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

Coloured drawing of the Betrayal with Judas kissing Christ and soldiers standing by. 10 marginal coloured drawings (ff. 1, 1v, 2, 6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem

• Coloured drawing of Christ before Pilate., Passion poem

Coloured drawing of Christ before Pilate. 10 marginal coloured drawings (ff. 1, 1v, 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

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

Coloured drawing of the Carrying of the Cross. 10 marginal coloured drawings (ff. 1, 1v, 2, 6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to

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

clergyman and antiquary: his name (f. 1); sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Pen-flourished initials 'I'(n) and 'R'(aptus) at the beginning of chapters 3 and 4 of Raymond of Peñafort's 'Summa de casibus penitentie'., Summa de casibus poenitentiae

(f. 52v). Added, 14th/15th century: texts and notes in Latin and Italian, one (f. 52v) mentioning Pope John XXII (1316-1334), (ff. 50v-51, 52v). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; acquired from him in 1726 for the Harley collection (see ~Diary~ 1966;

• Coloured initials, 'A', 'P', and 'F', with guide letters for the decorator visible in the left margin., Religious miscellany with treatises, sermons, the Speculum peccatorum (ff. 1-8), the legend of Pachomius (ff. 93v-96v), a description of a miraculous vision of A.D. 1287 (ff. 98v-99), and verses in English (f. 99v)

the British Library. Coloured initials Written by more than one scribe Various authors including Pseudo-Augustine, Anselm of Canterbury, Bernard of Clairvaux, Hugh of Saint-Victor, John Chrysostom, Peter of Blois, John Cassian (index Hugh of St Victor, Hugo de Saint-Victor) England

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

blue Vetera Statuta (index Statuta Angliae; Statute book; Statutes of England) John Wodenothe of Shavington cum Gresty, Chester: memorandum relating to his marriage in 1534 to Margaret, daughter of John Rope of Stapeley, Chester (f. 190); his name inscribed (ff.

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

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 manuscripts (see ~Diary~ 1966).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Text page with a bar border and historiated initials 'P'(arce): Peter and John heal the lame man; historiated initial 'C'(redo): Peter and John with the people; historiated initial 'T'(edet): Ananias before the apostles., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

Text page with a bar border and historiated initials 'P'(arce): Peter and John heal the lame man; historiated initial 'C'(redo): Peter and John with the people; historiated initial 'T'(edet): Ananias before the apostles. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately

• Back binding of the indenture., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

od St Peter, Westminster, agreement between Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and John Islipp, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, and the monks of Westminster Abbey, made on 16 July 1504: the beginning of

• Miniature of a grotesque creature dressed in academic robes, with coloured initials., Constitutiones clementis pape V(index Constitutiones Clementinae; Constitutions of pope Clement V), with the gloss of Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d’Andrea) and the preface of Pope John XXII

Constitutiones Clementinae; Constitutions of pope Clement V), with the gloss of Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d’Andrea) and the preface of Pope John XXII Tomas Allegretti: inscribed with his name and the date 1446 (f. 85v).Nicolas Soczini: inscribed, 15th century, 'Hic liber

• Miniature of a grotesque creature dressed in academic robes, with coloured initials., Constitutiones clementis pape V(index Constitutiones Clementinae; Constitutions of pope Clement V), with the gloss of Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d’Andrea) and the preface of Pope John XXII

Constitutiones Clementinae; Constitutions of pope Clement V), with the gloss of Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d’Andrea) and the preface of Pope John XXII Tomas Allegretti: inscribed with his name and the date 1446 (f. 85v).Nicolas Soczini: inscribed, 15th century, 'Hic liber

• Detail of a miniature of the priest of Ulster brought by the wolf to its female partner to administer the viaticum; the priest gives communion to the she-wolf in her den., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

c. 1375-c. 1420, no. 906 (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008). John Twyne (b. c.1505, d. 1581), schoolmaster and antiquary, perhaps owned by him: inscribed 'Twyne' in the hand of John Dee, antiquary (b. 1527, d.1609), in the entry of the

• Miniature of the enthroned pope receiving a copy of a law book from a kneeling cleric, with a decorated initial 'I'(ohannes) and a historiated initial 'I'(ohannes) of a lawyer reading., Constitutiones clementis pape V(index Constitutiones Clementinae; Constitutions of pope Clement V), with the gloss of Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d’Andrea) and the preface of Pope John XXII

Constitutiones Clementinae; Constitutions of pope Clement V), with the gloss of Johannes Andreae (Giovanni d’Andrea) and the preface of Pope John XXII Tomas Allegretti: inscribed with his name and the date 1446 (f. 85v).Nicolas Soczini: inscribed, 15th century, 'Hic liber

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(pres) of the Emperor John enthroned, with a courtier and a messenger, who points to the lower part of the initial that extends into the margin, where John's knights are assaulting two men., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

initial 'A'(pres) of the Emperor John enthroned, with a courtier and a messenger, who points to the lower part of the initial that extends into the margin, where John's knights are assaulting two men. 25 historiated initials, with zoomorphic extensions

• Front binding of the indenture., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

od St Peter, Westminster, agreement between Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and John Islipp, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, and the monks of Westminster Abbey, made on 16 July 1504: the beginning of

• Indenture binding open to reveal the five seals in their cases., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

od St Peter, Westminster, agreement between Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and John Islipp, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, and the monks of Westminster Abbey, made on 16 July 1504: the beginning of

• null, Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

od St Peter, Westminster, agreement between Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and John Islipp, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, and the monks of Westminster Abbey, made on 16 July 1504: the beginning of

• null, Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

od St Peter, Westminster, agreement between Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and John Islipp, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, and the monks of Westminster Abbey, made on 16 July 1504: the beginning of

• null, Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

od St Peter, Westminster, agreement between Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and John Islipp, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, and the monks of Westminster Abbey, made on 16 July 1504: the beginning of