• Decorated initial and letters 'K'(alende) at the beginning of the martyrology for February., 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 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.

• Donor inscription, recording the gift of the manuscript to the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, with some red lettering., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Text page with paraphs and catchword., Sermons (f. 2); Statutes of the Church of Hereford (f. 258v)

Church of Hereford has been added at the end (ff. 258v-262): it is therefore possible that Thomas Trilleck was related to John de Trilleck, bishop of Hereford (1344-1360).William Reed, bishop of Chichester (1369-1385), given by him to the Collegiate

• 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

• 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

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ominica) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the original text 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

• Coloured initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51., 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

• Text page with pen-flourished initial and catchword., Sermons (f. 2); Statutes of the Church of Hereford (f. 258v)

Church of Hereford has been added at the end (ff. 258v-262): it is therefore possible that Thomas Trilleck was related to John de Trilleck, bishop of Hereford (1344-1360).William Reed, bishop of Chichester (1369-1385), given by him to the Collegiate

• Greek alphabet., Theological tracts

(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

• Flourished initials and marginal drawing of a hand holding a fishing rod, line, and hook., De fide orthodoxa

by the later provenance, and by the marginal glosses and chapter numbering in arabic numerals.Hannibal Gamon (bap. 1582, d. 1650/51), Church of England clergyman: inscribed 'Hannibal Gamon. Tandem -- D.O.M.' (f. 1); Gammon aided Richard, 1st Baron Robartes, in collecting

• null, De fide orthodoxa

by the later provenance, and by the marginal glosses and chapter numbering in arabic numerals.Hannibal Gamon (bap. 1582, d. 1650/51), Church of England clergyman: inscribed 'Hannibal Gamon. Tandem -- D.O.M.' (f. 1); Gammon aided Richard, 1st Baron Robartes, in collecting

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man ringing a church bell with another kneeling behind him; to their right, a priest is at an altar., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

of a man ringing a church bell with another kneeling behind him; to their right, a priest is at an altar. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the

• Miniature of John the Baptist with the Agnus Dei, flanked by a lion and a unicorn, with a hedgehog at his feet., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist with the Agnus Dei, flanked by a lion and a unicorn, with a hedgehog at his feet., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Text page., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Miniature of the Feast of All Saints, with the donors' patron saints, Stephen and Margaret, an illuminated initial 'I', and a partial bar border., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London