• White vine initials at the beginning of the text., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

wheat, etc.), lists of purchases, of letters written to various persons, mention of a donation towards the restauration of a church ( 'la donatione di m^a^ Maria di bast[ian]o minorbetti fu fatta addi 12 di maggio 1565' (f. 2v)), etc.

• Pen-flourished 'L'(audate) and musical notation., Ritual, Ambrosian use, including a prayer for the duke of Milan and count of Pavia (ff. 42r-v, 48v) and one for the congregation of St Innocent (f. 48v), imperfect

for a congregation in the diocese of Milan, possibly the Congregazione dei Raccomandati di S. Maria di Pavia at the Church of S. Innocenzo in Colleri (Pavia), as suggested by a prayer for 'i nostri fradeli de sancto Innocentio' (f.

• Decorated initial 'S'([an]c[t]a) with penwork decoration at the beginning of a prayer to Mary Magdalen., Prayer book, including verse (imperfect)

carmen’ (f. 71v)ff. 61-64 is a quire with later additions (see Provenance).Unfinished.Musical notation: Anglo-Saxon neumes (with ~litterae significativae~), England (Christ Church - Canterbury), (ff. 37, 71v, 133); late neumes on four-line brown staves, England, second half of the 12th century

• Puzzle initial 'S'(umtyme) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the prologue., The Prose Brut Chronicle of England (extended version to 1430), including John Page's poem 'The Siege of Rouen'

(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 'D'(eum) with pen-flourishing in book 1., Theological miscellany entitled 'Compendium theologicae veritatis'

(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

• Miniature of the Visitiation shown as taking place in Florence, in front of the church of San Giovannino, with the Medici Palace on the right and a view up the Via Gori in the background, and full all'antica borders, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

place in Florence, in front of the church of San Giovannino, with the Medici Palace on the right and a view up the Via Gori in the background, and full all'antica borders, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with the Virgin and John the Evangelist, at the beginning of the Te igitur in a Missal., Missal

147. Missal The cathedral of St. Kylian, Würzburg, between 1443 and 1455: the calendar includes the dedication of the old church of Würzburg (26 July), in black, and the feasts of Kylian, its octave (8 and 15 July), and the

• Historiated initial 'R'(esurrexi) with the Resurrection, angels supporting heraldic arms to the left, in a Missal., Missal

147. Missal The cathedral of St. Kylian, Würzburg, between 1443 and 1455: the calendar includes the dedication of the old church of Würzburg (26 July), in black, and the feasts of Kylian, its octave (8 and 15 July), and the

• Historiated initial 'R'(esurrexi) with the Resurrection, angels supporting heraldic arms to the left, in a Missal., Missal

147. Missal The cathedral of St. Kylian, Würzburg, between 1443 and 1455: the calendar includes the dedication of the old church of Würzburg (26 July), in black, and the feasts of Kylian, its octave (8 and 15 July), and the

• Border roundels with the Maries at the sepulchre, and the 'Noli me tangere', in a Missal., Missal

147. Missal The cathedral of St. Kylian, Würzburg, between 1443 and 1455: the calendar includes the dedication of the old church of Würzburg (26 July), in black, and the feasts of Kylian, its octave (8 and 15 July), and the

• 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

• Detail of text., Missal

147. Missal The cathedral of St. Kylian, Würzburg, between 1443 and 1455: the calendar includes the dedication of the old church of Würzburg (26 July), in black, and the feasts of Kylian, its octave (8 and 15 July), and the

• Illuminated initials 'N'(unc) and 'I'(ncipit), with foliate extensions., Compendium litterale totius Scripture

fideliter / et indilate. Scr[i]pt[um] manu mea p[ro]pria anno d[omi]ni mill[esi]mo cccc xxii mems[is] februarii die/ sexto' (f. 1v).The cathedral church of St. Mary, Lincoln: included in the 15th-century catalogue of the cathedral library (see Maddison 1896, and Wooley 1927);

• Detail of a miniature of Petrus Aureoli, Archbishop of Aix, preaching from the pulpit inscribed on the front with words 'quis ascendit in montem', with Christ enthroned on the mountain above him, at the beginning of the text., Compendium litterale totius Scripture

fideliter / et indilate. Scr[i]pt[um] manu mea p[ro]pria anno d[omi]ni mill[esi]mo cccc xxii mems[is] februarii die/ sexto' (f. 1v).The cathedral church of St. Mary, Lincoln: included in the 15th-century catalogue of the cathedral library (see Maddison 1896, and Wooley 1927);

• Miniature of Petrus Aureoli, Archbishop of Aix, preaching from the pulpit inscribed on the front with words 'quis ascendit in montem', with Christ enthroned on the mountain above him, with a full border and a shield with cross, crown of thorns, and crossed lance and sponge, at the beginning of the text., Compendium litterale totius Scripture

fideliter / et indilate. Scr[i]pt[um] manu mea p[ro]pria anno d[omi]ni mill[esi]mo cccc xxii mems[is] februarii die/ sexto' (f. 1v).The cathedral church of St. Mary, Lincoln: included in the 15th-century catalogue of the cathedral library (see Maddison 1896, and Wooley 1927);

• Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic,

• Initial 'A'(ftir) with and full border with interlace motif., The Orcherd of Syon

Middlemore (f. 192).'Thomas Poynes' (f. 192v).'Walter Standen' (f. 192).'Thomas Thornton' (f. 193).'Robert Wakeley' (f. 193).John Batteley (bap. 1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: his collection sold to Harley on 5 November 1723 (see Wright, 1966).The Harley Collection,

• Illluminated initial 'A'( multis) with a partial foliate bar border., Miscellany including William of Malmesbury's De dictis et factis memorabilibus philosophorum (Polyhistor) (ff. 3- 40v), Cassiodorus' De orthographia (ff. 41-52), Marbod's Lapidarium, with gloss (ff. 106-123), Priscianus' Solutiones ad Chosroem [regem Persarum] (ff. 139v-160v), Nemesius' De natura hominis (ff. 168-196), Albericus' Flores Rhetorici (ff. 196-206), John of Salisbury's De septem septenis (ff. 206v-215v), Joachim of Fiore's Praephatio super Apocalypsim (ff. 216-224), imperfect; De praesagiis tempestatum (f. 224r-v), imperfect

233).Added ?price, 14th or 15th century (f. 232v). Emmanuel College, Cambridge (see Wright 1972).Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): inscribed 'Tho: Baker' (f.

• Puzzle initial 'T'(he) with pen-flourishing extending into the margins to form a partial border., Common-profit book (or book for general good) of Robert Holond, including the Treatise of Discretion of Spirits (ff. 24-37v), imperfect

(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

• Detail of a historiated intial with a bishop in a church with the scroll text 'Per omnia secula seculorum'., Pontifical; Tabula

with a bishop in a church with the scroll text 'Per omnia secula seculorum'. Musical notation on four-line staves.ff. 1-2 are paper flyleaves; f. 249v is a paper leaf pasted onto a parchment leaf.According to Scott, made in two campaigns