• Illuminated initial., 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 the Crucifixion., 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 in two registers, of the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds., 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

• Illuminated initial with interlace., 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

• Illuminated initial., 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

• Decorated initial 'I'(n god) with cadels and a fish at the beginning of chapter 22 of the ~Life of Our Lady~., Various texts including Lydgate's Life of Our Lady, a calendar with mnemonic verses, and culinary recipes (imperfect); the Mappula angliae of Osbern Bokenham (ff. 144-163)

?' and other partly erased inscriptions, ?16th century (f. 182).Illegible signature, ?16th century (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

• Decorated initial 'A'(nd) with pen-flourishing and cadels in chapter 22 of the ~Life of Our Lady~., Various texts including Lydgate's Life of Our Lady, a calendar with mnemonic verses, and culinary recipes (imperfect); the Mappula angliae of Osbern Bokenham (ff. 144-163)

?' and other partly erased inscriptions, ?16th century (f. 182).Illegible signature, ?16th century (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

• Coloured initial 'F'(or) at the beginning of Mappula Anglie. Line filler, table of contents, and incipits in red., Various texts including Lydgate's Life of Our Lady, a calendar with mnemonic verses, and culinary recipes (imperfect); the Mappula angliae of Osbern Bokenham (ff. 144-163)

?' and other partly erased inscriptions, ?16th century (f. 182).Illegible signature, ?16th century (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

• 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 'C'(um) and smaller initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Summa de vitiis et virtutibus

(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'(eritatis)., Compendium of theological truths (index Compendium theologice veritatis)

d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (f. 1v) (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., Welsh Laws, in Latin translation

Dafydd Rhys, John Davies) (b. 1534, d. 1609?), physician and grammarian: owned after August 1660.William Nicolson (b. 1655, d. 1727), Church of Ireland bishop of Derry and antiquary: given by him to the Harleian collection on 1 May 1713 as

• Headpiece with geometric decoration and title inscribed in display capitals, and coloured initial 'M'., Psalter

and headpiece in red (ff. 79, 166). Decorated initials and rubrics in red. Psalter 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

• Decorated initial 'C'., 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 the Pentecost., 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

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D'., 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 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

• 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 initials 'I'(n) of a building with a small face visible behind the bars of the window, and 'N'(isi) of a church building., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

visible behind the bars of the window, and 'N'(isi) of a church building. Other manuscripts associated with the Master of Duke Humfrey's Psalms are: Guildhall, Corporation of London Records Office, 'Statuta Antiqua Angliae', f. 137, London, Drapers' Company, Patent of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'N'(isi) of a church building., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

initial 'N'(isi) of a church building. Other manuscripts associated with the Master of Duke Humfrey's Psalms are: Guildhall, Corporation of London Records Office, 'Statuta Antiqua Angliae', f. 137, London, Drapers' Company, Patent of Arms, 10 March 1439, Capetown, South African