• Miniature of Mary Magdalene in the wilderness, with a skull., Prayer book of Joanna of Ghistelles (Office of the Dead, Use of Messines)

Ypres, in 1516: the Benedictine calendar includes Countess Adela (8 January), founder of the Abbey, and the dedication of the church and choir (21 September), and its octave (28 Sept.); both litanies have Sidronius (relics at Messines) immediately after Stephen

• Text of prayers to Mary Magdalene, with scatter border including snails, flowers, a peacock, and butterflies., Prayer book of Joanna of Ghistelles (Office of the Dead, Use of Messines)

Ypres, in 1516: the Benedictine calendar includes Countess Adela (8 January), founder of the Abbey, and the dedication of the church and choir (21 September), and its octave (28 Sept.); both litanies have Sidronius (relics at Messines) immediately after Stephen

• Historiated border., Missal, Use of Rome

grounds. Throughout decorated head-pieces. Missal, Use of Rome Executed at Lisbon for the rectification of the services of the Portuguese Church, by order of John III King of Portugal (1521-1557), and completed after his death under the patronage of his

• Miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents., Missal, Use of Rome

grounds. Throughout decorated head-pieces. Missal, Use of Rome Executed at Lisbon for the rectification of the services of the Portuguese Church, by order of John III King of Portugal (1521-1557), and completed after his death under the patronage of his

• All' antica border, including roundels with heraldic devices, cameos and the coat of arms of Aragon., De evangelica praeparatione

verso]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273; Bollati 2004, p. 648).Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp: 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (ff. 2, 5).The Harley Collection, formed

• Detail of border with the device of three maces., De evangelica praeparatione

verso]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273; Bollati 2004, p. 648).Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp: 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (ff. 2, 5).The Harley Collection, formed

• Detail of border with device of 'Solomon's knot' supported by an eagle., De evangelica praeparatione

verso]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273; Bollati 2004, p. 648).Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp: 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (ff. 2, 5).The Harley Collection, formed

• Detail of faceted initial 'N'(unc)., De evangelica praeparatione

verso]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273; Bollati 2004, p. 648).Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp: 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (ff. 2, 5).The Harley Collection, formed

• Detail of faceted initial 'N'(unc) with Hercules and serpents., De evangelica praeparatione

verso]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273; Bollati 2004, p. 648).Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp: 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (ff. 2, 5).The Harley Collection, formed

• Detail of the colophon with the motto of the 'Omnium rerum' scribe: 'Omnium rerum vicissitudo est'., De evangelica praeparatione

verso]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273; Bollati 2004, p. 648).Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp: 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (ff. 2, 5).The Harley Collection, formed

• Canon table., Gospels (The Gospels of St Cyr of Nevers or sometimes the 'Gedeon Gospels of Nevers'), with prefaces, canon tables, and list of readings (ff. 264-271v)

cathedral of St Cyr, Nevers, before 860: inscribed with six elegiac lines recording the donation of the volume to the church of St. Cry by Herimann, bishop of Nevers (c. 841-859): 'Me quicumque legis Herimanni sis memor oro/ Cuius me

• 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

• 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

• Decorated initial., Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 2)

in plain red or blue. Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 2) Apparently written for use in the cathedral church of St Lambert at Liège: includes the anniversary of the election of the bishop Everard de la Marck (d.

• 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

• Miniature of Bernard with the monks of Citeaux taking possession of the Abbey of Clairvaux, decorated initial 'S'(aint), and scatter border of flowers, bird, and butterfly, in the Chroniques abrégées des Anciens Rois et Ducs de Bourgogne; the church in the background is based on St Servatius in Maastricht., Chroniques abrégées des Anciens Rois et Ducs de Bourgogne

scatter border of flowers, bird, and butterfly, in the Chroniques abrégées des Anciens Rois et Ducs de Bourgogne; the church in the background is based on St Servatius in Maastricht. The text is ascribed traditionally to Olivier de la Marche,

• Detail of a miniature of Godfrey of Bouillon praying in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, with a foliate initial 'L'(a)., Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum, in French, with continuation to 1231

Godfrey of Bouillon praying in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, with a foliate initial 'L'(a). Contains the 'Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum' in the French translation of William of Tyre, with continuation to 1231, preceded by a list

• Miniature of the marriage of Amaury with Maria Comnena, with an inscription 'MARIA' on the wall of a church, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'U'(ne chose)., Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum, in French, with continuation to 1231

with an inscription 'MARIA' on the wall of a church, with a partial border and a foliate initial 'U'(ne chose). Contains the 'Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum' in the French translation of William of Tyre, with continuation to 1231,