• Decorated initial 'M'(agnus) at the beginning of book 1 of Augustine's Confessiones., Confessiones (index Confessions)

Duodecimo Die Decembris Anno Jesu Christi 1687' (f. 1); his seal with the inscription 'Edw[ard] Chamberlayne 1688' ([f. iv verso]). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): his sale conducted by Daniel Browne,

• Display script with penwork decoration and reserved lines., Epistolae

Display script with penwork decoration and reserved lines. According to the incipit on f*v this is the 2nd part 'Incipit secunda pars epistolarum aurelii augustini yponiensis episcopi'. Quire marks. Catchwords (added by later medieval hand). Text block on ff.

• Dedtail of display script with penwork decoration and reserved lines., Epistolae

Dedtail of display script with penwork decoration and reserved lines. According to the incipit on f*v this is the 2nd part 'Incipit secunda pars epistolarum aurelii augustini yponiensis episcopi'. Quire marks. Catchwords (added by later medieval hand). Text block

• Detail of decorated initial 'H'(abens) with reserved lines, arabesque and foliate motifs., Epistolae

Detail of decorated initial 'H'(abens) with reserved lines, arabesque and foliate motifs. According to the incipit on f*v this is the 2nd part 'Incipit secunda pars epistolarum aurelii augustini yponiensis episcopi'. Quire marks. Catchwords (added by later medieval hand).

• Detail of decorated initial 'A'(ugustinus) with reserved lines, arabesque and foliate motifs., Epistolae

Detail of decorated initial 'A'(ugustinus) with reserved lines, arabesque and foliate motifs. According to the incipit on f*v this is the 2nd part 'Incipit secunda pars epistolarum aurelii augustini yponiensis episcopi'. Quire marks. Catchwords (added by later medieval hand).

• Detail of display script with reserved lines., Epistolae

Detail of display script with reserved lines. According to the incipit on f*v this is the 2nd part 'Incipit secunda pars epistolarum aurelii augustini yponiensis episcopi'. Quire marks. Catchwords (added by later medieval hand). Text block on ff. 64-79

• Puzzle initial 'I'(gitur) with penwork decoration, followed by display script, at the beginning of Sulpicius Severus' 'Vita Martini Turonensis'., Texts on the life, miracles and translation of St Martin of Tours and one text on his successor St Brice

his gift to the priory: inscribed 'Ex presente f. Joannis Vimmerij' (f. 1); press-mark 'T. 15' (f. 1, on erasure?). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): his sale conducted by Daniel Browne,

• Initial 'I'(gitur) with a reserved design and penwork decoration., Miscellaneous texts including the Life of St Norbert; Expositio in Regulam S. Augustini; De xii abusionibus claustri

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 666: 'De Jejuniis & Incrementis Praemonstratensium, de Noberto &c.'). John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of Bury, county Lancashire, antiquary and herald, Somerset Herald in 1720; acquired for the

• White vine initial 'N'(el) and full border at the beginning of the text., Trionfi (index Triumphs)

White vine initial 'N'(el) and full border at the beginning of the text. Catchwords.This manuscript was made in Florence or Rome c. 1440-c. 1450, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

• Decorated initial 'I'(gnorancia) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Constituciones Cantuariense provinciae

Smyth, ?16th century: inscribed several times with his name 'Antony Smyth of comitate wyth' (f. 1*; see also f. 100).Inscribed 'John', ?16th century (f. 103v).Added texts and pen-trials, 16th century (ff. 100v-101, 102v-103).Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter

• Large initial 'H'(umano) with foliate decoration, flowers and besants and, in the lower margin, wreath enclosing unidentified arms, also surrounded by foliate decoration and flowers, Ars poetica (ff. 1-10); Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 10v-52v); Epistulae (ff. 53-83v)

Large initial 'H'(umano) with foliate decoration, flowers and besants and, in the lower margin, wreath enclosing unidentified arms, also surrounded by foliate decoration and flowers Inscribed in the scribe's hand 'S. Jacobi Luce olim Iacobi de meliorellis not[...] (f.

• Canon table., Bible, from Proverbs to Revelation, vol. 2

Canon table. Volume 1 is Harley 2833. Quire marks (Roman numerals on the verso of the last leaf of the quire).The lower margin of f. 217 has been excised. Canon tables framed by arches preceding the Gospels (ff. 139-140).

• Coloured initial 'Q'(uib) with penwork decoration including a face., Vita S. Gregorii Papae; Versus S. Gregorii

(a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Coloured initial John the Deacon (index: Johannis Levitae, Hymonides) England

• Decorated initial at the beginning of the prayer against poison., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

Decorated initial at the beginning of the prayer against poison. One of a group of Southumbrian prayerbooks of the "Tiberius" group, the others being Harley 7653, and Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Ll.1.10 (Book of Cerne). All, except Cerne,

• Decorated initial at the beginning of the Lorica of Laidcenn., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

Decorated initial at the beginning of the Lorica of Laidcenn. One of a group of Southumbrian prayerbooks of the "Tiberius" group, the others being Harley 7653, and Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Ll.1.10 (Book of Cerne). All, except Cerne,

• Text pages with rubrics and initials with colour wash., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

Text pages with rubrics and initials with colour wash. One of a group of Southumbrian prayerbooks of the "Tiberius" group, the others being Harley 7653, and Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Ll.1.10 (Book of Cerne). All, except Cerne, exhibit

• Miniature of Emperor Constantine the Great., Chronicle of the Byzantine emperors, beginning with Constantine the Great (ff. 3-492); Last vision of Daniel (f. 494-496v)

Miniature of Emperor Constantine the Great. Watermark of an anchor similar to Charles M. Briquet, ~Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire historique des marques du papier dès leur apparition vers 1282 jusqu'en 1600, A Facsimile of the 1907 edition with supplementary material~,

• Illuminated initial 'M'(ecenas) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Horace's Odes, with the cipher of Jean Lebègue in the lower right-hand corner., Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

Illuminated initial 'M'(ecenas) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Horace's Odes, with the cipher of Jean Lebègue in the lower right-hand corner. ff. 6, 17, 19-20, 23-4, 31, 38-9, 41, 55-8, 70, 86-7 have been replaced by leaves

• Illuminated initial 'H'(umano) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Horace's Ars poetica., Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

Illuminated initial 'H'(umano) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Horace's Ars poetica. ff. 6, 17, 19-20, 23-4, 31, 38-9, 41, 55-8, 70, 86-7 have been replaced by leaves written in bastard secretary script, and ff. 83, 99-100, 102-3,

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6