• Puzzle initial 'A' in the letter of Benedict to his followers, the 'Admonitio', which concerns daily practices and discipline., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d.

• Illuminated miniature of the Crucifixion with Christ on a green cross flanked by Mary and John., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology

Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis, including a Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d.

• Added flyleaf with church music, and initial 'H'(enricus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Magna Carta., 2 leaves with church music, used as flyleaves and pastedowns at the beginning and the end

Added flyleaf with church music, and initial 'H'(enricus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Magna Carta. Large initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. 2 leaves with church music, used as flyleaves and pastedowns at the beginning and the

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with Gervasius de Someren, his wife, and a knight of the Church of St John Baptist in prayer., Missal, Use of Utrecht?

of Utrecht? Gervasius de Someren of Utrecht, for the Church of St John Baptist, Utrecht, 1510, four Latin verses stating that Gervasius de Someren presented the manuscript in 1510 to the Church of St John Baptist: inscribed 'Annis verbgene quingentis

• Calendar page for May, with an early addition to this calendar is the dedication of the church of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, on 17 May, suggesting that the manuscript was owned in the parish fairly soon after it was made., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Illuminated initials and border at the beginning of the Mass for Trinity Sunday (the first Sunday after Pentecost, which itself occurs on the 50th day after Easter)., Missal, use of Sarum, with a Calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect at the end

use of Sarum, with a Calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect at the end The parish church of Colwich, Staffordshire: the calendar includes the dedication of the church on 29 May (f. 3; see Legg 1904).? Thomas Parker (d. 1423 ?), prebendary

• Illuminated initial and three-sided border with the heraldic arms of Johanna de Mohun, a benefactor of Christ Church who died in 1405(?), at the beginning of the account of her life., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis

arms of Johanna de Mohun, a benefactor of Christ Church who died in 1405(?), at the beginning of the account of her life. 1 large decorated initial, incorporating arms, developing a three-sided foliate border (f. 61). 1 large decorated initial,

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop approaching a church, while the Virgin Mary leads a woman away behind the church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop approaching a church, while the Virgin Mary leads a woman away behind the church. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

the dedication of a church. Italian cutting.The present cutting is boxed with Add. 60630, ff. 1-9 and 11- 42. To see this cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album which originally contained all

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text, the first with a dragon., The Brut Chronicle, in French

cathedral priory of Christ Church in Canterbury, Kent: inscribed 'Brut en ffranceys: liber eccl[es]ie [christ]i Cantuarie', in two 15th-century hands (f. 1*v), no. 281 in W. Ingram's 1508 list of books from Christ Church, Canterbury (Christ Church Library, ms. 27;

• Historiated initial 'G'(loriosissimam) with Augustine as a bishop, with stigmata, combined with a three-sided white vine border including the coats of arms of the Hungarian humanists Janus Vitez (index John Vitez) and Petrus Garazda (index Peter Garazda), medallions with saints (probably the Fathers of the Church: three of them are bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a dog, birds and flowers., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

humanists Janus Vitez (index John Vitez) and Petrus Garazda (index Peter Garazda), medallions with saints (probably the Fathers of the Church: three of them are bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a

• Puzzle initial on the first page of text, from the book of Job, with Arundel and Lumley ownership signatures., Bible (Job to Revelation)

from Job to Revelation. The first volume is Royal 1 E VII. The text corrected or emended by a Christ Church scribe; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Cambridge, Trinity College, B. 1.17 and B. 3.9 (see Marsden 1994 and

• Coloured initial 'B'(eatus) with display script, at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the pressmark of Christ Church, Canterbury 'r', and ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer and Lord Lumley., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

century (ff. 9, 29v, 62v, 69).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: Christ Church pressmark 'r' with a title 'Psalteriu[m] s[anc]ti Jeronimi glosatu[m]', 12th century (f. 8) and Christ Church script, 11th century (ff. 197-198, according to Ker, 1957).Thomas Cranmer

• Drawing of John Chrysostom, a fFather of the Greek church, and decorated initials., Hymns and prayers, preceded by extracts from the Fathers, and followed by other prayers, imperfect

a fFather of the Greek church, and decorated initials. 4 drawings in pen with colour washes of standing Fathers, three holding scrolls (ff. 13, 18v, 20, 21v). 7 simple headpieces in brown, with some penwork decoration, one with a cross

• Decorated initial 'A' with a dragon and foliage., Gradual (the Temporale and Sanctorale combined)

red or brown. Highlighting of letters in red or green. Rubrics in red. Gradual (the Temporale and Sanctorale combined) A church in the area of Noyon: an alleluia for St Eloi (f. 56v). Clipping from an action catalogue cdescribing the

• Decorated initial, 'Ce sunt les rentes de lesglise S. Norrice de Reins' (register of tithes, rents, and other dues of the church of St Nourrice, otherwise St Balsamia, Nurse of St Remigius, at Reims)

10). 'Ce sunt les rentes de lesglise S. Norrice de Reins' (register of tithes, rents, and other dues of the church of St Nourrice, otherwise St Balsamia, Nurse of St Remigius, at Reims) Bought by the British Museum from Tross

• Calendar page for September, on the left, and for August (bound upside down) on the right., Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

eclipses and of the moon's influence Inscribed with the date 1463 (f. 3).? Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): inscription 'Tho. Baker, Coll.

• null, Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

eclipses and of the moon's influence Inscribed with the date 1463 (f. 3).? Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): inscription 'Tho. Baker, Coll.

• Decorated line and initial 'E'., Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70)

and Harlfinger 1981.The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid at Ripon: owned in the 17th century; its inscription 'Liber Ecclesiae Collegiatae de Ripon' (ff. 1, 304v; see Wright 1972).Thomas Mangey (b. 1683/4, d. 1755), Church of England clergyman

• Puzzle initial 'U' with pen-flourishing extending into the margin at the beginning of the Statutes of Exeter Cathedral., Statutes of Exeter cathedral, from William [Warelwast, 1110 ?] to Thomas Brantingham, issued in 1387

The cathedral church of Exeter (see Wright 1972).Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian: MS. 146 in his library inventory, now Harley 7644 (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of