• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with animal heads and figures at the beginning of Psalm 1., 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

• Decorated initial, 'Ce sunt les rentes de lesglise S. Norrice de Reins' (register of tithes, rents, and other dues of the church of St Nourrice, otherwise St Balsamia, Nurse of St Remigius, at Reims)

10). 'Ce sunt les rentes de lesglise S. Norrice de Reins' (register of tithes, rents, and other dues of the church of St Nourrice, otherwise St Balsamia, Nurse of St Remigius, at Reims) Bought by the British Museum from Tross

• Decorated line and initial 'E'., Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70)

and Harlfinger 1981.The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid at Ripon: owned in the 17th century; its inscription 'Liber Ecclesiae Collegiatae de Ripon' (ff. 1, 304v; see Wright 1972).Thomas Mangey (b. 1683/4, d. 1755), Church of England clergyman

• Puzzle initial 'U' with pen-flourishing extending into the margin at the beginning of the Statutes of Exeter Cathedral., Statutes of Exeter cathedral, from William [Warelwast, 1110 ?] to Thomas Brantingham, issued in 1387

The cathedral church of Exeter (see Wright 1972).Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian: MS. 146 in his library inventory, now Harley 7644 (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of

• Detail of historiated initial 'U' with an angel holding a book., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

Church, Canterbury (see f. 2; Gameson 1999 p. 94).Dover Priory, by 14th century: inscribed with its press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), Old English scholar and

• Astrological tables., Miscellany with astrological, alchemical and medical texts, including a verse on the four complexions from the Regimen sanitatis Salernitatem, De corio serpentis, and Tractatus de sphaera (the astronomical tables on ff. 1-15v correspond to the years 1444-1500), imperfect

correspond to the years 1444-1500), imperfect The parish church of All Saints on the Pavement, York, late 15th or early 16th century: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication of the church, 14 May (f. 4v).Samuel Knott, rector of

• Full border and initial with foliate decoration., The Fall of Princes, Books 1-9, imperfect (ff. 1-182v), preceded by a table of contents (f. 1* verso), and followed by Lydgate's 'Defence of Holy Church', imperfect (ff. 182v-183)

1-9, imperfect (ff. 1-182v), preceded by a table of contents (f. 1* verso), and followed by Lydgate's 'Defence of Holy Church', imperfect (ff. 182v-183) Receipts dated to the 30th year of reign of Henry VIII (1539-40; f. 182v), the beginning

• Coloured decorated headpiece, title in display capitals, and decorated initial 'A'., Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70)

and Harlfinger 1981.The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid at Ripon: owned in the 17th century; its inscription 'Liber Ecclesiae Collegiatae de Ripon' (ff. 1, 304v; see Wright 1972).Thomas Mangey (b. 1683/4, d. 1755), Church of England clergyman

• Pen-flourished initial 'I'(n dei nomine amen)., The Endowment and Orders of Sherington’s Chantry, founded in Saint Paul’s Church, London

Paul's Church, London. 5 large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 2, 9, 10v, 11v). Marginal notations and rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. The Endowment and Orders of Sherington’s Chantry, founded in Saint Paul’s Church,

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a queen entering a church, with an angel following behind., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

of a queen entering a church, with an angel following behind. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part II: the

• Bas-de-page scene of a group of men outside a church, one pulling a garment off of the other., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

group of men outside a church, one pulling a garment off of the other. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith defended by a king, a cardinal, bishops, and other men and women, with the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose at its walls and men and women representing vices, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 2., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

cardinal, bishops, and other men and women, with the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose at its walls and men and women representing vices, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and

• Detail of a miniature of monks singing a requiem, with the celebrant wearing spectacles, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Church mass Master of the Salisbury Breviary St Stephen Master of the Bedford Hours Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of a miniature of the wedding of Cleridius and Meliadice at the church door., Cleriadus et Meliadice, Historia Apollonii regis Tyri

wedding of Cleridius and Meliadice at the church door. Included two romances in French, the 'Cleriadus et Meliadice', probably composed in the early 1440s (ff. 1-209v), and 'Historia Apollonii regis Tyri' translated in French as 'La cronique et histoire des

• Text page., Leaf from Bracciolini's 'De infelicitate principum', cropped

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Coloured initial 'C'., Leaf from a Commentary on Psalm 70

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Coloured initial with penwork decoration., Leaf from Hrabanus's 'De Universo', Book XIII, chapters 6-10

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from a Lectionary

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith with women at the windows, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and men., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

at the windows, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and men. In two volumes, the second volume is Royal 17 F VII.Includes a list of contents (ff. 1-21v).Catchwords written

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith with an emperor and a woman at the centre window, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and one man, on the right and a crowd of attacking Jews on the left; with a full border., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

woman at the centre window, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and one man, on the right and a crowd of attacking Jews on the left; with a full