• Full-page miniature of a church., Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt

of a church. ff. 151v-155v added texts in different contemporary hands. f. 156 is a thick piece of vellum and was probably used formerly as binding.The paper dated 1449-1453.The text recounts an expedition said to have been made in 1465

• Miniature of a church., Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt

of a church. ff. 151v-155v added texts in different contemporary hands. f. 156 is a thick piece of vellum and was probably used formerly as binding.The paper dated 1449-1453.The text recounts an expedition said to have been made in 1465

• Historiated initial 'G'(loriosissimam) with Augustine as a bishop, with stigmata, combined with a three-sided white vine border including the coats of arms of the Hungarian humanists Janus Vitez (index John Vitez) and Petrus Garazda (index Peter Garazda), medallions with saints (probably the Fathers of the Church: three of them are bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a dog, birds and flowers., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

humanists Janus Vitez (index John Vitez) and Petrus Garazda (index Peter Garazda), medallions with saints (probably the Fathers of the Church: three of them are bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a

• Decorated initial, 'Ce sunt les rentes de lesglise S. Norrice de Reins' (register of tithes, rents, and other dues of the church of St Nourrice, otherwise St Balsamia, Nurse of St Remigius, at Reims)

10). 'Ce sunt les rentes de lesglise S. Norrice de Reins' (register of tithes, rents, and other dues of the church of St Nourrice, otherwise St Balsamia, Nurse of St Remigius, at Reims) Bought by the British Museum from Tross

• Calendar page for September, on the left, and for August (bound upside down) on the right., Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

eclipses and of the moon's influence Inscribed with the date 1463 (f. 3).? Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): inscription 'Tho. Baker, Coll.

• null, Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

eclipses and of the moon's influence Inscribed with the date 1463 (f. 3).? Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): inscription 'Tho. Baker, Coll.

• Puzzle initial 'U' with pen-flourishing extending into the margin at the beginning of the Statutes of Exeter Cathedral., Statutes of Exeter cathedral, from William [Warelwast, 1110 ?] to Thomas Brantingham, issued in 1387

The cathedral church of Exeter (see Wright 1972).Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian: MS. 146 in his library inventory, now Harley 7644 (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of

• Detail of historiated initial 'U' with an angel holding a book., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

Church, Canterbury (see f. 2; Gameson 1999 p. 94).Dover Priory, by 14th century: inscribed with its press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), Old English scholar and

• Astrological tables., Miscellany with astrological, alchemical and medical texts, including a verse on the four complexions from the Regimen sanitatis Salernitatem, De corio serpentis, and Tractatus de sphaera (the astronomical tables on ff. 1-15v correspond to the years 1444-1500), imperfect

correspond to the years 1444-1500), imperfect The parish church of All Saints on the Pavement, York, late 15th or early 16th century: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication of the church, 14 May (f. 4v).Samuel Knott, rector of

• Pen-flourished initial 'I'(n dei nomine amen)., The Endowment and Orders of Sherington’s Chantry, founded in Saint Paul’s Church, London

Paul's Church, London. 5 large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 2, 9, 10v, 11v). Marginal notations and rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. The Endowment and Orders of Sherington’s Chantry, founded in Saint Paul’s Church,

• Initial 'V' with filigree penwork decoration., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

with penwork decoration (ff. 1v, 2v-4, 5, 6, 7, 8v, 9). Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary) An Augustinian church in Venice: 164 leaves cut from the same antiphonary are Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms Douce a. I. (Norman E.

• Historiated initial 'V' of Michael weighing a soul., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

with penwork decoration (ff. 1v, 2v-4, 5, 6, 7, 8v, 9). Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary) An Augustinian church in Venice: 164 leaves cut from the same antiphonary are Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms Douce a. I. (Norman E.

• Historiatd initial 'A' of the Presentation in the Temple., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

with penwork decoration (ff. 1v, 2v-4, 5, 6, 7, 8v, 9). Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary) An Augustinian church in Venice: 164 leaves cut from the same antiphonary are Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms Douce a. I. (Norman E.

• Historiated initial 'S' of Saint Peter dressed as a pope and holding a book., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

with penwork decoration (ff. 1v, 2v-4, 5, 6, 7, 8v, 9). Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary) An Augustinian church in Venice: 164 leaves cut from the same antiphonary are Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms Douce a. I. (Norman E.

• Historiated initial 'L' of Lucy holding eyes on a dish and a palm leaf., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

with penwork decoration (ff. 1v, 2v-4, 5, 6, 7, 8v, 9). Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary) An Augustinian church in Venice: 164 leaves cut from the same antiphonary are Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms Douce a. I. (Norman E.

• Historiated initial 'F' of John the Baptist., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

with penwork decoration (ff. 1v, 2v-4, 5, 6, 7, 8v, 9). Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary) An Augustinian church in Venice: 164 leaves cut from the same antiphonary are Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms Douce a. I. (Norman E.

• Historiated initial 'B' of Longinus holding a spear., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

with penwork decoration (ff. 1v, 2v-4, 5, 6, 7, 8v, 9). Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary) An Augustinian church in Venice: 164 leaves cut from the same antiphonary are Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms Douce a. I. (Norman E.

• Historiated initial 'D' with Simon and Andrew fishing on Lake Galilee., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

with penwork decoration (ff. 1v, 2v-4, 5, 6, 7, 8v, 9). Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary) An Augustinian church in Venice: 164 leaves cut from the same antiphonary are Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms Douce a. I. (Norman E.

• Initial 'A' with filigree decoration., Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary)

with penwork decoration (ff. 1v, 2v-4, 5, 6, 7, 8v, 9). Leaves from an Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary) An Augustinian church in Venice: 164 leaves cut from the same antiphonary are Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms Douce a. I. (Norman E.

• Bas-de-page scene of a group of men outside a church, one pulling a garment off of the other., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

group of men outside a church, one pulling a garment off of the other. 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