• 'Reserve' initial 'E'(piphaniam) in brown with foliate decoration in green and red., Fragment of a leaf from a late 12th century English Sequentiary containing sequences for the Circumcision and the Epiphany

square B clefs). The original recto has been misplaced as verso. Fragment of a leaf from a late 12th century English Sequentiary containing sequences for the Circumcision and the Epiphany John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller and antiquary: part

• null, Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• null, Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• null, Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Historiated initial with David and full border at the beginning of Psalm 1., Bilingual Psalter, in the later Wycliffite translation, with the Canticles, and the Athanasian Creed

Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, or in red with brown penwork decoration. Latin text in red and English text in brown. Bilingual Psalter, in the later Wycliffite translation, with the Canticles, and the Athanasian Creed Sir Henry

• Decorated initial with a hybrid creature and foliage., Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John

Decorated initial with a hybrid creature and foliage. f. 1 is a small parchment fragment of a charter or deed in English.The first leaf of this manuscript is bound in Harley 5958, f. 87. 1 large initial in red

• Decorated initial 'C' at the beginning of the first section concerning Augustine, sent to convert the Angles by Gregory the Great and the first archbishop of Canterbury, and other early English ecclesiastics., Gesta pontificum anglorum, imperfect

the Angles by Gregory the Great and the first archbishop of Canterbury, and other early English ecclesiastics. Ampersands; punctus flexus punctuation.Includes Mynors and Lawrence-Mathers's 'split petal' motif. Large initials in red or blue, with penwork decoration in the same colours

• Initial 'H'(omo) with penwork decoration., Homilies

reserved line. Rubrics in red. Abstract and foliate motifs in crayon (f. 62). Homilies Added folio from a late-11th century English Missal (f. 207r-v).Added text, ?13th century (f. 206v). Added folio from a Continental manuscript of the 1st half of

• Decorated initial 'D'(ivinarum)., Chronicle with lists of patriarchs, popes, rulers and geographical features, including mountains, rivers, islands and cities

with lists of patriarchs, popes, rulers and geographical features, including mountains, rivers, islands and cities Added text in a cursive English hand, c. 1300; a memorandum on king Edward the martyr (b. 962, d. 978) (f. 1).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initials 'S'(i)) and 'F'(ama) at the beginning of Rathramnus' Liber de quo Christus natus est de Virgine., Miscellany with Ulpian's De edendo (ff. 1-9v) and various religious treatises and sermons, including Liber de quo Christus natus est de Virgine

added inscription also relating to the contents.f. 71* is a blank parchment leaf.f. 135 is a paper leaf inscribed in English in a modern cursive hand.f. 136 is a former pastedown. Large initials in red, green, or blue. A few

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) with display capitals, at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

brown. Spaces for coloured initials left blank after f. 90. Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v) Unidentified English owner, 13th century: with annotations in leadpoint throughout.The benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, 14th century: its characteristic title

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) at Matthew 1:18., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

brown. Spaces for coloured initials left blank after f. 90. Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v) Unidentified English owner, 13th century: with annotations in leadpoint throughout.The benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, 14th century: its characteristic title

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(cribere) in the form of a dragon, at the beginning of Seneca's De clementia; with an erased inscription in the upper margin., De clementia (ff. 1-9), and other short texts

Zoomorphic initial 'S'(cribere) in the form of a dragon, at the beginning of Seneca's De clementia; with an erased inscription in the upper margin. Another manuscript owned by the Celestine monastery of Ste-Croix d’Offémont is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de

• Decorated initial 'U'(t) at the start of Book 2 of Seneca's De clementia, and a decorative run-over symbol in the lower margin., De clementia (ff. 1-9), and other short texts

Decorated initial 'U'(t) at the start of Book 2 of Seneca's De clementia, and a decorative run-over symbol in the lower margin. Another manuscript owned by the Celestine monastery of Ste-Croix d’Offémont is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat.

• null, De clementia (ff. 1-9), and other short texts

Another manuscript owned by the Celestine monastery of Ste-Croix d’Offémont is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 10898. 1 large zoomorphic initial in red, green, silver, and gold (f. 1). 4 large foliate initials (ff. 6v, 17, 25v, 64v),

• null, De clementia (ff. 1-9), and other short texts

Another manuscript owned by the Celestine monastery of Ste-Croix d’Offémont is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 10898. 1 large zoomorphic initial in red, green, silver, and gold (f. 1). 4 large foliate initials (ff. 6v, 17, 25v, 64v),

• Initial 'P'(roxime), at the beginning of the prologue., Breviarium on the Psalms

11698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7843).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Initial Pseudo-Jerome England

• Zoomorphic initial 'G'(regorius)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(mos) with an animal head., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Text pages, Theological works including De magistro

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8624).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text pages In the same hand as the colophon in Cotton Domitian 1A (f. 55v), (see Lendinara