• Bas-de-page scene of a king and his court, with a messenger approaching the king and queen, and a colophon at the end of the text., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a king and his court, with a messenger approaching the king and queen., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Borders with scenes, capitals and text, and a bas-de-page scene of a messenger delivering a letter., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Miniature of the pope and cardinals, with a bas-de-page scene of people outside a building., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a miniature of the pope and cardinals., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a grotesque playing a rebec., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a painting of a winged grotesque holding a shield of arms., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Bas-de-page scene of people outside a building., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Miniature of the pope flanked by a monk and a layman, with a bas-de-page scene of a man attacking a butterfly with a sword., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a miniature of the Pope flanked by a monk and a layman., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man attacking a butterfly with a sword., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Bas-de-page scene of a man playing a fife and drum, with a man on his shoulder, while below, a bad baker is being dragged on a horse-drawn hurdle with his deficient loaf of brea around his neck., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a grotesque figure., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man playing a fife and drum, with a man on his shoulder, while below, a bad baker is being dragged on a horse-drawn hurdle with his deficient loaf of brea around his neck., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E' of an enthroned king, in gold and colours, with a partial bar border., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Enthroned king Various, including John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H' of an enthroned king, in gold and colours, with a partial bar border., Various legal statutes and treatises, including the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton, and the Proposiciones digestorum) (index Liber de Legibus Angliae; De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae)

of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Entrhoned king Various, including John le Breton (attributed to) (index Johannes Breton; John Brito; Johannes Britton, John Bretun) England

• Initial 'E'(xceptionis) at the beginning of the prologue of Ivo of Chartres' Panormie, showing damage sustained in the fire of 1731 at Ashburnham House, Westminster., Formula of confession, beginning, 'Confiteor tibi, domine, pater celi et terre' (f. ii), Ceremony of profession, beginning, 'Ad canonicum regularem faciendum' (f. 1), the rule of St Augustine (f. 1v), various chronological computations, beginning, 'Secundum hebraicam veritatem' (f. 4v), notes on the seven ages of the world, the six ages of man, the ten names of the deity, cardinal and ordinal numbers (ff. 4v-5), De corpore et sanguine domini (ff. 5-6), Panormia (index Panormie, Pannormia) (ff. 6-112v), Sermons of Ivo of Chartres, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 114-148v), Constitutions of the Council of Westminster in 1127 (ff. 148v-149), Apocryphal epistle of Pontius Pilate to the Emperor Claudius (f. 149v-150v), Latin names of the winds with English eqivalents, epigram on a hermaphrodite, medical verses (f. 150v)

in Latin and English, added in the twelfth or thirteenth century (f. 150v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: inscribed, 'John. Theyer Jun' (f. i); a lengthy note in his hand, dated 15 July 1659, in vindication of Ivo of

• Decorated initial 'P'(revaricatur) at the beginning of IV Kings (II Samuel)., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 166-185v) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 378-397)

scenes, dragon and serpent; f. 135v: king Cyrus; f. 138v: Nehemiah, f. 181: blessing Christ, f. 326v: eagle, symbol of John, on a column, f. 335: Paul holding a sword, f. 343v: Paul). Numerous large initials with foliate decoration, interlaced

• Historiated initial 'F'(ratres) with a friar writing, for the beginning of the prologue to Genesis., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 166-185v) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 378-397)

scenes, dragon and serpent; f. 135v: king Cyrus; f. 138v: Nehemiah, f. 181: blessing Christ, f. 326v: eagle, symbol of John, on a column, f. 335: Paul holding a sword, f. 343v: Paul). Numerous large initials with foliate decoration, interlaced

• End of II Macchabees followed by an early 16th-century ownership inscription 'p[er]tinet prioratui de Walsyngh[a]m' (see Provenance)., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 166-185v) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 378-397)

scenes, dragon and serpent; f. 135v: king Cyrus; f. 138v: Nehemiah, f. 181: blessing Christ, f. 326v: eagle, symbol of John, on a column, f. 335: Paul holding a sword, f. 343v: Paul). Numerous large initials with foliate decoration, interlaced