• Calendar page for April, with coloured letters., Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany for the use of Exeter, prayers, and offices (The 'Leofric Psalter')

1918). Initials in blue, red, green, and brown. Decorated line-fillers in brown. Unfinished, with spaces left for initials, for Psalm 1 filled in with an added puzzle initial and rubrics in brown and red. Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany

• Text page with coloured initials., Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany for the use of Exeter, prayers, and offices (The 'Leofric Psalter')

1918). Initials in blue, red, green, and brown. Decorated line-fillers in brown. Unfinished, with spaces left for initials, for Psalm 1 filled in with an added puzzle initial and rubrics in brown and red. Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany

• Text page of a land-based tax assessment document., Miscellany, including the 'Tribal Hidage', or assessment list, Aelfric's treatise on Latin grammar, compotus notes, glossary material, and De initio creaturae (ff.128v-129), dated 1034

William Fleetwood [Fletewoode] (b. c.1525, d.1594), lawyer and antiquary: erased inscription of his name (ff. 3*verso and f. 129v); no. 1 of the manuscripts at Missenden abbey, the home of the Fleetwood family: see Ker 1957.18th-century ? inscription '111 A

• Title and initial in display capitals at the beginning of Cicero 'Orationes in Catilinam'., Works, including 'Epistolae ad Familiares' (ff. 1v-51v), 'Philippics' (index Philippicae) (ff. 71-113), 'Ciceronis in Sallustium et invicem invectivae' (ff. 113-114v), 'Orationes in Catilinam' (ff. 115-125v), 'In Verrem actio II' (ff. 159v-164v), and 'De officiis' (ff. 164v-180')

the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Octobris, A.D. 1725’ (f. 1); inscribed 'Oxford B.H.' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during

• Initial 'I' with foliate decoration., Ceasarius's 'Sermones' (ff. 1-53v), and Gregory's 'Dialogi', Books 1-4, imperfect at the end (ff. 55-130v)

May 2006).The Opera di San Jacopo in Pistoia: inscribed by two notaries: Ser Bartolomeo da Forlì, chancellor of Pistoia (ff. 1, 135), and Franciscus Luce; 15th-century pressmark 'E.V.' (ff. 133, 191v; see Wright 1972). John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer: sold

• Decorated initial 'F'(uit) with foliate decoration., Lives and Passions of saints

with red penwork decoration, and one in red with blue penwork decoration, and musical notation on red four-line staves (ff. 1, 2, 128, 129).Guglielmo Libri : his sale catalogue, 7 February 1864, lot 118, and 1895, lot 64, bought by

• Drawing of a head in ink, perhaps an author portrait, or a portrait of Gregory or Augustine of Canterbury, who are mentioned in the hymn above., 2 noted Easter hymns, prayers, part of the Office of Augustine of Canterbury: 'Chorus nove Hierusalem' (f. 1) and 'Te lucis auctor' (f. 1v); rhymed Office for Augustine of Canterbury (ff. 67-68v erased, 68v-69); Hymn to Gregory the Great (f. 69v)

(f . 69v). 2 noted Easter hymns, prayers, part of the Office of Augustine of Canterbury: 'Chorus nove Hierusalem' (f. 1) and 'Te lucis auctor' (f. 1v); rhymed Office for Augustine of Canterbury (ff. 67-68v erased, 68v-69); Hymn to Gregory

• Marginal image of a fish., Gospel lectionary

in red, often with a yellow wash, one extending into the margin (f. 1), one with an animal head (f. 213). Large decorated initials, in red and yellow, or red, black, and yellow, some zoomorphic or anthropomorphic (birds or hands)

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, including material for determining hours of daylight, a calendar, Canticles and hymns, and creed (ff. 139v-141v), litany and prayers

'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1. Musical notation on four-line red staves, in the office for Catherine (ff. 108-109). Large initial with partial border in colours and gold, at the beginning of Psalm 1 (f. 8). Large puzzle intial

• A parchment leaf onto which two other pieces of parchment have been pasted. The lists of contents on these added pieces are identical., The Revelations of Bridget of Sweden (Libri XII), Acts for the canonization of Bridget with accounts of her miracles, and various other texts, including the Tractatis de summis pontificibus (ff. 125-127), and the Vita venerabilis domine katerine filie beate Birgitte (ff. 288v-291v).

contents on these added pieces are identical. Horizontal catchwords, some with penwork frames.Tabs on outer foredge.f. 1 is a parchment leaf with an added list of contents. Numerous marginal drawings. 19 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (ff. 2,

• Detail of decorated initial 'S'(tupor), incorporating the name 'Syon'., The Revelations of Bridget of Sweden (Libri XII), Acts for the canonization of Bridget with accounts of her miracles, and various other texts, including the Tractatis de summis pontificibus (ff. 125-127), and the Vita venerabilis domine katerine filie beate Birgitte (ff. 288v-291v).

Horizontal catchwords, some with penwork frames.Tabs on outer foredge.f. 1 is a parchment leaf with an added list of contents. Numerous marginal drawings. 19 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (ff. 2, 2v, 17v, 29, 37v, 95, 104, 108,

• Detail of a text page with marginal drawing in the form of a log., The Revelations of Bridget of Sweden (Libri XII), Acts for the canonization of Bridget with accounts of her miracles, and various other texts, including the Tractatis de summis pontificibus (ff. 125-127), and the Vita venerabilis domine katerine filie beate Birgitte (ff. 288v-291v).

of a log. Horizontal catchwords, some with penwork frames.Tabs on outer foredge.f. 1 is a parchment leaf with an added list of contents. Numerous marginal drawings. 19 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (ff. 2, 2v, 17v, 29, 37v,

• Detail of a text page with marginal drawing in the form of a banderole wound round a pointer, held by a hand., The Revelations of Bridget of Sweden (Libri XII), Acts for the canonization of Bridget with accounts of her miracles, and various other texts, including the Tractatis de summis pontificibus (ff. 125-127), and the Vita venerabilis domine katerine filie beate Birgitte (ff. 288v-291v).

round a pointer, held by a hand. Horizontal catchwords, some with penwork frames.Tabs on outer foredge.f. 1 is a parchment leaf with an added list of contents. Numerous marginal drawings. 19 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (ff. 2,

• Detail of a text page with a marginal drawing of a book with many tags., The Revelations of Bridget of Sweden (Libri XII), Acts for the canonization of Bridget with accounts of her miracles, and various other texts, including the Tractatis de summis pontificibus (ff. 125-127), and the Vita venerabilis domine katerine filie beate Birgitte (ff. 288v-291v).

with many tags. Horizontal catchwords, some with penwork frames.Tabs on outer foredge.f. 1 is a parchment leaf with an added list of contents. Numerous marginal drawings. 19 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (ff. 2, 2v, 17v, 29, 37v,

• Decorated initial 'I'(initum) with interlace patterns at the beginning of Mark., Gospels (ff. 1-139) and capitulare evangeliorum (ff. 139v-150)

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die mensis Augusti, A.D. 1724.' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Decorated initial 'M'(agnus) at the beginning of book 1 of Augustine's Confessiones., Confessiones (index Confessions)

the beginning of book 1 of Augustine's Confessiones. Running headers. Signe de renvoi (f. 46), see Ker 1976. Large initials in red or green with penwork decoration in the same and occasionally in the alternate colour, some with reserved designs.

• White vine initial 'N'(el) and full border at the beginning of the text., Trionfi (index Triumphs)

added vertically in a fine 15th-century humanistic hand (f. 26v).Added verses in Italian, 15th century 'Neltempo cherinova emie sospiri...' (f. 1), 'Amor mipuo tenere...' (f. 41).Added inscriptions in Latin, 15th century (f. 41r-v).Stamped arms (trimmed) in lower border, ?16th century

• Inhabited initial 'D'(ivinus) with a dog, in gold and colours., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes)

Inhabited initial 'D'(ivinus) with a dog, in gold and colours. The manuscript was mostly the work of one scribe who wrote the 2nd, 4th, and 6th texts, and all but the first page of the 1st, who is identifiable

• Inhabited initial 'R'(egu) with a dragon, in gold and colours., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes)

Inhabited initial 'R'(egu) with a dragon, in gold and colours. The manuscript was mostly the work of one scribe who wrote the 2nd, 4th, and 6th texts, and all but the first page of the 1st, who is identifiable

• Large decorated initial 'P'(oentissimus) in colours and gold with foliate decoration and acanthus leaves., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes)

Large decorated initial 'P'(oentissimus) in colours and gold with foliate decoration and acanthus leaves. The manuscript was mostly the work of one scribe who wrote the 2nd, 4th, and 6th texts, and all but the first page of the