• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist pointing to the Lamb of God in a landscape, at the beginning of the reading for the feast of John the Baptist., Epistle Lectionary

in gold with black pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Epistle Lectionary The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c.1450, d.1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-9) and

• Large initial 'C' in blue and red, with pen-flourishing in the same colours., Alphabetical list of plants and their uses

of sundry points, specially the controversies of the Church of England.Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former;

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Summa de vitiis et virtutibus (index Summa virtutum)

virtutibus (index Summa virtutum) Added text, 13th century (f. 1) and list of contents, ?14th century (ff. 1v-2v). The cathedral church of Ely, Cambridge: inscribed, 15th century, 'Iste liber p[er]tinet eccl[es]ie Elien[si]' (ff. 2v, 186) and the library mark (f.

• Historiated initial 'U' with an angel holding a book, a knight with a shield and spear, a crouching man, and a dragon's head forming part of the letter., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

Church, Canterbury (see f. 2; Gameson 1999 p. 94).Dover Priory, by 14th century: inscribed with its press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), Old English scholar and

• Detail from the roll: Henry III holding a model of a church, and his children: Edward, Margaret, Edmund, Beatrice, Katharine, and again Edward wearing a crown., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

III holding a model of a church, and his children: Edward, Margaret, Edmund, Beatrice, Katharine, and again Edward wearing a crown. Contains the genealogy of the kings of England from the Heptarchy to Henry III (b. 1207, d. 1272), with

• Initial 'A' with penwork decoration, Sermons, letters and tracts

or blue at the beginning of lines and verses (ff. 60-89). Rubrics in red. Sermons, letters and tracts The Cathedral Church of St Mary, Salisbury: probably to be identified with no. 155 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral

• Historiated initial 'I' of a saint., Cuttings from a choir book

the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902.Musical notation. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of the dedication of a church (f. 3a); Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (f. 3b); the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds (f. 3c); a

• Historiated initial 'L' of a deacon saint in an act of charity., Cuttings from a choir book

the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902.Musical notation. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of the dedication of a church (f. 3a); Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (f. 3b); the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds (f. 3c); a

• Historiated initial 'U' of the Assumption of the Virgin., Cuttings from a choir book

the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902.Musical notation. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of the dedication of a church (f. 3a); Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (f. 3b); the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds (f. 3c); a

• Historiated initial 'I' of the Circumcision., Cuttings from a choir book

the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902.Musical notation. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of the dedication of a church (f. 3a); Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (f. 3b); the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds (f. 3c); a

• Historiated initial 'C' of Christ, a female saint and musicians., Cuttings from a choir book

the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902.Musical notation. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of the dedication of a church (f. 3a); Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (f. 3b); the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds (f. 3c); a

• Calendar page for February, with the dedication of the church of St. Lawrence, Ludlow (the largest parish church in Shropshire): about half-way down the page, written in red ink at 13 February, is 'Dedicacion de la eglise seint Laurence de Lodelawe'., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

Calendar page for February, with the dedication of the church of St. Lawrence, Ludlow (the largest parish church in Shropshire): about half-way down the page, written in red ink at 13 February, is 'Dedicacion de la eglise seint Laurence de

• Initials with penwork decoration for the month of April in the liturgical calendar., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

book of things to be remembered about the conventual church of Barnwell'; two principal feasts included in the liturgical calendar relate to the church of Barnwell: the dedication of St Giles's church on 22 April, its octave on the 29

• Initials with penwork decoration for the month of October in the liturgical calendar., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

book of things to be remembered about the conventual church of Barnwell'; two principal feasts included in the liturgical calendar relate to the church of Barnwell: the dedication of St Giles's church on 22 April, its octave on the 29

• Puzzle initial 'R'(egulariter) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of Book 8 relating to the observances of the house., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

book of things to be remembered about the conventual church of Barnwell'; two principal feasts included in the liturgical calendar relate to the church of Barnwell: the dedication of St Giles's church on 22 April, its octave on the 29

• Miniature of the Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John, within the text on the mass of the Holy Cross., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

book of things to be remembered about the conventual church of Barnwell'; two principal feasts included in the liturgical calendar relate to the church of Barnwell: the dedication of St Giles's church on 22 April, its octave on the 29

• Puzzle initial 'P'(er) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the table of contents., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

book of things to be remembered about the conventual church of Barnwell'; two principal feasts included in the liturgical calendar relate to the church of Barnwell: the dedication of St Giles's church on 22 April, its octave on the 29

• Puzzle initial 'R'(egnante) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the prologue., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

book of things to be remembered about the conventual church of Barnwell'; two principal feasts included in the liturgical calendar relate to the church of Barnwell: the dedication of St Giles's church on 22 April, its octave on the 29

• 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,

• Marginal miniature of a centaur., De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ (imperfect at the beginning)

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed