• Coloured initial 'A'(postolica) at the beginning of Pseudo-Ambrose's De conflictu vitiorum atque virtutum., De conflictu vitiorum atque virtutum, Excerpta from Augustine and Ambrose

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 According to the unpublished notes of Michael Gullick, written in the Christ Church script, probably by the scribe of Cambridge University Library, Kk.1.17 and Cambridge, Corpus Christi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 'De muliere

• Coloured initial 'M'(ulti) at the beginning of John Chrysostom's De muliere Chananaea., De muliere Chananaea, Miracula S. Letardi

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 According to the unpublished notes of Michael Gullick, written in the Christ Church script, probably by the scribe of Cambridge University Library, Kk.1.17 and Cambridge, Corpus Christi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 'De muliere Chananaea'

• Donor inscription, recording the gift of the manuscript to the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, with some red lettering., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Miniature of John the Baptist with the Agnus Dei, flanked by a lion and a unicorn, with a hedgehog at his feet., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist with the Agnus Dei, flanked by a lion and a unicorn, with a hedgehog at his feet., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Text page., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Miniature of the Feast of All Saints, with the donors' patron saints, Stephen and Margaret, an illuminated initial 'I', and a partial bar border., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Detail of a miniature of the Feast of All Saints, with the donors' patron saints, Stephen and Margaret., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

marginal drawing of a church. Contents: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae (ff. 1-37v);Historia Britonum (ff. 38-45); Visio Thurkilli, attributed to Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of Coggeshall, Essex (1208-1218), a description of a vision seen in 1206 at Stisted in

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

marginal drawing of a church. Contents: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae (ff. 1-37v);Historia Britonum (ff. 38-45); Visio Thurkilli, attributed to Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of Coggeshall, Essex (1208-1218), a description of a vision seen in 1206 at Stisted in

• Puzzle initial 'P'(uer) at the beginning of the music for Christmas day., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Decorated initial 'G'(audeamus) at the beginning of the music for the feast of Guthlac on 11 April, with 14th-century marginal additions., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Decorated initial 'D'(ilexisti) at the beginning of the music for the feast day of the virgin Pega, the sister of Guthlac, who lived as an anchoress at Peakirk, a little north of Peterborough., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Decorated initial 'S' at the beginning of the music for the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, also known as Candlemas Day, on 2 February (the 40th day after Christmas day)., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Puzzle initial 'P'(uer) at the beginning of the music for Christmas day., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Musical notation., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• The first entry on this page, the annal for 399, records that Rufinus of Aquileia wrote his history of the Church in that year. Other annals include the discovery of the body of the first martyr, Stephen (410), Augustine's publication his book 'The City of God' (414, in red) and the deaths of Jerome (420) and Augustine (424)., Gesta Regum Anglorum; Annals to 1212 (ff. 103-33), imperfect (the B version)

records that Rufinus of Aquileia wrote his history of the Church in that year. Other annals include the discovery of the body of the first martyr, Stephen (410), Augustine's publication his book 'The City of God' (414, in red) and

• Tinted pen-drawing of the Crucifixion.

180-184; available at [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42876], accessed on 30 July 2009. Pen drawing of the Crucifixion tinted in green and pink-brown. The church of St. John Baptist, Pirton (Worcestershire), 14th century: the inscription 'Missale Parochie de Pirton' (recto, above the drawing).The blank

• Puzzle initial 'R'(esurrexi) at the beginning of the music for Easter day., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Historiated initial 'C' of a monk swinging a censer over the coffin of Gille, first wife of Rollo, first duke of Normandy., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

(f. 250v). Inscribed, 15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in