• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus) with border., 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 Entombment., 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

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus) with border., 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 Annunciation, decorated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of 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

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus) with border., 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 Last Judgement., 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

• Illuminated initial 'D'(omine) with border., 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 John the Baptist pointing to the Lamb of God., 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 Peter and Margaret., 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 Catherine., 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 Christopher and Barbara., 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

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ilexi) with border., 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 a procession into church., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

a procession into church. Several prayers added in the 17th century on originally blank parchment (ff. 13-16v, 23v-24v, 33r-v, 93v-95v, 119r-v, 163v-165v). 26 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some probably originally left unfinished, in colours

• Miniature of a procession into church., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

a procession into church. Several prayers added in the 17th century on originally blank parchment (ff. 13-16v, 23v-24v, 33r-v, 93v-95v, 119r-v, 163v-165v). 26 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some probably originally left unfinished, in colours

• Text page., History of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow, Life of Ceolfrid, Lives of Pope Calixtus I and other martyrs, the legend of Theophilus

Jarrow, Life of Ceolfrid, Lives of Pope Calixtus I and other martyrs, the legend of Theophilus Perhaps written at Christ Church, Canterbury: see discussion Bishop 1963.Eleventh-century additons of music, including a sheet from a discarded Troper (f. 35): see discussion

• 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

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) with standing male and female figures in front of a building and full foliate bar border., The Knight of the Tower, imperfect

Kellie: inscribed, early 17th century 'David Kellie' (ff. 2, 16, 49v).George Hickes (b. 1642, d. 1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary: inscribed, 'Given by Mr. Hickes' (f. 1*). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• 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,