• Initial 'Q'(uia) with zoomorphic and foliate decoration at the beginning of Homily I of the last ten homilies., In Ezechielem

Cantuarien[sis]' (f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 38 (see ~The Lumley Library~, 1956); passed to Henry, prince

• null, Tactica theoria, with the dedicatory preface

very similar to those reproduced from Venice, Marciana MS 516 in Pneumatics, Hall, pp. 121-41. Simple red foliate headpieces (f. 1, 27). Red initials, many with foliate penwork decoration. Numerous diagrams, many in combinations of ink drawings and yellow, blue

• null, Tactica theoria, with the dedicatory preface

very similar to those reproduced from Venice, Marciana MS 516 in Pneumatics, Hall, pp. 121-41. Simple red foliate headpieces (f. 1, 27). Red initials, many with foliate penwork decoration. Numerous diagrams, many in combinations of ink drawings and yellow, blue

• null, Tactica theoria, with the dedicatory preface

very similar to those reproduced from Venice, Marciana MS 516 in Pneumatics, Hall, pp. 121-41. Simple red foliate headpieces (f. 1, 27). Red initials, many with foliate penwork decoration. Numerous diagrams, many in combinations of ink drawings and yellow, blue

• Coloured initials and display script., 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

• 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

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) depicting a tonsured master teaching tonsured pupils, at the beginning of the prologue to the commentary on Matthew., Expositio super Matthaeum (ff. 1-159v), Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas (ff. 165-217), and other texts

the prologue to the commentary on Matthew. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 165), each accompanied by a full border, the second incorporating miniatures in roundels. Large foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials alternately blue

• Ownership inscriptions, the first dated 1403, the second dated 1757., Expositio super Matthaeum (ff. 1-159v), Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas (ff. 165-217), and other texts

1757. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 165), each accompanied by a full border, the second incorporating miniatures in roundels. Large foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials alternately blue with red flourishing, or red with

• Illuminated initial 'S'(enior) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the commentary on III John., Expositio super Matthaeum (ff. 1-159v), Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas (ff. 165-217), and other texts

commentary on III John. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 165), each accompanied by a full border, the second incorporating miniatures in roundels. Large foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials alternately blue with red flourishing,

• Text page at the beginning of Abbo of St-Germain's ~Bella Parisiacae urbis~, book 3, with red initial and highlights., Alcuin, De orthographia (ff.1-24v); Bede, De orthographia (ff. 24v-71); Bella Parisiacae urbis, book 3 (Ad clericos) (ff. 71v-84); unidentified smaller text with glossary material (ff. 84-86v); De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 4 (De arte dialectica) (f. 87-149); Glossaries to Greek and Latin grammar texts, including lists of grammatical and metrical terms and glosses to Juvenal (ff. 150-167v).

Text page at the beginning of Abbo of St-Germain's ~Bella Parisiacae urbis~, book 3, with red initial and highlights. Ruled in hard-point. Glosses to Bede and Abbo. A variety of small marginal marks between ff. 1-71v; corrections and erasures

• 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

• Coloured initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of the reading starting at Matthew 26:1 for Palm Sunday., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

neumes (with ~litterae significativae~), England (New Minster – Winchester), second quarter of the 11th century (f. 50-50v) 2 full-page and 1 half-page ink drawings with some colours and a wash of green, blue or red (ff. 6-7). Large and small

• Decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of the readings for Christmas Day from John 1., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

the readings for Christmas Day from John 1. According to Wormald 1963, the manuscript was almost certainly kept on the high altar.This manuscript was formerly Stowe 960.Added notated Exultet (f. 50-50v).Anglo-Saxon neumes (with ~litterae significativae~), England (New Minster – Winchester),

• 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

• Anitphon with neumes., Fragments of an Antiphoner including parts of offices for Lawrence, Hippolitus, and Peter and Paul

Anitphon with neumes. ff. 69-72 are fragments from the same manuscript as Stowe 1061 f. 125. Musical notation in many fragments.Mostly removed from bindings.ff. 1-21v; 24-47v; 51-57v; 61-63v; 65; 67-68v; 73 are various fragments, including of the Laws of

• Coloured initials and heading in rustic capitals., De medela animae, S. Andrae passio, Tractatus ex epistola S. Johannis

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

• An Easter table, with tinted drawing depicting Pachomius receiving the tables from an angel, with the words on the scroll handed to the saint by the angel the same as those written immediately below. This pair of arches is one of a series containing texts related to the calculation of the date of Easter, which were supposed to have been given to Pachomius (died c. 346) by an angel., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

Church calendar (ff. 2-7v).f. 1 is a 13th-century text with initials in green, red, and red with green penwork decoration.Basan also wrote Hanover, Kestner Museum MS WM XXIa 36; parts of York, Minster Lib., MS Add. 1; Additional 34890; Florence,

• Ink drawing of canon tables, with a monk above pointing to an open book with his left hand; the gesture of his right hand, shared by the other two monks, may indicate that they are debating with one another. However, it has also been suggested that this monk is Benedict, perhaps expounding his monastic rule., Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter')

Church calendar (ff. 2-7v).f. 1 is a 13th-century text with initials in green, red, and red with green penwork decoration.Basan also wrote Hanover, Kestner Museum MS WM XXIa 36; parts of York, Minster Lib., MS Add. 1; Additional 34890; Florence,

• Antiphon for the office of Peter and Paul, with neumes., Fragments of an Antiphoner including parts of offices for Lawrence, Hippolitus, and Peter and Paul

Antiphon for the office of Peter and Paul, with neumes. ff. 69-72 are fragments from the same manuscript as Stowe 1061 f. 125. Musical notation in many fragments.Mostly removed from bindings.ff. 1-21v; 24-47v; 51-57v; 61-63v; 65; 67-68v; 73 are

• Text pages of the Aenigmata of Aldhelm., Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Toledo, Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 Old English gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 Old English glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii'