• Miniature of messengers sent to the church of Saint Martin at Tours to ask for a sign of victory. They were greeted by the Psalm 'Sire thou did gird me with strength for battle . . . Thou did make my assailants sink under me', in a scene from the life of Clovis., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

sent to the church of Saint Martin at Tours to ask for a sign of victory. They were greeted by the Psalm 'Sire thou did gird me with strength for battle . . . Thou did make my assailants sink

• Detail of a miniature of messengers sent to the church of Saint Martin at Tours to ask for a sign of victory. They were greeted by the Psalm 'Sire thou did gird me with strength for battle . . . Thou did make my assailants sink under me', in a scene from the life of Clovis., Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

of messengers sent to the church of Saint Martin at Tours to ask for a sign of victory. They were greeted by the Psalm 'Sire thou did gird me with strength for battle . . . Thou did make my

• Drawing of an author portrait of Aldhelm., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

Ehfridus, with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Aldhelm Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Decorated initial 'A'(usculta) with a foliate motif, in colours, at the beginning of the Benedictine Rule., Martyrology (ff. 14-132), Benedictine Rule, list of founders and benefactors, litany, imperfect at the beginning

first abbot, Rodulphe or Ralph, an Englishman (d. 1152); punctus flexus punctuation marks; the feast of the dedication of the church added in the margin (f. 116v); documents relating to the abbey (f. 204).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley

• Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with king Edward I at the beginning of the Magna Carta., Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), including the Magna Carta, etc., 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

• ~Bas-de-page~ of the Nativity, with a Dominican friar kneeling in the foreground and the Shepherds in the background (middle miniature)., Cutting from a Dominican manuscript

a Dominican friar kneeling in the foreground and the Shepherds in the background. Cutting from a Dominican manuscript ?A Dominican church, possibly San Domenico in Bologna: kneeling Dominican friars in the present cutting and those formerly in the Holford Collection

• Text page with an initial 'N'(ovum), at the beginning of the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Text page., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Text page., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Text page., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Decorated initial 'G'(enerationem), at the beginning of the list of capitula., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Text page., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Text page., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Decorated initial 'P'(ridu), at the beginning of a table of festivals., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Canon Tables., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Canon Tables., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Canon Tables., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Canon Tables., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Canon Tables., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols

• Canon Tables., Gospel Book

Cathedral, but no certain evidence supports this hypothesis (see discussion Keynes 1985). Humphrey Wanley suggested that it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury (see 'Antiquæ literaturæ Septentrionalis liber alter', in George Hickes ~Linguarum Vett. Septentrionalium Thesaurus Grammatico-Criticus et Archæologicus~, 2 vols