• Decorated initial and letters 'K'(alende) at the beginning of the martyrology for February., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d.

• Decorated initials 'A'(pud) and 'K'(alendre) at the beginning of the martyrology for May., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d.

• Puzzle initial 'A' in the letter of Benedict to his followers, the 'Admonitio', which concerns daily practices and discipline., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d.

• Illuminated miniature of the Crucifixion with Christ on a green cross flanked by Mary and John., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d.

• Added flyleaf with church music, and initial 'H'(enricus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Magna Carta., 2 leaves with church music, used as flyleaves and pastedowns at the beginning and the end

Added flyleaf with church music, and initial 'H'(enricus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Magna Carta. Large initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. 2 leaves with church music, used as flyleaves and pastedowns at the beginning and the

• Decorated headpiece and initials., Sticherarion (hymnal of the Greek Church), for Saint's days and festivals, with musical notation

99, 129v, 246v). Large initials in red with penwork decoration. Accents and rubrics in red. Sticherarion (hymnal of the Greek Church), for Saint's days and festivals, with musical notation Purchased at Sotheby's 16 February 1875 by the British Museum, using

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with Gervasius de Someren, his wife, and a knight of the Church of St John Baptist in prayer., Missal, Use of Utrecht?

of Utrecht? Gervasius de Someren of Utrecht, for the Church of St John Baptist, Utrecht, 1510, four Latin verses stating that Gervasius de Someren presented the manuscript in 1510 to the Church of St John Baptist: inscribed 'Annis verbgene quingentis

• Calendar page for May, with an early addition to this calendar is the dedication of the church of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, on 17 May, suggesting that the manuscript was owned in the parish fairly soon after it was made., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Illuminated initials and border at the beginning of the Mass for Trinity Sunday (the first Sunday after Pentecost, which itself occurs on the 50th day after Easter)., Missal, use of Sarum, with a Calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect at the end

use of Sarum, with a Calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect at the end The parish church of Colwich, Staffordshire: the calendar includes the dedication of the church on 29 May (f. 3; see Legg 1904).? Thomas Parker (d. 1423 ?), prebendary

• Illuminated initial and three-sided border with the heraldic arms of Johanna de Mohun, a benefactor of Christ Church who died in 1405(?), at the beginning of the account of her life., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis

arms of Johanna de Mohun, a benefactor of Christ Church who died in 1405(?), at the beginning of the account of her life. 1 large decorated initial, incorporating arms, developing a three-sided foliate border (f. 61). 1 large decorated initial,

• Table, Mnemonic verses, notes, etc., on the compotus

Church, Canterbury: his note (f. 1v).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: formerly bound with Cotton Caligula A XV, ff. 120-153, the volume entitled 'Compotus Adelardi' in Prior Eastry's early 14th-century catalogue of books in the library of Christ

• 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'

Church, Canterbury: his note (f. 1v).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: formerly bound with Cotton Caligula A XV, ff. 120-153, the volume entitled 'Compotus Adelardi' in Prior Eastry's early 14th-century catalogue of books in the library of Christ

• 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'

Church, Canterbury: his note (f. 1v).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: formerly bound with Cotton Caligula A XV, ff. 120-153, the volume entitled 'Compotus Adelardi' in Prior Eastry's early 14th-century catalogue of books in the library of Christ

• Red initial 'S'(cribo), and a drawing of hands, in a treatise concerning calendrical computations using the joints and tips of the fingers of hands: it is illustrated with drawings of the hands, marked with numbers from 1 to 7 (i to vii) and letters from A to G, at these points., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

Church, Canterbury: his note (f. 1v).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: formerly bound with Cotton Caligula A XV, ff. 120-153, the volume entitled 'Compotus Adelardi' in Prior Eastry's early 14th-century catalogue of books in the library of Christ

• 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'

Church, Canterbury: his note (f. 1v).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: formerly bound with Cotton Caligula A XV, ff. 120-153, the volume entitled 'Compotus Adelardi' in Prior Eastry's early 14th-century catalogue of books in the library of Christ

• Diagram of a hand, as a mnemonic devise for the compotus., Mnemonic verses, notes, etc., on the compotus

Church, Canterbury: his note (f. 1v).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: formerly bound with Cotton Caligula A XV, ff. 120-153, the volume entitled 'Compotus Adelardi' in Prior Eastry's early 14th-century catalogue of books in the library of Christ

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop approaching a church, while the Virgin Mary leads a woman away behind the church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop approaching a church, while the Virgin Mary leads a woman away behind the church. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

the dedication of a church. Italian cutting.The present cutting is boxed with Add. 60630, ff. 1-9 and 11- 42. To see this cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album which originally contained all

• Donor inscription, recording the gift of the manuscript to the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, with some red lettering., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Text page with paraphs and catchword., Sermons (f. 2); Statutes of the Church of Hereford (f. 258v)

Church of Hereford has been added at the end (ff. 258v-262): it is therefore possible that Thomas Trilleck was related to John de Trilleck, bishop of Hereford (1344-1360).William Reed, bishop of Chichester (1369-1385), given by him to the Collegiate