• 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

• Puzzle initial, at the beginning of Michel de Northgate's Ayenbite of Inwyt., Ayenbite of Inwyt

(f. 2) (see Montague Rhodes James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover: The Catalogues of the Libraries of Christ Church Priory and St. Augustine’s Abbey at Canterbury and of St. Martin’s Priory at Dover~ (Cambridge: University Press, 1903), no.

• Flourished initial., Ayenbite of Inwyt

(f. 2) (see Montague Rhodes James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover: The Catalogues of the Libraries of Christ Church Priory and St. Augustine’s Abbey at Canterbury and of St. Martin’s Priory at Dover~ (Cambridge: University Press, 1903), no.

• Flourished initials., Ayenbite of Inwyt

(f. 2) (see Montague Rhodes James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover: The Catalogues of the Libraries of Christ Church Priory and St. Augustine’s Abbey at Canterbury and of St. Martin’s Priory at Dover~ (Cambridge: University Press, 1903), no.

• Decorated initials., Ayenbite of Inwyt

(f. 2) (see Montague Rhodes James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover: The Catalogues of the Libraries of Christ Church Priory and St. Augustine’s Abbey at Canterbury and of St. Martin’s Priory at Dover~ (Cambridge: University Press, 1903), no.

• Decorated initial., Ayenbite of Inwyt

(f. 2) (see Montague Rhodes James, ~The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover: The Catalogues of the Libraries of Christ Church Priory and St. Augustine’s Abbey at Canterbury and of St. Martin’s Priory at Dover~ (Cambridge: University Press, 1903), no.

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Alban in the upper register, and of the martyrdom of Amphibaldus 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Detail of a miniature of the burning of the church at Tours., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

of the burning of the church at Tours. With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts of the 14th century.According to Hedeman 1991, one of nine illustrated copies made before 1350, and illuminated in

• Detail of a miniature of the Saracens plundering and profaning the church of St James (by defecating at the altar), at the beginning of chapter 10 of 'Charlemagne' book 5., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

the Saracens plundering and profaning the church of St James (by defecating at the altar), at the beginning of chapter 10 of 'Charlemagne' book 5. With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts of

• Miniature of Louis the Pious sustaining an accident on the stairway to church, and Louis giving orders to prelates., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

an accident on the stairway to church, and Louis giving orders to prelates. With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts of the 14th century.According to Hedeman 1991, one of nine illustrated copies made

• Miniature of the flight of Louis, son of Charles the Simple, and his mother, and the Normans burning a church, and Benedict appearing to Sigillophus., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

the Simple, and his mother, and the Normans burning a church, and Benedict appearing to Sigillophus. With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts of the 14th century.According to Hedeman 1991, one of nine

• Detail of a miniature of the Saracens plundering and profaning the church of St James and the punishment of the Saracens, at the beginning of chapter 10 of 'Charlemagne' book 5., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

the Saracens plundering and profaning the church of St James and the punishment of the Saracens, at the beginning of chapter 10 of 'Charlemagne' book 5. With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts

• Canon table with interlace., Gospels (The Gospels of St Cyr of Nevers or sometimes the 'Gedeon Gospels of Nevers'), with prefaces, canon tables, and list of readings (ff. 264-271v)

cathedral of St Cyr, Nevers, before 860: inscribed with six elegiac lines recording the donation of the volume to the church of St. Cry by Herimann, bishop of Nevers (c. 841-859): 'Me quicumque legis Herimanni sis memor oro/ Cuius me

• Canon table with interlace., Gospels (The Gospels of St Cyr of Nevers or sometimes the 'Gedeon Gospels of Nevers'), with prefaces, canon tables, and list of readings (ff. 264-271v)

cathedral of St Cyr, Nevers, before 860: inscribed with six elegiac lines recording the donation of the volume to the church of St. Cry by Herimann, bishop of Nevers (c. 841-859): 'Me quicumque legis Herimanni sis memor oro/ Cuius me

• Canon table with animal interlace., Gospels (The Gospels of St Cyr of Nevers or sometimes the 'Gedeon Gospels of Nevers'), with prefaces, canon tables, and list of readings (ff. 264-271v)

cathedral of St Cyr, Nevers, before 860: inscribed with six elegiac lines recording the donation of the volume to the church of St. Cry by Herimann, bishop of Nevers (c. 841-859): 'Me quicumque legis Herimanni sis memor oro/ Cuius me