• Decorated initials., Breviary, use of Mâcon, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect

cover.Musical notation of plain-song settings for the Venite, hymns for the office throughout the year, for the dedication of the church and the Commune Sanctorum (ff. 470-479). Large initials in blue and/or red with red and blue penwork decoration. Large

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop approaching a church, while the Virgin Mary leads a woman away behind the church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop approaching a church, while the Virgin Mary leads a woman away behind the church. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with

• Puzzle initial on the first page of text, from the book of Job, with Arundel and Lumley ownership signatures., Bible (Job to Revelation)

from Job to Revelation. The first volume is Royal 1 E VII. The text corrected or emended by a Christ Church scribe; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Cambridge, Trinity College, B. 1.17 and B. 3.9 (see Marsden 1994 and

• Detail of a miniature of the consecration of a church, with a foliate initial 'D'(e), at the beginning of pars 3, De consecratione., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of the consecration of a church, with a foliate initial 'D'(e), at the beginning of pars 3, De consecratione. Illuminated by the artist of Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 830, a Missal for Paris use, and Giessen, Universitatsbibliothek 945, Justinian's Codex in

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with the Annunciation to the Shepherds, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

historian and Church of England clergyman: inscription 'Fran: Blomfield Coll: Gon: Caij Camb: 175 [5?] [to which has been added] nuper de Fersfield Com: Norf' (f. 2).; his note dated 1725 that the manuscript came from the collegiate church of

• Decorated initials, and line-endings in the form of animals and hybrids at the beginning of a litany., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

historian and Church of England clergyman: inscription 'Fran: Blomfield Coll: Gon: Caij Camb: 175 [5?] [to which has been added] nuper de Fersfield Com: Norf' (f. 2).; his note dated 1725 that the manuscript came from the collegiate church of

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with a Gnadenstuhl (Throne of Grace) Trinity, with two angels with incense on either side., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

historian and Church of England clergyman: inscription 'Fran: Blomfield Coll: Gon: Caij Camb: 175 [5?] [to which has been added] nuper de Fersfield Com: Norf' (f. 2).; his note dated 1725 that the manuscript came from the collegiate church of

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing a harp, and the Annunciation to the Virgin below, with Gabriel holding a scroll inscribed 'Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum', at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

historian and Church of England clergyman: inscription 'Fran: Blomfield Coll: Gon: Caij Camb: 175 [5?] [to which has been added] nuper de Fersfield Com: Norf' (f. 2).; his note dated 1725 that the manuscript came from the collegiate church of

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with the Visitation, and below Christ writing in the sand before the woman caught in adultery with hands clasped and onlookers, one pushing her forward (?) (identified by Morgan as '(?) Mercy and Truth', at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

historian and Church of England clergyman: inscription 'Fran: Blomfield Coll: Gon: Caij Camb: 175 [5?] [to which has been added] nuper de Fersfield Com: Norf' (f. 2).; his note dated 1725 that the manuscript came from the collegiate church of

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixi) with Mary nursing Jesus, while Joseph and the midwife look on, above Job on the dungheap, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

historian and Church of England clergyman: inscription 'Fran: Blomfield Coll: Gon: Caij Camb: 175 [5?] [to which has been added] nuper de Fersfield Com: Norf' (f. 2).; his note dated 1725 that the manuscript came from the collegiate church of

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultate) with Jacob wrestling the angel (perhaps because Jacob is mentioned in the first verse), and the Presentation in the Temple below, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

historian and Church of England clergyman: inscription 'Fran: Blomfield Coll: Gon: Caij Camb: 175 [5?] [to which has been added] nuper de Fersfield Com: Norf' (f. 2).; his note dated 1725 that the manuscript came from the collegiate church of

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) with three monks, and below, Christ teaching in the temple, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

historian and Church of England clergyman: inscription 'Fran: Blomfield Coll: Gon: Caij Camb: 175 [5?] [to which has been added] nuper de Fersfield Com: Norf' (f. 2).; his note dated 1725 that the manuscript came from the collegiate church of

• Illuminated 'KL' letters in the calendar page for February, with the later additions of the death of 'John Holebrook' in 1400 added to 13 February. The inscription in red in the last line gives the number of hours for nights (14) and days (10) in February., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

historian and Church of England clergyman: inscription 'Fran: Blomfield Coll: Gon: Caij Camb: 175 [5?] [to which has been added] nuper de Fersfield Com: Norf' (f. 2).; his note dated 1725 that the manuscript came from the collegiate church of

• Full-page miniature in two registers, of Catherine (with her wheel), Mary Magdalen (holding a small vial), Margaret (trampling the dragon), and below, the stoning of Stephen., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

historian and Church of England clergyman: inscription 'Fran: Blomfield Coll: Gon: Caij Camb: 175 [5?] [to which has been added] nuper de Fersfield Com: Norf' (f. 2).; his note dated 1725 that the manuscript came from the collegiate church of

• Decorated initial 'A'(d)., Ordinal, Use of Sarum

in red. On ff. 153v-155, initials in brown with red and brown penwork decoration. Ordinal, Use of Sarum The parish church of Risby, Suffolk: inscribed 'Iste liber constat ecclesie de Rysbey in comitatu de Suffolke. Ordinele' (f. 162).Inscribed 'Thomas Stezgen

• Puzzle initial 'S'(i consid[er]arem) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Libellus de jure civili, imperfect

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former: in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Text page., Various texts relating to Scottish history, including the Chronicles of the Picts and Scots (index Scotichronicon)

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of the Virgin Mary leading a bishop and woman away from a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

Mary leading a bishop and woman away from 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

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two men beating another near a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

two men beating another near 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 added

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two monks, one in the doorway of a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

monks, one in the doorway of 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