• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with Gervasius de Someren, his wife, and a knight of the Church of St John Baptist in prayer., Missal, Use of Utrecht?

of Utrecht? Gervasius de Someren of Utrecht, for the Church of St John Baptist, Utrecht, 1510, four Latin verses stating that Gervasius de Someren presented the manuscript in 1510 to the Church of St John Baptist: inscribed 'Annis verbgene quingentis

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

the dedication of a church. Italian cutting.The present cutting is boxed with Add. 60630, ff. 1-9 and 11- 42. To see this cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album which originally contained all

• Historiated initial with the Resurrection; inscription dated 1510., Missal, Use of Utrecht?

of Utrecht? Gervasius de Someren of Utrecht, for the Church of St John Baptist, Utrecht, 1510, four Latin verses stating that Gervasius de Someren presented the manuscript in 1510 to the Church of St John Baptist: inscribed 'Annis verbgene quingentis

• Coloured initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

century (ff. 9, 29v, 62v, 69).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: Christ Church pressmark 'r' with a title 'Psalteriu[m] s[anc]ti Jeronimi glosatu[m]', 12th century (f. 8) and Christ Church script, 11th century (ff. 197-198, according to Ker, 1957).Thomas Cranmer

• Decorated initial 'D'(ilexi), at the beginning of the Office and Mass of the Dead., Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 1)

in plain red or blue. Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 1) Apparently written for use in the cathedral church of St Lambert at Liège: includes the anniversary of the election of the bishop Everard de la Marck (d.

• Flourished initial 'M'(isere), in the Office and Mass of the Dead., Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 1)

in plain red or blue. Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 1) Apparently written for use in the cathedral church of St Lambert at Liège: includes the anniversary of the election of the bishop Everard de la Marck (d.

• Heraldic arms, at the beginning of the Office and Mass of the Dead., Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 1)

in plain red or blue. Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 1) Apparently written for use in the cathedral church of St Lambert at Liège: includes the anniversary of the election of the bishop Everard de la Marck (d.

• Coloured initials., Trilingual Psalter

from the Greek by Abu l-Fath Abd Allah b. al-Fadl b. Abd Allah al-Mutran al-Antakie, deacon of the Melkite church of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red (f.

• Coloured initials at the beginning of Psalm 80, and marginal annotation in Arabic noting that this is the reading for Fridays., Trilingual Psalter

made from the Greek by Abu l-Fath Abd Allah b. al-Fadl b. Abd Allah al-Mutran al-Antakie, deacon of the Melkite church of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red

• Decorated initial 'M'(illesimo), at the beginning of Book 6 of Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum; in the lower margin the beginning of an ownership and anathema inscription (which finishes on the facing page), stating that the manuscript belongs to the church of St Mary's, Southwick., Historia Anglorum

beginning of an ownership and anathema inscription (which finishes on the facing page), stating that the manuscript belongs to the church of St Mary's, Southwick. Sketch of a human figure (recto of first medieval parchment flyleaf). Sketches of heraldic arms

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'E'(cce) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Temporale in the Breviary., Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris

pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris Made for use in the abbey church of Sainte-Genevieve, at the southern edge of medieval Paris, as indicated by the calendar (Genevieve on 3 January, 28

• Miniature in two compartments with David fighting a lion and a bear, decorated initial 'B'(eatus) and foliate borders, at the beginnign of the Psalter in the Missal., Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris

pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Breviary, Use of Ste Genevieve, Paris Made for use in the abbey church of Sainte-Genevieve, at the southern edge of medieval Paris, as indicated by the calendar (Genevieve on 3 January, 28

• Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic,

• Decorated initial 'P'(roca) with foliate extensions., Historical miscellany: De viris illustribus; Sextus Rufus, Liber Augustalis

Baron Burghley and a royal minister: inscribed with his name (f. 3).Ambrose Bonwicke, the elder (b. 1652, d. 1722), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster, headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School from 1686 to 1691: inscribed, 'Ambrosii Bonwici 1687'

• Detail of decorated initial 'B'(reves) with foliate extensions., Historical miscellany: De viris illustribus; Sextus Rufus, Liber Augustalis

Baron Burghley and a royal minister: inscribed with his name (f. 3).Ambrose Bonwicke, the elder (b. 1652, d. 1722), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster, headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School from 1686 to 1691: inscribed, 'Ambrosii Bonwici 1687'

• Added flyleaf with church music, and initial 'H'(enricus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Magna Carta., 2 leaves with church music, used as flyleaves and pastedowns at the beginning and the end

Added flyleaf with church music, and initial 'H'(enricus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Magna Carta. Large initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. 2 leaves with church music, used as flyleaves and pastedowns at the beginning and the

• Zoomorphic initial 'H'(esterno) [Hesternam] with interlace and a bird's head, at the beginning of Augustine's Tractatus 25 on the Gospel of John., Tractatus in Evangelium Ioannis, imperfect, lacking tracts 18 and 19 and substituting Sermo 125 (ff. 66-70)

of the consecration of the abbey church of S. Mariae de Poplina in 1100, during the reign of Pope Pascal II (reigned 1099 to 1118), (f. 2v). Inscription regarding the consecration of the church of S. Michael de Puplena in

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uales) with interlace and an animal's head, and a snake? forming the tail of the letter, at the beginning of Augustine's Tractatus 103 on the Gospel of John., Sermon 7 in natale sanctae Mariae, imperfect

of the consecration of the abbey church of S. Mariae de Poplina in 1100, during the reign of Pope Pascal II (reigned 1099 to 1118), (f. 2v). Inscription regarding the consecration of the church of S. Michael de Puplena in

• Detail of a coloured drawing depicting idol worship and blood-sacrifice at the church of Calamye., Travels (index Itinerarium)

idol worship and blood-sacrifice at the church of Calamye. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made in a vertical quarto shape, perhaps for travel or for carrying:

• Coloured drawings of Noah's Ark, resting on the mountain of Taneez, and the story of a monk that brought one plank down to house in a church at the foot of the mountain., Travels (index Itinerarium)

story of a monk that brought one plank down to house in a church at the foot of the mountain. Written in a Norfolk dialect. Combination of the beginning of text B with the end of text A (Doyle, 1986).Made