• Ownership inscription: 'Liber sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesie' (book of the church of St. Andrew, Rochester). The inscription above ('5 die Novembris A.D. 1723') was written by Humfrey Wanley, librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, 1st and 2nd earls of Oxford., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

Roffensis ecclesie' (book of the church of St. Andrew, Rochester). The inscription above ('5 die Novembris A.D. 1723') was written by Humfrey Wanley, librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, 1st and 2nd earls of Oxford. f. 1* is a parchment

• Diagram of the habitable and uninhabitable zones of the world., De temporum ratione; a collection of short verse and prose texts including Liber monstrorum

ratione; a collection of short verse and prose texts including Liber monstrorum Part 1: The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury: (see Temple 1976).Part 2: The abbey of St Remi at Reims: inscribed in a 10th-century hand: 'Lib[er] s[anc]ti

• Historiated initial 'S' (anctificavit) of a bishop dedicating a church., Prayers for saints' vigils with a calendar

of a bishop dedicating a church. Horizontal catchwords.Miniature curtains, likely of silk, once protected the full-page minitures. These are no longer extant, but the holes and thread, by means of which these were attached, are still visible. 6 full-page miniatures

• Puzzle-initial 'T'(ranscriptum) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Robert Grosseteste's translation of Tertullian, 'Testamentum XII patriarcharum'., Testamentum XII patriarcharum (ff. 1-15); Beniamin minor, in verse (ff. 15-20); Elucidarius (ff. 20v-34v)

(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 'Q'(uod) and pen-flourished initial 'D'(e)., Compendium of theological truths in seven books with an alphabetical index (ff. 128-135v) (index Compendium theologiae veritatis)

church of the Holy Cross, Crediton, Devon, 14th century (see Wright 1972).William Mugg, 16th century: his 'ex libris' and an ownership inscription recording his gift of the manuscript to Gerorge Mason (f. 1).George Mason, last dean of the Collegiate

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with the Annunciation to the Shepherds, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

historian and Church of England clergyman: inscription 'Fran: Blomfield Coll: Gon: Caij Camb: 175 [5?] [to which has been added] nuper de Fersfield Com: Norf' (f. 2).; his note dated 1725 that the manuscript came from the collegiate church of

• Decorated initials, and line-endings in the form of animals and hybrids at the beginning of a litany., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

historian and Church of England clergyman: inscription 'Fran: Blomfield Coll: Gon: Caij Camb: 175 [5?] [to which has been added] nuper de Fersfield Com: Norf' (f. 2).; his note dated 1725 that the manuscript came from the collegiate church of

• Inscription of a title reading, 'Expositio su[per] Reg[u]lam beati Benedicti. nova' with a reference sign repeated at the beginning of the text (f. 3), a shelfmark, 'D. III. g. XII, an ownership inscription of John Lumley, and an offset of a miniature from leaf 2v., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Initials in red, blue or green. Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed [under erasure] 'Liber Ricardi ...ham monachi' and 'ecc[lesi]e xp[ist]I cantuar[ie]', with a title 'Expo[s]it[i]o s[anc]ti du[n]stani sup[er]

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

marginal drawing of a church. Contents: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae (ff. 1-37v);Historia Britonum (ff. 38-45); Visio Thurkilli, attributed to Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of Coggeshall, Essex (1208-1218), a description of a vision seen in 1206 at Stisted in

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

marginal drawing of a church. Contents: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae (ff. 1-37v);Historia Britonum (ff. 38-45); Visio Thurkilli, attributed to Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of Coggeshall, Essex (1208-1218), a description of a vision seen in 1206 at Stisted in

• Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds in the upper register and the Adoration of the Magi in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Miniature of the Crucifixion in the upper register and the Holy Women at the empty tomb in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Alban in the upper register, and of the martyrdom of Amphibaldus in the lower register; and a miniature of John the Baptist with John the Evangelist in the upper register, and an Archbishop and an abbot or bishop in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Text page with pen-flourished initials and line-fillers., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Detail of lines 4 - 8 of a column of the text., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

• Zoomorphic initial 'M'(agnitudo) in dark brown ink, red and green and some blue, with knot-work and foliate motifs, in the shape of a grotesque(s)., De mysteriis (ff. 1-4v); De sacramentis (ff. 4v-16v); Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini (serm. 17, ff. 16v-18v); Contra Iouinianum (ff. 18v-69v); Hypomnesticon (ff. 69v-90)

abbey of St Albans; probably copied from a lost manuscript from the Benedictine Cathedral Priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury which is recorded in the library catalogue that was compiled between 1284-1331, see Montague Rhodes James, ~The Ancient

• Zoomorphic initial 'I' in dark brown ink, red and green and some blue, with knot-work and foliate motifs, in the shape of a bird., De mysteriis (ff. 1-4v); De sacramentis (ff. 4v-16v); Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini (serm. 17, ff. 16v-18v); Contra Iouinianum (ff. 18v-69v); Hypomnesticon (ff. 69v-90)

abbey of St Albans; probably copied from a lost manuscript from the Benedictine Cathedral Priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury which is recorded in the library catalogue that was compiled between 1284-1331, see Montague Rhodes James, ~The Ancient

• Miniature of a king supervising the building of a church; miniature of Joseph or Arimathea on his deathbed making a red cross on a white shield with his own blood as a momento for Mordrain., Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu

supervising the building of a church; miniature of Joseph or Arimathea on his deathbed making a red cross on a white shield with his own blood as a momento for Mordrain. Includes: Estoire del Saint Graal, imperfect (ff. 1-88); La

• Detail of a miniature of a king supervising the building of a church., Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu

king supervising the building of a church. Includes: Estoire del Saint Graal, imperfect (ff. 1-88); La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 89-139); abridged version of the Morte Artu, imperfect, attributed to Walter Map (ff. 140-161). This manuscript is connected in

• June calendar page., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban