• Pen drawings illustrating Psalm 125, with a decorated initial 'Q'(ui confidunt in Domino) and a decorated initial 'I'(n convertendo Dominus)., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• Pen drawings illustrating Psalms 126 and 127., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• Detail of a pen drawing illustrating Psalm 131., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• Detail of a pen drawing illustrating Psalm 133., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• Pen drawing illustrating Psalm 136., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• Pen drawings illustrating Psalms 13 and 14., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• Decorated initial 'G'(lorisissimo), the ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of Saint Pater, Gloucester, and the Old Royal press-mark 'no. 965'., Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, with preface and tables of chapters, imperfect at the end

in fainter ink, the note 'per Richard Hauley abbatem' (of Gloucester, 1457-1472).f. 225, reused as a flyleaf, is a folio from a thirteenth-century manuscript of the Historia Scholastica of Petrus Comestor. Added pen drawing of a chalice or urn in

• Text page., De emendatione vitae (ff. 2-26v, begins imperfectly); Treatise in nine chapters (ff. 27-47v, begins imperfectly); De cognitione verae vitae (ff. 47v-76v); Dialogus inter quandum vere penetentem et suum bonum angelum (ff. 77-81)

books at Evans's on 18 February, 1833, and published a detailed catalogue of the manuscripts in 1835. According to Frederic Madden's annotations in the Department of Manuscripts copies of the catalogues, the manuscripts were bought by the booksellers Baynes &

• null, Lives of martyrs celebrated from 4 to 31 December (continues in Burney 44, volume 2)

with foliate shapes. Small red or gold initials. Lives of martyrs celebrated from 4 to 31 December (continues in Burney 44, volume 2) Written for Ioasaph, abbot of the monastery of our Saviour, July 1184 (colophon, volume 2, f. 165v).Concealed

• Following the numbered list of chapters (some of the numbers are visible through the parchment in the right-hand column), the start of the main text is introduced by a large red initial 'B' and opening words in capital letters (now darkened to a silvery black, due to oxidisation)., Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, with preface and tables of chapters, imperfect at the end

in fainter ink, the note 'per Richard Hauley abbatem' (of Gloucester, 1457-1472).f. 225, reused as a flyleaf, is a folio from a thirteenth-century manuscript of the Historia Scholastica of Petrus Comestor. Added pen drawing of a chalice or urn in

• Foliate headpiece, title in red, red initial 'M'(aximiano), at the beginning of Symeon Metaphrastes's Lives of the Martyrs for December 4, with the ownership inscription 'De la Bibliotheque de la Chevaliere D'Eon' of the chevalier d’Éon in the lower margin., Lives of martyrs celebrated from 4 to 31 December (continues in Burney 44, volume 2)

title in red, red initial 'M'(aximiano), at the beginning of Symeon Metaphrastes's Lives of the Martyrs for December 4, with the ownership inscription 'De la Bibliotheque de la Chevaliere D'Eon' of the chevalier d’Éon in the lower margin. Foliage headpiece,

• Detail of a drawing of Pachomius receiving the tables from an angel., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

of Norfolk in 1592: inscribed ‘William Howarde 1592' (ff. 2, 133); his emblem of a lion rampant drawn in ink (f. 2).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Detail of a drawing of monks., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

of Norfolk in 1592: inscribed ‘William Howarde 1592' (ff. 2, 133); his emblem of a lion rampant drawn in ink (f. 2).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Detail of illuminated initial and border., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

of Norfolk in 1592: inscribed ‘William Howarde 1592' (ff. 2, 133); his emblem of a lion rampant drawn in ink (f. 2).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Detail of coloured initials., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

of Norfolk in 1592: inscribed ‘William Howarde 1592' (ff. 2, 133); his emblem of a lion rampant drawn in ink (f. 2).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Detail of historiated initial of the killing of Goliath., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

of Norfolk in 1592: inscribed ‘William Howarde 1592' (ff. 2, 133); his emblem of a lion rampant drawn in ink (f. 2).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Detail of illuminated initial with an animal head terminal., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

of Norfolk in 1592: inscribed ‘William Howarde 1592' (ff. 2, 133); his emblem of a lion rampant drawn in ink (f. 2).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Detail of miniature of Benedict., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

of Norfolk in 1592: inscribed ‘William Howarde 1592' (ff. 2, 133); his emblem of a lion rampant drawn in ink (f. 2).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Detail of drawing of monks., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

of Norfolk in 1592: inscribed ‘William Howarde 1592' (ff. 2, 133); his emblem of a lion rampant drawn in ink (f. 2).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Detail of decorated initial 'O'., Canticles, litany, and collects (ff. 135-144v); Hymnal and Office of the Dead (ff. 147-170v)

of Norfolk in 1592: inscribed ‘William Howarde 1592' (ff. 2, 133); his emblem of a lion rampant drawn in ink (f. 2).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl