• 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

• Puzzle initial 'P'(uer) at the beginning of the music for Christmas day., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• 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

• Decorated initial 'G'(audeamus) at the beginning of the music for the feast of Guthlac on 11 April, with 14th-century marginal additions., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Decorated initial 'D'(ilexisti) at the beginning of the music for the feast day of the virgin Pega, the sister of Guthlac, who lived as an anchoress at Peakirk, a little north of Peterborough., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Decorated initial 'S' at the beginning of the music for the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, also known as Candlemas Day, on 2 February (the 40th day after Christmas day)., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Tituli of religious houses, mostly in Winchester, including St Mary and St Ethelberga; St Peter, St Paul and St Swithun, and the abbey church of St Mary in Sherborne., Mortuary roll of Lucy, foundress and first prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Castle Hedingham, tituli (responsive prayers)

St Ethelberga; St Peter, St Paul and St Swithun, and the abbey church of St Mary in Sherborne. Part II is stored separately.This is the fifth oldest English obituary roll, though the others are fragmentary, preceded by those of Turgot

• Prayers, including of the church of St Mary and St Aethelburga at Barking, near the lower edge., Mortuary roll of Lucy, foundress and first prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Castle Hedingham, tituli (responsive prayers)

of the church of St Mary and St Aethelburga at Barking, near the lower edge. Part II is stored separately.This is the fifth oldest English obituary roll, though the others are fragmentary, preceded by those of Turgot of Durham (d.

• Tituli of communities from London, with the inscription from the church of St Bartholomew in London at the end of the section, and that of St Mary's, Stratford at the top., Mortuary roll of Lucy, foundress and first prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Castle Hedingham, tituli (responsive prayers)

with the inscription from the church of St Bartholomew in London at the end of the section, and that of St Mary's, Stratford at the top. Part II is stored separately.This is the fifth oldest English obituary roll, though the

• 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.

• Puzzle initial 'P'(uer) at the beginning of the music for Christmas day., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Musical notation., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• The first entry on this page, the annal for 399, records that Rufinus of Aquileia wrote his history of the Church in that year. Other annals include the discovery of the body of the first martyr, Stephen (410), Augustine's publication his book 'The City of God' (414, in red) and the deaths of Jerome (420) and Augustine (424)., Gesta Regum Anglorum; Annals to 1212 (ff. 103-33), imperfect (the B version)

records that Rufinus of Aquileia wrote his history of the Church in that year. Other annals include the discovery of the body of the first martyr, Stephen (410), Augustine's publication his book 'The City of God' (414, in red) and

• 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)

• Puzzle initial 'P'(lantaverat) and plain red and blue initials., Versified Bible (index Biblia Versificata)

(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