• Decorated initial 'L'(apides)., Breviary, Ambrosian use

son of the late Messer Antonio degli Uberti of Margno in Valsasina, for 22 years a beneficed priest of the church of Santa Maria at Valtorta, and 'healthy in body though because of human frailty now deficient in natural heat,

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'E'(cce) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Temporale in the Breviary., Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris

pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris Made for use in the abbey church of Sainte-Genevieve, at the southern edge of medieval Paris, as indicated by the calendar (Genevieve on 3 January, 28

• Miniature in two compartments with David fighting a lion and a bear, decorated initial 'B'(eatus) and foliate borders, at the beginnign of the Psalter in the Missal., Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris

pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris Made for use in the abbey church of Sainte-Genevieve, at the southern edge of medieval Paris, as indicated by the calendar (Genevieve on 3 January, 28

• null, Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Use of Sarum (ff. 1-97v); Calendar for Salisbury (ff. 98-103v); Ordinal, Use of Sarum (ff. 104-133); Breviary, Use of Sarum (ff. 134-202v) (ends imperfectly)

Westnewton anno Domini 1438' (9 November, f. 103); 'Obitus Erne Rawlins [no year]' (12 November, f. 103). Dedication of the church of Norwich, 15th-century: 'Dedicacio ecclesie Norwic' (23 September, f. 102).William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl

• Puzzle initial 'A'(braham) at the beginning of the Tabula super methodo fulgentii., Tabula super methodo fulgentii, Gesta Romanorum (index Deeds of the Romans), Liber de vitiis, various sermons

librario sancti Augustini ex Cantuariensis' (f. 1*v); 'liber de librario s[anc]ti Augusti[ni] Cant[uariensis].' (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

• Text page is a compilation of royal and papal charters., A compilation of papal and royal charters (ff. 95-149v), followed by papers and memoranda relating to churches and pensions (ff. 150-198v)

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 de Chiriton (1316–44) (ff. 45-57);-

• Bar border and initial 'A'(t) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Reeve's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• Bar border and initial 'T'(he) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Prologue of the Cook's Tale, with space left blank for a miniature., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• Bar border and initial 'O' (hatefull) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Man of Law's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• Bar border and initial 'A'(t) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Squire's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• Bar border and initial 'W'(hilom) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Merchant's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• Bar border and initial 'I'(n) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Wife of Bath's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• Bar border and initial 'T'(his) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Prologue of the Friar's Tale, with space left blank for a miniature., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• Bar border and initial 'L'(ordyngis) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Summoner's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• Bar border and initial 'T'(her) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Clerk's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• Decorated initial 'T'(his) at the beginning of the Prologue of the Franklin's Tale, and records of the births of Edward Foxe's children in the space originally left blank for a miniature., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• Bar border and initial 'T'(his) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Second Nun's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• Bar border and initial 'W'(ith) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Canon's Yeoman's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• Bar border and initial 'L'(ordyngis) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Pardoner's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• Bar border and initial 'A' with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Shipman's Tale., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue