• Decorated line and initials., Letters, including a Commentary on Hosea (ff. 147-154)

and Italian added by a 17th-century Italian hand (ff. 1*, 103).Unidentified heraldic bookstamp (f. 1).Conyers Middleton (b. 1683, d. 1750), Church of England clergyman and author, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1706, head librarian of the University Library at

• Puzzle initial 'S' from a bifolium used as a flyleaf., Fragment used as flyleaves of portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law

portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law William Darell (d. in or after 1580), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: inscribed 'William Darell (f. 196v); see also Peter Sherlock, ‘Darell, William (d. in or

• Calendar page for December and decorated initial 'C'(ircumcisio) at the beginning of the martyrology for January., Martyrology for the use of Norwich, with calendar (ff. 4-9v)

Small initials in red or blue. Martyrology for the use of Norwich, with calendar (ff. 4-9v) The dedication of a church at Norwich is entered into the calendar on 24 September 'dedicatio ecclesiae Norwit' (f. 8).Addition of the translation of

• Historiated initial 'E' of an enthroned king, in gold and colours, with a partial bar border., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

(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 'H' of an enthroned king, in gold and colours, with a partial bar border., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

(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

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E' of an enthroned king, in gold and colours, with a partial bar border., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

(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

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H' of an enthroned king, in gold and colours, with a partial bar border., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

(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

• Puzzle initial 'A'(braham) at the beginning of the Tabula super methodo fulgentii., Tabula super methodo fulgentii, Gesta Romanorum (index Deeds of the Romans), Liber de vitiis, various sermons

librario sancti Augustini ex Cantuariensis' (f. 1*v); 'liber de librario s[anc]ti Augusti[ni] Cant[uariensis].' (f. 2).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

• Text page is a compilation of royal and papal charters., A compilation of papal and royal charters (ff. 95-149v), followed by papers and memoranda relating to churches and pensions (ff. 150-198v)

The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and papers relating to churches, pensions and other matters, mainly contemporary to Abbot William de Chiriton (1316–44) (ff. 45-57);-

• Decorated initials 'E'(dwardus) and 'C'(es)., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

(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

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominica)., Processional, use of Sarum (index Processionale)

Bartholomew's, Reynold and Richard. Popham may refer to John Popham (b.c. 1395, d. 1463), who added a chapel to the church. Reynold (Reginald) Collier (d. 1471) and Richard Pulter (d. 1480) were both priors of St. Bartholomew's. Other names in

• Text pahe with the script of one of the most important of the many scribes who worked at St. Albans in the 12th century, 'The St. Albans Calligrapher'., Breviary

green (22nd June, f. 4v), 'Inventio Sancti Albani' in red, with octave (2nd August, f. 5v), the dedication of the church of St. Alban (29th December, f. 7), but does not include the feast of Edward the Confessor (canonised 1161),

• Decorated initial 'E'(dwardus) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs; in the lower margin (probably added), 2 animals including a hare (or squirrel) with oak leaves and acorns, and unidentified arms (including 2 boar heads)., Various legal texts including Registrum brevium (reign of king Edward III (r. 1327-1377)), Magna Carta, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), etc.

(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

• Puzzle initial 'S'(amaritanus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 4 of Peter Lombard's Sententiae., Sententiae (index Sentences), with marginal gloss, imperfect

Clement Heigham (d. 1634), M.P. for Suffolk in 1593: inscribed with his name (f. 1).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

• Champ initial 'C'(redo) combined with a bar border ending in foliate feathering in the margins., Breviary, imperfect

Clement Heigham (d. 1634), M.P. for Suffolk in 1593: inscribed with his name (f. 1).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

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac), including a list of chapters (ff. 72v-81, in 2 columns)

Recapitulation sur mes precedents devis & chapitres' (ff. 1-67; dated 1631 on f. 1).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.

• Detail of a miniature of the burning of the church at Tours., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

of the burning of the church at Tours. With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts of the 14th century.According to Hedeman 1991, one of nine illustrated copies made before 1350, and illuminated in

• Detail of a miniature of the Saracens plundering and profaning the church of St James (by defecating at the altar), at the beginning of chapter 10 of 'Charlemagne' book 5., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

the Saracens plundering and profaning the church of St James (by defecating at the altar), at the beginning of chapter 10 of 'Charlemagne' book 5. With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts of

• Miniature of Louis the Pious sustaining an accident on the stairway to church, and Louis giving orders to prelates., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

an accident on the stairway to church, and Louis giving orders to prelates. With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts of the 14th century.According to Hedeman 1991, one of nine illustrated copies made

• Miniature of the flight of Louis, son of Charles the Simple, and his mother, and the Normans burning a church, and Benedict appearing to Sigillophus., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

the Simple, and his mother, and the Normans burning a church, and Benedict appearing to Sigillophus. With over 400 illustrations, this manuscript is one of the moxt luxurious French manuscripts of the 14th century.According to Hedeman 1991, one of nine