• 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

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Summa de vitiis et virtutibus (index Summa virtutum)

virtutibus (index Summa virtutum) Added text, 13th century (f. 1) and list of contents, ?14th century (ff. 1v-2v). The cathedral church of Ely, Cambridge: inscribed, 15th century, 'Iste liber p[er]tinet eccl[es]ie Elien[si]' (ff. 2v, 186) and the library mark (f.

• Detail from the roll: Henry III holding a model of a church, and his children: Edward, Margaret, Edmund, Beatrice, Katharine, and again Edward wearing a crown., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

III holding a model of a church, and his children: Edward, Margaret, Edmund, Beatrice, Katharine, and again Edward wearing a crown. Contains the genealogy of the kings of England from the Heptarchy to Henry III (b. 1207, d. 1272), with

• Detail of a miniature of the consecration of a church, with a foliate initial 'D'(e), at the beginning of pars 3, De consecratione., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of the consecration of a church, with a foliate initial 'D'(e), at the beginning of pars 3, De consecratione. Illuminated by the artist of Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 830, a Missal for Paris use, and Giessen, Universitatsbibliothek 945, Justinian's Codex in

• 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

• Miniature illustrating Pars ii., Causa xxviii: an infidel, who has married, was converted to the faith; but his wife left him out of hatred for the Christian faith. He, in turn, took for himself a Christian wife. When she died, he became a cleric. Then owing to his conduct of life and his learning he was chosen as bishop. In the miniature the man is shown (from right to left) as a layman pointing towards his deceased second wife, a cleric, and a bishop, before a seated judge., Cutting from the Decretum Gratiani (index Concordia Discordantium Canonum)

other with two merchants, pleading their case before a seated judge, illustrating Pars ii., Causa xiv: "The canons of a church initiated legal proceedings in regard to their estates. They produced witnesses from their own company; they entrusted some money

• 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

• 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

• Decorated initial 'A'(bsolucio) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs at the beginning of the alphabetical index., 'Veritas theologie', a theological treatise

(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 'H'(enricus)., Various legal texts, including Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae)

(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 of manumissions in Latin., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Detail of a miniature of an abbot and three monks in a church, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 16., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

abbot and three monks in a church, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 16. Illuminated by the artist of Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 830, a Missal for Paris use, and Giessen, Universitatsbibliothek 945, Justinian's Codex in French,

• Detail of a miniature of clerics before a bishop and an altar, illustrating the clerics asking permission to leave their church or canon community and move to a monastery, at the beginning of causa 19., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

an altar, illustrating the clerics asking permission to leave their church or canon community and move to a monastery, at the beginning of causa 19. Illuminated by the artist of Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 830, a Missal for Paris use, and

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of a king kneeling before Christ., Fragment of a Psalter

in animal heads. Small initials in gold on coloured grounds. Fragment of a Psalter 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

• Detail of a miniature of a bishop with two priests, one before an altar, illustrating a case of a bishop removing a priest from a church and substituting another, with a foliate initial 'S'(ententia), at the beginning of causa 9., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

an altar, illustrating a case of a bishop removing a priest from a church and substituting another, with a foliate initial 'S'(ententia), at the beginning of causa 9. Illuminated by the artist of Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 830, a Missal for

• List of contents of a collection of polyphonic music, now lost., Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by Walter Map (ff. 68v-74v), goliardic satires and songs (ff. 75-107), and the 'Song of Lewes' (ff. 107-114).

theologian: MS. 178 in his library inventory (Harley 7644) (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former: sold in 1707 to Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Text page., Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by Walter Map (ff. 68v-74v), goliardic satires and songs (ff. 75-107), and the 'Song of Lewes' (ff. 107-114).

theologian: MS. 178 in his library inventory (Harley 7644) (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former: sold in 1707 to Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Endleaf., Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by Walter Map (ff. 68v-74v), goliardic satires and songs (ff. 75-107), and the 'Song of Lewes' (ff. 107-114).

theologian: MS. 178 in his library inventory (Harley 7644) (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former: sold in 1707 to Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Original flyleaf., Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by Walter Map (ff. 68v-74v), goliardic satires and songs (ff. 75-107), and the 'Song of Lewes' (ff. 107-114).

theologian: MS. 178 in his library inventory (Harley 7644) (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former: sold in 1707 to Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed