• 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,

• 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

• 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)

• Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with king Edward I at the beginning of the Magna Carta., Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), including the Magna Carta, etc., imperfect

(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

• ~Bas-de-page~ of the Nativity, with a Dominican friar kneeling in the foreground and the Shepherds in the background (middle miniature)., Cutting from a Dominican manuscript

a Dominican friar kneeling in the foreground and the Shepherds in the background. Cutting from a Dominican manuscript ?A Dominican church, possibly San Domenico in Bologna: kneeling Dominican friars in the present cutting and those formerly in the Holford Collection

• Decorated foliate initial 'A'(dventus) at the beginning of Florus's Epitome bellorum, and foliate border with heraldic arms., Epitome bellorum omnium annorum DCC

Decorated foliate initial 'A'(dventus) at the beginning of Florus's Epitome bellorum, and foliate border with heraldic arms. 1 large foliate initial in colours on a burnished punched gold ground (f. 1, perhaps 19th-century ?), with a three-sided border incorporating

• The ownership inscription of John Clerk, grocer and apocetharius of King Edward IV, and warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475. The apocetharius of the royal household was the official responsible for preserved fruits and condiments., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

responsible for preserved fruits and condiments. Contents:Calendar (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

• Coloured initials in the litany. Each column on this page has the saint's name to the left, followed by a space and an abbreviation of the word 'priez' (pray [for me]), with a hybrid creature in the lower right margin., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

creature in the lower right margin. Contents:Calendar (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

• Ink drawings of a huntsman and his dog chasing a female ape: the ape carries one child on her back, and the other on her front, and a mermaid and a ship in the sea., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

and a ship in the sea. Contents:Calendar (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

• Text page with an initial 'N'(ovum), at the beginning of the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Text page., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Text page., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Text page., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Decorated initial 'G'(enerationem), at the beginning of the list of capitula., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Text page., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Text page., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Decorated initial 'P'(ridu), at the beginning of a table of festivals., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Canon Tables., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols