• Zoomorphic initial 'R' with clasps., Missal, including a calendar, a Gradual for summer, a Lectionary for the days after Easter and Pentecost

with clefs (ff. 7v-62v), brown (ff. 63-128v)], South-West Germany (Bohemia), end of the 12th century – beginning of the 13th. 1 miniature in brown and red ink, with washes in green, purple, and yellow (f. 40v). 4 large initials in

• Illuminated initial 'I'(n) with a snake, and decorated initial 'A'(rduum) at the beginning of book 1., De sacramentis

Illuminated initial 'I'(n) with a snake, and decorated initial 'A'(rduum) at the beginning of book 1. Uncrossed tironian ets.ff. 1, 157 are parchment leaves with added texts. f. 2 is a parchment leaf with contemporary text.Extensive marginal notes in blank

• Detail of illuminated initial 'L'(ibrum) at the beginning of the preface to Esther., Bible, from Proverbs to Revelation, vol. 2

beginning of the preface to Esther. 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

• Detail of illuminated initial 'I'(n diebus) at the beginning of Esther., Bible, from Proverbs to Revelation, vol. 2

at the beginning of Esther. 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

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate and interlace patterns at the beginning of Psalm 1., Bible (the 'Worms Bible'), Psalms-Acts 16:17, imperfect

[inceptus est liber] ?' (f. 1): see Cohen-Mushlin 1990.The Augustinian monastery of St Mary, outside of Worms: 17th-century inscription 'Hic liber pertinet ad Ecclesiam Beatae Mariae Virginis in Suburbio Wormatiensis', signed 'J. G.' (f. 1). J. G. might be Joannes

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

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). Large initials

• Verses concerning good and bad luck, with marginal drawings, including a pedler, money bag, and brazier., John Crophill's commonplace book with astrological prognostications, cookery recipes, and medical and alchemical treatises, imperfect

paper by a professional scribe for Crophill.ff. 36v-52v: Crophill's autograph notebook. 1 large initial in colours, gold, and silver (oxidised) with foliate extentions forming a partial border (f. 1). Numerous marginal sketches in brown ink of animals, birds, fish, ships

• Marginal drawings of Moses and a pious woman born on the twelfth day of the moon, with verses concerning good and bad luck., John Crophill's commonplace book with astrological prognostications, cookery recipes, and medical and alchemical treatises, imperfect

paper by a professional scribe for Crophill.ff. 36v-52v: Crophill's autograph notebook. 1 large initial in colours, gold, and silver (oxidised) with foliate extentions forming a partial border (f. 1). Numerous marginal sketches in brown ink of animals, birds, fish, ships

• Verses concerning good and bad luck, with marginal drawings, including a dagger and an arrow., John Crophill's commonplace book with astrological prognostications, cookery recipes, and medical and alchemical treatises, imperfect

paper by a professional scribe for Crophill.ff. 36v-52v: Crophill's autograph notebook. 1 large initial in colours, gold, and silver (oxidised) with foliate extentions forming a partial border (f. 1). Numerous marginal sketches in brown ink of animals, birds, fish, ships

• Verses concerning good and bad luck, with marginal drawings of a plough, a basket of seeds, and a hunting dog., John Crophill's commonplace book with astrological prognostications, cookery recipes, and medical and alchemical treatises, imperfect

paper by a professional scribe for Crophill.ff. 36v-52v: Crophill's autograph notebook. 1 large initial in colours, gold, and silver (oxidised) with foliate extentions forming a partial border (f. 1). Numerous marginal sketches in brown ink of animals, birds, fish, ships

• Verses concerning good and bad luck, with marginal drawings, including a fish and bellows., John Crophill's commonplace book with astrological prognostications, cookery recipes, and medical and alchemical treatises, imperfect

paper by a professional scribe for Crophill.ff. 36v-52v: Crophill's autograph notebook. 1 large initial in colours, gold, and silver (oxidised) with foliate extentions forming a partial border (f. 1). Numerous marginal sketches in brown ink of animals, birds, fish, ships

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate and interlace patterns at the beginning of Psalm 1., Bible (the 'Worms Bible'), Psalms-Acts 16:17, imperfect

[inceptus est liber] ?' (f. 1): see Cohen-Mushlin 1990.The Augustinian monastery of St Mary, outside of Worms: 17th-century inscription 'Hic liber pertinet ad Ecclesiam Beatae Mariae Virginis in Suburbio Wormatiensis', signed 'J. G.' (f. 1). J. G. might be Joannes

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David harping at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

harping at the beginning of Psalm 1. For the Felbrigg familly see generally R. W. Ketton-Cremer, ~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known,

• Decorated initials 'D'(ilecto) and 'G'(loriosi) in Aelred of Rievaulx's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum., Epistola Cuthberti, Ecclesiastica historia; Aelred's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum (ff. 118-149), and other theological works

notes, 15th century.Erased ownership ? inscription (f. 1, upper margin.Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of books and manuscripts: inscribed 'Ex Bibliotheca Thomae Astlei Arm' in his facsimile of f. 1 (Stowe 1061, f. 98).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b.

• Decorated initials 'U'(t) and 'S'(uccessit) at the beginning of book 5 of Bede's Ecclesiastica historia., Epistola Cuthberti, Ecclesiastica historia; Aelred's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum (ff. 118-149), and other theological works

notes, 15th century.Erased ownership ? inscription (f. 1, upper margin.Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of books and manuscripts: inscribed 'Ex Bibliotheca Thomae Astlei Arm' in his facsimile of f. 1 (Stowe 1061, f. 98).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b.

• Detail of illuminated historiated initial 'D'(omine exaudi orationem meam) depicting David, on foot, fleeing from Absalom and two companions on horseback, with upraised swords., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die mensis Augusti A. D. 1724' (f. 1); and 'Horum Psalmorum Veersio, stille quae dicitur B. Hioronymi GALLICANA' (f. 9).Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eati) with Christ lowering a scroll to three apostles seated below, at the beginning of Psalm 118., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die mensis Augusti A. D. 1724' (f. 1); and 'Horum Psalmorum Veersio, stille quae dicitur B. Hioronymi GALLICANA' (f. 9).Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow,

• Diagrams of hands, with signs of pricking visible, as if for pouncing. Gaps in the text, such as in the second line of text, are probably present because of the intended alternation in the colours of initials, but no green or other colour initials were executed. For example, a guide letter 'e' is visible in the margin adjacent to the final line, for which no initial was executed., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

'51' (f. 1).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: his 'Jupiter' sign (top righthand corner of f. 1); his annotations (ff. 60v-61). William Cecil (b. 1520/21, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister; his sale, 21 November

• Drawing of hands. The rubric on this page states that the fingers of the hand, illustrated in the lower diagram, can be used for finding the date of Easter. Each joint or tip, from the base of the second finger to the top of the thumb, working down the fingers and up the thumb, is marked with numbers and letters. Those from the middle finger to the thumb represent all the possible dates of Easter that fall within March., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

'51' (f. 1).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: his 'Jupiter' sign (top righthand corner of f. 1); his annotations (ff. 60v-61). William Cecil (b. 1520/21, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister; his sale, 21 November

• Drawing of hands. The hands here are marked with all the possible dates of Easter when it falls in April, working down the left-hand thumb, and then up the left-hand fingers, and up the first two fingers of the right hand., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

'51' (f. 1).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: his 'Jupiter' sign (top righthand corner of f. 1); his annotations (ff. 60v-61). William Cecil (b. 1520/21, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister; his sale, 21 November