• The Cartulary beginning with the year 701 in which the abbey was founded. Aethelred, son of Penda and king of Mercia, supports Ecgwine in his efforts to dedicate an abbey to the Virgin Mary. Following entries tell of further royal support from King Kenred of Mercia., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

of further royal support from King Kenred of Mercia. The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and papers relating to churches, pensions and other matters, mainly

• Historiated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon., Excerpts from the Textus Roffensis (facsimile on parchment)

of king Ethelbert's charter of the foundation or endowment of the church of Rochester; bearing the date 4 kal. Maias, indictione 7 (see Harley Catalogue). 1 large hisitoriated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon. Display script in various colours

• Arms of Robert Steward (d. 1557), prior and dean of the Benedictine cathedral priory of Ely; inscribed, 'Arma d[omi]ni Roberti Steward prioris Elien[sis]'., Philomela

(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 'V'(erbum) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Verbum abbreviatum

red ink. Verbum abbreviatum ?Willelmus Dambroke (?Sambroke), 16th century: inscribed with his name (f. 115v).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

• Puzzle initial 'A'(bsolucio)., Rosarium theologiae (Theological dictionary) (index Dictionarium theologicum locorum communium)

161v).Joseph Bentley: his name inscribed in the 16th or 17th century (f. 1v). Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): title written in his

• Partial bar border with puzzle initial 'Q'(uod vides, scribe)., Commentary on Revelation, imperfect at the end

in red. Paraphs in red or blue. Commentary on Revelation, imperfect at the end 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

• Decorated line and initials., Letters, including a Commentary on Hosea (ff. 147-154)

and Italian added by a 17th-century Italian hand (ff. 1*, 103).Unidentified heraldic bookstamp (f. 1).Conyers Middleton (b. 1683, d. 1750), Church of England clergyman and author, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1706, head librarian of the University Library at

• Puzzle initial 'S' from a bifolium used as a flyleaf., Fragment used as flyleaves of portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law

portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law William Darell (d. in or after 1580), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: inscribed 'William Darell (f. 196v); see also Peter Sherlock, ‘Darell, William (d. in or

• Decorated initial 'L'(apides)., Breviary, Ambrosian use

son of the late Messer Antonio degli Uberti of Margno in Valsasina, for 22 years a beneficed priest of the church of Santa Maria at Valtorta, and 'healthy in body though because of human frailty now deficient in natural heat,

• Puzzle initial 'A'(braham) at the beginning of the Tabula super methodo fulgentii., Tabula super methodo fulgentii, Gesta Romanorum (index Deeds of the Romans), Liber de vitiis, various sermons

librario sancti Augustini ex Cantuariensis' (f. 1*v); 'liber de librario s[anc]ti Augusti[ni] Cant[uariensis].' (f. 2).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 is a compilation of royal and papal charters., A compilation of papal and royal charters (ff. 95-149v), followed by papers and memoranda relating to churches and pensions (ff. 150-198v)

The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and papers relating to churches, pensions and other matters, mainly contemporary to Abbot William de Chiriton (1316–44) (ff. 45-57);-

• Illuminated initial 'A'(ctum) with a partial bar border, at the beginning of book 10., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

fish (ff. 333, 420v). Commentary on Unum ex quatuor John Leyre, rector of Great Doddington, Northans (1377-81), presented to the church of Doddington, in the diocese of Lincoln in 1367 and mentioned as a parson of 'Great Dodyngton' in 1370

• Text page., Polychronicon with other historical works

Added drawing of a foliate initial in sepia 14th/15th century (f. 111).Added table of contents, 15th century (f. 2v). The church of St Peter-upon-Cornhill, London: inscribed 'Liber ecclesie Sancti / Petri sup[er] cornehill', 15th century (ff. 1v, 2v).The Old Royal

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost), with a partial bar border., Polychronicon with other historical works

Added drawing of a foliate initial in sepia 14th/15th century (f. 111).Added table of contents, 15th century (f. 2v). The church of St Peter-upon-Cornhill, London: inscribed 'Liber ecclesie Sancti / Petri sup[er] cornehill', 15th century (ff. 1v, 2v).The Old Royal

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uinta), at the beginning of book 3 of the Polychronicon., Polychronicon with other historical works

Added drawing of a foliate initial in sepia 14th/15th century (f. 111).Added table of contents, 15th century (f. 2v). The church of St Peter-upon-Cornhill, London: inscribed 'Liber ecclesie Sancti / Petri sup[er] cornehill', 15th century (ff. 1v, 2v).The Old Royal

• Detail of a miniature of the enthroned Virgin with All Saints. To the left the kneeling figures are presumably Lord Lovell and his wife, although they do not have any heraldic emblems on their clothes to identify them with certainty; he holds a scroll which reads 'Pray for us, all saints of God'., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Detail of a genealogy of the Holland family., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Detail of an historiated initial of Caesar Augustus issuing an edict, with courtiers, at the beginning of the reading for Christmas with a passage from the gospel of Luke (2:1-14): 'And it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled . . .'. The borders include heraldry, angels, a half-naked king, birds, and a dragon., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Detail of a miniature of the Adoration of the Shepherds and George and the dragon., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum

• Detail of a miniature of the Annunciation to Joseph., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

and livery badge of a padlock throughout, identified in a 17th-century hand. Glastonbury Abbey: added arms (f. 10).? The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: found and acquired by Hollard (inscription cited below).Joseph Hollard, of the Inner Temple: inscription 'Manuscriptum