• Illluminated initial 'A'( multis) with a partial foliate bar border., Miscellany including William of Malmesbury's De dictis et factis memorabilibus philosophorum (Polyhistor) (ff. 3- 40v), Cassiodorus' De orthographia (ff. 41-52), Marbod's Lapidarium, with gloss (ff. 106-123), Priscianus' Solutiones ad Chosroem [regem Persarum] (ff. 139v-160v), Nemesius' De natura hominis (ff. 168-196), Albericus' Flores Rhetorici (ff. 196-206), John of Salisbury's De septem septenis (ff. 206v-215v), Joachim of Fiore's Praephatio super Apocalypsim (ff. 216-224), imperfect; De praesagiis tempestatum (f. 224r-v), imperfect

233).Added ?price, 14th or 15th century (f. 232v). Emmanuel College, Cambridge (see Wright 1972).Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): inscribed 'Tho: Baker' (f.

• Puzzle initial 'T'(he) with pen-flourishing extending into the margins to form a partial border., Common-profit book (or book for general good) of Robert Holond, including the Treatise of Discretion of Spirits (ff. 24-37v), 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

• Puzzle initial 'L'(a purveiance) with pen-flourishing forming a three-sided border including foliate motifs and a dragon, at the beginning of the prologue to the Livre de Sydrac., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac)(ff. 1-140); Edmund's 'Mireour de seinte eglise' (index Speculum ecclesiae; Miroir de sainte eglise; Mirror of the church)(ff. 141-156); a short text in Latin attributed to Ambrose (f. 156); La vie nostre dame seinte marie' (f. 156); Robert Grosseteste's Commencement du monde (ff. 156-168)

Puzzle initial 'L'(a purveiance) with pen-flourishing forming a three-sided border including foliate motifs and a dragon, at the beginning of the prologue to the Livre de Sydrac. f. 1* is a parchment fragment, probably from a 14th-century charter, written

• Decorated initial 'C'(onverte) with acanthus leaves combined with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Compline of the Virgin., Book of Hours, for the use of Sarum, imperfect

or 16th century: inscribed with his name (ff. 108v, 120v, 129v).George Hickes (b. 1642, d. 1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary: faint pencil inscription (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d.

• Headpiece with geometric decoration., Liturgical miscellany, including Office for the dedication of a church (ff. 121-140v), and lists of bishoprics and archbishoprics (ff. 223-241), and of Jewish and Ellenistic kings, Roman Emperors and Christian Emperors to Leo VI (ff. 255-258)

137). Decorated and plain initials, titles, rubrics and line-fillers in red Liturgical miscellany, including Office for the dedication of a church (ff. 121-140v), and lists of bishoprics and archbishoprics (ff. 223-241), and of Jewish and Ellenistic kings, Roman Emperors and

• Initials with pen-flourishing., Various texts including Ashendon's Summa de accidentibus mundi (ff. 1-98v)

in red with dark blue pen-flourishing (almost black), and line-fillers in red and blue. John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: these three manuscripts were sold as a separate volumes to Edward Harley with the

• Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uoniam) at the beginning of the Breviloquium de virtutibus antiquorum principum et philosophorum of John Waleys., Theological treaties and sermons

(ff. 126-135v), Jerome, 'De essentia Dei', entitled here 'Tractatus de membris domini' (ff. 135v-140), Alexander of Canterbury, monk of Christ Church, 'Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi', entitled here 'Libellus beati Anselmi…de quatuordecim partibus beatitudinum' (ff. 140-147), Hugh of St Victor,

• Litany of saints framed by arches decorated with animals, human figures, and coloured interlace patterns; with a seated queen (the Virgin Mary?) in the upper left., Psalter, with litany and additional prayers and canticles

in red, and display script in colours. Rubrics in red. Psalter, with litany and additional prayers and canticles ?The cathedral church of Augsburg [see Wright 1972].Added 12th-century prayers (with later initials?) to St. Francis and St. Anthony Confessoris (f. 1v).Added