• Decorated initials 'D'(eus) and 'E'(cce)., Office of Saint Martha

penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Staves in red. Office of Saint Martha The Augustinian priory of St Mary and St John the Baptist, Lanthony, Gloucestershire (see Ker 1964).Peter Le Neve (b. 1661, d. 1729), herald and antiquary: inscribed ‘Petri Le

• Decorated initials 'S'(epius), 'F'(undamentum), and 'G'(loriose)., Elucidarium (ff. 1-30), pious verses in Provençal (f. 30), Papal bull of Boniface VIII, dated 1300 (f. 30v)

in red. Elucidarium (ff. 1-30), pious verses in Provençal (f. 30), Papal bull of Boniface VIII, dated 1300 (f. 30v) John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 28 August 1724 (~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Large puzzle initial 'I' with pen-work decoration., Theological miscellany, including works by Anselm of Canterbury (ff. 1-34v, 44v-65v), Bernard (ff. 35-39v, 65v-66, 69-69v), Jerome (ff. 39v-43) and Augustine (ff. 43v-44), and a treatise on the plague (ff. 66-68v)

Bernard (ff. 35-39v, 65v-66, 69-69v), Jerome (ff. 39v-43) and Augustine (ff. 43v-44), and a treatise on the plague (ff. 66-68v) John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer: sold to Edward Harley on 13 February 1723/4 (see Wright and Wright 1966; Wright 1972).

• Decorated initial with acanthus extensions., Liber sententiarum, imperfect; Poem coniugis ad uxorem

Decorated initial with acanthus extensions. Contents:Liber sententiarum, imperfect (ff. 1-13v);Poem coniugis ad uxorem (ff. 13v-16v), including the original lower flyleaf (f. 15) wrongly bound before the last leaf of the text (f. 16). 1 large initial in colours, silver

• Historiated initial 'C'(arissimi) with a standing bishop (Basil?)., 'De Vita et miraculis sancti Basilii'

century (f. 1*). Part 4: Added prologues and list of content for Gregory's De cura pastorali, 14th century (ff. 67-68v). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Edward Harley on 22 June 1726 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection,

• Puzzle initial 'V'(ade)., De contractibus et usuris

Puzzle initial 'V'(ade). Horizontal catchwords.f. [104] is a ruled parchment leaf and a former pastedown. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with penwork decoration in red, purple, and gold (f. 1). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, and

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul and heads of five men, at the beginning of the commentary to 1 Corinthians., Commentary on the Pauline Epistles

Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul and heads of five men, at the beginning of the commentary to 1 Corinthians. Initials executed by two hands, f. 2 and ff. 3, 69v, 110, 131v, 150v, 161v, 195v. Hand 2 is perhaps

• Headpiece with geometric and foliate decoration and decorated initial 'P'., New Testament (ff. 27-293)

Decorated lines, large initials and rubrics in gold, now mostly lost and showing the red preparation. New Testament (ff. 27-293) John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain of the Levant Company in Constantinople, 1670-1676, and later Master of Christ's College,

• Miniature of Peter walking on water towards Christ; lower register: miniature of the awe-struck apostles praising Christ as the Son of God, in a visualization of John 21:7., Psalter, with canticles (ff. 136v-139v)

awe-struck apostles praising Christ as the Son of God, in a visualization of John 21:7. Includes one of the earliest surviving drawing of the martyrdom of Becket: see discussion Kauffmann 1975.f. 51 is a replacement page, with text in a

• Puzzle initial 'F'(frater) at the beginning of the general prologue., Bible with prologues

by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 215.? John Browne, fellow of University College, Oxford: 'Jo: Browne hunc Librum / Jure tenet', 17th century (f. 1).Charles Burney (b.

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Genesis., Bible with prologues

by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 215.? John Browne, fellow of University College, Oxford: 'Jo: Browne hunc Librum / Jure tenet', 17th century (f. 1).Charles Burney (b.

• A note linking seven types of storm at sea with the seven deadly sins; and the ownership inscription of the Franciscan convent at Worcester., Bible with prologues

by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 215.? John Browne, fellow of University College, Oxford: 'Jo: Browne hunc Librum / Jure tenet', 17th century (f. 1).Charles Burney (b.

• Drawing of a siege engine as described by Biton in De constructione bellicarum machinarum., De machinis (ff. 1-9), De constructione bellicarum machinarum (ff. 9v-16)

machinarum (ff. 9v-16) Written in 1545: colophon ( f. 358).The monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai: inscription (f. 1). ? John Spencer Smith, minister plenipotentiary to Turkey: sale catalogue notices that the manuscript was 'collected by one of His Majesty's

• Historiated initial 'R'(ege) with a seated scribe labelled 'OSBEARNVS', a censing monk, animals, and animal heads, at the beginning of Osbern's Life of St Dunstan., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

Historiated initial 'R'(ege) with a seated scribe labelled 'OSBEARNVS', a censing monk, animals, and animal heads, at the beginning of Osbern's Life of St Dunstan. 2 historiated initials in colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green,

• Decorated initial 'D'(iximus) at the beginning of Book II of Osbern's LIfe of St Dunstan; the script perhaps by two scribes., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

Decorated initial 'D'(iximus) at the beginning of Book II of Osbern's LIfe of St Dunstan; the script perhaps by two scribes. 2 historiated initials in colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green, or blue. Epistola de

• Initial 'I'(n) in the form of a dragon, and 'B'(eatus) with two bishops with crosiers, the lower with a closed book;and the ownership inscription: 'Liber Sancte Trinitatis de Kirkham' in the lower margin., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Zoomorphic and historiated initials John the Deacon, Possidius and others England, N.

• initial 'P'(etisa) and three pairs of busts men and women, labelled Ioachim and Anna, Ioseph and Sancte Maria, and Alpheus and [Mary] Cleophe., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

/ ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Decorated initial and marginal drawings John the Deacon, Possidius and others England, N.

• Initial 'R'(ebus) with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, at the beginning of a prologue in verse., Miscellany of verses

Guthlac, Oswin, etc. (ff. 78-93v, 94-96v); verses added in some margins (e.g. ff. 50v, 68v) are headed 'Abb. Iohis', presumably John de Cella, abbot of St Albans from 1195 to 1214.Robert Outing(?), 15th century: inscribed 'Thes bok be delyveryd unto

• Calendar page for March, including the translation of Kyneburga, Kyneswitha, and Tibba (6 March), Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixi) with pen-flourishing, incorporating a human head, in the Psalms., Psalms, with commentary ('Rolle of Hampole's Psalter') (ends imperfectly), preceded by a calendar (ff. 1v-7) and a homily on patience and humility (ff. 8-9)

century.Unidentified owner, 15th century: inscription (f. 232).Foliated in red pencil, in the manner of Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), John Parker (b. 1548, d. 1619), and others; annotated in English and Latin (e.g. ff. 113v, 159), and Greek (f.