• Detail of a musician playing a viol, representing the second musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

a tonary (a collection of chant melodies) The cathedral of Saint-Etienne,Toulouse: privileges granted to, and gradual for use of this church (ff. 119-301); document from Ildefonsus, count of Touluse (dated 1128), addressed to Amalius, bishop of Tolouse (1105 to 1140)

• Detail of a woman dancing, representing the fifth musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

a tonary (a collection of chant melodies) The cathedral of Saint-Etienne,Toulouse: privileges granted to, and gradual for use of this church (ff. 119-301); document from Ildefonsus, count of Touluse (dated 1128), addressed to Amalius, bishop of Tolouse (1105 to 1140)

• Decorated initials 'E'(dwardus) and 'C'(es)., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

(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

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of a king kneeling before Christ., Fragment of a Psalter

in animal heads. Small initials in gold on coloured grounds. Fragment of a Psalter John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Two puzzle initials 'P'(rimum) and 'T'(riplex) for the prologue to and at the beginning of Hugh of Saint-Victor's 'Isagoge'., Theological miscellany including ~Isagoge~

Worcester and theologian; his manuscript no. 157 (see Coates 1999, p. 159). 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,

• Genealogical diagram of English monarchs., Miscellany including works on heraldry and genealogy, a bestiary and book of birds, historical annals of St David's and Llandaff, an English translation of Christine de Pisan's the Epistle of Othea to Hector (Epistre de Othea) (ff. 67-91v), and the Prophecy of Merlin (ff. 92-93v)

(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

• Historiated initial 'C'(es) with a lawyer speaking to an assembly, combined with a partial bar border with ivy., Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. (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

• Historiated initial 'E' of the Virgin and Child, combined with a partial bar border with ivy., Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. (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 with a description of the author's mistress, and complaints about her cruelty., Various texts including secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)

may have belonged to the priory, see Ker 1964).Added medical recipe, 16th century (f. 141v).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• A song about the good effects of the spring; a song about Isomen; a ditty in which the poet repents of his former sinful life., Various texts including secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)

may have belonged to the priory, see Ker 1964).Added medical recipe, 16th century (f. 141v).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Text page, with 24 lines of verse to the Virgin Mary, 'Mayden Moder Milde,' and 9 opening lines of the Gesta of King Horn., Various texts including secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)

may have belonged to the priory, see Ker 1964).Added medical recipe, 16th century (f. 141v).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• Detail of a juggler, representing the third musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

a tonary (a collection of chant melodies) The cathedral of Saint-Etienne,Toulouse: privileges granted to, and gradual for use of this church (ff. 119-301); document from Ildefonsus, count of Touluse (dated 1128), addressed to Amalius, bishop of Tolouse (1105 to 1140)

• Detail of a juggler, representing the third musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

a tonary (a collection of chant melodies) The cathedral of Saint-Etienne,Toulouse: privileges granted to, and gradual for use of this church (ff. 119-301); document from Ildefonsus, count of Touluse (dated 1128), addressed to Amalius, bishop of Tolouse (1105 to 1140)

• Miniature of a man holding a set of bells, representing the fourth musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

a tonary (a collection of chant melodies) The cathedral of Saint-Etienne,Toulouse: privileges granted to, and gradual for use of this church (ff. 119-301); document from Ildefonsus, count of Touluse (dated 1128), addressed to Amalius, bishop of Tolouse (1105 to 1140)

• Detail of a man holding a set of bells, representing the fourth musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

a tonary (a collection of chant melodies) The cathedral of Saint-Etienne,Toulouse: privileges granted to, and gradual for use of this church (ff. 119-301); document from Ildefonsus, count of Touluse (dated 1128), addressed to Amalius, bishop of Tolouse (1105 to 1140)

• Miniature of Henry III enthroned, flanked by Westminster Abbey and church bells; below, a genealogical table of his descendants., Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse lament of Edward II (ff. 10 r-v), Chronicle of England (ff. 11-146v) Lancelot du Lac, imperfect (ff. 147-152v), a letter purporting to be from Joanna, Queen of Sicily to Hugh IV King of Cyprus (ff. 152v-154), La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 155-169v), the latter imperfect at the beginning and at the end

flanked by Westminster Abbey and church bells; below, a genealogical table of his descendants. Peter of Langtoft's Chronicle is prefaced by ten folios (the first quire) of tinted drawings with inscriptions, distichs, or longer poems. The final set of drawings

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(este) of a bishop (probably saint Edmund) holding a mirror, at the beginning of the Speculum ecclesiae., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac)(ff. 1-140); Edmund's 'Mireour de seinte eglise' (index Speculum ecclesiae; Miroir de sainte eglise; Mirror of the church)(ff. 141-156); a short text in Latin attributed to Ambrose (f. 156); La vie nostre dame seinte marie' (f. 156); Robert Grosseteste's Commencement du monde (ff. 156-168)

Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(este) of a bishop (probably saint Edmund) holding a mirror, at the beginning of the Speculum ecclesiae. f. 1* is a parchment fragment, probably from a 14th-century charter, written in an English cursive hand.

• Detail of a dog chasing a hare on the lower portion of a partial foliate bar border, at the beginning of the Speculum ecclesiae., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac)(ff. 1-140); Edmund's 'Mireour de seinte eglise' (index Speculum ecclesiae; Miroir de sainte eglise; Mirror of the church)(ff. 141-156); a short text in Latin attributed to Ambrose (f. 156); La vie nostre dame seinte marie' (f. 156); Robert Grosseteste's Commencement du monde (ff. 156-168)

Detail of a dog chasing a hare on the lower portion of a partial foliate bar border, at the beginning of the Speculum ecclesiae. f. 1* is a parchment fragment, probably from a 14th-century charter, written in an English

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing the harp, followed by display script., Psalter, including Canticles, the Penitential Psalms and litany

(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

• Bas-de-page scene from a legend of the Virgin in which a virtuous woman (whose husband has bargained her away in exchange for wealth), see f. 216v, stops at a church to pray and her place is taken by the Virgin in order to confound the Devil., Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter')

husband has bargained her away in exchange for wealth), see f. 216v, stops at a church to pray and her place is taken by the Virgin in order to confound the Devil. Includes 150 Psalms (ff. 85-280) with a calendar