• Historiated initial 'P'(etronillam) with a face, foliate decoration and a dragon., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Decorated initial 'E'(utices) with foliate decoration and a mask., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Decorated initial 'E'(o) with a hybrid creature, a dragon and a chalice at the beginning of the life of Servatus., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Decorated initial 'D'(ecius) with foliate decoration and hybrid creatures., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'B'(eatus) with heads and hybrid creatures wrestling at the beginning of the life of the early Christian martyr Germanus., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Decorated initial 'R'(egnante) with foliate decoration and a dragon., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Historiated initial 'V'(enerabilis) of a bearded man and a demon holding a halberd and a scythe with bells hanging from the halberd, at the beginning of the life of Odo of Canterbury., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Historiated initial 'O'(benignitas) with a male figure in bust, foliate decoration and hybrid creatures., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Decorated initial 'F'(acta) with hybrid creatures and foliate decoration., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Historiated initial 'T'(emporibus) with hybrid creatures and figures brandishing weapons., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Detail of historiated initial 'T'(emporibus) with Michael the Archangel, who holds the scales to weigh the souls at the Last Judgement and spears a dragon below his feet, at the beginning of the life of Alexis, celebrated on the 17th calends of July., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uia) with a lying figure and foliate decoration., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Decorated initial 'I'(gitur), with geometric and foliate motifs., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Decorated initial 'T'(emporibus) with a three-faced figure, a mask, a lion, and foliate decoration., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Coloured drawing of William the Conqueror, king of England, giving a letter (with a seal) concerning the ruling of the city of York to the duke Alan of Brittany., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643 The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Detail from the plaque set in the front cover of Paul, holding an open book (according to Foot) or Matthew (according to Dalton; Lasko)., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

as Severinus and Gereon, and those specially connected with Siegburg, including its founder Archbishop Anno of Cologne, who consecrated the church under the name of Michael and Maurice and his companions on 22 September 1066 (see Turner 1962).The Harley Collection,

• Decorated initial 'E'(xpurgat), set on a painted purple background, inhabited by dragons painted in silver and gold., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

as Severinus and Gereon, and those specially connected with Siegburg, including its founder Archbishop Anno of Cologne, who consecrated the church under the name of Michael and Maurice and his companions on 22 September 1066 (see Turner 1962).The Harley Collection,

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultabo) with Christ surrounded by the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit in the form of seven doves at the beginning of Psalm 144., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

an abbey of nuns in some relationship with the Cluniac monastery of La Charité-sur-Loire, north of Nevers: dedication of the church of La Charité in the calendar for March 9 'dedicatio ecclesiae de kar' (f. 2); prayer with reference to

• Pen drawings of the cyclaminos plant, of a man killing a serpent while meeting a priest holding a chalice at the entrance of a church., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

while meeting a priest holding a chalice at the entrance of a church. Containing: a) Pseudo-Antonius Musa, De herba vettonica (ff. 7-8v); b) Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus, De medicaminibus herbarum (ff. 8v-43v); c) Pseudo-Dioscorides, Liber medicinae ex herbis femininis (ff. 43v-58); d)

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Augustine's 'Enarrationes in Psalmos', followed by display script., Enarrationes in Psalmos, imperfect

has these marks, as well.Letters ? 'Ah' (class-mark?) in upper margin of f. 1. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other