• Decorated initial 'E'(xpurgat), set on a painted purple background, inhabited by dragons painted in silver and gold., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

as Severinus and Gereon, and those specially connected with Siegburg, including its founder Archbishop Anno of Cologne, who consecrated the church under the name of Michael and Maurice and his companions on 22 September 1066 (see Turner 1962).The Harley Collection,

• Historiated initial 'E'(x Cassiodoro) with the author Cassiodorus pointing at an open book, and a foliated tendril extending into the margin; the body of the letter contains a blue figure. Smaller historiated initial 'C'(um) with the head of a bishop., Miscellany including William of Malmesbury's De dictis et factis memorabilibus philosophorum (Polyhistor) (ff. 3- 40v), Cassiodorus' De orthographia (ff. 41-52), Marbod's Lapidarium, with gloss (ff. 106-123), Priscianus' Solutiones ad Chosroem [regem Persarum] (ff. 139v-160v), Nemesius' De natura hominis (ff. 168-196), Albericus' Flores Rhetorici (ff. 196-206), John of Salisbury's De septem septenis (ff. 206v-215v), Joachim of Fiore's Praephatio super Apocalypsim (ff. 216-224), imperfect; De praesagiis tempestatum (f. 224r-v), imperfect

233).Added ?price, 14th or 15th century (f. 232v). Emmanuel College, Cambridge (see Wright 1972).Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): inscribed 'Tho: Baker' (f.

• Historiated initial 'V'(enerabilis) of a bearded man and a demon holding a halberd and a scythe with bells hanging from the halberd, at the beginning of the life of Odo of Canterbury., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Detail of a coloured drawing of knights with heraldic banners, one of them giving a sealed letter to the group to the right., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Front cover, with a plaque set in the front cover of Paul, holding an open book (according to Foot) or Matthew (according to Dalton; Lasko)., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

as Severinus and Gereon, and those specially connected with Siegburg, including its founder Archbishop Anno of Cologne, who consecrated the church under the name of Michael and Maurice and his companions on 22 September 1066 (see Turner 1962).The Harley Collection,

• Miniature of Isaiah, who holds a scroll containing text from Isaiah 11; miniature of the tree of Jesse, with seven roundels containing doves, representing the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

as Severinus and Gereon, and those specially connected with Siegburg, including its founder Archbishop Anno of Cologne, who consecrated the church under the name of Michael and Maurice and his companions on 22 September 1066 (see Turner 1962).The Harley Collection,

• Miniature of Isaiah, who holds a scroll containing text from Isaiah 11, and on the right a tree of Jesse, with seven roundels containing doves, representing the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

as Severinus and Gereon, and those specially connected with Siegburg, including its founder Archbishop Anno of Cologne, who consecrated the church under the name of Michael and Maurice and his companions on 22 September 1066 (see Turner 1962).The Harley Collection,

• Decorated initial 'S', set on a painted purple background, inhabited by dragons painted in silver and gold, at the beginning of the reading for Epiphany., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

as Severinus and Gereon, and those specially connected with Siegburg, including its founder Archbishop Anno of Cologne, who consecrated the church under the name of Michael and Maurice and his companions on 22 September 1066 (see Turner 1962).The Harley Collection,

• Detail of historiated initial 'D'(ixim[us]) of Dunstan, seated at a forge, pinching the devil's nose with a pair of tongs., Canterbury Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect, including a life of Dunstan and of Anselm of Canterbury

of Canterbury Part I (ff. 1-39):Effaced three-line inscription (f. 1).Written at the Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury, Kent: listed in its catalogue (see Ker 1964 and Wright 1972).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer,

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixim[us]) of Dunstan, seated at a forge, pinching the devil's nose with a pair of tongs., Canterbury Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect, including a life of Dunstan and of Anselm of Canterbury

of Canterbury Part I (ff. 1-39):Effaced three-line inscription (f. 1).Written at the Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury, Kent: listed in its catalogue (see Ker 1964 and Wright 1972).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer,

• Detail of decorated initial 'D'(efuncto) at the beginning of Book II of Eadmer's Life of Anselm of Canterbury., Canterbury Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect, including a life of Dunstan and of Anselm of Canterbury

of Canterbury Part I (ff. 1-39):Effaced three-line inscription (f. 1).Written at the Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury, Kent: listed in its catalogue (see Ker 1964 and Wright 1972).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer,

• Marginal diagram., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

for the royal household, written at Northampton, 10 March; a letter to Edward his son, requesting him to give the church of Bangor in the diocese of Chester, vacant by the death of [Da]vid de la Poele, to William de

• Marginal diagram with an inscription 'Thule insula'., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

for the royal household, written at Northampton, 10 March; a letter to Edward his son, requesting him to give the church of Bangor in the diocese of Chester, vacant by the death of [Da]vid de la Poele, to William de

• Decorated initial 'A'(usculta) at the beginning of the Regula Sancti Benedicti., Martyrology

and/or green. Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: the martyrology was annotated with records of names and death dates of many Christ Church monks, as well as brothers from Glastonbury, Faversham and others in

• Decorated initial 'K'(alende)., Martyrology

and/or green. Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: the martyrology was annotated with records of names and death dates of many Christ Church monks, as well as brothers from Glastonbury, Faversham and others in

• Decorated initials 'R'(ome) and 'C'(ommemoratio)., Martyrology

and/or green. Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: the martyrology was annotated with records of names and death dates of many Christ Church monks, as well as brothers from Glastonbury, Faversham and others in

• Text page with readings for ferials in the spring in the left column, and for a Saturday and Sunday in the octave of Easter, including a reading on Alphege, archbishop of Canterbury., Martyrology

and/or green. Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: the martyrology was annotated with records of names and death dates of many Christ Church monks, as well as brothers from Glastonbury, Faversham and others in

• Decorated initial 'K'(alende)., Martyrology

and/or green. Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: the martyrology was annotated with records of names and death dates of many Christ Church monks, as well as brothers from Glastonbury, Faversham and others in

• Decorated initial 'K'(alende)., Martyrology

and/or green. Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: the martyrology was annotated with records of names and death dates of many Christ Church monks, as well as brothers from Glastonbury, Faversham and others in

• Decorated initial 'K'(alende)., Martyrology

and/or green. Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: the martyrology was annotated with records of names and death dates of many Christ Church monks, as well as brothers from Glastonbury, Faversham and others in