• Detail of a historiated intial with a bishop in a church with the scroll text 'Per omnia secula seculorum'., Pontifical; Tabula

with a bishop in a church with the scroll text 'Per omnia secula seculorum'. Musical notation on four-line staves.ff. 1-2 are paper flyleaves; f. 249v is a paper leaf pasted onto a parchment leaf.According to Scott, made in two campaigns

• Detail of a historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with king David at prie-dieu, with harp and church in background, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

king David at prie-dieu, with harp and church in background, at the beginning of Psalm 1. Includes the Gospel of Nicodemus entitled 'Tractatus passionis Christi secundum Nichodemum' (ff. 282-286v), the Interpretation of Hebrew names (ff. 323-337v), and capitula of the

• Puzzle initial and flourished initials, at the beginning of the Cartulary., Cartulary of the collegiate church of Edington in Wiltshire, containing charters relating to Romsey abbey in Hampshire

Smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Cartulary of the collegiate church of Edington in Wiltshire, containing charters relating to Romsey abbey in Hampshire The collegiate church of Edington in Wiltshire.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd

• Decorated initial 'A'(d honorem) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs at the beginning of the text., Office book of the Cathedral church of Trier ('Liber officiarius ecclesiae treverensis collegii')

in red (ff. 1, 37). Capitals marked in red. Office book of the Cathedral church of Trier ('Liber officiarius ecclesiae treverensis collegii') Made for the cathedral church of Skt. Peter in Trier, 14th century (f. 1). Effaced inscriptions (ff. 27,

• Calendar page for May, with an early addition to this calendar is the dedication of the church of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, on 17 May, suggesting that the manuscript was owned in the parish fairly soon after it was made., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Illuminated initials and border at the beginning of the Mass for Trinity Sunday (the first Sunday after Pentecost, which itself occurs on the 50th day after Easter)., Missal, use of Sarum, with a Calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect at the end

use of Sarum, with a Calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect at the end The parish church of Colwich, Staffordshire: the calendar includes the dedication of the church on 29 May (f. 3; see Legg 1904).? Thomas Parker (d. 1423 ?), prebendary

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

the dedication of a church. Italian cutting.The present cutting is boxed with Add. 60630, ff. 1-9 and 11- 42. To see this cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album which originally contained all

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text, the first with a dragon., The Brut Chronicle, in French

cathedral priory of Christ Church in Canterbury, Kent: inscribed 'Brut en ffranceys: liber eccl[es]ie [christ]i Cantuarie', in two 15th-century hands (f. 1*v), no. 281 in W. Ingram's 1508 list of books from Christ Church, Canterbury (Christ Church Library, ms. 27;

• Calendar page for March, with several red-letter feast-days in this calendar relate to Ely, such as that of Withburga about half-way down this page (17 March)., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of the Psalms., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus), with English explanation that the prayer can be used to deliver a woman safely from the dangers of childbirth; that it was composed by St. Peter; and that he granted to everyone that says it a year's pardon. The Latin of the prayer is written with feminine forms of words, indicating that it was intended to be read by a woman., Prayer book, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 31-32v), starting imperfectly

Some prayers in the feminine form, e.g., (f. peccatrice (f. 71v).The parish church of South Molton, in Devon: addition in the calendar of the dedication of the church (f. 5v).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724),

• Decorated initials in the calendar page for January., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Decorated initial 'D'(ilexi) at the beginning of Psalm 115., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Illuminated initial 'S'(alvum) at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Initial with penwork decoration., St David's Register and Statute Book, including copies of episcopal, royal and papal documents and grants, imperfect

David's 1509-1522 (see Harper 2007).The Catholic church of St David's, co. Pembroke (see Wright 1972).Inscribed in 1588 by Thomas Huett, Richard Edwards and Thomas Lloyd (f. 3v).Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary: his

• Miniature of a standing John Chrysostom., Leitourgikon (containing the texts needed by the celebrant at the Eucharist in the Orothodox church: Liturgies of John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, and the Presanctified)

Initials in blue. Text in red. Leitourgikon (containing the texts needed by the celebrant at the Eucharist in the Orothodox church: Liturgies of John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, and the Presanctified) Written in 1644 by Michael, oikonomos, or treasurer of

• Miniature of a standing Basil., Leitourgikon (containing the texts needed by the celebrant at the Eucharist in the Orothodox church: Liturgies of John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, and the Presanctified)

Initials in blue. Text in red. Leitourgikon (containing the texts needed by the celebrant at the Eucharist in the Orothodox church: Liturgies of John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, and the Presanctified) Written in 1644 by Michael, oikonomos, or treasurer of

• Detail of a coloured drawing depicting idol worship and blood-sacrifice at the church of Calamye., Travels (index Itinerarium)

idol worship and blood-sacrifice at the church of Calamye. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical quarto shape, perhaps for travel or for carrying:

• Coloured drawings of Noah's Ark, resting on the mountain of Taneez, and the story of a monk that brought one plank down to house in a church at the foot of the mountain., Travels (index Itinerarium)

story of a monk that brought one plank down to house in a church at the foot of the mountain. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made

• Coloured initials., Benedictional, with prayers (the 'Canterbury Benedictional')

decoration. Rubrics in red. Highlighting of initials in red. Benedictional, with prayers (the 'Canterbury Benedictional') The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: evidence of the text (see Temple 1976; Pfaff 2009).Added text and musical notation (ff. 71v, 214v).The Harley Collection,