• Detail of a marginal painting of two men desecrating the host, in the lower margin of the folio., 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

• 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 from the lower right-hand border of the folio: an angel with a scroll., 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 from the border at the foot of the folio: a bird of prey hovering over a duck under water; on either side are two grotesques., 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 historiated intial with a bishop in a church with the scroll text 'Per omnia secula seculorum'., Pontifical; Tabula

with a bishop in a church with the scroll text 'Per omnia secula seculorum'. Musical notation on four-line staves.ff. 1-2 are paper flyleaves; f. 249v is a paper leaf pasted onto a parchment leaf.According to Scott, made in two campaigns

• Detail of a historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with king David at prie-dieu, with harp and church in background, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

king David at prie-dieu, with harp and church in background, at the beginning of Psalm 1. Includes the Gospel of Nicodemus entitled 'Tractatus passionis Christi secundum Nichodemum' (ff. 282-286v), the Interpretation of Hebrew names (ff. 323-337v), and capitula of the

• Decorated initial 'A'(d honorem) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs at the beginning of the text., Office book of the Cathedral church of Trier ('Liber officiarius ecclesiae treverensis collegii')

in red (ff. 1, 37). Capitals marked in red. Office book of the Cathedral church of Trier ('Liber officiarius ecclesiae treverensis collegii') Made for the cathedral church of Skt. Peter in Trier, 14th century (f. 1). Effaced inscriptions (ff. 27,

• Calendar page for May, with an early addition to this calendar is the dedication of the church of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, on 17 May, suggesting that the manuscript was owned in the parish fairly soon after it was made., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Calendar page for March, with several red-letter feast-days in this calendar relate to Ely, such as that of Withburga about half-way down this page (17 March)., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of the Psalms., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus), with English explanation that the prayer can be used to deliver a woman safely from the dangers of childbirth; that it was composed by St. Peter; and that he granted to everyone that says it a year's pardon. The Latin of the prayer is written with feminine forms of words, indicating that it was intended to be read by a woman., Prayer book, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 31-32v), starting imperfectly

Some prayers in the feminine form, e.g., (f. peccatrice (f. 71v).The parish church of South Molton, in Devon: addition in the calendar of the dedication of the church (f. 5v).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724),

• Decorated initials in the calendar page for January., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Decorated initial 'D'(ilexi) at the beginning of Psalm 115., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Illuminated initial 'S'(alvum) at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Detail of a coloured drawing depicting idol worship and blood-sacrifice at the church of Calamye., Travels (index Itinerarium)

idol worship and blood-sacrifice at the church of Calamye. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical quarto shape, perhaps for travel or for carrying:

• Coloured drawings of Noah's Ark, resting on the mountain of Taneez, and the story of a monk that brought one plank down to house in a church at the foot of the mountain., Travels (index Itinerarium)

story of a monk that brought one plank down to house in a church at the foot of the mountain. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made

• Coloured initials., Benedictional, with prayers (the 'Canterbury Benedictional')

decoration. Rubrics in red. Highlighting of initials in red. Benedictional, with prayers (the 'Canterbury Benedictional') The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: evidence of the text (see Temple 1976; Pfaff 2009).Added text and musical notation (ff. 71v, 214v).The Harley Collection,

• Decorated initial 'D'., Benedictional, with prayers (the 'Canterbury Benedictional')

decoration. Rubrics in red. Highlighting of initials in red. Benedictional, with prayers (the 'Canterbury Benedictional') The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: evidence of the text (see Temple 1976; Pfaff 2009).Added text and musical notation (ff. 71v, 214v).The Harley Collection,

• Coloured initials., Benedictional, with prayers (the 'Canterbury Benedictional')

decoration. Rubrics in red. Highlighting of initials in red. Benedictional, with prayers (the 'Canterbury Benedictional') The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: evidence of the text (see Temple 1976; Pfaff 2009).Added text and musical notation (ff. 71v, 214v).The Harley Collection,

• Sir John Mandeville meditates on the Church of St. Nicholas in Bethlehem, where the Virgin Mary milked her overflowing breasts onto red marble stones., Travels (index Itinerarium)

meditates on the Church of St. Nicholas in Bethlehem, where the Virgin Mary milked her overflowing breasts onto red marble stones. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle,