• Text page with pen-flourished initials., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Historia scholastica of Peter Comestor (ff. 9-160v), the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles (ff. 160v-181v), with added tables of content of both texts, in a later hand (ff. 3-8), and the Liber exceptionum ofRichardof Saint-Victor (ff.

• Foliate initial 'T'(ertia) at the beginning of Leviticus., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Historia scholastica of Peter Comestor (ff. 9-160v), the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles (ff. 160v-181v), with added tables of content of both texts, in a later hand (ff. 3-8), and the Liber exceptionum ofRichardof Saint-Victor (ff.

• Text page with pen-flourished initials., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Historia scholastica of Peter Comestor (ff. 9-160v), the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles (ff. 160v-181v), with added tables of content of both texts, in a later hand (ff. 3-8), and the Liber exceptionum ofRichardof Saint-Victor (ff.

• Foliate initial 'I'(ncipit) at the beginning of 3 Kings., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Historia scholastica of Peter Comestor (ff. 9-160v), the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles (ff. 160v-181v), with added tables of content of both texts, in a later hand (ff. 3-8), and the Liber exceptionum ofRichardof Saint-Victor (ff.

• Foliate initial 'S'(equitur) at the beginning of Exodus., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Historia scholastica of Peter Comestor (ff. 9-160v), the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles (ff. 160v-181v), with added tables of content of both texts, in a later hand (ff. 3-8), and the Liber exceptionum ofRichardof Saint-Victor (ff.

• 3 foliate initials 'R'(everentissimo), 'I'(meratorie) and 'I'(n principio), at the beginning of the Historia scolastica and the prologue to the Historia scolastica., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Historia scholastica of Peter Comestor (ff. 9-160v), the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles (ff. 160v-181v), with added tables of content of both texts, in a later hand (ff. 3-8), and the Liber exceptionum ofRichardof Saint-Victor (ff.

• Inhabited initial 'I'(gitur) with an animal mask., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Historia scholastica of Peter Comestor (ff. 9-160v), the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles (ff. 160v-181v), with added tables of content of both texts, in a later hand (ff. 3-8), and the Liber exceptionum ofRichardof Saint-Victor (ff.

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rimi) at the beginning of book 10 of the Liber exceptionum., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

Historia scholastica of Peter Comestor (ff. 9-160v), the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles (ff. 160v-181v), with added tables of content of both texts, in a later hand (ff. 3-8), and the Liber exceptionum ofRichardof Saint-Victor (ff.

• Inhabited initial 'I'(nicium) at the beginning of Mark with lions and an animal playing a fiddle., Mark with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses; preceded by a table of' capitula sive distinctiones', beginning 'De Iohanne baptista' (ff. 2 r-v), and by the prologue 'Marcus evangelista Dei' (ff. 3-4v), imperfect at the end (the last leaf has been cut out)

'Mr Burton', 16th or 17th century (f. 96v). Arms (reputed) of Edward the Confessor sketched in black ink in the 16th or 17th century (f. 96v). Arms ofRichard II of a hart couchant, gorged with a crown and tethered,

• Decorated initial 'H'., Life of Bede

(ff. 28, 28v). Life of Bede Added notes and glosses in English hands, 10th and 11th centuries: see Gameson.? Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury in 1604, former treasurer of St Paul's, canon of Westminster, and bishop of London: inscribed 'for

• Initial 'A'(mici) with pen-flourishing (added in the ?16th/17th century) forming a partial foliate border including a bird., Epistulae and other works

1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial Ambrose England

• Alchemical recipe, added in the ? 15th century., Apocalypse (in Wycliffe translation), with commentary

in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Alchemical recipe England

• Decorated initial 'S'(eynt) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Apocalypse (in Wycliffe translation), with commentary

in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial England

• Donor inscriptions and pressmark., Sermons (f. 2); Statutes of the Church of Hereford (f. 258v)

reign of Louis IX of France. There are nearly a hundred of his sermons in this manuscript, mostly for special occasions, with those at the end on the sacraments and commandments.A further 14th-century copy of the sermons of Gilbert of

• Ownership inscription 'Iste liber est sororis anne ffelbrygge ad terminum vite post cuius decessum pertinebit conventui minorissarum de Brusyerde' (This book is Sister Anne Felbrygge's until the end of her life, after whose death it will belong to the convent of Minoresses [Franciscan nuns, also called Poor Clares] of Brusyerd)., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Calendar page for January, with illuminated 'KL' initial and roundel of Aquarius., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Calendar page for June, with illuminated 'KL' initial and roundel of a man with a scythe., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David harping at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with king David pointing to his eye at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with king David pointing to his eye at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~