• Detail of marginal heads of Joseph and Mary., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire, founded c.1122 (12th century or 13th century inscription 'Liber Sancte Trinitatis de Kirkham', f. 1; added letter

• Detail of marginal heads of Alpheus and Mary Cleophe., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire, founded c.1122 (12th century or 13th century inscription 'Liber Sancte Trinitatis de Kirkham', f. 1; added letter

• Puzzle initial 'P'(uer) at the beginning of the music for Christmas day., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Decorated initial 'G'(audeamus) at the beginning of the music for the feast of Guthlac on 11 April, with 14th-century marginal additions., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Decorated initial 'D'(ilexisti) at the beginning of the music for the feast day of the virgin Pega, the sister of Guthlac, who lived as an anchoress at Peakirk, a little north of Peterborough., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Decorated initial 'S' at the beginning of the music for the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, also known as Candlemas Day, on 2 February (the 40th day after Christmas day)., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Tituli of religious houses, mostly in Winchester, including St Mary and St Ethelberga; St Peter, St Paul and St Swithun, and the abbey church of St Mary in Sherborne., Mortuary roll of Lucy, foundress and first prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Castle Hedingham, tituli (responsive prayers)

St Ethelberga; St Peter, St Paul and St Swithun, and the abbey church of St Mary in Sherborne. Part II is stored separately.This is the fifth oldest English obituary roll, though the others are fragmentary, preceded by those of Turgot

• Prayers, including of the church of St Mary and St Aethelburga at Barking, near the lower edge., Mortuary roll of Lucy, foundress and first prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Castle Hedingham, tituli (responsive prayers)

of the church of St Mary and St Aethelburga at Barking, near the lower edge. Part II is stored separately.This is the fifth oldest English obituary roll, though the others are fragmentary, preceded by those of Turgot of Durham (d.

• Tituli of communities from London, with the inscription from the church of St Bartholomew in London at the end of the section, and that of St Mary's, Stratford at the top., Mortuary roll of Lucy, foundress and first prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Castle Hedingham, tituli (responsive prayers)

with the inscription from the church of St Bartholomew in London at the end of the section, and that of St Mary's, Stratford at the top. Part II is stored separately.This is the fifth oldest English obituary roll, though the

• Puzzle initial 'P'(uer) at the beginning of the music for Christmas day., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Musical notation., Gradual of Crowland abbey, imperfect ('The Crowland Gradual')

Thomas Manning has scripsit anno domini 1655' (f. 140) .? Edward and Roger Howman Norfolk: inscritions 'Edw: Howman' and 'Ancient Church Musick long before the Reformation or Printing' (f. i); and 'R. Howman (f. iv verso).G. J. Little of Newbold

• Decorated initials., Breviary, use of Mâcon, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect

cover.Musical notation of plain-song settings for the Venite, hymns for the office throughout the year, for the dedication of the church and the Commune Sanctorum (ff. 470-479). Large initials in blue and/or red with red and blue penwork decoration. Large

• Decorated initial 'A'(d)., Ordinal, Use of Sarum

in red. On ff. 153v-155, initials in brown with red and brown penwork decoration. Ordinal, Use of Sarum The parish church of Risby, Suffolk: inscribed 'Iste liber constat ecclesie de Rysbey in comitatu de Suffolke. Ordinele' (f. 162).Inscribed 'Thomas Stezgen

• The first entry on this page, the annal for 399, records that Rufinus of Aquileia wrote his history of the Church in that year. Other annals include the discovery of the body of the first martyr, Stephen (410), Augustine's publication his book 'The City of God' (414, in red) and the deaths of Jerome (420) and Augustine (424)., Gesta Regum Anglorum; Annals to 1212 (ff. 103-33), imperfect (the B version)

records that Rufinus of Aquileia wrote his history of the Church in that year. Other annals include the discovery of the body of the first martyr, Stephen (410), Augustine's publication his book 'The City of God' (414, in red) and

• Puzzle initial 'S'(i consid[er]arem) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Libellus de jure civili, imperfect

(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

• Text page., Various texts relating to Scottish history, including the Chronicles of the Picts and Scots (index Scotichronicon)

(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 'P'(lantaverat) and plain red and blue initials., Versified Bible (index Biblia Versificata)

(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

• Pen-flourished initials, 'O'(tium), 'T(ria), 'P'(onam)., Theological tracts

(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

• Tinted pen-drawing of the Crucifixion.

180-184; available at [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42876], accessed on 30 July 2009. Pen drawing of the Crucifixion tinted in green and pink-brown. The church of St. John Baptist, Pirton (Worcestershire), 14th century: the inscription 'Missale Parochie de Pirton' (recto, above the drawing).The blank

• Swan marks., Collection of swan-marks displayed in alphabetical order, beginning with the royal swan mark before Henry VIII

of fragments of different date and origin bound at the beginning of the 16th-century swan-mark collection.The statutes of the Norwegian Church were established at the synod of Bergen in 1164 after the election of King Magnus: this fragment relates to