• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop expelling a devil from a church tower., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

a bishop expelling a devil from a church tower. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part II: the Calendarium illuminated

• Miniature of the Three Holy Women at the Tomb., 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 miniature of the Ascension, with two angels standing below with the Apostles and Mary, who gesture upwards towards Christ., 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 'Þ'(is), with a partial bar border., Wycliffite sermon cycle, 'The Church and her members'

158). Initials in blue with red pen flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Rubrics and underlining in red. Wycliffite sermon cycle, 'The Church and her members' Thomas Dekyn, a Dominican friar: on f. 196v in a late fifteenth-century hand is a licence

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'E'(cce) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Temporale in the Breviary., Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris

pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris Made for use in the abbey church of Sainte-Genevieve, at the southern edge of medieval Paris, as indicated by the calendar (Genevieve on 3 January, 28

• Miniature in two compartments with David fighting a lion and a bear, decorated initial 'B'(eatus) and foliate borders, at the beginnign of the Psalter in the Missal., Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris

pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris Made for use in the abbey church of Sainte-Genevieve, at the southern edge of medieval Paris, as indicated by the calendar (Genevieve on 3 January, 28

• null, Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Use of Sarum (ff. 1-97v); Calendar for Salisbury (ff. 98-103v); Ordinal, Use of Sarum (ff. 104-133); Breviary, Use of Sarum (ff. 134-202v) (ends imperfectly)

Westnewton anno Domini 1438' (9 November, f. 103); 'Obitus Erne Rawlins [no year]' (12 November, f. 103). Dedication of the church of Norwich, 15th-century: 'Dedicacio ecclesie Norwic' (23 September, f. 102).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 26, with the Anointing of David by Samuel., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

'Edwardus' (f. 98). Inscribed, 17th-century ? 'Edwardus Rudde', 'Edmundus Riddall', 'Ambrose Cotterell' (f. [ii verso].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 'Q'(uem) with an animal drinking and decorated line-fillers in the form of heads and a bird., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

'Edwardus' (f. 98). Inscribed, 17th-century ? 'Edwardus Rudde', 'Edmundus Riddall', 'Ambrose Cotterell' (f. [ii verso].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

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uid) with David and Goliath, at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

'Edwardus' (f. 98). Inscribed, 17th-century ? 'Edwardus Rudde', 'Edmundus Riddall', 'Ambrose Cotterell' (f. [ii verso].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

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) with white lions, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

'Edwardus' (f. 98). Inscribed, 17th-century ? 'Edwardus Rudde', 'Edmundus Riddall', 'Ambrose Cotterell' (f. [ii verso].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

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) at the beginning of Psalm 68, with Christ blessing and a man below with two demons., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

'Edwardus' (f. 98). Inscribed, 17th-century ? 'Edwardus Rudde', 'Edmundus Riddall', 'Ambrose Cotterell' (f. [ii verso].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

• Historiated initial 'C'(onfitebor) with a monk writing., Psalter, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), Psalms, imperfect (ff. 7-190v), and Canticles, hymns and prayers

'Edwardus' (f. 98). Inscribed, 17th-century ? 'Edwardus Rudde', 'Edmundus Riddall', 'Ambrose Cotterell' (f. [ii verso].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 'C', in gold on a purple background., 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 'D', in gold on a purple background., 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 'C' and other lettering in gold., 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

• White vine initials at the beginning of the text., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

wheat, etc.), lists of purchases, of letters written to various persons, mention of a donation towards the restauration of a church ( 'la donatione di m^a^ Maria di bast[ian]o minorbetti fu fatta addi 12 di maggio 1565' (f. 2v)), etc.

• Pen-flourished 'L'(audate) and musical notation., Ritual, Ambrosian use, including a prayer for the duke of Milan and count of Pavia (ff. 42r-v, 48v) and one for the congregation of St Innocent (f. 48v), imperfect

for a congregation in the diocese of Milan, possibly the Congregazione dei Raccomandati di S. Maria di Pavia at the Church of S. Innocenzo in Colleri (Pavia), as suggested by a prayer for 'i nostri fradeli de sancto Innocentio' (f.

• Decorated initial 'S'([an]c[t]a) with penwork decoration at the beginning of a prayer to Mary Magdalen., Prayer book, including verse (imperfect)

carmen’ (f. 71v)ff. 61-64 is a quire with later additions (see Provenance).Unfinished.Musical notation: Anglo-Saxon neumes (with ~litterae significativae~), England (Christ Church - Canterbury), (ff. 37, 71v, 133); late neumes on four-line brown staves, England, second half of the 12th century

• Puzzle initial 'S'(umtyme) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the prologue., The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (extended version to 1430), including John Page's poem 'The Siege of Rouen'

(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