• Miniature of Christopher and Barbara., Book of Hours, Use of the Collegiate Church of Sint Hermeskerk, Ronse

blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in red. Book of Hours, Use of the Collegiate Church of Sint Hermeskerk, Ronse The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ilexi) with border., Book of Hours, Use of the Collegiate Church of Sint Hermeskerk, Ronse

blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in red. Book of Hours, Use of the Collegiate Church of Sint Hermeskerk, Ronse The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Illuminated initial with interlace., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Illuminated initial., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Miniature of the Crucifixion., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Miniature in two registers, of the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Illuminated initial with interlace., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• Illuminated initial., Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7)

gold or red, some with gold highlights. Chrysography. Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary') with calendar (ff. 1v-7) Made for the cathedral church of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg: the calendar includes the feast of the dedication on 28 September, and

• White vine initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of book 16 of Augustine's De Civitate Dei., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

border including the coats of arms of Janos Vitez and Petrus Garazda, medallions with saints (probably the Fathers of the Church: three of them are bishops and the fourth one is probably Peter), a wolf and hen, winged putti, a

• Miniature of a procession into church., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

a procession into church. Several prayers added in the 17th century on originally blank parchment (ff. 13-16v, 23v-24v, 33r-v, 93v-95v, 119r-v, 163v-165v). 26 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some probably originally left unfinished, in colours

• Miniature of a procession into church., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

a procession into church. Several prayers added in the 17th century on originally blank parchment (ff. 13-16v, 23v-24v, 33r-v, 93v-95v, 119r-v, 163v-165v). 26 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some probably originally left unfinished, in colours

• Text page., History of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow, Life of Ceolfrid, Lives of Pope Calixtus I and other martyrs, the legend of Theophilus

Jarrow, Life of Ceolfrid, Lives of Pope Calixtus I and other martyrs, the legend of Theophilus Perhaps written at Christ Church, Canterbury: see discussion Bishop 1963.Eleventh-century additons of music, including a sheet from a discarded Troper (f. 35): see discussion

• Illuminated initial 'H'(istoria) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296) Written in 1457 by Julianus de Viterbo for Guidone Gonzaga (d. 1483): colophon, 'Scripsit Julianus de viterbio

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'H'(istoria) with interlace motifs and a smaller initial with penwork decoration., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296) Written in 1457 by Julianus de Viterbo for Guidone Gonzaga (d. 1483): colophon, 'Scripsit Julianus de viterbio

• Partial border with a large initial 'C'(um) with a series of faces in profile and thirteen smaller initials with penwork decoration., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296) Written in 1457 by Julianus de Viterbo for Guidone Gonzaga (d. 1483): colophon, 'Scripsit Julianus de viterbio

• Detail of illuminated initials 'Q'(uatuor) and 'B'(ello) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296) Written in 1457 by Julianus de Viterbo for Guidone Gonzaga (d. 1483): colophon, 'Scripsit Julianus de viterbio

• Illuminated initials 'Q'(uatuor) and 'B'(ello) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296) Written in 1457 by Julianus de Viterbo for Guidone Gonzaga (d. 1483): colophon, 'Scripsit Julianus de viterbio

• Text page of added miscellaneous documents, memoranda, and records of pensions or tenancies providing documentation of the villages around Evesham., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

of the villages around Evesham. The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and papers relating to churches, pensions and other matters, mainly contemporary to Abbot William

• Decorated initial 'I'(n god) with cadels and a fish at the beginning of chapter 22 of the ~Life of Our Lady~., Various texts including Lydgate's Life of Our Lady, a calendar with mnemonic verses, and culinary recipes (imperfect); the Mappula angliae of Osbern Bokenham (ff. 144-163)

?' and other partly erased inscriptions, ?16th century (f. 182).Illegible signature, ?16th century (f. 2).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

• Decorated initial 'A'(nd) with pen-flourishing and cadels in chapter 22 of the ~Life of Our Lady~., Various texts including Lydgate's Life of Our Lady, a calendar with mnemonic verses, and culinary recipes (imperfect); the Mappula angliae of Osbern Bokenham (ff. 144-163)

?' and other partly erased inscriptions, ?16th century (f. 182).Illegible signature, ?16th century (f. 2).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