• Miniature of a procession into church., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

a procession into church. Several prayers added in the 17th century on originally blank parchment (ff. 13-16v, 23v-24v, 33r-v, 93v-95v, 119r-v, 163v-165v). 26 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some probably originally left unfinished, in colours

• White vine initial 'C'(ivitatem) at the beginning of book 11 of Augustine's De Civitate Dei., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

border including the coats of arms of Janos Vitez and Petrus Garazda, medallions with saints (probably the Fathers of the Church: three of them are bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a

• Decorated initial 'R'(ex) with pen-flourishing., Baarlam et Josaphat, imperfect

Coloured initials in red or blue. Capitals marked with red. Baarlam et Josaphat, imperfect 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 'O[mega]' and line separating the books; title in display capitals., Odyssey

and dated Rome, 10 August 1479 (f. 259).Made for Bartholomaios Chryspianos (f. 259).Conyers Middleton of Cambridge (b. 1683, d. 1750), Church of England clergyman and author: bought from him by Edward Harley on 20 February 1725 (see Wright and Wright

• Initial 'A' with foliate penwork decoration including birds., Catena on the Psalms and Odes

his inscription (f. 665).Stolnic Constantine Cantacuzenos (d. 1716): made for him, his ownership note(f. 13).Edmund Chishull (b. 1671, d. 1733), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: probably received by him in Bucharest in 1702; Latin translation of Psalm 1 preceded

• Coloured initials at the beginning of Psalm 55; text in Greek, Latin and Arabic., Trilingual Psalter

made from the Greek by Abu l-Fath Abd Allah b. al-Fadl b. Abd Allah al-Mutran al-Antakie, deacon of the Melkite church of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red

• Miniature of the Deposition and foliate borders, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of the Collegiate Church of Sint Hermeskerk, Ronse

blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in red. Book of Hours, Use of the Collegiate Church of Sint Hermeskerk, Ronse The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Miniature of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, initial 'M'(oicti), and full border, at the beginning of Book 2., Débat de félicité

the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, initial 'M'(oicti), and full border, at the beginning of Book 2. Single leaf which doesn't belong to this manuscript taken out in 1947 and

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 5., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 5. In two volumes,

• Decorated initial 'D'(isciplina), at the beginning of Book 1 of Isidore's Etymologiae., Etymologiae

IV, later extended to Henry VII, in humanistic cursive script (f. 224v).Francis Blomefield (b. 1705, d. 1752), topographical historian and Church of England clergyman: presumably acquired before 1727, while he was a student at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge: inscribed

• Miniature of Bernard with the monks of Citeaux taking possession of the Abbey of Clairvaux, decorated initial 'S'(aint), and scatter border of flowers, bird, and butterfly, in the Chroniques abrégées des Anciens Rois et Ducs de Bourgogne; the church in the background is based on St Servatius in Maastricht., Chroniques abrégées des Anciens Rois et Ducs de Bourgogne

scatter border of flowers, bird, and butterfly, in the Chroniques abrégées des Anciens Rois et Ducs de Bourgogne; the church in the background is based on St Servatius in Maastricht. The text is ascribed traditionally to Olivier de la Marche,

• Miniature of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, initial 'A'(ussi), and full border, at the beginning of Book 3., Débat de félicité

the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, initial 'A'(ussi), and full border, at the beginning of Book 3. Single leaf which doesn't belong to this manuscript taken out in 1947 and

• Detail of a miniature of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, at the beginning of Book 2., Débat de félicité

of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, at the beginning of Book 2. Single leaf which doesn't belong to this manuscript taken out in 1947 and kept separately as Arundel

• Detail of a miniature of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, at the beginning of Book 3., Débat de félicité

of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, at the beginning of Book 3. Single leaf which doesn't belong to this manuscript taken out in 1947 and kept separately as Arundel

• 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

• Detail of a miniature of Godfrey of Bouillon praying in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, with a foliate initial 'L'(a)., Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum, in French, with continuation to 1231

Godfrey of Bouillon praying in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, with a foliate initial 'L'(a). Contains the 'Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum' in the French translation of William of Tyre, with continuation to 1231, preceded by a list

• Miniature of the marriage of Amaury with Maria Comnena, with an inscription 'MARIA' on the wall of a church, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'U'(ne chose)., Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum, in French, with continuation to 1231

with an inscription 'MARIA' on the wall of a church, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'U'(ne chose). Contains the 'Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum' in the French translation of William of Tyre, with continuation to 1231,

• Bas-de-page scene of two men with one man head-downwards in a pit, while another man stands by a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

in a pit, while another man stands by a church. 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 Calendarium

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a king leading a couple to church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

a king leading a couple to church. 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 Calendarium illuminated and added

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man and a woman outside a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

a man and a woman outside a church. 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 Calendarium illuminated and