not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about
not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about
not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about
15 large miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George
on four-lines red staves (C, D, round and square B clefs). Fragment of a leaf from an early 13th century English Missal containing the Masses for St Chrysostom, St Catherin, St Saturninus, St Andrew (f. 81) St. John (f. 81v).
red. Musical notation: late neumes on four-line red staves (B, C and F clefs). Fragment of a leaf from an English early 13th century Breviary containing the Office for St Nicholas. John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller and antiquary:
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
| 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)
| 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)
| 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)
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. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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. 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. Another manuscript owned by the Celestine monastery of Ste-Croix d’Offémont is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat.