• The Cartulary beginning with the year 701 in which the abbey was founded. Aethelred, son of Penda and king of Mercia, supports Ecgwine in his efforts to dedicate an abbey to the Virgin Mary. Following entries tell of further royal support from King Kenred of Mercia., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

of further royal support from King Kenred of Mercia. The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and papers relating to churches, pensions and other matters, mainly

• Coloured initials at the beginning of Psalm 61; 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

• Coloured initial at the beginning of Psalm 87., 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

• Coloured initials., Trilingual Psalter

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 (f.

• Historiated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon., Excerpts from the Textus Roffensis (facsimile on parchment)

of king Ethelbert's charter of the foundation or endowment of the church of Rochester; bearing the date 4 kal. Maias, indictione 7 (see Harley Catalogue). 1 large hisitoriated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon. Display script in various colours

• Arms of Robert Steward (d. 1557), prior and dean of the Benedictine cathedral priory of Ely; inscribed, 'Arma d[omi]ni Roberti Steward prioris Elien[sis]'., Philomela

(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

• Decorated initial 'V'(erbum) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Verbum abbreviatum

red ink. Verbum abbreviatum ?Willelmus Dambroke (?Sambroke), 16th century: inscribed with his name (f. 115v).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

• Puzzle initial 'A'(bsolucio)., Rosarium theologiae (Theological dictionary) (index Dictionarium theologicum locorum communium)

161v).Joseph Bentley: his name inscribed in the 16th or 17th century (f. 1v). Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): title written in his

• Partial bar border with puzzle initial 'Q'(uod vides, scribe)., Commentary on Revelation, imperfect at the end

in red. Paraphs in red or blue. Commentary on Revelation, imperfect at the end 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

• Decorated line and initials., Letters, including a Commentary on Hosea (ff. 147-154)

and Italian added by a 17th-century Italian hand (ff. 1*, 103).Unidentified heraldic bookstamp (f. 1).Conyers Middleton (b. 1683, d. 1750), Church of England clergyman and author, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1706, head librarian of the University Library at

• Puzzle initial 'S' from a bifolium used as a flyleaf., Fragment used as flyleaves of portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law

portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law William Darell (d. in or after 1580), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: inscribed 'William Darell (f. 196v); see also Peter Sherlock, ‘Darell, William (d. in or

• Puzzle initial 'A'(braham) at the beginning of the Tabula super methodo fulgentii., Tabula super methodo fulgentii, Gesta Romanorum (index Deeds of the Romans), Liber de vitiis, various sermons

librario sancti Augustini ex Cantuariensis' (f. 1*v); 'liber de librario s[anc]ti Augusti[ni] Cant[uariensis].' (f. 2).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

• Text page is a compilation of royal and papal charters., A compilation of papal and royal charters (ff. 95-149v), followed by papers and memoranda relating to churches and pensions (ff. 150-198v)

The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and papers relating to churches, pensions and other matters, mainly contemporary to Abbot William de Chiriton (1316–44) (ff. 45-57);-

• Decorated initial with anthropomorphic design., 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 Matthew 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

• null, Compilatio totius Bibliae

both lists suggest a date of between 1353 and 1362 (see Watson 1979).Gerald Perriere, dean of the church of Maçon, presented to the church at Maçon in 1444: inscription (dorse of the roll).Bought by the British Museum in 1851, using

• Illuminated initial 'A'(ctum) with a partial bar border, at the beginning of book 10., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

fish (ff. 333, 420v). Commentary on Unum ex quatuor John Leyre, rector of Great Doddington, Northans (1377-81), presented to the church of Doddington, in the diocese of Lincoln in 1367 and mentioned as a parson of 'Great Dodyngton' in 1370

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(cclesia) of the pope enthroned., Omne Bonum (Ebrietas-Humanus)

(Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Ecclesia (The Church) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'C'(clericus) of a church., Omne Bonum (Circumcisio-Dona Spiritui Sancti)

initial 'C'(clericus) of a church. The only known, and probably autograph copy of the Omne Bonum of James le Palmer, being a general encyclopaedia arranged in alphabetical order. Bound in four volumes: Royal 6 E VI, vols. 1 and 2,

• Text page., Polychronicon with other historical works

Added drawing of a foliate initial in sepia 14th/15th century (f. 111).Added table of contents, 15th century (f. 2v). The church of St Peter-upon-Cornhill, London: inscribed 'Liber ecclesie Sancti / Petri sup[er] cornehill', 15th century (ff. 1v, 2v).The Old Royal