Leaf from Bracciolini's 'De infelicitate principum', cropped

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Coloured initial 'C'., Leaf from a Commentary on Psalm 70

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Coloured initial with penwork decoration., Leaf from Hrabanus's 'De Universo', Book XIII, chapters 6-10

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from a Lectionary

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of a metrical version of the Psalms in Middle English., The Psalms in English verse (the Surtees Society version), with parallel Latin, and Latin prayers

English verse (the Surtees Society version), with parallel Latin, and Latin prayers The Augustinian priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire: 14th-century ? inscription 'Liber monasterii de Kirkham' (f. 2v).15th-century ? inscriptions 'Johes Vicaricui Hutton' and Thomas leue'

• February including the date 1507, in the Calendar., Meditations and church services

47, 62). Smaller decorated initials, in colours and gold. Small initials in gold on red or blue grounds. Meditations and church services Dated by the illuminator in the inner border with 1507 (f. 2).Inscribed in pencil, by a modern hand

• December, unfinished, in the Calendar., Meditations and church services

47, 62). Smaller decorated initials, in colours and gold. Small initials in gold on red or blue grounds. Meditations and church services Dated by the illuminator in the inner border with 1507 (f. 2).Inscribed in pencil, by a modern hand

• Miniature with the zodiacal man, at the end of the Calendar., Meditations and church services

47, 62). Smaller decorated initials, in colours and gold. Small initials in gold on red or blue grounds. Meditations and church services Dated by the illuminator in the inner border with 1507 (f. 2).Inscribed in pencil, by a modern hand

• Space for miniature, a decorated initial and full scatter borders, at the beginning of the fifth Meditations., Meditations and church services

47, 62). Smaller decorated initials, in colours and gold. Small initials in gold on red or blue grounds. Meditations and church services Dated by the illuminator in the inner border with 1507 (f. 2).Inscribed in pencil, by a modern hand

• Decorated initial., Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 2)

in plain red or blue. Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 2) Apparently written for use in the cathedral church of St Lambert at Liège: includes the anniversary of the election of the bishop Everard de la Marck (d.

• Large sketch of an initial 'A' in black and yellow, and part of a 'D', with foliate decoration, inscribed with instructions for colours (including 'red')., Treatises on Geomancy with a table of contents (ff. 3-5)

(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

• Text page., History of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow, Life of Ceolfrid, Lives of Pope Calixtus I and other martyrs, the legend of Theophilus

Jarrow, Life of Ceolfrid, Lives of Pope Calixtus I and other martyrs, the legend of Theophilus Perhaps written at Christ Church, Canterbury: see discussion Bishop 1963.Eleventh-century additons of music, including a sheet from a discarded Troper (f. 35): see discussion

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) with standing male and female figures in front of a building and full foliate bar border., The Knight of the Tower, imperfect

Kellie: inscribed, early 17th century 'David Kellie' (ff. 2, 16, 49v).George Hickes (b. 1642, d. 1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary: inscribed, 'Given by Mr. Hickes' (f. 1*). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Decorated initial 'C'(apitula)., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), for Edward III and Richard II

(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 initial 'D'(uas [enim] creaturas rationales condidit creator) at the prologue of the third book of Alcuin's De fide sanctae et individuae Trinitatis'., Alcuin's De Trinitate and other works, and Latin verses and a letter addressed to Eulalia (i.e. Gundrada, cousin of Charlemagne), imperfect at the end

and Latin verses and a letter addressed to Eulalia (i.e. Gundrada, cousin of Charlemagne), imperfect at the end The cathedral church of St Nazaire, Carcassone: its ownership inscription, 'Iste liber est ecclesie sancti Nazarii Carcassonnensis. Quicunque eum furatus fuerit vel