• Decorated initials 'E'(dwardus) and 'C'(es)., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus 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

• Pen-flourished 'L'(audate) and musical notation., Ritual, Ambrosian use, including a prayer for the duke of Milan and count of Pavia (ff. 42r-v, 48v) and one for the congregation of St Innocent (f. 48v), imperfect

for a congregation in the diocese of Milan, possibly the Congregazione dei Raccomandati di S. Maria di Pavia at the Church of S. Innocenzo in Colleri (Pavia), as suggested by a prayer for 'i nostri fradeli de sancto Innocentio' (f.

• Puzzle initial 'C'(ome Hugh le dispenser) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Edward III's statutes., Various legal texts including Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III (r. 1327-1377) to 6 Henry VI (r. 1422-1461), 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

• Decorated initial 'S'([an]c[t]a) with penwork decoration at the beginning of a prayer to Mary Magdalen., Prayer book, including verse (imperfect)

carmen’ (f. 71v)ff. 61-64 is a quire with later additions (see Provenance).Unfinished.Musical notation: Anglo-Saxon neumes (with ~litterae significativae~), England (Christ Church - Canterbury), (ff. 37, 71v, 133); late neumes on four-line brown staves, England, second half of the 12th century

• Genealogical diagram of English monarchs., 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

• Decorated initial 'D'(eum) with pen-flourishing in book 1., Theological miscellany entitled 'Compendium theologicae veritatis'

(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 'G'(audeamus)with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering., Masses

the 14th-15th-century, are written in many different English hands, and do not contain any illumination.John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other

• Historiated initial 'C'(es) with a lawyer speaking to an assembly, combined with a partial bar border with ivy., Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), 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

• Historiated initial 'E' of the Virgin and Child, combined with a partial bar border with ivy., Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), 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

• Text page with a description of the author's mistress, and complaints about her cruelty., Various texts including secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)

may have belonged to the priory, see Ker 1964).Added medical recipe, 16th century (f. 141v).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

• A song about the good effects of the spring; a song about Isomen; a ditty in which the poet repents of his former sinful life., Various texts including secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)

may have belonged to the priory, see Ker 1964).Added medical recipe, 16th century (f. 141v).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

• Text page, with 24 lines of verse to the Virgin Mary, 'Mayden Moder Milde,' and 9 opening lines of the Gesta of King Horn., Various texts including secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)

may have belonged to the priory, see Ker 1964).Added medical recipe, 16th century (f. 141v).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

• Detail of a juggler, representing the third musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

a tonary (a collection of chant melodies) The cathedral of Saint-Etienne,Toulouse: privileges granted to, and gradual for use of this church (ff. 119-301); document from Ildefonsus, count of Touluse (dated 1128), addressed to Amalius, bishop of Tolouse (1105 to 1140)

• Detail of a juggler, representing the third musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

a tonary (a collection of chant melodies) The cathedral of Saint-Etienne,Toulouse: privileges granted to, and gradual for use of this church (ff. 119-301); document from Ildefonsus, count of Touluse (dated 1128), addressed to Amalius, bishop of Tolouse (1105 to 1140)

• Miniature of a man holding a set of bells, representing the fourth musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

a tonary (a collection of chant melodies) The cathedral of Saint-Etienne,Toulouse: privileges granted to, and gradual for use of this church (ff. 119-301); document from Ildefonsus, count of Touluse (dated 1128), addressed to Amalius, bishop of Tolouse (1105 to 1140)

• Detail of a man holding a set of bells, representing the fourth musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

a tonary (a collection of chant melodies) The cathedral of Saint-Etienne,Toulouse: privileges granted to, and gradual for use of this church (ff. 119-301); document from Ildefonsus, count of Touluse (dated 1128), addressed to Amalius, bishop of Tolouse (1105 to 1140)

• Miniature of the Visitiation shown as taking place in Florence, in front of the church of San Giovannino, with the Medici Palace on the right and a view up the Via Gori in the background, and full all'antica borders, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours ('The Hours of Laudomia de' Medici')

place in Florence, in front of the church of San Giovannino, with the Medici Palace on the right and a view up the Via Gori in the background, and full all'antica borders, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours

• Historiated initial 'B'(ritannia) with armed figures in a boat?, and a full border, at the beginning of Gaufridus Monemutensis's Historia Britonum., Miscellany of mostly historical texts

Eastern from 1368 onwards; the quire with the calendar (ff. 307-314) is perhaps a later addition. History of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Norwich is recorded in detail.In the calendar is added 'Petrus Bovyll obiit 1516' (f. 313v).Unidentified

• Historiated initial 'B'(ritannia) with armed figures in a boat?, at the beginning of Gaufridus Monemutensis's Historia Britonum., Miscellany of mostly historical texts

Eastern from 1368 onwards; the quire with the calendar (ff. 307-314) is perhaps a later addition. History of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Norwich is recorded in detail.In the calendar is added 'Petrus Bovyll obiit 1516' (f. 313v).Unidentified

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with the Virgin and John the Evangelist, at the beginning of the Te igitur in a Missal., Missal

147. Missal The cathedral of St. Kylian, Würzburg, between 1443 and 1455: the calendar includes the dedication of the old church of Würzburg (26 July), in black, and the feasts of Kylian, its octave (8 and 15 July), and the