• Coloured initials., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

date of the dedication of the Ludlow parish church of St. Laurence,French Psalter followed by other liturgical prayers (ff. 8-53v, 53v-59),Hours of the Virgin and of the Dead (ff. 59v-67v, 68-69v, imperfect), Richard de Fournival, Bestiary of love (ff. 70-81),

• Coloured initials., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

date of the dedication of the Ludlow parish church of St. Laurence,French Psalter followed by other liturgical prayers (ff. 8-53v, 53v-59),Hours of the Virgin and of the Dead (ff. 59v-67v, 68-69v, imperfect), Richard de Fournival, Bestiary of love (ff. 70-81),

• Detail of a pen drawing of a dragon and an elephant., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

(ff. 1-6v), which includes the date of the dedication of the Ludlow parish church of St. Laurence,French Psalter followed by other liturgical prayers (ff. 8-53v, 53v-59),Hours of the Virgin and of the Dead (ff. 59v-67v, 68-69v, imperfect), Richard de Fournival,

• The decorated initials 'KL' have been excised at the beginning of the month of September in the calendar. Note the dedication of the church of All Saints in Maldon on 24 September (possibly added)., Missal, Use of Sarum, imperfect

the month of September in the calendar. Note the dedication of the church of All Saints in Maldon on 24 September (possibly added). Musical notation. ff. 154-155 are written in a different contemporary hand, with only coloured initials. f. 155v

• Ink diagram of a left hand, inscribed with suggestions for nightly meditations., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

(ff. 1-6v), which includes the date of the dedication of the Ludlow parish church of St. Laurence,French Psalter followed by other liturgical prayers (ff. 8-53v, 53v-59),Hours of the Virgin and of the Dead (ff. 59v-67v, 68-69v, imperfect), Richard de Fournival,

• Decorated initial 'I'(n principio) with penwork decoration at the beginning of John's Gospel., Evangeliary

for Martin of Tours (f. 38v), with a sword and wheel for Catherine (f. 39v), with a church for the dedication of a church (f. 40v). Numerous large calligraphic initials in a combination of red, blue and/or black with penwork

• Miniature of the Annunciation in the upper register and of the Nativity in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Historiated miniature of Agnes Enthroned flanked by two musician angels, below (left) the saint's statue holding out its finger to receive an emerald ring from Paulinus, a priest of the church of Saint Agnes who wished to be allowed to marry, and (right) Agnes appearing to relatives maintaining a vigil besides her tomb. Historiated full-page border in colours and gold, of foliage and birds with three medallions in the lower margin containing two scenes of Agnes surviving being thrown into flames at the order of Aspasius and a male and female member of the Compagnia di Sant'Agnese kneeling in prayer. Beneath the miniature is a single four-line red stave, musical notation and a single line of text in gold capitals 'Sancta Agnese da dio'., Leaf of a Hymnal (index laudario), containing part of the hymns to Agnes and Anthony

holding out its finger to receive an emerald ring from Paulinus, a priest of the church of Saint Agnes who wished to be allowed to marry, and (right) Agnes appearing to relatives maintaining a vigil besides her tomb. Historiated full-page

• Miniature of messengers sent to the church of Saint Martin at Tours to ask for a sign of victory. They were greeted by the Psalm 'Sire thou did gird me with strength for battle . . . Thou did make my assailants sink under me', in a scene from the life of Clovis., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

sent to the church of Saint Martin at Tours to ask for a sign of victory. They were greeted by the Psalm 'Sire thou did gird me with strength for battle . . . Thou did make my assailants sink

• Detail of a miniature of messengers sent to the church of Saint Martin at Tours to ask for a sign of victory. They were greeted by the Psalm 'Sire thou did gird me with strength for battle . . . Thou did make my assailants sink under me', in a scene from the life of Clovis., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

of messengers sent to the church of Saint Martin at Tours to ask for a sign of victory. They were greeted by the Psalm 'Sire thou did gird me with strength for battle . . . Thou did make my

• Text page with line filler., Treatises on Geomancy with a table of contents (ff. 3-5)

(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

• Genealogical tree showing the descendants of Jacob., The Cloud of Unknowing, with marginal gloss

(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 initials G'(od) and 'I'(n)., The Cloud of Unknowing, with marginal gloss

(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'(usculta) with a foliate motif, in colours, at the beginning of the Benedictine Rule., Martyrology (ff. 14-132), Benedictine Rule, list of founders and benefactors, litany, imperfect at the beginning

first abbot, Rodulphe or Ralph, an Englishman (d. 1152); punctus flexus punctuation marks; the feast of the dedication of the church added in the margin (f. 116v); documents relating to the abbey (f. 204).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley

• White vine initial 'I'(n explanati) in colours and gold, with a white vine border., Sermons (index Homiliae)

I of Aragon, king of Naples (b. 1424, d. 1494): his arms (f. 10).S. Andrea [? della Valle, the mother church of the Theatines, founded in Rome in 1524]: late-16th century book stamp (entirely effaced): 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (f.

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus), at the beginning of book 9 of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

and green. Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed, 'De claustro X[risti] / cantuarie', 13th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of Henry of Eastry

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus), at the beginning of book 10 of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

and green. Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed, 'De claustro X[risti] / cantuarie', 13th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of Henry of Eastry

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith defended by a king, a cardinal, bishops, and other men and women, with the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose at its walls and men and women representing vices, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 2., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

cardinal, bishops, and other men and women, with the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose at its walls and men and women representing vices, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and

• Detail of a miniature of monks singing a requiem, with the celebrant wearing spectacles, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Church mass Master of the Salisbury Breviary St Stephen Master of the Bedford Hours Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of a drawing of an author portrait of Aldhelm., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

Ehfridus, with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Aldhelm Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)