• Calendar page for December., Martyrology for the use of Norwich, with calendar (ff. 4-9v)

Small initials in red or blue. Martyrology for the use of Norwich, with calendar (ff. 4-9v) The dedication of a church at Norwich is entered into the calendar on 24 September 'dedicatio ecclesiae Norwit' (f. 8).Addition of the translation of

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop celebrating mass inside a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

a bishop celebrating mass inside a church. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part II: the Calendarium illuminated and added

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop by a church, along with the Virgin Mary and an angel., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

of a bishop by a church, along with the Virgin Mary and an angel. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of the Virgin Mary and an angel leading a monk into church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

Mary and an angel leading a monk into church. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part II: the Calendarium illuminated

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of the Virgin Mary leading a bishop and woman away from a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

Mary leading a bishop and woman away from a church. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part II: the Calendarium

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two men beating another near a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

two men beating another near a church. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part II: the Calendarium illuminated and added

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two monks, one in the doorway of a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

monks, one in the doorway of a church. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part II: the Calendarium illuminated and

• Detail of a miniature of an abbot and three monks in a church, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 16., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

abbot and three monks in a church, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 16. Illuminated by the artist of Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 830, a Missal for Paris use, and Giessen, Universitatsbibliothek 945, Justinian's Codex in French,

• Detail of a miniature of clerics before a bishop and an altar, illustrating the clerics asking permission to leave their church or canon community and move to a monastery, at the beginning of causa 19., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

an altar, illustrating the clerics asking permission to leave their church or canon community and move to a monastery, at the beginning of causa 19. Illuminated by the artist of Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 830, a Missal for Paris use, and

• Beginning of the genealogy text, with the beginning of a genealogical tree., Miscellany including works on heraldry and genealogy, a bestiary and book of birds, historical annals of St David's and Llandaff, an English translation of Christine de Pisan's the Epistle of Othea to Hector (Epistre de Othea) (ff. 67-91v), and the Prophecy of Merlin (ff. 92-93v)

(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

• Detail of a folio with a version of the Lord's prayer in English., Theological works in prose and verse including The Lay Folks' Mass Book and Speculum Mundi

Lord's prayer in English. Northern dialect features include 'kirc' for church (f. 100) and 'þo' for þe throughout. The middle English verses in this manuscript catalogued by Boffey and Edwards (2005) are as follows, with reference numbers:190/2: 'All hyt is

• Coloured initials 'Th'(is), 'I'(n), 'O'(mnipotens)., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

Thomas Herbert, the 8th earl in 1695 (see also Wright 1972).George Hickes (b. 1642, d. 1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary: inscribed, 'Liber Georgii Hickesii S.T.P.' (f. 1); letter in his hand to Humfrey Wanley recording

• Coloured initials 'T'(his) and 'C'(unctorum)., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

Thomas Herbert, the 8th earl in 1695 (see also Wright 1972).George Hickes (b. 1642, d. 1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary: inscribed, 'Liber Georgii Hickesii S.T.P.' (f. 1); letter in his hand to Humfrey Wanley recording

• Text page with blank spaces left for initials., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

Thomas Herbert, the 8th earl in 1695 (see also Wright 1972).George Hickes (b. 1642, d. 1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary: inscribed, 'Liber Georgii Hickesii S.T.P.' (f. 1); letter in his hand to Humfrey Wanley recording

• Coloured initials, including 'H'(ec) at the beginning of the cirograph., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

Thomas Herbert, the 8th earl in 1695 (see also Wright 1972).George Hickes (b. 1642, d. 1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary: inscribed, 'Liber Georgii Hickesii S.T.P.' (f. 1); letter in his hand to Humfrey Wanley recording

• Coloured initials 'T'(his) and 'I'(n)., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

Thomas Herbert, the 8th earl in 1695 (see also Wright 1972).George Hickes (b. 1642, d. 1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary: inscribed, 'Liber Georgii Hickesii S.T.P.' (f. 1); letter in his hand to Humfrey Wanley recording

• Coloured initial 'I'(n)., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

Thomas Herbert, the 8th earl in 1695 (see also Wright 1972).George Hickes (b. 1642, d. 1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary: inscribed, 'Liber Georgii Hickesii S.T.P.' (f. 1); letter in his hand to Humfrey Wanley recording

• Two puzzle initials 'P'(rimum) and 'T'(riplex) for the prologue to and at the beginning of Hugh of Saint-Victor's 'Isagoge'., Theological miscellany including ~Isagoge~

Worcester and theologian; his manuscript no. 157 (see Coates 1999, p. 159). 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,

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Genesis, with the scenes of Creation in roundels and God in pointed squares, foliate motifs and grotesques, followed by display script., Bible, Old Testament (Genesis - 2 Maccabees), imperfect

name and a ?price (strip of parchment pasted on f. [iii], f. [iv] verso). John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• null, Historia adversus paganos

blue, occasionally with human faces (e.g., f. 57v). Historia adversus paganos The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire (founded c. 1122): the main scribe (ff. 5-88v) also wrote Additional 38817, ff. 5-91v, from Kirkham, and