• Front cover of brown leather with gold tooling, the arms of George II and the date, 1757., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

ends 'Say we so alle . pur charyte'. The latter half of the poem is devoted to conduct when at church and in company. There is no indication of authorship. On the fly-leaf (f. 33), in two 15th-century cursive hands,

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

. pur charyte'. The latter half of the poem is devoted to conduct when at church and in company. There is no indication of authorship. On the fly-leaf (f. 33), in two 15th-century cursive hands, are a charm against bleeding

• Text page., Constituciones artis gemetrie secundum Euclyde: a poem on the craft of Masonry

. pur charyte'. The latter half of the poem is devoted to conduct when at church and in company. There is no indication of authorship. On the fly-leaf (f. 33), in two 15th-century cursive hands, are a charm against bleeding

• 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., Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 2)

in plain red or blue. Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 2) Apparently written for use in the cathedral church of St Lambert at Liège: includes the anniversary of the election of the bishop Everard de la Marck (d.

• Miniature of a procession into church., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

a procession into church. Several prayers added in the 17th century on originally blank parchment (ff. 13-16v, 23v-24v, 33r-v, 93v-95v, 119r-v, 163v-165v). 26 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some probably originally left unfinished, in colours

• Miniature of a procession into church., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

a procession into church. Several prayers added in the 17th century on originally blank parchment (ff. 13-16v, 23v-24v, 33r-v, 93v-95v, 119r-v, 163v-165v). 26 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some probably originally left unfinished, in colours

• Text page., History of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow, Life of Ceolfrid, Lives of Pope Calixtus I and other martyrs, the legend of Theophilus

Jarrow, Life of Ceolfrid, Lives of Pope Calixtus I and other martyrs, the legend of Theophilus Perhaps written at Christ Church, Canterbury: see discussion Bishop 1963.Eleventh-century additons of music, including a sheet from a discarded Troper (f. 35): see discussion

• 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

• 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

• Illuminated initials and border., Noted Breviary of Anthony of Burgundy

blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Noted Breviary of Anthony of Burgundy A Franciscan convent, Mons: the dedication of church of the Franciscans of Mons included in the calendar (12 September).Anthony (b. 1421, d. 1504), bastard of Burgundy: his

• Illuminated initials and partial foliate border., Noted Breviary of Anthony of Burgundy

blue grounds. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Noted Breviary of Anthony of Burgundy A Franciscan convent, Mons: the dedication of church of the Franciscans of Mons included in the calendar (12 September).Anthony (b. 1421, d. 1504), bastard of Burgundy: his