• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

. pur charyte'. The latter half of the poem is devoted to conduct when at church and in company. There is no indication of authorship. On the fly-leaf (f. 33), in two 15th-century cursive hands, are a charm against bleeding

• Calendar for October with drawings of a man sowing (labour of the month), symbols of saints: a bishop's mitre (for Leger), a hand with stigmata ( Francis), joined hands (Fides), a church (Dionysus), an archbishop (Wilfrid)., Agricultural almanac containing an astronomical calendar (1420), miscellaneous tables, mnemonic verses and charms

saints: a bishop's mitre (for Leger), a hand with stigmata ( Francis), joined hands (Fides), a church (Dionysus), an archbishop (Wilfrid). Contents very similar to Harley 2332.Prologue to a letter from St Louis to King Charles in Middle English (f.

• Puzzle initial 'E'(xemplum) at the beginning of the Gesta Romanorum., Tabula super methodo fulgentii, Gesta Romanorum (index Deeds of the Romans), Liber de vitiis, various sermons

librario sancti Augustini ex Cantuariensis' (f. 1*v); 'liber de librario s[anc]ti Augusti[ni] Cant[uariensis].' (f. 2).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

• The Cartulary beginning with the year 701 in which the abbey was founded. Aethelred, son of Penda and king of Mercia, supports Ecgwine in his efforts to dedicate an abbey to the Virgin Mary. Following entries tell of further royal support from King Kenred of Mercia., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

of further royal support from King Kenred of Mercia. The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and papers relating to churches, pensions and other matters, mainly

• Historiated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon., Excerpts from the Textus Roffensis (facsimile on parchment)

of king Ethelbert's charter of the foundation or endowment of the church of Rochester; bearing the date 4 kal. Maias, indictione 7 (see Harley Catalogue). 1 large hisitoriated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon. Display script in various colours

• Arms of Robert Steward (d. 1557), prior and dean of the Benedictine cathedral priory of Ely; inscribed, 'Arma d[omi]ni Roberti Steward prioris Elien[sis]'., Philomela

(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

• Decorated initial 'V'(erbum) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Verbum abbreviatum

red ink. Verbum abbreviatum ?Willelmus Dambroke (?Sambroke), 16th century: inscribed with his name (f. 115v).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

• Puzzle initial 'A'(bsolucio)., Rosarium theologiae (Theological dictionary) (index Dictionarium theologicum locorum communium)

161v).Joseph Bentley: his name inscribed in the 16th or 17th century (f. 1v). Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): title written in his

• Partial bar border with puzzle initial 'Q'(uod vides, scribe)., Commentary on Revelation, imperfect at the end

in red. Paraphs in red or blue. Commentary on Revelation, imperfect at the end 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

• Decorated line and initials., Letters, including a Commentary on Hosea (ff. 147-154)

and Italian added by a 17th-century Italian hand (ff. 1*, 103).Unidentified heraldic bookstamp (f. 1).Conyers Middleton (b. 1683, d. 1750), Church of England clergyman and author, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1706, head librarian of the University Library at

• Puzzle initial 'S' from a bifolium used as a flyleaf., Fragment used as flyleaves of portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law

portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law William Darell (d. in or after 1580), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: inscribed 'William Darell (f. 196v); see also Peter Sherlock, ‘Darell, William (d. in or

• Puzzle initial 'A'(braham) at the beginning of the Tabula super methodo fulgentii., Tabula super methodo fulgentii, Gesta Romanorum (index Deeds of the Romans), Liber de vitiis, various sermons

librario sancti Augustini ex Cantuariensis' (f. 1*v); 'liber de librario s[anc]ti Augusti[ni] Cant[uariensis].' (f. 2).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 is a compilation of royal and papal charters., A compilation of papal and royal charters (ff. 95-149v), followed by papers and memoranda relating to churches and pensions (ff. 150-198v)

The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and papers relating to churches, pensions and other matters, mainly contemporary to Abbot William de Chiriton (1316–44) (ff. 45-57);-

• Initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate decoration executed over an erasure., Breviary, Use of Rome for the Augustinian Hermits, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalter (ff. 7-72), Ordinal (ff. 73-272) with Litany (ff. 149r-v), Sanctoral (ff. 273-407v), Common of the saints, possibly imperfect at the end (ff. 408-430v), with later addition (ff. 431-447v)

Augustine on 11 October (ff. 2v, 3, 5, 5v).An erased inscription on f. i verso.Conyers Middleton (b. 1683, d. 1750), Church of England clergyman and author, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1706, head librarian of the University Library at

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of David and the fool, at the beginning of the erased text of Psalm 52., Psalter fragments

calendar includes Benedict, Cuthbert, John of Beverly, and Wilfrid among the confessors, and Hilda among the virgins (ff. 78r-78v). The church of St Peter-upon-Cornhill, London: bound with Royal 13 D I inscribed with 'Liber ecclesie Sancti / Petri sup[er] cornehill',

• Historiated initial 'B' of David playing his harp, at the beginning of the erased text of Psalm 1., Psalter fragments

calendar includes Benedict, Cuthbert, John of Beverly, and Wilfrid among the confessors, and Hilda among the virgins (ff. 78r-78v). The church of St Peter-upon-Cornhill, London: bound with Royal 13 D I inscribed with 'Liber ecclesie Sancti / Petri sup[er] cornehill',

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Nativity of Christ, with the border containing the Annunciation, the Annunciation to the Shepherds, and the head of Christ and three animals, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter fragments

calendar includes Benedict, Cuthbert, John of Beverly, and Wilfrid among the confessors, and Hilda among the virgins (ff. 78r-78v). The church of St Peter-upon-Cornhill, London: bound with Royal 13 D I inscribed with 'Liber ecclesie Sancti / Petri sup[er] cornehill',

• Decorated initial 'A'(d te) with a partial bar border., Psalter fragments

calendar includes Benedict, Cuthbert, John of Beverly, and Wilfrid among the confessors, and Hilda among the virgins (ff. 78r-78v). The church of St Peter-upon-Cornhill, London: bound with Royal 13 D I inscribed with 'Liber ecclesie Sancti / Petri sup[er] cornehill',

• Historiated initial 'D' of David and the fool, at the beginning of the ersed text of Psalm 52., Psalter fragments

calendar includes Benedict, Cuthbert, John of Beverly, and Wilfrid among the confessors, and Hilda among the virgins (ff. 78r-78v). The church of St Peter-upon-Cornhill, London: bound with Royal 13 D I inscribed with 'Liber ecclesie Sancti / Petri sup[er] cornehill',

• Decorated initial 'S'(alvum) with a partial bar border., Psalter fragments

calendar includes Benedict, Cuthbert, John of Beverly, and Wilfrid among the confessors, and Hilda among the virgins (ff. 78r-78v). The church of St Peter-upon-Cornhill, London: bound with Royal 13 D I inscribed with 'Liber ecclesie Sancti / Petri sup[er] cornehill',