• Coloured initial with penwork decoration., Fragment from a glossed Bible, Corinthians 2:13-14

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled for historical purposes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). A number of drawings and printed book fragments were transferred from the volume to

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n) and coloured initial 'L'(ibrum) with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from a Bible, Tobias 13:19-14.16, followed by Jerome's prologue to Ester and Ester 1:1-2:16

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled for historical purposes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). A number of drawings and printed book fragments were transferred from the volume to

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Leaf from a Bible, Tobias 13:19-14.16, followed by Jerome's prologue to Ester and Ester 1:1-2:16

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled for historical purposes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). A number of drawings and printed book fragments were transferred from the volume to

• Text page with partially erased initial and inscription., Historia Scolastica

fratris Ricardi de sancta Columba et fratris Galfridi Werdour, ita quod predicti fratres habeant vsum ad tempus vite' (f. 1). John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary, included in the catalogue of his library left to his grandson Charles Theyer

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uinta) and pen-flourished initials., Historia Scolastica

fratris Ricardi de sancta Columba et fratris Galfridi Werdour, ita quod predicti fratres habeant vsum ad tempus vite' (f. 1). John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary, included in the catalogue of his library left to his grandson Charles Theyer

• Initial 'I'(n) decorated with zoomorphic form and extending into partial bar border., Pharetra, in four books

Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nicholas, Spalding, Lincolnshire: inscription on f. i v, 'Liber m[onaste]rii Spaldyng' (not noticed there by John Leland).On f. i v, passages copied from Isaiah 19 in 14th- or 15th-century English hand.Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

• Initial 'G'(regorius) with foliate and zoomorphic decoration., Pharetra, in four books

Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nicholas, Spalding, Lincolnshire: inscription on f. i v, 'Liber m[onaste]rii Spaldyng' (not noticed there by John Leland).On f. i v, passages copied from Isaiah 19 in 14th- or 15th-century English hand.Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

• Puzzle initial 'G'(regorius) with pen-flourishing and partial border., Pharetra, in four books

Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nicholas, Spalding, Lincolnshire: inscription on f. i v, 'Liber m[onaste]rii Spaldyng' (not noticed there by John Leland).On f. i v, passages copied from Isaiah 19 in 14th- or 15th-century English hand.Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ominica) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the additional portion of the Ordinal., Ordinal for Hereford Cathedral, imperfect at the end

1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ominica) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the original text of the Ordinal., Ordinal for Hereford Cathedral, imperfect at the end

1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Coloured initials, including 'G'(regorius)., Chronicle from 1181 to 1201 (index Chronicon, Annalium Anglicanorum)

annotations in red. Capitals marked in red. Chronicle from 1181 to 1201 (index Chronicon, Annalium Anglicanorum) Mr. Story: sold to John Covel on 3 March 1663/4 (see below).John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain of the Levant Company at Constantinople

• Coloured initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red and blue., Fragment of a leaf from a second half of the 13th century English Troper-Proser containing ‘Gloria’ trope and sequences for the first, second and third Advent Sundays.

of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716) for historical purposes. 190 printed book fragments from the volume were transferred to the

• Puzzle initial 'V'(erba) at the beginning of Ecclesiastes., Bible (from Proverbs to the first Book of Maccabees), imperfect at the end

xxx^s^' (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 manuscripts (see ~Diary~ 1966, and Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Historiated initial 'P' of a personification of Faith holding a disc bearing a gold cross, paten, and chalice, and a personification of Faithlessness worshipping an idol, from Guillelmus Alvernus's De moribus., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June 1921, lot 162; bought by Edwards for £38. Henry Yates Thompson (b. 1838, d.

• Historiated initial 'S'(pes) of a personification of Hope receiving a gift from God, and a personification of Desparation impaling himself on a sword, from Guillelmus Alvernus's De moribus., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June 1921, lot 162; bought by Edwards for £38. Henry Yates Thompson (b. 1838, d.

• Initial 'N'(unc) with pen-flourishing, from Guillelmus Alvernus's De moribus., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June 1921, lot 162; bought by Edwards for £38. Henry Yates Thompson (b. 1838, d.

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of a personification of Poverty clothing the naked and a personification of Greed stealing (or hoarding) a money bag, from Guillelmus Alvernus's De moribus., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June 1921, lot 162; bought by Edwards for £38. Henry Yates Thompson (b. 1838, d.

• Initials 'N'(ec) and 'O' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Auli Persii Satyrae sex; marginal sketch in the upper margin., Miscellany, including Eberhard's Graecismus (ff. 1-42); John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale (ff. 44-93v); Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scholarium (ff. 94-113v)

empty (ff. 106v, 108v, 110, 111v, 116v, 118, 121, 122, 123v, 124, 125v, 128). Miscellany, including Eberhard's Graecismus (ff. 1-42); John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale (ff. 44-93v); Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scholarium (ff. 94-113v) Unidentified owners,

• Initials 'N'(ec) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Auli Persii Satyrae sex; marginal sketch in the upper margin., Miscellany, including Eberhard's Graecismus (ff. 1-42); John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale (ff. 44-93v); Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scholarium (ff. 94-113v)

empty (ff. 106v, 108v, 110, 111v, 116v, 118, 121, 122, 123v, 124, 125v, 128). Miscellany, including Eberhard's Graecismus (ff. 1-42); John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale (ff. 44-93v); Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scholarium (ff. 94-113v) Unidentified owners,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P' of a personification of Faith holding a disc bearing a gold cross, paten, and chalice, and a personification of Faithlessness worshipping an idol, from Guillelmus Alvernus's De moribus., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June 1921, lot 162; bought by Edwards for £38. Henry Yates Thompson (b. 1838, d.