• Pen drawings of the cyclaminos plant, of a man killing a serpent while meeting a priest holding a chalice at the entrance of a church., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

while meeting a priest holding a chalice at the entrance of a church. Containing: a) Pseudo-Antonius Musa, De herba vettonica (ff. 7-8v); b) Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus, De medicaminibus herbarum (ff. 8v-43v); c) Pseudo-Dioscorides, Liber medicinae ex herbis femininis (ff. 43v-58); d)

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Augustine's 'Enarrationes in Psalmos', followed by display script., Enarrationes in Psalmos, imperfect

has these marks, as well.Letters ? 'Ah' (class-mark?) in upper margin of f. 1. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other

• Puzzle initial 'F'(rater) at the beginning of the Prologue., Bible, without the Psalms

(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

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber)with the Tree of Jesse at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel. Maiden and unicorn in the margin., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 208v-231v; imperfect) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 494-533), imperfect (starts in the middle of Exodus)

inscribed 15th or 16th-century 'pries pur moy for charyte' and his name (f. 538).Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): autograph inscription 'Biblia latina

• Historiated initial 'V'(enerabilis) of a bearded man and a demon holding a halberd and a scythe with bells hanging from the halberd, at the beginning of the life of Odo of Canterbury., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Detail of a coloured drawing of knights with heraldic banners, one of them giving a sealed letter to the group to the right., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

white lines or simple penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham,

• Detail of historiated initial 'D'(ixim[us]) of Dunstan, seated at a forge, pinching the devil's nose with a pair of tongs., Canterbury Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect, including a life of Dunstan and of Anselm of Canterbury

of Canterbury Part I (ff. 1-39):Effaced three-line inscription (f. 1).Written at the Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury, Kent: listed in its catalogue (see Ker 1964 and Wright 1972).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer,

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixim[us]) of Dunstan, seated at a forge, pinching the devil's nose with a pair of tongs., Canterbury Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect, including a life of Dunstan and of Anselm of Canterbury

of Canterbury Part I (ff. 1-39):Effaced three-line inscription (f. 1).Written at the Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury, Kent: listed in its catalogue (see Ker 1964 and Wright 1972).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer,

• Detail of decorated initial 'D'(efuncto) at the beginning of Book II of Eadmer's Life of Anselm of Canterbury., Canterbury Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect, including a life of Dunstan and of Anselm of Canterbury

of Canterbury Part I (ff. 1-39):Effaced three-line inscription (f. 1).Written at the Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury, Kent: listed in its catalogue (see Ker 1964 and Wright 1972).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer,