• Miniature of the Ascension, with two angels standing below with the Apostles and Mary, who gesture upwards towards Christ., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Decorated initial 'C' and other lettering in gold., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• null, Historia adversus paganos

blue, occasionally with human faces (e.g., f. 57v). Historia adversus paganos The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire (founded c. 1122): the main scribe (ff. 5-88v) also wrote Additional 38817, ff. 5-91v, from Kirkham, and

• null, Historia adversus paganos

blue, occasionally with human faces (e.g., f. 57v). Historia adversus paganos The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire (founded c. 1122): the main scribe (ff. 5-88v) also wrote Additional 38817, ff. 5-91v, from Kirkham, and

• null, Historia adversus paganos

blue, occasionally with human faces (e.g., f. 57v). Historia adversus paganos The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire (founded c. 1122): the main scribe (ff. 5-88v) also wrote Additional 38817, ff. 5-91v, from Kirkham, and

• Decorated foliate initial 'B'(eatus), and a three-sided foliate border with a bas-de-page scene of a farmer's wife pursuing a fox who has stolen a goose, at the beginning of the Ordinal., 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

• Miniature of the Funeral service, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')

183v-184: added prayer in English by a contemporary professional hand, starting 'This prayer is written in a stone in the church of saint John Lateraneus in rome...'. 23 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some with

• Miniature of the Last Judgement with the patron in prayer, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')

183v-184: added prayer in English by a contemporary professional hand, starting 'This prayer is written in a stone in the church of saint John Lateraneus in rome...'. 23 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some with

• Miniature of Erasmus, decorated initial 'O' and foliate borders, at the beginning of his suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')

183v-184: added prayer in English by a contemporary professional hand, starting 'This prayer is written in a stone in the church of saint John Lateraneus in rome...'. 23 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some with

• Initial 'L'(yfe thow) with pen-flourishing with a drawing of twin dragons with the sun and moon. The dragons and text were reproduced by Elias Ashmole (b. 1617, d. 1692), on page 212 of his ~Theatrum chemicum britannicum~, which is noted at the top of the folio., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

~Theatrum chemicum britannicum~ (1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other

• Astrological drawing of the sun, moon, and Zodiac constellations., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

~Theatrum chemicum britannicum~ (1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other

• Detail of a miniature of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane with foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, and Psalter

of Hours, Use of Sarum, and Psalter Includes a devotion to Clement (f. 32v), perhaps indicating a connection with a church or trade guild association (Clement was the patron of the London Bakers) (see discussion Rogers 2002).Unidentified original owner: his

• Decorated initials 'KL' with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the month of July in the calendar., Missal, Use of Sarum, imperfect

f. 179v). Half-erased creature in brown ink in the lower margin (f. 63). Missal, Use of Sarum, imperfect The parish church of All Saints in Maldon, Essex, late 14th-early 15th century: 'Dedicacio ecclesie omni sanctorum de maldone' (24 September; seems

• Excised decorated initial combined with a full foliate bar border., Missal, Use of Sarum, imperfect

f. 179v). Half-erased creature in brown ink in the lower margin (f. 63). Missal, Use of Sarum, imperfect The parish church of All Saints in Maldon, Essex, late 14th-early 15th century: 'Dedicacio ecclesie omni sanctorum de maldone' (24 September; seems

• Champ initials and decorated catchword written within the body of a hybrid creature., Missal, Use of Sarum, imperfect

f. 179v). Half-erased creature in brown ink in the lower margin (f. 63). Missal, Use of Sarum, imperfect The parish church of All Saints in Maldon, Essex, late 14th-early 15th century: 'Dedicacio ecclesie omni sanctorum de maldone' (24 September; seems

• Initial 'A'(ries) with pen-decoration., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

~Theatrum chemicum britannicum~ (1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other

• Initial 'R'(yght) with pen-flourishing., Miscellaneous treatises on alchemy, including John Lydgate's 'The Churl and the Bird' (the latter imperfect at the beginning)

~Theatrum chemicum britannicum~ (1652) wherein Ashmole publishes the text and illustration from ff. 75-75v. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus) and marginal hybrid., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')

183v-184: added prayer in English by a contemporary professional hand, starting 'This prayer is written in a stone in the church of saint John Lateraneus in rome...'. 23 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some with

• Miniature of the Crucifixion., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')

183v-184: added prayer in English by a contemporary professional hand, starting 'This prayer is written in a stone in the church of saint John Lateraneus in rome...'. 23 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some with

• Miniature of the Virgin and Child., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')

183v-184: added prayer in English by a contemporary professional hand, starting 'This prayer is written in a stone in the church of saint John Lateraneus in rome...'. 23 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some with