• Text page of added miscellaneous documents, memoranda, and records of pensions or tenancies providing documentation of the villages around Evesham., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

of the villages around Evesham. The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and papers relating to churches, pensions and other matters, mainly contemporary to Abbot William

• 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

• Coloured initials., Trilingual Psalter

from the Greek by Abu l-Fath Abd Allah b. al-Fadl b. Abd Allah al-Mutran al-Antakie, deacon of the Melkite church of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red (f.

• Coloured initials at the beginning of Psalm 80, and marginal annotation in Arabic noting that this is the reading for Fridays., Trilingual Psalter

made from the Greek by Abu l-Fath Abd Allah b. al-Fadl b. Abd Allah al-Mutran al-Antakie, deacon of the Melkite church of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red

• White vine initial 'C'(ivitatem) at the beginning of book 11 of Augustine's De Civitate Dei., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

border including the coats of arms of Janos Vitez and Petrus 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

• Coloured initials at the beginning of Psalm 61; text in Greek, Latin and Arabic., Trilingual Psalter

made from the Greek by Abu l-Fath Abd Allah b. al-Fadl b. Abd Allah al-Mutran al-Antakie, deacon of the Melkite church of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red

• Coloured initial at the beginning of Psalm 87., Trilingual Psalter

made from the Greek by Abu l-Fath Abd Allah b. al-Fadl b. Abd Allah al-Mutran al-Antakie, deacon of the Melkite church of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red

• Coloured initials., Trilingual Psalter

from the Greek by Abu l-Fath Abd Allah b. al-Fadl b. Abd Allah al-Mutran al-Antakie, deacon of the Melkite church of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red (f.

• 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,

• Decorated initial 'B'(EATVS) overpainted., Psalter, with glosses

overpainted in gold and colours, 17th century (f. 1v). Psalter, with glosses William Crashawe (index Crashaw) (bap. 1572, d. 1625/6), Church of England clergyman, religious controversialist and poet: his table of contents (f. 242, upside-down; see Watson 1966.Sir Simonds d'Ewes

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uid) with a partial border., Various secular and ecclesistical statutes from the reign of Edward III, including a copy of a charter of Edward II containing liberites and privleges granted to the city of Cork, Ireland

(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

• Historiated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon., Excerpts from the Textus Roffensis (facsimile on parchment)

of king Ethelbert's charter of the foundation or endowment of the church of Rochester; bearing the date 4 kal. Maias, indictione 7 (see Harley Catalogue). 1 large hisitoriated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon. Display script in various colours

• 'KL' initial with foliate and zoomorphic motifs, and decorated initial 'R'(ome)., Martyrology (ff. 14-132), Benedictine Rule, list of founders and benefactors, litany, imperfect at the beginning

first abbot, Rodulphe or Ralph, an Englishman (d. 1152); punctus flexus punctuation marks; the feast of the dedication of the church added in the margin (f. 116v); documents relating to the abbey (f. 204).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley

• Partial border with puzzle initial 'H'(enry)., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), extracts from diverse statutes from Edward III to Henry V

(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

• Initial 'A'(braham) with penwork decoration., Sermons

(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

• Arms of Robert Steward (d. 1557), prior and dean of the Benedictine cathedral priory of Ely; inscribed, 'Arma d[omi]ni Roberti Steward prioris Elien[sis]'., Philomela

(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

• Puzzle initial 'C'(um) and smaller initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Summa de vitiis et virtutibus

(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