• Full-page miniature of a church., Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt

of a church. ff. 151v-155v added texts in different contemporary hands. f. 156 is a thick piece of vellum and was probably used formerly as binding.The paper dated 1449-1453.The text recounts an expedition said to have been made in 1465

• Miniature of a church., Account of a journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt

of a church. ff. 151v-155v added texts in different contemporary hands. f. 156 is a thick piece of vellum and was probably used formerly as binding.The paper dated 1449-1453.The text recounts an expedition said to have been made in 1465

• Calendar page for September, on the left, and for August (bound upside down) on the right., Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

eclipses and of the moon's influence Inscribed with the date 1463 (f. 3).? Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): inscription 'Tho. Baker, Coll.

• null, Almanac, with a calendar, and tables for the calculation of eclipses and of the moon's influence

eclipses and of the moon's influence Inscribed with the date 1463 (f. 3).? Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): inscription 'Tho. Baker, Coll.

• Illuminated border and the historiated initial 'T'(erribilis) with a bishop outside a church, about to sprinkle it with holy water., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

'T'(erribilis) with a bishop outside a church, about to sprinkle it with holy water. Musical notation.? Possible instructions to the artist or later notes identifying the subject matter briefly, in the lower margin on most of the folios with historiated

• Illuminated miniature of the Trinity, with God the Father seated enthroned holding the cross with the crucified Christ and the dove of the Holy Spirit above the head of Christ (a 'Gnadenstuhl Trinity'), and below, a kneeling donor, William Melreth, alderman of London, in prayer, with his arms. Below this in gold letters and in English is the caption 'Blessed be the trinite', and an inscription detailing Melreth's gift of the missal to the church of St Lawrence, London., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

in English is the caption 'Blessed be the trinite', and an inscription detailing Melreth's gift of the missal to the church of St Lawrence, London. Musical notation.? Possible instructions to the artist or later notes identifying the subject matter briefly,

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a queen entering a church, with an angel following behind., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

of a queen entering a church, with an angel following behind. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part II: the

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of two ladies outside a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

of two ladies outside a church. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part II: the Calendarium illuminated and added on

• Miniature of Dante and Virgil entering the area devoted to simoniacs and magicians, while Dante speaks to the upside-down figure of Pope Nicholas III, with a figure of the True Church in the centre, as a lady dressed in blue with a gold star on her breast, and a seven-headed monster before her (presumably the false church), in illustration of Canto XIX., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

III, with a figure of the True Church in the centre, as a lady dressed in blue with a gold star on her breast, and a seven-headed monster before her (presumably the false church), in illustration of Canto XIX. Pope-Hennessy

• Coloured drawings, of Lot's wife, the Ark, and Egyptian soldiers being drowned in the Red Sea., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

Old and New Testaments), imperfect Made for Pedro Fort, a merchant of Barcelona in 1455, who presented it to a church, probably Barcelona: inscribed 'Scriptus fuit liber iste per petrum fort mercatorem In Civitate barchenone anno a nativitate dominj Millesimo

• Drawing of a dragon, with seven heads in its tail. In Joachim's thought, the seven heads correspond to Herod, Nero, Constantinus, Mohometh, Melsemothus, Saladin, the Antichrist, with Gog, the last Antichrist., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

Old and New Testaments), imperfect Made for Pedro Fort, a merchant of Barcelona in 1455, who presented it to a church, probably Barcelona: inscribed 'Scriptus fuit liber iste per petrum fort mercatorem In Civitate barchenone anno a nativitate dominj Millesimo

• Drawing of Adam and of sacrifices., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

Old and New Testaments), imperfect Made for Pedro Fort, a merchant of Barcelona in 1455, who presented it to a church, probably Barcelona: inscribed 'Scriptus fuit liber iste per petrum fort mercatorem In Civitate barchenone anno a nativitate dominj Millesimo

• Drawings, including of king Saul, the priest Eli, who falls dead after being told that his two sons had been killed and the ark of God taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:17-18); and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

Old and New Testaments), imperfect Made for Pedro Fort, a merchant of Barcelona in 1455, who presented it to a church, probably Barcelona: inscribed 'Scriptus fuit liber iste per petrum fort mercatorem In Civitate barchenone anno a nativitate dominj Millesimo

• Miniature of Duke Richard the Fearless supervising the rebuilding of the church of the Abbey of Fecamp, while in the background, a man destroys the old church., Grande Chronique de Normandie

Miniature of Duke Richard the Fearless supervising the rebuilding of the church of the Abbey of Fecamp, while in the background, a man destroys the old church. The clothing suggest a date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first

• Detail of a miniature of Dante and Virgil entering the area devoted to simoniacs and magicians, while Dante speaks to the upside-down figure of Pope Nicholas III, with a figure of the True Church in the centre, as a lady dressed in blue with a gold star on her breast, and a seven-headed monster before her (presumably the false church), in illustration of Canto XIX., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

III, with a figure of the True Church in the centre, as a lady dressed in blue with a gold star on her breast, and a seven-headed monster before her (presumably the false church), in illustration of Canto XIX. Pope-Hennessy

• Detail of a miniature of monks singing a requiem, with the celebrant wearing spectacles, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Church mass Master of the Salisbury Breviary St Stephen Master of the Bedford Hours Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of a metrical version of the Psalms in Middle English., The Psalms in English verse (the Surtees Society version), with parallel Latin, and Latin prayers

English verse (the Surtees Society version), with parallel Latin, and Latin prayers The Augustinian priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire: 14th-century ? inscription 'Liber monasterii de Kirkham' (f. 2v).15th-century ? inscriptions 'Johes Vicaricui Hutton' and Thomas leue'

• Detail of historiated initial., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of

• Detail of a miniature of the Trinity., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of

• Detail of historiated initial., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

Line-fillers in gold, red, and blue. Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers The church of St Lawrence in London, given in 1446 by William Melreth, alderman, textile merchant of Broad Street, member of