• Miniature of the Assumption of the Virgin., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Miniature of monks singing a requiem, with the celebrant wearing spectacles, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi) and full foliate borders, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Church mass Master of the Salisbury Breviary St Stephen Master of the Bedford Hours Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Coloured initials at the beginning of Psalm 55; text in Greek, Latin and Arabic., Trilingual Psalter

made from the Greek by Abu l-Fath Abd Allah b. al-Fadl b. Abd Allah al-Mutran al-Antakie, deacon of the Melkite church of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red

• Text page with manumissions in Latin and Old English., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Text page with decorated initial 'N'(ovum) and manumissions in lower margin., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Text page with manumissions in lower margin., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Canon tables., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Canon tables., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Decorated initials 'IN' with 'I' forming interlace pattern border at the beginning of Mark's gospel., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Text page with a sketch of a man's head in profile in the margin., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• A frame with five roundels and interlace panels, probably intended for a 'Christ in Majesty' miniature., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Text page with manumissions in Old English and Latin., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Miniature of the Deposition and foliate borders, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of the Collegiate Church of Sint Hermeskerk, Ronse

blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in red. Book of Hours, Use of the Collegiate Church of Sint Hermeskerk, Ronse The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Miniature of the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, initial 'M'(oicti), and full border, at the beginning of Book 2., Débat de félicité

the three estates (Church, Nobles, and Labour) in debate before Theology, Logic, Arithmetic, Geometry and Music, initial 'M'(oicti), and full border, at the beginning of Book 2. Single leaf which doesn't belong to this manuscript taken out in 1947 and

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 5., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 5. In two volumes,

• Decorated initial 'D'(isciplina), at the beginning of Book 1 of Isidore's Etymologiae., Etymologiae

IV, later extended to Henry VII, in humanistic cursive script (f. 224v).Francis Blomefield (b. 1705, d. 1752), topographical historian and Church of England clergyman: presumably acquired before 1727, while he was a student at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge: inscribed

• Decorated initial 'M'(illesimo), at the beginning of Book 6 of Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum; in the lower margin the beginning of an ownership and anathema inscription (which finishes on the facing page), stating that the manuscript belongs to the church of St Mary's, Southwick., Historia Anglorum

beginning of an ownership and anathema inscription (which finishes on the facing page), stating that the manuscript belongs to the church of St Mary's, Southwick. Sketch of a human figure (recto of first medieval parchment flyleaf). Sketches of heraldic arms

• Historiated initial 'A'(d) at the beginning of the hymn based on a psalm verse for the first Sunday in Advent, with a kneeling layman looking up to the radiant face of God, and a direction to the artist or note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of

• Illuminated border and historiated initial at the beginning of the mass on Christmas day. In the left column, the reading for Christmas eve from the Gospel of Luke is highlighted by the long golden letter I(n), and at the end of the right column, the hymn verses for the introit of mass on Christmas day begin with an historiated initial 'P'(uer) of the Nativity, with the Virgin lying on a red blanket, receiving the infant Christ from the midwife, while Joseph and the animals look on, and a direction to the artist or note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of

• Illuminated border and historiated initail 'D'(ominus) of Andrew's crucifixion, at the vigil of the feast of Andrew., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of