• Decorated initial., Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 2)

in plain red or blue. Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 2) Apparently written for use in the cathedral church of St Lambert at Liège: includes the anniversary of the election of the bishop Everard de la Marck (d.

• Large sketch of an initial 'A' in black and yellow, and part of a 'D', with foliate decoration, inscribed with instructions for colours (including 'red')., Treatises on Geomancy with a table of contents (ff. 3-5)

(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

• Miniature of a procession into church., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

a procession into church. Several prayers added in the 17th century on originally blank parchment (ff. 13-16v, 23v-24v, 33r-v, 93v-95v, 119r-v, 163v-165v). 26 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some probably originally left unfinished, in colours

• Miniature of a procession into church., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

a procession into church. Several prayers added in the 17th century on originally blank parchment (ff. 13-16v, 23v-24v, 33r-v, 93v-95v, 119r-v, 163v-165v). 26 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some probably originally left unfinished, in colours

• Text page., History of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow, Life of Ceolfrid, Lives of Pope Calixtus I and other martyrs, the legend of Theophilus

Jarrow, Life of Ceolfrid, Lives of Pope Calixtus I and other martyrs, the legend of Theophilus Perhaps written at Christ Church, Canterbury: see discussion Bishop 1963.Eleventh-century additons of music, including a sheet from a discarded Troper (f. 35): see discussion

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) with standing male and female figures in front of a building and full foliate bar border., The Knight of the Tower, imperfect

Kellie: inscribed, early 17th century 'David Kellie' (ff. 2, 16, 49v).George Hickes (b. 1642, d. 1715), bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and antiquary: inscribed, 'Given by Mr. Hickes' (f. 1*). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Decorated initial 'C'(apitula)., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), for Edward III and Richard II

(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 'C'(ogitatio) with pen-flourishing., Historia ecclesiastica; Vita s. Guillelmi Gellonensis (index Guillaume of Aquitaine) (ff. 181-191v)

quire marks decorated with brown pen-flourishing. Historia ecclesiastica; Vita s. Guillelmi Gellonensis (index Guillaume of Aquitaine) (ff. 181-191v) The cathedral church of St-Nazaire, Carcassonne (Aude, France), 14th century: inscribed 'Iste liber est eccl[es]ie sedis s[an]c[t]I Nazarii Carcassone' (f. 1).The Harley

• Puzzle initials with penwork decoration, and bookstamp of the Franciscan monastery of Sancta Maria Annunciata, Varese, in the lower border., Sermonarium de commendatione virtutum et reprobatione vitiorum

Annunciata Varisii (ff. 1, 203v; see Watson 1973).With marginal notes in a 15th-century cursive hand.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

• Initial with penwork decoration 'P'(retor)., Speculum monachorum

17th centuries: his name occurs in an English prayer on a stub (between ff. 70-71).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

• Marginal sketch of the city of Jerusalem., Speculum monachorum

17th centuries: his name occurs in an English prayer on a stub (between ff. 70-71).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 initial 'R'(ex) with pen-flourishing., Baarlam et Josaphat, imperfect

Coloured initials in red or blue. Capitals marked with red. Baarlam et Josaphat, imperfect 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

• Coloured initials at the beginning of Psalm 55; text in Greek, Latin and Arabic., Trilingual Psalter

made from the Greek by Abu l-Fath Abd Allah b. al-Fadl b. Abd Allah al-Mutran al-Antakie, deacon of the Melkite church of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 5., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 5. In two volumes,

• Historiated initial 'O' of the Adoration of the Magi, including an African king, measuring 140 x 160. On the reverse, partial two four-line staves, musical notation and text: '...regi da et m /...filio regis'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'D' of a Memento Mori, measuring 125 x 110. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...antur'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'P' of the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, measuring 250 x 210. On the reverse, partial two four-line staves, musical notation and text: '...lo tu /… Co[n]. Exulta'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'I' of a male martyr saint, measuring 100 x 95. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...ti eum'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'C' of Lawrence, measuring 135 x 120. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...tate domi /...?ium can'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Foliate initial 'E', measuring 75 x 75. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...me'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours