• Decorated initial 'D'., Benedictional, with prayers (the 'Canterbury Benedictional')

decoration. Rubrics in red. Highlighting of initials in red. Benedictional, with prayers (the 'Canterbury Benedictional') The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: evidence of the text (see Temple 1976; Pfaff 2009).Added text and musical notation (ff. 71v, 214v).The Harley Collection,

• Coloured initials., Benedictional, with prayers (the 'Canterbury Benedictional')

decoration. Rubrics in red. Highlighting of initials in red. Benedictional, with prayers (the 'Canterbury Benedictional') The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: evidence of the text (see Temple 1976; Pfaff 2009).Added text and musical notation (ff. 71v, 214v).The Harley Collection,

• Sir John Mandeville meditates on the Church of St. Nicholas in Bethlehem, where the Virgin Mary milked her overflowing breasts onto red marble stones., Travels (index Itinerarium)

meditates on the Church of St. Nicholas in Bethlehem, where the Virgin Mary milked her overflowing breasts onto red marble stones. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle,

• Puzzle initial 'H'(enry)., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book) for Edward III to Edward IV

(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

• Marginal miniature of a centaur., De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ (imperfect at the beginning)

(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

• Pen-flourished initials, 'O'(rdo), 'D'(omine), and 'B'(eati)., Missal, use of Sarum, imperfect

(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

• Decorated initial 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of Genesis., Scriptural commentaries, imperfect at the end

(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

• Flourished initials and marginal drawing of a hand holding a fishing rod, line, and hook., De fide orthodoxa

by the later provenance, and by the marginal glosses and chapter numbering in arabic numerals.Hannibal Gamon (bap. 1582, d. 1650/51), Church of England clergyman: inscribed 'Hannibal Gamon. Tandem -- D.O.M.' (f. 1); Gammon aided Richard, 1st Baron Robartes, in collecting

• Initial 'C'(onversione) decorated with foliate forms., Miscellaneous theological texts

Mary, Bohéries, Picardy (founded in 1141 from Foigny): the calendar (ff. 74-79v) has the added (13th century) dedication of the church at 15 October, highly graded with 12 lessons; use of the punctus flexus punctuation mark. Inscribed 'Ceste present liure

• Initial 'N'(atura), table of chapters, and a circular diagram, with evidence of having been made using a compass., Miscellaneous theological texts

Mary, Bohéries, Picardy (founded in 1141 from Foigny): the calendar (ff. 74-79v) has the added (13th century) dedication of the church at 15 October, highly graded with 12 lessons; use of the punctus flexus punctuation mark. Inscribed 'Ceste present liure

• Circular diagram, with evidence of having been made using a compass., Miscellaneous theological texts

Mary, Bohéries, Picardy (founded in 1141 from Foigny): the calendar (ff. 74-79v) has the added (13th century) dedication of the church at 15 October, highly graded with 12 lessons; use of the punctus flexus punctuation mark. Inscribed 'Ceste present liure

• Initial 'C'(onversione) decorated with foliate forms., Miscellaneous theological texts

Mary, Bohéries, Picardy (founded in 1141 from Foigny): the calendar (ff. 74-79v) has the added (13th century) dedication of the church at 15 October, highly graded with 12 lessons; use of the punctus flexus punctuation mark. Inscribed 'Ceste present liure

• null, De fide orthodoxa

by the later provenance, and by the marginal glosses and chapter numbering in arabic numerals.Hannibal Gamon (bap. 1582, d. 1650/51), Church of England clergyman: inscribed 'Hannibal Gamon. Tandem -- D.O.M.' (f. 1); Gammon aided Richard, 1st Baron Robartes, in collecting

• Illuminated initial 'F'(ama) with an animal head, and a snake with a human ? head., Liber de quo Christus natus est de Virgine (ff. 1v-7v); Tract de conceptione Beatae Mariae Virginis (ff. 7v-9), fragmentary

de quo Christus natus est de Virgine (ff. 1v-7v); Tract de conceptione Beatae Mariae Virginis (ff. 7v-9), fragmentary The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: listed in its catalogue (see Ker 1964).Added text (ff. 9v-10v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d.

• 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

• Inhabited initial 'P'(lures) in outline drawing, at the beginning of the Gospel Prologue, with a man fighting with a dragon., Gospels

Michael Gullick the scribe also wrote Christ Church College, MS. 94, ff.182v-196, Trinity College, MS. B.3.13 and probably part of Royal 7 E VI and Cotton Claudius C VI, ff. 174-202, both Christ Church books.Catchwords, quire signatures in the form

• Detail of an initial 'M'(atheus) of the archangel Michael killing a dragon, at the beginning of an 'argumentum' to Matthew., Gospels

Michael Gullick the scribe also wrote Christ Church College, MS. 94, ff.182v-196, Trinity College, MS. B.3.13 and probably part of Royal 7 E VI and Cotton Claudius C VI, ff. 174-202, both Christ Church books.Catchwords, quire signatures in the form

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'M', formed of two dragons., Gospels

Michael Gullick the scribe also wrote Christ Church College, MS. 94, ff.182v-196, Trinity College, MS. B.3.13 and probably part of Royal 7 E VI and Cotton Claudius C VI, ff. 174-202, both Christ Church books.Catchwords, quire signatures in the form

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

of two ladies 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 added on

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man ringing a church bell with another kneeling behind him; to their right, a priest is at an altar., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

of a man ringing a church bell with another kneeling behind him; to their right, a priest is at an altar. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the