• Detail of a miniature of the Flagellation of Christ., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Detail of a miniature of the Annunciation., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Detail of a miniature of the Nativity., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Detail of a miniature of the Ascension of Christ., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Detail of a miniature of the martyrdom of Edmund., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Detail of a miniature of the martyrdom of Amphilabus., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Detail of a miniature of the martyrdom of Alban., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Ownership inscription of Kirkstead Abbey in capitals., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The flyleaves contain two Goliardic poems or satires on church abuses in a 13th-century hand: an invective against the bishops of Bath [Jocelin], Norwich [John de Grey] and Winchester

• Initial 'D'(ionysius) with foliate decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The flyleaves contain two Goliardic poems or satires on church abuses in a 13th-century hand: an invective against the bishops of Bath [Jocelin], Norwich [John de Grey] and Winchester

• Initial 'P'(rimus) with decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The flyleaves contain two Goliardic poems or satires on church abuses in a 13th-century hand: an invective against the bishops of Bath [Jocelin], Norwich [John de Grey] and Winchester

• Large initial 'I'(udei) with decoration in angular and foliate patterns., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The flyleaves contain two Goliardic poems or satires on church abuses in a 13th-century hand: an invective against the bishops of Bath [Jocelin], Norwich [John de Grey] and Winchester

• Initial 'H'(is) with decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The flyleaves contain two Goliardic poems or satires on church abuses in a 13th-century hand: an invective against the bishops of Bath [Jocelin], Norwich [John de Grey] and Winchester

• Detail of decorated initial., Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

Kyneburga, Kyneswitha, Tibba, and Sexburga; the petitions are the same as in other Peterborough manuscriptsAll parts:The ownership(?) inscription of a church is mostly torn away (f. 3, lower margin).Numerous obits of laymen and women are added to the calendar.? A

• Detail of decorated initial., Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

Kyneburga, Kyneswitha, Tibba, and Sexburga; the petitions are the same as in other Peterborough manuscriptsAll parts:The ownership(?) inscription of a church is mostly torn away (f. 3, lower margin).Numerous obits of laymen and women are added to the calendar.? A

• Detail of illuminated initial., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

Kyneburga, Kyneswitha, Tibba, and Sexburga; the petitions are the same as in other Peterborough manuscriptsAll parts:The ownership(?) inscription of a church is mostly torn away (f. 3, lower margin).Numerous obits of laymen and women are added to the calendar.? A

• Detail of illuminated initial., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

Kyneburga, Kyneswitha, Tibba, and Sexburga; the petitions are the same as in other Peterborough manuscriptsAll parts:The ownership(?) inscription of a church is mostly torn away (f. 3, lower margin).Numerous obits of laymen and women are added to the calendar.? A

• Puzzle initials 'I'(n) and 'L'(iber) at the beginning of the Vigil for Christmas eve., Cistercian Gospel Lectionary: Temporale; Gospels for Matins and Mass from Christmas Eve till the 25th Sunday after Pentecost and for the four Sundays in Advent (ff. 1-112); Sanctorale; Gospels for Matins and Mass from the feast of St Stephen Protomartyr to that of St Thomas the Apostle (ff. 112-132v); Gospels for the feasts of the Dedication of a Church, votive Masses, and Masses for the dead (ff. 132v-146v)

Stephen Protomartyr to that of St Thomas the Apostle (ff. 112-132v); Gospels for the feasts of the Dedication of a Church, votive Masses, and Masses for the dead (ff. 132v-146v) Added notes of saints days, including that of Becket (f.

• Decorated initials 'I'(n) and 'N'(otandum) with reserved designs, geometric and arabesque motifs, followed by display script; one simple initial 'A'(udivit)., Sermons on the Gospels

£10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initials Church Fathers England, S. England, S. (Reading)

• Coloured initials 'L'(icet) and 'M'(ensis), Rule of Saint Benedict and other religious texts, including the Carta caritatis

(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

• null, Epitome bellorum omnium annorum DCC

1 large foliate initial in colours on a burnished punched gold ground (f. 1, perhaps 19th-century ?), with a three-sided border incorporating heraldic arms. Small initials alternately plain red or blue, often in unusual angular forms. Epitome bellorum omnium