• Prefatory miniature of the Annunciation., Psalter (for use in the diocese of Liège)

hand (f. 1r-1v).Thomas Jones: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 200v).Anderton?: inscribed with his name, 16th-17th century? (f. 204v). John Tratt: inscribed with his name, 16th-17th century? (f. 205v).Giles Brendt, 1633: inscribed with his name with added prayer (f.

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp in the upper register and David killing Goliath in the lower register, with a lion in the margin, at the beginning of the Psalms., Psalter (for use in the diocese of Liège)

hand (f. 1r-1v).Thomas Jones: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 200v).Anderton?: inscribed with his name, 16th-17th century? (f. 204v). John Tratt: inscribed with his name, 16th-17th century? (f. 205v).Giles Brendt, 1633: inscribed with his name with added prayer (f.

• Decorated initial 'J'(ohannes), at the beginning of the prologue to John., Gospel Book

beginning of the prologue to John. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of the earliest of the Anglo-Saxon examples of the practice of inserting records in sacred books. It was believed to be the

• Decorated initial 'In'(principio), at the beginning of John., Gospel Book

at the beginning of John. The manuscript contains a text of a manumission by King Athelstan, one of the earliest of the Anglo-Saxon examples of the practice of inserting records in sacred books. It was believed to be the book

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration from a fragment of the Book of Maccabees., Leaf from a Bible, Maccabees, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). During the 19th century, the drawings and printed book fragments from the volume were

• Puzzle initial with penwork decoration and title in display capitals., Fragment from Jerome's 'Commentariorum in Isaiam prophetam libri duodeviginti', Book 3, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Puzzle initial with penwork decoration and title in display capitals., Fragment from a Decretum Gratiani, Book 2, causa 33, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration and decorated line-fillers., Fragment of Psalm 118, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Fragment from a Canon law commentary (?), on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Fragment from Gregory's Decretals (index Decretales), Book 3, titulus 13, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Fragment from a Breviary, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initial with penwork decoration., Fragment from Psalter on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• 'Champ' initial and coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration including foliate motifs., Fragment of a Missal, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initial 'I' with penwork decoration., Fragment from a theological text (?), on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Fragment from a Bible, Exodus, chapter 4, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Fragment from a portable Bible (?), on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Miniature of an angel addressing Zacharias, father of John the Baptist, who kneels in front of an altar., Prayers for saints' vigils with a calendar

addressing Zacharias, father of John the Baptist, who kneels in front of an altar. Horizontal catchwords.Miniature curtains, likely of silk, once protected the full-page minitures. These are no longer extant, but the holes and thread, by means of which these

• Puzzle initial 'O'(rdo) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs, dragon heads and masks, extending into a full border at the beginning of the text., Coronation order for the king of England

politician, owner of a library at Welbeck Abbey: his bookplate (f. iv). Henrietta Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755), daughter of John, married in 1713 Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron

• Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with a bishop kneeling before king Edward III, combined with a foliate bar border., Registrum brevium

texts in 15th-16th century hands (ff. 219r-v, 289v-290v, 291), including a petition of the masters and clerks in chancery to John Stratford, archbishop of Canterbury, then lord Chancellor (1330-1334), referring to an act made in the 4th year of Edward

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of a king kneeling before Christ., Fragment of a Psalter

on coloured grounds. Fragment of a Psalter 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 Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection,