• Inhabited initial 'I'(nicium) at the beginning of Mark with lions and an animal playing a fiddle., Mark with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses; preceded by a table of' capitula sive distinctiones', beginning 'De Iohanne baptista' (ff. 2 r-v), and by the prologue 'Marcus evangelista Dei' (ff. 3-4v), imperfect at the end (the last leaf has been cut out)

'Mr Burton', 16th or 17th century (f. 96v). Arms (reputed) of Edward the Confessor sketched in black ink in the 16th or 17th century (f. 96v). Arms ofRichard II of a hart couchant, gorged with a crown and tethered,

• Decorated initial 'H'., Life of Bede

(ff. 28, 28v). Life of Bede Added notes and glosses in English hands, 10th and 11th centuries: see Gameson.? Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury in 1604, former treasurer of St Paul's, canon of Westminster, and bishop of London: inscribed 'for

• Initial 'A'(mici) with pen-flourishing (added in the ?16th/17th century) forming a partial foliate border including a bird., Epistulae and other works

1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial Ambrose England

• Decorated initial 'S'(eynt) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Apocalypse (in Wycliffe translation), with commentary

in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial England

• Ownership inscription 'Iste liber est sororis anne ffelbrygge ad terminum vite post cuius decessum pertinebit conventui minorissarum de Brusyerde' (This book is Sister Anne Felbrygge's until the end of her life, after whose death it will belong to the convent of Minoresses [Franciscan nuns, also called Poor Clares] of Brusyerd)., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Calendar page for January, with illuminated 'KL' initial and roundel of Aquarius., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Calendar page for June, with illuminated 'KL' initial and roundel of a man with a scythe., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David harping at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with king David pointing to his eye at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with king David pointing to his eye at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Illuminated initial 'E(xurgat) with a man holding a raised club and a shield with a small dog sitting on top on the initial, at the beginning of Psalm 67., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultate) with king David playing bells, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with Christ blessing holding an open book, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

p. 71.Anne Felbrigge, daughter of Sir Simon Felbrigge (b. 1368, d. 1442), standard-bearer to Richard II, and nun of the Franciscan (Poor Clares) abbey of the Annunciation of St Mary, Bruisyard, Suffolk: the Felbrigge arms of a lion rampant ~gules~

• Text page with note on Johannes de Grenborough, purchaser and compiler of this manuscript., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms Johannes de Grenborough, infirmarer at the Benedictine priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Coventry (?): his acquisition and completion of the work is noted in the

• Puzzle initial 'A' at the beginning of the Compendium, initials and inscriptions., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms Johannes de Grenborough, infirmarer at the Benedictine priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Coventry (?): his acquisition and completion of the work is noted in the

• Astrological tables concerning the moon and a diagram of four wheels, Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms Johannes de Grenborough, infirmarer at the Benedictine priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Coventry (?): his acquisition and completion of the work is noted in the

• Text page with recipes in English compiled by Ricardus, prior of Coventry., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms Johannes de Grenborough, infirmarer at the Benedictine priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Coventry (?): his acquisition and completion of the work is noted in the

• Diagrams of hands, with signs of pricking visible, as if for pouncing. Gaps in the text, such as in the second line of text, are probably present because of the intended alternation in the colours of initials, but no green or other colour initials were executed. For example, a guide letter 'e' is visible in the margin adjacent to the final line, for which no initial was executed., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

margin, f. 1).Addition of an 11th-12th century list of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Augustine- Anselm (consecrated 1093), with additions down to Richardof Dover (consecrated 1174) (f. 34).Mid-12th century addition of twelve lines of verses (f. 18).Note of a flood

• Drawing of hands. The rubric on this page states that the fingers of the hand, illustrated in the lower diagram, can be used for finding the date of Easter. Each joint or tip, from the base of the second finger to the top of the thumb, working down the fingers and up the thumb, is marked with numbers and letters. Those from the middle finger to the thumb represent all the possible dates of Easter that fall within March., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

margin, f. 1).Addition of an 11th-12th century list of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Augustine- Anselm (consecrated 1093), with additions down to Richardof Dover (consecrated 1174) (f. 34).Mid-12th century addition of twelve lines of verses (f. 18).Note of a flood

• Red initial 'S'(cribo), and a drawing of hands, in a treatise concerning calendrical computations using the joints and tips of the fingers of hands: it is illustrated with drawings of the hands, marked with numbers from 1 to 7 (i to vii) and letters from A to G, at these points., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

margin, f. 1).Addition of an 11th-12th century list of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Augustine- Anselm (consecrated 1093), with additions down to Richardof Dover (consecrated 1174) (f. 34).Mid-12th century addition of twelve lines of verses (f. 18).Note of a flood