• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) with bar border with ivy at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

of Manuscripts... ~, in ~Journal of the Society of Archivists~, 4 (1973), 603-609 (p. 606)).Inscription recording the consecration of a church in 1476, 16th century: 'Nota quod ecclesia Annuntiate varisii fuit consecrata Anno D[omi]ni 1476 die dominica 7 Julii per

• Initial 'A'(ftir) with and full border with interlace motif., The Orcherd of Syon

Middlemore (f. 192).'Thomas Poynes' (f. 192v).'Walter Standen' (f. 192).'Thomas Thornton' (f. 193).'Robert Wakeley' (f. 193).John Batteley (bap. 1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: his collection sold to Harley on 5 November 1723 (see Wright, 1966).The Harley Collection,

• Puzzle initial 'L'(a purveiance) with pen-flourishing forming a three-sided border including foliate motifs and a dragon, at the beginning of the prologue to the Livre de Sydrac., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac)(ff. 1-140); Edmund's 'Mireour de seinte eglise' (index Speculum ecclesiae; Miroir de sainte eglise; Mirror of the church)(ff. 141-156); a short text in Latin attributed to Ambrose (f. 156); La vie nostre dame seinte marie' (f. 156); Robert Grosseteste's Commencement du monde (ff. 156-168)

Puzzle initial 'L'(a purveiance) with pen-flourishing forming a three-sided border including foliate motifs and a dragon, at the beginning of the prologue to the Livre de Sydrac. f. 1* is a parchment fragment, probably from a 14th-century charter, written

• Decorated initial 'C'(onverte) with acanthus leaves combined with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Compline of the Virgin., Book of Hours, for the use of Sarum, imperfect

or 16th century: inscribed with his name (ff. 108v, 120v, 129v).George Hickes (b. 1642, d. 1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary: faint pencil inscription (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d.

• Headpiece with geometric decoration., Liturgical miscellany, including Office for the dedication of a church (ff. 121-140v), and lists of bishoprics and archbishoprics (ff. 223-241), and of Jewish and Ellenistic kings, Roman Emperors and Christian Emperors to Leo VI (ff. 255-258)

137). Decorated and plain initials, titles, rubrics and line-fillers in red Liturgical miscellany, including Office for the dedication of a church (ff. 121-140v), and lists of bishoprics and archbishoprics (ff. 223-241), and of Jewish and Ellenistic kings, Roman Emperors and

• Initials with pen-flourishing., Various texts including Ashendon's Summa de accidentibus mundi (ff. 1-98v)

in red with dark blue pen-flourishing (almost black), and line-fillers in red and blue. John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: these three manuscripts were sold as a separate volumes to Edward Harley with the

• Historiated initial 'C'(este) of a bishop (probably saint Edmund) holding a mirror, with a partial foliate bar border with a dragon and a dog chasing a hare, at the beginning of the Speculum ecclesiae., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac)(ff. 1-140); Edmund's 'Mireour de seinte eglise' (index Speculum ecclesiae; Miroir de sainte eglise; Mirror of the church)(ff. 141-156); a short text in Latin attributed to Ambrose (f. 156); La vie nostre dame seinte marie' (f. 156); Robert Grosseteste's Commencement du monde (ff. 156-168)

Historiated initial 'C'(este) of a bishop (probably saint Edmund) holding a mirror, with a partial foliate bar border with a dragon and a dog chasing a hare, at the beginning of the Speculum ecclesiae. f. 1* is a parchment

• Detail of a historiated intial with a bishop in a church with the scroll text 'Per omnia secula seculorum'., Pontifical; Tabula

with a bishop in a church with the scroll text 'Per omnia secula seculorum'. Musical notation on four-line staves.ff. 1-2 are paper flyleaves; f. 249v is a paper leaf pasted onto a parchment leaf.According to Scott, made in two campaigns

• Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uoniam) at the beginning of the Breviloquium de virtutibus antiquorum principum et philosophorum of John Waleys., Theological treaties and sermons

(ff. 126-135v), Jerome, 'De essentia Dei', entitled here 'Tractatus de membris domini' (ff. 135v-140), Alexander of Canterbury, monk of Christ Church, 'Liber ex dictis beati Anselmi', entitled here 'Libellus beati Anselmi…de quatuordecim partibus beatitudinum' (ff. 140-147), Hugh of St Victor,

• Detail of a historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with king David at prie-dieu, with harp and church in background, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

king David at prie-dieu, with harp and church in background, at the beginning of Psalm 1. Includes the Gospel of Nicodemus entitled 'Tractatus passionis Christi secundum Nichodemum' (ff. 282-286v), the Interpretation of Hebrew names (ff. 323-337v), and capitula of the

• Litany of saints framed by arches decorated with animals, human figures, and coloured interlace patterns; with a seated queen (the Virgin Mary?) in the upper left., Psalter, with litany and additional prayers and canticles

in red, and display script in colours. Rubrics in red. Psalter, with litany and additional prayers and canticles ?The cathedral church of Augsburg [see Wright 1972].Added 12th-century prayers (with later initials?) to St. Francis and St. Anthony Confessoris (f. 1v).Added