• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith with women at the windows, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and men., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

at the windows, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and men. In two volumes, the second volume is Royal 17 F VII.Includes a list of contents (ff. 1-21v).Catchwords written

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith with an emperor and a woman at the centre window, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and one man, on the right and a crowd of attacking Jews on the left; with a full border., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

woman at the centre window, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and one man, on the right and a crowd of attacking Jews on the left; with a full

• Decorated initial 'R'(ex) with pen-flourishing., Baarlam et Josaphat, imperfect

Coloured initials in red or blue. Capitals marked with red. Baarlam et Josaphat, imperfect 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 at the beginning of Psalm 55; 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

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 5., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 5. In two volumes,

• Miniature of an eminent envoy sent by the head of the church being brought before the Grand Duke Dmitri., Skazanie o Mamaevom Poboishche (the Tale of the Rout of Mamai)

sent by the head of the church being brought before the Grand Duke Dmitri. The Skazanie is a romance, composed in the 15th century, relating the struggle of the Muscovian Grand Prince, Dmitri Donskoj, against his Tartar opponent, Mamai. The

• 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,

• Bas-de-page scene of two men with one man head-downwards in a pit, while another man stands by a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

in a pit, while another man stands by a church. 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 corrections.Part II: the Calendarium

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a king leading a couple to church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

a king leading a couple to church. 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 corrections.Part II: the Calendarium illuminated and added

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man and a woman outside a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

a man and a woman outside a church. 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 corrections.Part II: the Calendarium illuminated and

• Evangelist portrait of Mark as a scribe, in colours and gold., Gospel Lectionary

gold capitals written over red. Marginal notations in red. Gospel Lectionary Notes in Greek relating to various priests of the church of St Kyriake, dated 1516, 1535, 1541, 1549,and 1560 (f.359v) (see Garthausen 1909).Lorenzo Alessandro Zacagni (d. 1712), prefect of

• Evangelist portrait of Luke as a scribe, in colours and gold., Gospel Lectionary

gold capitals written over red. Marginal notations in red. Gospel Lectionary Notes in Greek relating to various priests of the church of St Kyriake, dated 1516, 1535, 1541, 1549,and 1560 (f.359v) (see Garthausen 1909).Lorenzo Alessandro Zacagni (d. 1712), prefect of

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'D'(ominus)., pages from a Missal

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominus) with foliate decoration and border., pages from a Missal

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'D'., pages from a Missal

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Full-page drawing in brown ink of God the father and, below, Ptolemy, Aristotle, Sibilla, Brigida, and Reynhardus., Praenosticatio Latina or Prefagium

ordinis sancti Augustini (f. 147); and possibly its pressmark , 'A N' (f. 147).All parts: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 'D'(omini) at Psalm 23 (24)., Psalter (fragment) with a calendar page for November/December (f. 148)

ordinis sancti Augustini (f. 147); and possibly its pressmark , 'A N' (f. 147).All parts: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

• Marginal image of king Lucius in a baptismal font, with a caption reading 'Rex luci[us] p[ri]mu[s] in Anglia', next to a fragment referring to the origins of the christianity in England during the reign of Lucius, with a marginal note by Matthew Paris beginning 'Luciu[s] rex britannie p[ri]m[us] fuit in anglia/ baptizat[us]'., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

Marginal image of king Lucius in a baptismal font, with a caption reading 'Rex luci[us] p[ri]mu[s] in Anglia', next to a fragment referring to the origins of the christianity in England during the reign of Lucius, with a marginal

• Map of the world., 'Imago mundi' attributed to Honorius Augustodunensis (ff. 104-117v), three theological treatises (ff. 118-119v), and excerpts from the Church Fathers (ff. 119v-121)

highlighted in red 'Imago mundi' attributed to Honorius Augustodunensis (ff. 104-117v), three theological treatises (ff. 118-119v), and excerpts from the Church Fathers (ff. 119v-121) ? Mathias Salman (d. 1495): a note relating to his death, 'Obitus Mathei Salman' (f. 103v),