• Decorated initial 'A'(nd) with pen-flourishing and cadels in chapter 22 of the ~Life of Our Lady~., Various texts including Lydgate's Life of Our Lady, a calendar with mnemonic verses, and culinary recipes (imperfect); the Mappula angliae of Osbern Bokenham (ff. 144-163)

?' and other partly erased inscriptions, ?16th century (f. 182).Illegible signature, ?16th century (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

• Coloured initial 'F'(or) at the beginning of Mappula Anglie. Line filler, table of contents, and incipits in red., Various texts including Lydgate's Life of Our Lady, a calendar with mnemonic verses, and culinary recipes (imperfect); the Mappula angliae of Osbern Bokenham (ff. 144-163)

?' and other partly erased inscriptions, ?16th century (f. 182).Illegible signature, ?16th century (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

• Puzzle initial 'C'(um) and smaller initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Summa de vitiis et virtutibus

(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'(eritatis)., Compendium of theological truths (index Compendium theologice veritatis)

d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (f. 1v) (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., Welsh Laws, in Latin translation

Dafydd Rhys, John Davies) (b. 1534, d. 1609?), physician and grammarian: owned after August 1660.William Nicolson (b. 1655, d. 1727), Church of Ireland bishop of Derry and antiquary: given by him to the Harleian collection on 1 May 1713 as

• Headpiece with geometric decoration and title inscribed in display capitals, and coloured initial 'M'., Psalter

and headpiece in red (ff. 79, 166). Decorated initials and rubrics in red. Psalter 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

• Decorated initial 'C'., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Miniature of the Pentecost., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D'., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Miniature of the Assumption of the Virgin., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Text page with manumissions in Latin and Old English., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Text page with decorated initial 'N'(ovum) and manumissions in lower margin., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Text page with manumissions in lower margin., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Canon tables., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Canon tables., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Decorated initials 'IN' with 'I' forming interlace pattern border at the beginning of Mark's gospel., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Text page with a sketch of a man's head in profile in the margin., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• A frame with five roundels and interlace panels, probably intended for a 'Christ in Majesty' miniature., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Text page with manumissions in Old English and Latin., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Historiated initial 'A'(d) at the beginning of the hymn based on a psalm verse for the first Sunday in Advent, with a kneeling layman looking up to the radiant face of God, and a direction to the artist or note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of