• Coloured initials 'T'(his) and 'I'(n)., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

Thomas Herbert, the 8th earl in 1695 (see also Wright 1972).George Hickes (b. 1642, d. 1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary: inscribed, 'Liber Georgii Hickesii S.T.P.' (f. 1); letter in his hand to Humfrey Wanley recording

• Coloured initial 'I'(n)., Cartulary with copies of approximately 36 royal and other charters granted to the Benedictine nunnery of Wilton, Wiltshire

Thomas Herbert, the 8th earl in 1695 (see also Wright 1972).George Hickes (b. 1642, d. 1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary: inscribed, 'Liber Georgii Hickesii S.T.P.' (f. 1); letter in his hand to Humfrey Wanley recording

• Two puzzle initials 'P'(rimum) and 'T'(riplex) for the prologue to and at the beginning of Hugh of Saint-Victor's 'Isagoge'., Theological miscellany including ~Isagoge~

Worcester and theologian; his manuscript no. 157 (see Coates 1999, p. 159). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972). The Harley Collection,

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Genesis, with the scenes of Creation in roundels and God in pointed squares, foliate motifs and grotesques, followed by display script., Bible, Old Testament (Genesis - 2 Maccabees), imperfect

name and a ?price (strip of parchment pasted on f. [iii], f. [iv] verso). John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John

• null, Historia adversus paganos

blue, occasionally with human faces (e.g., f. 57v). Historia adversus paganos The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire (founded c. 1122): the main scribe (ff. 5-88v) also wrote Additional 38817, ff. 5-91v, from Kirkham, and

• null, Historia adversus paganos

blue, occasionally with human faces (e.g., f. 57v). Historia adversus paganos The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire (founded c. 1122): the main scribe (ff. 5-88v) also wrote Additional 38817, ff. 5-91v, from Kirkham, and

• Historiated initial 'C' of a monk swinging a censer over the coffin of Gille, first wife of Rollo, first duke of Normandy., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

(f. 250v). Inscribed, 15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in

• Detail of a miniature of a bishop with two priests, one before an altar, illustrating a case of a bishop removing a priest from a church and substituting another, with a foliate initial 'S'(ententia), at the beginning of causa 9., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

an altar, illustrating a case of a bishop removing a priest from a church and substituting another, with a foliate initial 'S'(ententia), at the beginning of causa 9. Illuminated by the artist of Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 830, a Missal for

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C' of a monk swinging a censer over the coffin of Gille, first wife of Rollo, first duke of Normandy., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

(f. 250v). Inscribed, 15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in

• Coloured initials., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

Coloured initials. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic, dean of St Paul's, London (1180-1199/1200):Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, written in a different hand that the rest of the volume (ff.

• Marginal drawing of a spear and a crown., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

Marginal drawing of a spear and a crown. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic, dean of St Paul's, London (1180-1199/1200):Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, written in a different hand that

• Table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

Table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic, dean of St

• Marginal drawings of swords and a spear., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

Marginal drawings of swords and a spear. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic, dean of St Paul's, London (1180-1199/1200):Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, written in a different hand that the

• Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic,

• Musical notation, on four-line red staves, 13th century., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

(f. 250v). Inscribed, 15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in

• Historiated initial 'O'(iez) with baptism scene., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

(f. 250v). Inscribed, 15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uant) with interlace and a winged dragon at the beginning of the text., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

(f. 250v). Inscribed, 15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing the harp, followed by display script., Psalter, including Canticles, the Penitential Psalms and litany

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixisse) depicting a king (Pyrrhus of Epirus?) in armour on horseback, in Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos, with eighteenth- century ink pagination by David Swan., Historia adversus paganos

blue, occasionally with human faces (e.g., f. 57v). Historia adversus paganos The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire (founded c. 1122): the main scribe (ff. 5-88v) also wrote Additional 38817, ff. 5-91v, from Kirkham, and

• Marginal drawing of an 'Elephant and Castle'; the adjacent text describes King Pyrrhus's battle elephants, with decorated initials 'A'(nno) and 'I'(psi) in Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos, and eighteenth-century ink pagination by David Swan., Historia adversus paganos

blue, occasionally with human faces (e.g., f. 57v). Historia adversus paganos The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire (founded c. 1122): the main scribe (ff. 5-88v) also wrote Additional 38817, ff. 5-91v, from Kirkham, and