• Detail from the roll: Henry III holding a model of a church, and his children: Edward, Margaret, Edmund, Beatrice, Katharine, and again Edward wearing a crown., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

III holding a model of a church, and his children: Edward, Margaret, Edmund, Beatrice, Katharine, and again Edward wearing a crown. Contains the genealogy of the kings of England from the Heptarchy to Henry III (b. 1207, d. 1272), with

• 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

• Historiated initial 'S' (anctificavit) of a bishop dedicating a church., Prayers for saints' vigils with a calendar

of a bishop dedicating a church. Horizontal catchwords.Miniature curtains, likely of silk, once protected the full-page minitures. These are no longer extant, but the holes and thread, by means of which these were attached, are still visible. 6 full-page miniatures

• Miniature illustrating Pars ii., Causa xxviii: an infidel, who has married, was converted to the faith; but his wife left him out of hatred for the Christian faith. He, in turn, took for himself a Christian wife. When she died, he became a cleric. Then owing to his conduct of life and his learning he was chosen as bishop. In the miniature the man is shown (from right to left) as a layman pointing towards his deceased second wife, a cleric, and a bishop, before a seated judge., Cutting from the Decretum Gratiani (index Concordia Discordantium Canonum)

other with two merchants, pleading their case before a seated judge, illustrating Pars ii., Causa xiv: "The canons of a church initiated legal proceedings in regard to their estates. They produced witnesses from their own company; they entrusted some money

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Decorated cadels with faces and decorated descender, in the text for the celebration of All Saints day (1 November)., Cistercian statutes (consuetudinarium), with a calendar (ff. 4-16) and lunar and planetary tables (ff. 16v-18v)

16v-18v) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Buckland, Devon: evidence of the calendar, which includes a dedication of the abbey church of Buckland ('Boclond') on 20 April (f. 7). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724),

• 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

• Text page with decorated intial 'I'(ta), and the ownership inscription of Augustine Steward., Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (index Epistles), letters 1-52 only

(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

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) and pen-flourished initials at the beginning of the Lex gloriosi Anglorum Regis Edwardi Confessoris., Various legal texts including the Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus Regni Angliae

(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

• 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

• Pen-flourished initials, 'O'(tium), 'T(ria), 'P'(onam)., 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

• Decorated initial 'A'(bsolucio) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs at the beginning of the alphabetical index., 'Veritas theologie', a theological treatise

(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

• Puzzle initial 'H'(enricus)., Various legal texts, including Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae)

(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