• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of a king kneeling before Christ., Fragment of a Psalter

on coloured grounds. Fragment of a Psalter 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 Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection,

• Miniature of the Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John, within the text on the mass of the Holy Cross., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

with the Virgin and St John, within the text on the mass of the Holy Cross. The miniature of the Crucifixion (f. 2) is inserted in the text of a mass of the Holy Cross (ff. 1v-2v).An original table of

• Miniature of the Virgin and Child, at the beginning of Cantiques., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698), II, no. 6543.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no 115.Charles

• Miniature of Amos as a shepherd, at the beginning of Amos, with the instruction for an illuminator in the margin; 'I saint berger / garde de berbis et / vois d'ange'., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698), II, no. 6543.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no 115.Charles

• Text written in Insular minuscule with decorated initials, surrounded by 10th-century Benedictine liturgical annotations., Prayer book (the 'Royal Prayer Book'), including the apocryphal letter of Christ to Abgar, and Gospel readings

Manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Wigorniensis, Made in 1622-1623~, ed. by Ivor Atkins and N. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944), no. 309. John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: inscribed with his name 'Ioannes Theyer', with a dated note of 1649 (f.

• Historiated initial 'S'(tabat) with in two compartments John the Baptist pointing his disciples to Christ, and the crucifixion of Andrew, full border and bas-de-page scene with Christ calling Andrew and Peter from their fishing-boat., Breviary, Use of Verdun, Winter portion ('The Breviary of Renaud de Bar' or 'The Breviary of Marguerite de Bar')

with in two compartments John the Baptist pointing his disciples to Christ, and the crucifixion of Andrew, full border and bas-de-page scene with Christ calling Andrew and Peter from their fishing-boat. Musical notation.For a large number of images of the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'S'(tabat) with two compartments, of John the Baptist pointing his disciples towards Christ, and Andrew being tied upon his cross., Breviary, Use of Verdun, Winter portion ('The Breviary of Renaud de Bar' or 'The Breviary of Marguerite de Bar')

'S'(tabat) with two compartments, of John the Baptist pointing his disciples towards Christ, and Andrew being tied upon his cross. Musical notation.For a large number of images of the other part of the manuscript, Verdun, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 107, see

• Detail of a miniature of Amos as a shepherd, at the beginning of Amos., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698), II, no. 6543.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no 115.Charles

• Detail of a miniature of the Virgin and Child, at the beginning of Cantiques., La bible historiale complétée, 2nd volume, imperfect

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698), II, no. 6543.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no 115.Charles

• Framed initial 'D'(ivine) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the third book of the 'Sententiae'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

Framed initial 'D'(ivine) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the third book of the 'Sententiae'. St. Gregory the Great's 'Moralia In Job' was a hugely important medieval text, but is also extremely long: it was typically bound in

• Framed initial 'V'(eniente) with Isidore of Seville seated wearing a bishop's mitre and holding a crozier., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

Framed initial 'V'(eniente) with Isidore of Seville seated wearing a bishop's mitre and holding a crozier. St. Gregory the Great's 'Moralia In Job' was a hugely important medieval text, but is also extremely long: it was typically bound in

• Framed initial 'S'(ummum) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the 'Sententiae'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

Framed initial 'S'(ummum) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the 'Sententiae'. St. Gregory the Great's 'Moralia In Job' was a hugely important medieval text, but is also extremely long: it was typically bound in three or more large

• Framed initial 'O'(mnis) with floral and foliate decoration at the beginning of the second book of the 'Sententiae'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

Framed initial 'O'(mnis) with floral and foliate decoration at the beginning of the second book of the 'Sententiae'. St. Gregory the Great's 'Moralia In Job' was a hugely important medieval text, but is also extremely long: it was typically

• Puzzle initial 'R'(everentissimo) with floral and foliate decoration at the beginning of the letter, 'Haimanno Adalbertus'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

Puzzle initial 'R'(everentissimo) with floral and foliate decoration at the beginning of the letter, 'Haimanno Adalbertus'. St. Gregory the Great's 'Moralia In Job' was a hugely important medieval text, but is also extremely long: it was typically bound in

• Puzzle initial 'N'(on) at the beginning of the 'Speculum Gregorii'., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

Puzzle initial 'N'(on) at the beginning of the 'Speculum Gregorii'. St. Gregory the Great's 'Moralia In Job' was a hugely important medieval text, but is also extremely long: it was typically bound in three or more large volumes. Several

• Framed initial 'V(ir) with Job being admonished by his wife to reject God., Sententiae (f. 3); Speculum Gregorii (f. 45); Abbreuiatio Moralium Gregorii Magni in Iob (f. 116)

Framed initial 'V(ir) with Job being admonished by his wife to reject God. St. Gregory the Great's 'Moralia In Job' was a hugely important medieval text, but is also extremely long: it was typically bound in three or more

• null, Expositio vocabulorum Bibliae

his signature and motto: 'Edw. Hoby' and 'Fato Quam voto.', f. 2; cf. Burney 354 and 361, and Additional 4898.? John Brand (b. 1744 d. 1807), antiquary and topographer: inscribed 'A Vocabulary to the Latin Bible, Wrote about A.D. 1380,

• null, Expositio vocabulorum Bibliae

his signature and motto: 'Edw. Hoby' and 'Fato Quam voto.', f. 2; cf. Burney 354 and 361, and Additional 4898.? John Brand (b. 1744 d. 1807), antiquary and topographer: inscribed 'A Vocabulary to the Latin Bible, Wrote about A.D. 1380,

• Coloured initial 'O' and marginal inscription along the lower edge stating that it was written in 1272: 'Iste liber est scriptus anno 1272 . . .'., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera), in a mathematical and scientific miscellany

Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Coloured initial Johannes de Sacro Bosco (index Johannes de Sacrobosco, Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, John de Sacrobosco) England

• Diagram., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera), in a mathematical and scientific miscellany

the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Diagram Johannes de Sacro Bosco (index Johannes de Sacrobosco, Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, John de Sacrobosco) England