• Historiated initial 'O' of the Adoration of the Magi, including an African king, measuring 140 x 160. On the reverse, partial two four-line staves, musical notation and text: '...regi da et m /...filio regis'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'D' of a Memento Mori, measuring 125 x 110. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...antur'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'P' of the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, measuring 250 x 210. On the reverse, partial two four-line staves, musical notation and text: '...lo tu /… Co[n]. Exulta'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'I' of a male martyr saint, measuring 100 x 95. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...ti eum'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'C' of Lawrence, measuring 135 x 120. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...tate domi /...?ium can'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Foliate initial 'E', measuring 75 x 75. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...me'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Foliate initial 'S', measuring 75 x 80. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '…tate e'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Foliate initial 'S', measuring 80 x 80. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '…um no(n)'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a monk and a queen entering a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

a monk and a queen entering 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

• White vine initial 'G'(rammatica) and wreath enclosing the arms and helm of John Tiptoft, earl of Worcester, at the beginning of Suetonius' De grammaticis et rhetoribus., De grammaticis et rhetoribus (ff. 2-14v); Dialogus de oratoribus (ff. 15-42v)

minister: his library sold on 21 November 1687, lot 108 (Wright 1972).Ambrose Bonwicke, the elder (b. 1652, d. 1722), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster, headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School from 1686 to 1691: inscribed 'Ambrosij Bonvici 1687'

• Illuminated initial 'S'(aepe) at the beginning of Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus., De grammaticis et rhetoribus (ff. 2-14v); Dialogus de oratoribus (ff. 15-42v)

minister: his library sold on 21 November 1687, lot 108 (Wright 1972).Ambrose Bonwicke, the elder (b. 1652, d. 1722), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster, headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School from 1686 to 1691: inscribed 'Ambrosij Bonvici 1687'

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man leading a woman to church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

a man leading a woman to 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

• Historiated initials 'I'(n) of a building with a small face visible behind the bars of the window, and 'N'(isi) of a church building., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

visible behind the bars of the window, and 'N'(isi) of a church building. Other manuscripts associated with the Master of Duke Humfrey's Psalms are: Guildhall, Corporation of London Records Office, 'Statuta Antiqua Angliae', f. 137, London, Drapers' Company, Patent of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'N'(isi) of a church building., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

initial 'N'(isi) of a church building. Other manuscripts associated with the Master of Duke Humfrey's Psalms are: Guildhall, Corporation of London Records Office, 'Statuta Antiqua Angliae', f. 137, London, Drapers' Company, Patent of Arms, 10 March 1439, Capetown, South African

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop expelling a devil from a church tower., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

a bishop expelling a devil from a church tower. 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

• Coloured initial 'A' with foliate decoration., 2 leaves with omelies translated from Origen, 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 initials with penwork decoration., Leaf from Richard's 'De Trinitate', Book 2, chapters 16-20

[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 de Chauliac's 'Surgery' (index Chirurgia magna), Book VI, in English translation (originally ff. 107-107v in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12, from which it was removed by John Bagford)

[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.

• null, Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Use of Sarum (ff. 1-97v); Calendar for Salisbury (ff. 98-103v); Ordinal, Use of Sarum (ff. 104-133); Breviary, Use of Sarum (ff. 134-202v) (ends imperfectly)

Westnewton anno Domini 1438' (9 November, f. 103); 'Obitus Erne Rawlins [no year]' (12 November, f. 103). Dedication of the church of Norwich, 15th-century: 'Dedicacio ecclesie Norwic' (23 September, f. 102).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl

• Decorated initial 'B'(ritannia)., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643 The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,