• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith defended by a king, a cardinal, bishops, and other men and women, with the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose at its walls and men and women representing vices, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 2., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

cardinal, bishops, and other men and women, with the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose at its walls and men and women representing vices, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and

• Detail of a miniature of monks singing a requiem, with the celebrant wearing spectacles, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Church mass Master of the Salisbury Breviary St Stephen Master of the Bedford Hours Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Miniature of the Immaculate Conception and of Henry VII kneeling, with a trompe l'oeil border, and an illuminated large initial with the royal coat of arms., Proper of the Mass for the Immaculate Conception

the Immaculate Conception in London (founded in 1503): another manuscript suggesting Henry VII's connection with this confraternity is Oxford, Christ Church Ms. 179, containing a petition to the king requesting permission to establish a confraternity for French residents in London

• Detail of a miniature of the Immaculate Conception and of Henry VII kneeling., Proper of the Mass for the Immaculate Conception

the Immaculate Conception in London (founded in 1503): another manuscript suggesting Henry VII's connection with this confraternity is Oxford, Christ Church Ms. 179, containing a petition to the king requesting permission to establish a confraternity for French residents in London

• Text of a prayer mentioning Henry VII; ‘ut rex noster Henricus sep/timus…’., Proper of the Mass for the Immaculate Conception

the Immaculate Conception in London (founded in 1503): another manuscript suggesting Henry VII's connection with this confraternity is Oxford, Christ Church Ms. 179, containing a petition to the king requesting permission to establish a confraternity for French residents in London

• Detail of a miniature of the wedding of Cleridius and Meliadice at the church door., Cleriadus et Meliadice, Historia Apollonii regis Tyri

wedding of Cleridius and Meliadice at the church door. Included two romances in French, the 'Cleriadus et Meliadice', probably composed in the early 1440s (ff. 1-209v), and 'Historia Apollonii regis Tyri' translated in French as 'La cronique et histoire des

• Decorated initial 'P'(lacete) at the beginning of the prologue to the History of Jerusalem of Foucher de Chartres., De muliere Chananaea, Miracula S. Letardi

1 includes capitula to Enchiridion (ff. i-iiv). According to the unpublished notes of Michael Gullick, written in the Christ Church script, probably by the scribe of Cambridge University Library, Kk.1.17 and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 274 (ff. i-48).Part 3 includes

• Text with decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of the History of Jerusalem of Foucher de Chartres., History of Jerusalem

1 includes capitula to Enchiridion (ff. i-iiv). According to the unpublished notes of Michael Gullick, written in the Christ Church script, probably by the scribe of Cambridge University Library, Kk.1.17 and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 274 (ff. i-48).Part 3 includes

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uid glorias) with interlace, foliate decoration, and a grotesque dragon extender., Psalter, with glosses

overpainted in gold and colours, 17th century (f. 1v). Psalter, with glosses William Crashawe (index Crashaw) (bap. 1572, d. 1625/6), Church of England clergyman, religious controversialist and poet: his table of contents (f. 242, upside-down; see Watson 1966.Sir Simonds d'Ewes

• Zoomorphic initial 'D'(omine) with interlace, foliate decoration, and a grotesque dragon extender, with a horned and tonsured head., Psalter, with glosses

overpainted in gold and colours, 17th century (f. 1v). Psalter, with glosses William Crashawe (index Crashaw) (bap. 1572, d. 1625/6), Church of England clergyman, religious controversialist and poet: his table of contents (f. 242, upside-down; see Watson 1966.Sir Simonds d'Ewes

• Text page., Leaf from Bracciolini's 'De infelicitate principum', cropped

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Coloured initial 'C'., Leaf from a Commentary on Psalm 70

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Coloured initial with penwork decoration., Leaf from Hrabanus's 'De Universo', Book XIII, chapters 6-10

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from a Lectionary

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Front cover of brown leather with gold tooling, the arms of George II and the date, 1757., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

ends 'Say we so alle . pur charyte'. The latter half of the poem is devoted to conduct when at church and in company. There is no indication of authorship. On the fly-leaf (f. 33), in two 15th-century cursive hands,

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

. pur charyte'. The latter half of the poem is devoted to conduct when at church and in company. There is no indication of authorship. On the fly-leaf (f. 33), in two 15th-century cursive hands, are a charm against bleeding

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

. pur charyte'. The latter half of the poem is devoted to conduct when at church and in company. There is no indication of authorship. On the fly-leaf (f. 33), in two 15th-century cursive hands, are a charm against bleeding

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith with women at the windows, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and men., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

at the windows, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and men. In two volumes, the second volume is Royal 17 F VII.Includes a list of contents (ff. 1-21v).Catchwords written

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith with an emperor and a woman at the centre window, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and one man, on the right and a crowd of attacking Jews on the left; with a full border., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

woman at the centre window, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and one man, on the right and a crowd of attacking Jews on the left; with a full

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of a metrical version of the Psalms in Middle English., 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'