• Decorated initials and line-fillers., Psalter in Latin with a parallel French translation, imperfect, with the Athanasian Creed and the Lord's Prayer, in Latin and French

with the Athanasian Creed and the Lord's Prayer, in Latin and French 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'

• Decorated initials and line-fillers., Psalter in Latin with a parallel French translation, imperfect, with the Athanasian Creed and the Lord's Prayer, in Latin and French

with the Athanasian Creed and the Lord's Prayer, in Latin and French 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'

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of a metrical version of the Psalms in Middle English., Psalter in Latin with a parallel French translation, imperfect, with the Athanasian Creed and the Lord's Prayer, in Latin and French

with the Athanasian Creed and the Lord's Prayer, in Latin and French 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'

• Decorated initials., 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'

• Puzzle initials 'D'(ominus) and 'L'(i) at the beginning of Psalm 26, in Latin and French., Psalter in Latin with a parallel French translation, imperfect, with the Athanasian Creed and the Lord's Prayer, in Latin and French

with the Athanasian Creed and the Lord's Prayer, in Latin and French 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'

• Puzzle initials 'E'(xultate) and 'E' at the beginning of Psalm 80 in Latin and French., Psalter in Latin with a parallel French translation, imperfect, with the Athanasian Creed and the Lord's Prayer, in Latin and French

with the Athanasian Creed and the Lord's Prayer, in Latin and French 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'

• Illuminated initials and border with foliate decoration., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect

of Hours, Use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect Erased inscription (f. 65v).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: his name (f. 1); sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection

• Historiated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon., Excerpts from the Textus Roffensis (facsimile on parchment)

of king Ethelbert's charter of the foundation or endowment of the church of Rochester; bearing the date 4 kal. Maias, indictione 7 (see Harley Catalogue). 1 large hisitoriated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon. Display script in various colours

• Partial bar border in colours and gold with an initial 'C'(lerici) at the beginning of De vita et honestate clericorum., Miscellaneous texts of canon law

(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 'F'(et)., Vetera Statuta (index Statuta Angliae; Statute book; Statutes of England)

(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

• Calligraphic initial 'O'(n)., Various legal tracts

(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

• Large puzzle initial 'Q'(ue)., De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ

(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 initials: 'I'(tem), 'D'(ialectica), 'G'(ustus), 'I'(tem), 'I'(tem), and 'O'(lfactus)., Tracts on various subjects, including rhetoric and mathematics, and Alan of Lille's De planctu naturae (ff. 17-32v)

(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 'E'(dwardus)., Statutes (Henry III to Richard II), imperfect at the end (index Statuta)

(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 'E'(dward)., Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum (imperfect)) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

(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 'C'(om[m]e hugh le despenser)., Various documents and legal texts including a list of English counts, a list of English knights, statutes of king Edward III from the 1st to the 50th year of his reign (1327-1377), and statutes of king Richard II up to the 14th year of his reign (1391)

(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 'B'(eati) at the beginning of the text., Sermons and religious miscellany

(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 'D'(ist) with pen-flourishing including a hybrid creature., Vetera statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book)(ends imperfectly)

marginal annotations added upside down, 14th or 15th century (e. g. ff. 46v, 48v, 131v).John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) with foliate motifs and a hybrid creature., Statuta Angliae (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book)

(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 foliate initial 'A'(dventus) at the beginning of Florus's Epitome bellorum, and foliate border with heraldic arms., Epitome bellorum omnium annorum DCC

Decorated foliate initial 'A'(dventus) at the beginning of Florus's Epitome bellorum, and foliate border with heraldic arms. 1 large foliate initial in colours on a burnished punched gold ground (f. 1, perhaps 19th-century ?), with a three-sided border incorporating