• Decorated initials 'A'(pud) and 'K'(alendre) at the beginning of the martyrology for May., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d.

• Puzzle initial 'A' in the letter of Benedict to his followers, the 'Admonitio', which concerns daily practices and discipline., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d.

• Illuminated miniature of the Crucifixion with Christ on a green cross flanked by Mary and John., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d.

• Decorated headpiece and initials., Sticherarion (hymnal of the Greek Church), for Saint's days and festivals, with musical notation

99, 129v, 246v). Large initials in red with penwork decoration. Accents and rubrics in red. Sticherarion (hymnal of the Greek Church), for Saint's days and festivals, with musical notation Purchased at Sotheby's 16 February 1875 by the British Museum, using

• Inscription in English., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

13th century (ff. 1, 2, 175).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: Christ Church pressmark 'D[istinctio] xvi Gra[dus] iiii (f. 3); listed in Henry of Eastry's catalogue of Christ Church library, of 1337-38 as 'Textus iv evangeliorum anglice' (See Ker,

• Coloured initial 'H'(er ys godspelles) in green with penwork decoration in red, with ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer (Thomas Cantuarien[sis]) and John Lumley., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

13th century (ff. 1, 2, 175).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: Christ Church pressmark 'D[istinctio] xvi Gra[dus] iiii (f. 3); listed in Henry of Eastry's catalogue of Christ Church library, of 1337-38 as 'Textus iv evangeliorum anglice' (See Ker,

• Coloured initial 'N'(u) in red with green penwork decoration., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

13th century (ff. 1, 2, 175).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: Christ Church pressmark 'D[istinctio] xvi Gra[dus] iiii (f. 3); listed in Henry of Eastry's catalogue of Christ Church library, of 1337-38 as 'Textus iv evangeliorum anglice' (See Ker,

• Table, Mnemonic verses, notes, etc., on the compotus

Church, Canterbury: his note (f. 1v).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: formerly bound with Cotton Caligula A XV, ff. 120-153, the volume entitled 'Compotus Adelardi' in Prior Eastry's early 14th-century catalogue of books in the library of Christ

• Diagrams of hands, with signs of pricking visible, as if for pouncing. Gaps in the text, such as in the second line of text, are probably present because of the intended alternation in the colours of initials, but no green or other colour initials were executed. For example, a guide letter 'e' is visible in the margin adjacent to the final line, for which no initial was executed., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

Church, Canterbury: his note (f. 1v).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: formerly bound with Cotton Caligula A XV, ff. 120-153, the volume entitled 'Compotus Adelardi' in Prior Eastry's early 14th-century catalogue of books in the library of Christ

• Drawing of hands. The rubric on this page states that the fingers of the hand, illustrated in the lower diagram, can be used for finding the date of Easter. Each joint or tip, from the base of the second finger to the top of the thumb, working down the fingers and up the thumb, is marked with numbers and letters. Those from the middle finger to the thumb represent all the possible dates of Easter that fall within March., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

Church, Canterbury: his note (f. 1v).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: formerly bound with Cotton Caligula A XV, ff. 120-153, the volume entitled 'Compotus Adelardi' in Prior Eastry's early 14th-century catalogue of books in the library of Christ

• Red initial 'S'(cribo), and a drawing of hands, in a treatise concerning calendrical computations using the joints and tips of the fingers of hands: it is illustrated with drawings of the hands, marked with numbers from 1 to 7 (i to vii) and letters from A to G, at these points., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

Church, Canterbury: his note (f. 1v).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: formerly bound with Cotton Caligula A XV, ff. 120-153, the volume entitled 'Compotus Adelardi' in Prior Eastry's early 14th-century catalogue of books in the library of Christ

• Drawing of hands. The hands here are marked with all the possible dates of Easter when it falls in April, working down the left-hand thumb, and then up the left-hand fingers, and up the first two fingers of the right hand., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

Church, Canterbury: his note (f. 1v).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: formerly bound with Cotton Caligula A XV, ff. 120-153, the volume entitled 'Compotus Adelardi' in Prior Eastry's early 14th-century catalogue of books in the library of Christ

• Diagram of a hand, as a mnemonic devise for the compotus., Mnemonic verses, notes, etc., on the compotus

Church, Canterbury: his note (f. 1v).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: formerly bound with Cotton Caligula A XV, ff. 120-153, the volume entitled 'Compotus Adelardi' in Prior Eastry's early 14th-century catalogue of books in the library of Christ

• Puzzle initial on the first page of text, from the book of Job, with Arundel and Lumley ownership signatures., Bible (Job to Revelation)

from Job to Revelation. The first volume is Royal 1 E VII. The text corrected or emended by a Christ Church scribe; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Cambridge, Trinity College, B. 1.17 and B. 3.9 (see Marsden 1994 and

• Coloured initial 'B'(eatus) with display script, at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the pressmark of Christ Church, Canterbury 'r', and ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer and Lord Lumley., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

century (ff. 9, 29v, 62v, 69).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: Christ Church pressmark 'r' with a title 'Psalteriu[m] s[anc]ti Jeronimi glosatu[m]', 12th century (f. 8) and Christ Church script, 11th century (ff. 197-198, according to Ker, 1957).Thomas Cranmer

• Initial 'P'(rimus) with zoomorphic and foliate decoration., Historia Romana with a list of emperors to 527; Historia persecutionis Affricanae

Paul continued up to the time of the emperor Justinian, who died in 565.The text is close to Cambridge, Christ Church College 276 and British Library, Royal 15 C. vi and may have been the exemplar for the latter manuscript.

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D'(ixim)., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

Church, Canterbury (see f. 2; Gameson 1999 p. 94).Dover Priory, by 14th century: inscribed with its press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), Old English scholar and

• Detail of historiated initial 'R'(ege) with a seated scribe labelled 'OSBEARNVS', a censing monk, animals, and animal heads., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

Church, Canterbury (see f. 2; Gameson 1999 p. 94).Dover Priory, by 14th century: inscribed with its press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), Old English scholar and

• Calendar page for April, with illuminated letters and on 20 April the dedication of the abbey church of the Virgin Mary, Buckland ('Boclond'), Devon., Cistercian statutes (consuetudinarium), with a calendar (ff. 4-16) and lunar and planetary tables (ff. 16v-18v)

on 20 April the dedication of the abbey church of the Virgin Mary, Buckland ('Boclond'), Devon. Musical notation, the second a late 15th-century addition (ff. 1-3, 110r-110v). 'KL' letters in gold on blue grounds with white filigree and gold balls

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ominica) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the additional portion of the Ordinal., Ordinal for Hereford Cathedral, imperfect at the end

imperfect at the end Probably the cathedral church of St Ethelbert, Hereford as suggested by Humphrey Wanley's note on f. 1*v (see Frere and Brown 1915; Ker 1964).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold