• Ownership inscriptions, the first dated 1403, the second dated 1757., Expositio super Matthaeum (ff. 1-159v), Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas (ff. 165-217), and other texts

1757. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 165), each accompanied by a full border, the second incorporating miniatures in roundels. Large foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials alternately blue with red flourishing, or red with

• Illuminated initial 'S'(enior) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the commentary on III John., Expositio super Matthaeum (ff. 1-159v), Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas (ff. 165-217), and other texts

commentary on III John. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 165), each accompanied by a full border, the second incorporating miniatures in roundels. Large foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials alternately blue with red flourishing,

• Text page at the beginning of Abbo of St-Germain's ~Bella Parisiacae urbis~, book 3, with red initial and highlights., Alcuin, De orthographia (ff.1-24v); Bede, De orthographia (ff. 24v-71); Bella Parisiacae urbis, book 3 (Ad clericos) (ff. 71v-84); unidentified smaller text with glossary material (ff. 84-86v); De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 4 (De arte dialectica) (f. 87-149); Glossaries to Greek and Latin grammar texts, including lists of grammatical and metrical terms and glosses to Juvenal (ff. 150-167v).

Text page at the beginning of Abbo of St-Germain's ~Bella Parisiacae urbis~, book 3, with red initial and highlights. Ruled in hard-point. Glosses to Bede and Abbo. A variety of small marginal marks between ff. 1-71v; corrections and erasures

• Initial 'I' with foliate decoration., Ceasarius's 'Sermones' (ff. 1-53v), and Gregory's 'Dialogi', Books 1-4, imperfect at the end (ff. 55-130v)

May 2006).The Opera di San Jacopo in Pistoia: inscribed by two notaries: Ser Bartolomeo da Forlì, chancellor of Pistoia (ff. 1, 135), and Franciscus Luce; 15th-century pressmark 'E.V.' (ff. 133, 191v; see Wright 1972). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer: sold

• Decorated initial 'F'(uit) with foliate decoration., Lives and Passions of saints

with red penwork decoration, and one in red with blue penwork decoration, and musical notation on red four-line staves (ff. 1, 2, 128, 129).Guglielmo Libri : his sale catalogue, 7 February 1864, lot 118, and 1895, lot 64, bought by

• Anitphon with neumes., Fragments of an Antiphoner including parts of offices for Lawrence, Hippolitus, and Peter and Paul

Anitphon with neumes. ff. 69-72 are fragments from the same manuscript as Stowe 1061 f. 125. Musical notation in many fragments.Mostly removed from bindings.ff. 1-21v; 24-47v; 51-57v; 61-63v; 65; 67-68v; 73 are various fragments, including of the Laws of

• Coloured initials and heading in rustic capitals., De medela animae, S. Andrae passio, Tractatus ex epistola S. Johannis

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘13 die mensis Augusti, A.D. 1724' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• An Easter table, with tinted drawing depicting Pachomius receiving the tables from an angel, with the words on the scroll handed to the saint by the angel the same as those written immediately below. This pair of arches is one of a series containing texts related to the calculation of the date of Easter, which were supposed to have been given to Pachomius (died c. 346) by an angel., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

Church calendar (ff. 2-7v).f. 1 is a 13th-century text with initials in green, red, and red with green penwork decoration.Basan also wrote Hanover, Kestner Museum MS WM XXIa 36; parts of York, Minster Lib., MS Add. 1; Additional 34890; Florence,

• Ink drawing of canon tables, with a monk above pointing to an open book with his left hand; the gesture of his right hand, shared by the other two monks, may indicate that they are debating with one another. However, it has also been suggested that this monk is Benedict, perhaps expounding his monastic rule., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

Church calendar (ff. 2-7v).f. 1 is a 13th-century text with initials in green, red, and red with green penwork decoration.Basan also wrote Hanover, Kestner Museum MS WM XXIa 36; parts of York, Minster Lib., MS Add. 1; Additional 34890; Florence,

• Antiphon for the office of Peter and Paul, with neumes., Fragments of an Antiphoner including parts of offices for Lawrence, Hippolitus, and Peter and Paul

Antiphon for the office of Peter and Paul, with neumes. ff. 69-72 are fragments from the same manuscript as Stowe 1061 f. 125. Musical notation in many fragments.Mostly removed from bindings.ff. 1-21v; 24-47v; 51-57v; 61-63v; 65; 67-68v; 73 are

• Text pages of the Aenigmata of Aldhelm., Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Toledo, Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 Old English gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 Old English glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii'

• Decorated initials with the text of the Riddles of Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherbonne., Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Sherbonne. Contains:Julian of Toledo, Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 Old English gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 Old English glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus

• null, Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 Old English gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 Old English glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii' (ff. 104-113v);'Enigmata Eusebii',

• null, Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 Old English gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 Old English glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii' (ff. 104-113v);'Enigmata Eusebii',

• null, Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 Old English gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 Old English glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii' (ff. 104-113v);'Enigmata Eusebii',

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(rbiter), at the beginning of the Aenigmata of Aldhelm., Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Contains:Julian of Toledo, Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 Old English gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 Old English glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius,

• Decorated initial 'A'(ltrix) with display script., Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Toledo, Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 Old English gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 Old English glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii'

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, including material for determining hours of daylight, a calendar, Canticles and hymns, and creed (ff. 139v-141v), litany and prayers

'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1. Musical notation on four-line red staves, in the office for Catherine (ff. 108-109). Large initial with partial border in colours and gold, at the beginning of Psalm 1 (f. 8). Large puzzle intial

• A parchment leaf onto which two other pieces of parchment have been pasted. The lists of contents on these added pieces are identical., The Revelations of Bridget of Sweden (Libri XII), Acts for the canonization of Bridget with accounts of her miracles, and various other texts, including the Tractatis de summis pontificibus (ff. 125-127), and the Vita venerabilis domine katerine filie beate Birgitte (ff. 288v-291v).

contents on these added pieces are identical. Horizontal catchwords, some with penwork frames.Tabs on outer foredge.f. 1 is a parchment leaf with an added list of contents. Numerous marginal drawings. 19 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (ff. 2,

• Detail of decorated initial 'S'(tupor), incorporating the name 'Syon'., The Revelations of Bridget of Sweden (Libri XII), Acts for the canonization of Bridget with accounts of her miracles, and various other texts, including the Tractatis de summis pontificibus (ff. 125-127), and the Vita venerabilis domine katerine filie beate Birgitte (ff. 288v-291v).

Horizontal catchwords, some with penwork frames.Tabs on outer foredge.f. 1 is a parchment leaf with an added list of contents. Numerous marginal drawings. 19 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (ff. 2, 2v, 17v, 29, 37v, 95, 104, 108,