• Decorated initial, 'Ce sunt les rentes de lesglise S. Norrice de Reins' (register of tithes, rents, and other dues of the church of St Nourrice, otherwise St Balsamia, Nurse of St Remigius, at Reims)

10). 'Ce sunt les rentes de lesglise S. Norrice de Reins' (register of tithes, rents, and other dues of the church of St Nourrice, otherwise St Balsamia, Nurse of St Remigius, at Reims) Bought by the British Museum from Tross

• Calendar page for September, on the left, and for August (bound upside down) on the right., Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

eclipses and of the moon's influence Inscribed with the date 1463 (f. 3).? Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): inscription 'Tho. Baker, Coll.

• null, Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

eclipses and of the moon's influence Inscribed with the date 1463 (f. 3).? Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): inscription 'Tho. Baker, Coll.

• Decorated line and initial 'E'., Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70)

and Harlfinger 1981.The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid at Ripon: owned in the 17th century; its inscription 'Liber Ecclesiae Collegiatae de Ripon' (ff. 1, 304v; see Wright 1972).Thomas Mangey (b. 1683/4, d. 1755), Church of England clergyman

• Puzzle initial 'U' with pen-flourishing extending into the margin at the beginning of the Statutes of Exeter Cathedral., Statutes of Exeter cathedral, from William [Warelwast, 1110 ?] to Thomas Brantingham, issued in 1387

The cathedral church of Exeter (see Wright 1972).Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian: MS. 146 in his library inventory, now Harley 7644 (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist pointing to the Lamb of God in a landscape, at the beginning of the reading for the feast of John the Baptist., Epistle Lectionary

in gold with black pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Epistle Lectionary The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c.1450, d.1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-9) and

• Initial 'P'(rimus) with zoomorphic and foliate decoration., Historia Romana with a list of emperors to 527; Historia persecutionis Affricanae

Paul continued up to the time of the emperor Justinian, who died in 565.The text is close to Cambridge, Christ Church College 276 and British Library, Royal 15 C. vi and may have been the exemplar for the latter manuscript.

• Coloured initials., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Initials in red, blue or green. Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed [under erasure] 'Liber Ricardi ...ham monachi' and 'ecc[lesi]e xp[ist]I cantuar[ie]', with a title 'Expo[s]it[i]o s[anc]ti du[n]stani sup[er]

• Decorated initials 'C'(um turbas) and 'O'(bsculta), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the preface and the text., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Initials in red, blue or green. Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed [under erasure] 'Liber Ricardi ...ham monachi' and 'ecc[lesi]e xp[ist]I cantuar[ie]', with a title 'Expo[s]it[i]o s[anc]ti du[n]stani sup[er]

• Coloured drawing of the Trinity at the beginning of the text., Passion poem

6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his

• Coloured drawing of the Original Sin, with Adam and Eve on either side of the tree., Passion poem

2, 6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary:

• Coloured drawing of God standing before ?Adam., Passion poem

9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift to

• Coloured drawing of the Betrayal with Judas kissing Christ and soldiers standing by., Passion poem

2, 6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary:

• Coloured drawing of Christ before the High Priest Caiaphas., Passion poem

7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift

• Coloured drawing of Christ before Herod., Passion poem

9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift to

• Coloured drawing of Christ before Pilate., Passion poem

9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift to

• Coloured drawing of the Flagellation., Passion poem

10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift to Robert

• Coloured drawing of the Carrying of the Cross., Passion poem

7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift

• Coloured drawing of the Crucifixion., Passion poem

10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift to Robert

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D'(ixim)., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

Church, Canterbury (see f. 2; Gameson 1999 p. 94).Dover Priory, by 14th century: inscribed with its press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), Old English scholar and