• Coloured drawing of the Trinity at the beginning of the text., Passion poem

6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his

• Coloured drawing of the Original Sin, with Adam and Eve on either side of the tree., Passion poem

2, 6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary:

• Coloured drawing of the Betrayal with Judas kissing Christ and soldiers standing by., Passion poem

2, 6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary:

• Coloured drawing of Christ before Pilate., Passion poem

9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift to

• Coloured drawing of the Carrying of the Cross., Passion poem

7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift

• Calendar page for April, with illuminated letters and on 20 April the dedication of the abbey church of the Virgin Mary, Buckland ('Boclond'), Devon., Cistercian statutes (consuetudinarium), with a calendar (ff. 4-16) and lunar and planetary tables (ff. 16v-18v)

on 20 April the dedication of the abbey church of the Virgin Mary, Buckland ('Boclond'), Devon. Musical notation, the second a late 15th-century addition (ff. 1-3, 110r-110v). 'KL' letters in gold on blue grounds with white filigree and gold balls

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ominica) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the additional portion of the Ordinal., Ordinal for Hereford Cathedral, imperfect at the end

imperfect at the end Probably the cathedral church of St Ethelbert, Hereford as suggested by Humphrey Wanley's note on f. 1*v (see Frere and Brown 1915; Ker 1964).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ominica) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the original text of the Ordinal., Ordinal for Hereford Cathedral, imperfect at the end

imperfect at the end Probably the cathedral church of St Ethelbert, Hereford as suggested by Humphrey Wanley's note on f. 1*v (see Frere and Brown 1915; Ker 1964).John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold

• Large initial 'C' in blue and red, with pen-flourishing in the same colours., Alphabetical list of plants and their uses

of sundry points, specially the controversies of the Church of England.Edward Stillingfleet (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;

• Coloured initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

century (ff. 9, 29v, 62v, 69).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: Christ Church pressmark 'r' with a title 'Psalteriu[m] s[anc]ti Jeronimi glosatu[m]', 12th century (f. 8) and Christ Church script, 11th century (ff. 197-198, according to Ker, 1957).Thomas Cranmer

• Historiated initial 'I' of a saint., Cuttings from a choir book

the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902.Musical notation. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of the dedication of a church (f. 3a); Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (f. 3b); the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds (f. 3c); a

• Historiated initial 'L' of a deacon saint in an act of charity., Cuttings from a choir book

the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902.Musical notation. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of the dedication of a church (f. 3a); Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (f. 3b); the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds (f. 3c); a

• Historiated initial 'U' of the Assumption of the Virgin., Cuttings from a choir book

the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902.Musical notation. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of the dedication of a church (f. 3a); Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (f. 3b); the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds (f. 3c); a

• Historiated initial 'I' of the Circumcision., Cuttings from a choir book

the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902.Musical notation. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of the dedication of a church (f. 3a); Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (f. 3b); the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds (f. 3c); a

• Historiated initial 'C' of Christ, a female saint and musicians., Cuttings from a choir book

the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 29902.Musical notation. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of the dedication of a church (f. 3a); Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (f. 3b); the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds (f. 3c); a

• Marginal miniature of a centaur., De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ (imperfect at the beginning)

(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

• Pen-flourished initials, 'O'(rdo), 'D'(omine), and 'B'(eati)., Missal, use of Sarum, imperfect

(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

• Flourished initials and marginal drawing of a hand holding a fishing rod, line, and hook., De fide orthodoxa

by the later provenance, and by the marginal glosses and chapter numbering in arabic numerals.Hannibal Gamon (bap. 1582, d. 1650/51), Church of England clergyman: inscribed 'Hannibal Gamon. Tandem -- D.O.M.' (f. 1); Gammon aided Richard, 1st Baron Robartes, in collecting

• null, De fide orthodoxa

by the later provenance, and by the marginal glosses and chapter numbering in arabic numerals.Hannibal Gamon (bap. 1582, d. 1650/51), Church of England clergyman: inscribed 'Hannibal Gamon. Tandem -- D.O.M.' (f. 1); Gammon aided Richard, 1st Baron Robartes, in collecting

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man ringing a church bell with another kneeling behind him; to their right, a priest is at an altar., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

of a man ringing a church bell with another kneeling behind him; to their right, a priest is at an altar. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the