• Detail of astronomical diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

Detail of astronomical diagram. Numerous diagrams. 1 large foliate initial, in colours and gold, with extension into the margin (f. 7). 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue,

• Detail of astronomical diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

Detail of astronomical diagram. Numerous diagrams. 1 large foliate initial, in colours and gold, with extension into the margin (f. 7). 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue,

• Detail of diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

Detail of diagram. Numerous diagrams. 1 large foliate initial, in colours and gold, with extension into the margin (f. 7). 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated

• Initial 'M'(ulti) with penwork decoration., Sententiae (index Sentences), book 3 and 4

Sentences), book 3 and 4 The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Cambron: 13th-century inscription 'Liber sancte marie de Camberone' (f. 1), and 'de Cambrone' in the lower margin in each quire.Adam Clarke (b. 1762, d. 1832), Wesleyan Methodist minister and

• Initial 'C'(um) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of book 3., Sententiae (index Sentences), book 3 and 4

Sentences), book 3 and 4 The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Cambron: 13th-century inscription 'Liber sancte marie de Camberone' (f. 1), and 'de Cambrone' in the lower margin in each quire.Adam Clarke (b. 1762, d. 1832), Wesleyan Methodist minister and

• Initial 'S'(amaritanus) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of book 4., Sententiae (index Sentences), book 3 and 4

Sentences), book 3 and 4 The Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Cambron: 13th-century inscription 'Liber sancte marie de Camberone' (f. 1), and 'de Cambrone' in the lower margin in each quire.Adam Clarke (b. 1762, d. 1832), Wesleyan Methodist minister and

• null, De cognitione verae vitae (ff. 1-39) and other tracts

Blue initial with red pen-flourishing. Other simple red initials. Red highlighting of some letters. Cadels. De cognitione verae vitae (ff. 1-39) and other tracts Inscribed 'Carolus dei gracia Angliae Scocie Franc et Hibernii Rex fidei defensor etc.' (f. 106).A

• Puzzle initial., fragments of the Secretum secretorum (ff. 1r-v, 94r-v), used as flyleaves

manuscript is an 18th-century paper codex. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red penwork decoration (f. 94). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Highlighting of letters in red. fragments of the Secretum secretorum

• Coloured drawing of king William the Conqueror., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero

• Coloured drawing of knights with heraldic banners, one of them giving a sealed letter to the group to the right., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero

• Detail of decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate motifs, clasps, and a man directing an arrow against a lion or a dog, at beginning of book 28 of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job., Moralia in Job, books 24-35

moralium. Quam scripsit Sifridus canonicus sancte marie sanctique nicolai in arenstein' (f. 1). A near contemporary hand century hand added John the Deacon's Vita S. Gregorii papae (f. 1). Notes in later hands including that of abbot Heinrich Schupp (d.

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uod) and pen-flourished initial 'D'(e)., Compendium of theological truths in seven books with an alphabetical index (ff. 128-135v) (index Compendium theologiae veritatis)

De virtutibus et gratia; 6 De Sacramentis; 7 De fine mundi. 2 large puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 1, 73v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in blue or red.

• 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

Val St.-Martin, Leuven (index Louvain); 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

• Decorated initial 'D'(ilectissimo filio) at the beginning of the letters of Pope Leo I., Papal letters, decretals, Anselm's Cur Deus Homo (ff. 90-125)

Pope Leo I. f. 1 is a paper folio with a description of the contents of the manuscript by Humfrey Wanley, Harley librarian.ff. 126-127 is a parchment bifolio from an earlier manuscript, reused as a flyleaf. 1 large initial in

• Decorated canon table., Four Gospels, with Menologion (ff. 291-296v) and Canon Tables (ff. 9-13)

92).Bernard Mould (b. c. 1683; d. 1744), chaplain at Smyrna: owned in 1724, his inscription 'Bernard Mould Smyrna 1724' (f. 1); sold to Edward Harley on 28 July 1725 (see Wright and Wright 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'E'(t rex David) with a man, at the beginning of 1 Kings (3 Kings)., Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to Job

'E'(t rex David) with a man, at the beginning of 1 Kings (3 Kings). The second volume of the Bible is Harley 2804.Ampersands.Instructions to rubricator (e.g., ff. 1v, 45v).Quire signatures. 1 large miniature in colours and gold of Jerome writing

• Illuminated initial 'A'(doro) at the beginning of a prayer for Holy week., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours

• Text page in a decorated frame., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours

• Text page in a decorated frame., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours

• Text page in a decorated frame., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

and gold (ff. 9, 9v, 10). 1 full-page diagram in colours and gold (f. 2v). 12 calendar historiated 'KL' initials in colours and gold, with zodiac roundels in colours and golds (ff. 3-8v). 1 full-page historiated Beatus initial in colours