• Decorated initial 'D'(ilexi) at the beginning of Psalm 115., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Illuminated initial 'S'(alvum) at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Zoomorphic initial 'H'(esterno) [Hesternam] with interlace and a bird's head, at the beginning of Augustine's Tractatus 25 on the Gospel of John., Tractatus in Evangelium Ioannis, imperfect, lacking tracts 18 and 19 and substituting Sermo 125 (ff. 66-70)

of the consecration of the abbey church of S. Mariae de Poplina in 1100, during the reign of Pope Pascal II (reigned 1099 to 1118), (f. 2v). Inscription regarding the consecration of the church of S. Michael de Puplena in

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uales) with interlace and an animal's head, and a snake? forming the tail of the letter, at the beginning of Augustine's Tractatus 103 on the Gospel of John., Sermon 7 in natale sanctae Mariae, imperfect

of the consecration of the abbey church of S. Mariae de Poplina in 1100, during the reign of Pope Pascal II (reigned 1099 to 1118), (f. 2v). Inscription regarding the consecration of the church of S. Michael de Puplena in

• Coloured initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

century (ff. 9, 29v, 62v, 69).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: Christ Church pressmark 'r' with a title 'Psalteriu[m] s[anc]ti Jeronimi glosatu[m]', 12th century (f. 8) and Christ Church script, 11th century (ff. 197-198, according to Ker, 1957).Thomas Cranmer

• The decorated initials 'KL' have been excised at the beginning of the month of September in the calendar. Note the dedication of the church of All Saints in Maldon on 24 September (possibly added)., Missal, Use of Sarum, imperfect

the month of September in the calendar. Note the dedication of the church of All Saints in Maldon on 24 September (possibly added). Musical notation. ff. 154-155 are written in a different contemporary hand, with only coloured initials. f. 155v

• Decorated initial 'I'(n principio) with penwork decoration at the beginning of John's Gospel., Evangeliary

for Martin of Tours (f. 38v), with a sword and wheel for Catherine (f. 39v), with a church for the dedication of a church (f. 40v). Numerous large calligraphic initials in a combination of red, blue and/or black with penwork

• Miniature of the Annunciation in the upper register and of the Nativity in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Genealogical tree showing the descendants of Jacob., The Cloud of Unknowing, with marginal gloss

(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 initials G'(od) and 'I'(n)., The Cloud of Unknowing, with marginal gloss

(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

• Miniatures of September, with a man threshing, and October, with a man sowing., Folding almanac, with prognostications, etc., imperfect, beginning with July

Folding almanac, with prognostications, etc., imperfect, beginning with July Norwich: In the calendar for September is a representation of a church over which is written 'dedicacio Norwyc[ensis ecelesiæ]' in red, Edmund is also in red.Bought by the British Museum in

• Miniatures of July with a man with a scythe, and August with a number of people with scythes., Folding almanac, with prognostications, etc., imperfect, beginning with July

Folding almanac, with prognostications, etc., imperfect, beginning with July Norwich: In the calendar for September is a representation of a church over which is written 'dedicacio Norwyc[ensis ecelesiæ]' in red, Edmund is also in red.Bought by the British Museum in

• Miniatures of November, with a man killing a cow or deer, and December, with a king seated on a throne., Folding almanac, with prognostications, etc., imperfect, beginning with July

Folding almanac, with prognostications, etc., imperfect, beginning with July Norwich: In the calendar for September is a representation of a church over which is written 'dedicacio Norwyc[ensis ecelesiæ]' in red, Edmund is also in red.Bought by the British Museum in

• Coloured initials., Trilingual Psalter

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 (f.

• Coloured initials at the beginning of Psalm 80, and marginal annotation in Arabic noting that this is the reading for Fridays., 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

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ail) at the beginning of the tract on the Ave Maria., Various tracts, including, among others, an explication of the Pater Noster, the Ave Maria, the Creed, and the Ten Commandments (index Counseylour of Recchis, Counseylour of Wrecchis)

and the Ten Commandments (index Counseylour of Recchis, Counseylour of Wrecchis) Ambrose Bonwicke, the elder (b. 1652, d. 1722), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster, headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School from 1686 to 1691 (see Wright 1972).William Bowyer,

• Decorated initial 'B'(EATVS) overpainted., Psalter, with glosses

overpainted in gold and colours, 17th century (f. 1v). Psalter, with glosses William Crashawe (index Crashaw) (bap. 1572, d. 1625/6), Church of England clergyman, religious controversialist and poet: his table of contents (f. 242, upside-down; see Watson 1966.Sir Simonds d'Ewes

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uid) with a partial border., Various secular and ecclesistical statutes from the reign of Edward III, including a copy of a charter of Edward II containing liberites and privleges granted to the city of Cork, Ireland

(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

• 'KL' initial with foliate and zoomorphic motifs, and decorated initial 'R'(ome)., Martyrology (ff. 14-132), Benedictine Rule, list of founders and benefactors, litany, imperfect at the beginning

first abbot, Rodulphe or Ralph, an Englishman (d. 1152); punctus flexus punctuation marks; the feast of the dedication of the church added in the margin (f. 116v); documents relating to the abbey (f. 204).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley

• Partial border with puzzle initial 'H'(enry)., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), extracts from diverse statutes from Edward III to Henry V

(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