• Detail of border with device of 'Solomon's knot' supported by an eagle., De evangelica praeparatione

verso]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273; Bollati 2004, p. 648).Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp: 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (ff. 2, 5).The Harley Collection, formed

• Detail of faceted initial 'N'(unc)., De evangelica praeparatione

verso]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273; Bollati 2004, p. 648).Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp: 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (ff. 2, 5).The Harley Collection, formed

• Detail of faceted initial 'N'(unc) with Hercules and serpents., De evangelica praeparatione

verso]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273; Bollati 2004, p. 648).Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp: 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (ff. 2, 5).The Harley Collection, formed

• Detail of the colophon with the motto of the 'Omnium rerum' scribe: 'Omnium rerum vicissitudo est'., De evangelica praeparatione

verso]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273; Bollati 2004, p. 648).Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp: 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (ff. 2, 5).The Harley Collection, formed

• Canon table., Gospels (The Gospels of St Cyr of Nevers or sometimes the 'Gedeon Gospels of Nevers'), with prefaces, canon tables, and list of readings (ff. 264-271v)

cathedral of St Cyr, Nevers, before 860: inscribed with six elegiac lines recording the donation of the volume to the church of St. Cry by Herimann, bishop of Nevers (c. 841-859): 'Me quicumque legis Herimanni sis memor oro/ Cuius me

• Illuminated initial 'U'(rbis) and border, on the first page of the text., Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff. 180-181)

la maison professe des jesuites a paris’ (f. 1v), therefore not in their 1764 sale.Samuel Pegge (b. 1704, d. 1796), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; his sale, 29 March 1798, lot 2074.Inscribed in ink with a price(?)-code ‘cmino’ (or

• null, Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff. 180-181)

la maison professe des jesuites a paris’ (f. 1v), therefore not in their 1764 sale.Samuel Pegge (b. 1704, d. 1796), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; his sale, 29 March 1798, lot 2074.Inscribed in ink with a price(?)-code ‘cmino’ (or

• null, Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff. 180-181)

la maison professe des jesuites a paris’ (f. 1v), therefore not in their 1764 sale.Samuel Pegge (b. 1704, d. 1796), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; his sale, 29 March 1798, lot 2074.Inscribed in ink with a price(?)-code ‘cmino’ (or

• Detail of the colophon: 'Anno dominicae incarnationis M^o^CCCC^o^LXX^o^ & vii^a^ decembris opus hoc consumatum est: die autum veneris summo mane. Laus & gloria sit omnipotenti yhu xpo per infinita secula'., Lives

inscribed, 'card(...ale)' , half erased (f. 1v) (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 272).Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp (almost entirely effaced): 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (f. 3).John Wright,

• Detail of faceted initial 'D'(e) with a pair of dolphins, and, in the border, a lioness seizing a ram and the arms and mottos of Aragon: BIEN ELIR and SUST[I]NIRE., De Antiquitates Judaicae and Vetustate Judaica

'card(enale)', half erased (f.[ii]), (see de la Mare, 1984, p. 273). Rome S. Andrea [? della Valle, Rome, the mother church of the Theatines, founded 1524]: late-16th century book stamp (almost entirely effaced): 'BIBLIOTECAE S. ANDREAE ROMAE' (f. 1)John Wright,

• Miniature of Job on the dungheap, at the beginning of the Vigil of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Lyon, imperfect

Gregory, the Five Joys of the Virgin, the Seven verses of Bernard, the Ten Commandments and Five Commandments of the Church in French, the Hours of the Conception (ff. 151-154), the Hours of Barbara (ff. 154-156), a prayer in French

• 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

• The acts of Thomas Chyllyndene, prior of Christ Church who died in 1411, with a space for an initial., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis

Chyllyndene, prior of Christ Church who died in 1411, with a space for an initial. 1 large decorated initial, incorporating arms, developing a three-sided foliate border (f. 61). 1 large decorated initial, incorporating arms (f. 4). 1 smaller decorated initial,

• Decorated initial with the heraldic arms of a 'gold stone' of Thomas Goldstone and partial border at the beginning of his acts, with a bishop's mitre in the margin. Goldstone was a prior of Christ Church in the early sixteenth century., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis

a prior of Christ Church in the early sixteenth century. 1 large decorated initial, incorporating arms, and a partial foliate border with scrolls (f. 65). Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard

• Drawing of a standing Father of the Greek church, and decorated initials., Hymns and prayers, preceded by extracts from the Fathers, and followed by other prayers, imperfect

Father of the Greek church, and decorated initials. 4 drawings in pen with colour washes of standing Fathers, three holding scrolls (ff. 13, 18v, 20, 21v). 7 simple headpieces in brown, with some penwork decoration, one with a cross (f.

• Obits for several days in the month of January, written in several 15th-century hands in different periods., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis

for illuminated initials left empty (ff. 58, 59, 72). Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d.

• Lists of the dead (the 'necrology') for the month of September, with the names of bishops, clergy, noble patrons, and members of the community., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis

for illuminated initials left empty (ff. 58, 59, 72). Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d.

• Illuminated initial and three-sided border with the heraldic arms of Johanna de Mohun, a benefactor of Christ Church who died in 1405(?), at the beginning of the account of her life., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis

arms of Johanna de Mohun, a benefactor of Christ Church who died in 1405(?), at the beginning of the account of her life. 1 large decorated initial, incorporating arms, developing a three-sided foliate border (f. 61). 1 large decorated initial,

• Drawing of John Chrysostom, a fFather of the Greek church, and decorated initials., Hymns and prayers, preceded by extracts from the Fathers, and followed by other prayers, imperfect

a fFather of the Greek church, and decorated initials. 4 drawings in pen with colour washes of standing Fathers, three holding scrolls (ff. 13, 18v, 20, 21v). 7 simple headpieces in brown, with some penwork decoration, one with a cross

• 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