• Miniature of an angel addressing Zacharias, father of John the Baptist, who kneels in front of an altar., Prayers for saints' vigils with a calendar

addressing Zacharias, father of John the Baptist, who kneels in front of an altar. Horizontal catchwords.Miniature curtains, likely of silk, once protected the full-page minitures. These are no longer extant, but the holes and thread, by means of which these

• Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with a bishop kneeling before king Edward III, combined with a foliate bar border., Registrum brevium

texts in 15th-16th century hands (ff. 219r-v, 289v-290v, 291), including a petition of the masters and clerks in chancery to John Stratford, archbishop of Canterbury, then lord Chancellor (1330-1334), referring to an act made in the 4th year of Edward

• 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,

• 2-sided bar border with foliate decoration including an hybrid figure, coloured initials and title in display capitals with pen-work decoration., Fragment of Gregory's Decretals (index Decretales), Book 4, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Decretals, with marginal gloss

Walsingham, Norfolk: inscribed 'Walsyngham' Inscribed '?Walsyngham', ?15th century (f. 116v).Inscribed 'Thomas Essex', 16th century (f. 82v).John Riley, ?16th century: inscribed 'John Ryley de ?R[...]ton' (f. 92v). Samuel Knott (d. 1687), rector of Combe Raleigh, Devon (1661-1668), antiquary and collector of

• Text page with a description of the author's mistress, and complaints about her cruelty., Various texts including secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)

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

• A song about the good effects of the spring; a song about Isomen; a ditty in which the poet repents of his former sinful life., Various texts including secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)

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

• Text page, with 24 lines of verse to the Virgin Mary, 'Mayden Moder Milde,' and 9 opening lines of the Gesta of King Horn., Various texts including secular and religious lyrics (also known as the 'Harley Lyrics'), including King Horn and the Follies of Fashion, and Psalms listed for recitation at certain times (imperfect)

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

• Decorated initial 'A'(nno) with foliate forms, in a cartulary of Chertsey abbey., Register of Chertsey abbey

left for initials. Register of Chertsey abbey ? The Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey, during the abbacy of John de Rutherwyk, including charters from 1307 to 1344; see ~Chertsey Cartularies~ p. iii.Henry Powle (bap. 1630, d. 1692), politician:

• Decorated initial 'N' and diagrams illustrating the text of John Holywood., Various theological and mathematical tracts, including the prose life of Cuthbert, incomplete (ff. 74-101v), 22 miracles of Cuthbert, the Brevis relatio

diagrams illustrating the text of John Holywood. Late medieval foliation in ink Arabic numerals.St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born in Northumbria

• null, Register of Chertsey abbey

left for initials. Register of Chertsey abbey ? The Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey, during the abbacy of John de Rutherwyk, including charters from 1307 to 1344; see ~Chertsey Cartularies~ p. iii.Henry Powle (bap. 1630, d. 1692), politician:

• null, Register of Chertsey abbey

left for initials. Register of Chertsey abbey ? The Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey, during the abbacy of John de Rutherwyk, including charters from 1307 to 1344; see ~Chertsey Cartularies~ p. iii.Henry Powle (bap. 1630, d. 1692), politician:

• Decorated initial 'N' in the text of John Holywood., Various theological and mathematical tracts, including the prose life of Cuthbert, incomplete (ff. 74-101v), 22 miracles of Cuthbert, the Brevis relatio

in the text of John Holywood. Late medieval foliation in ink Arabic numerals.St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born in Northumbria around

• Puzzle initial 'O'(mnibus), at the beginning of the Historia Mongalorum., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica (see notes for complete list)

to Richard, count of Poitou, beginning 'A [multis] requisitus et multociens', and the revised version of the dedication to King John of England (ff. 58v-106v);Philomela, the poem on the voices of birds and beasts ascribed to Ovid in the 16th-century

• Detail of a miniature of two episodes from a legend of the priest of Ulster and the wolf, in the lower margin; on the left, a priest talks to a wolf near a roaring fire; on the right, the priest follows the wolf., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

c. 1375-c. 1420, no. 906 (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008). John Twyne (b. c.1505, d. 1581), schoolmaster and antiquary, perhaps owned by him: inscribed 'Twyne' in the hand of John Dee, antiquary (b. 1527, d.1609), in the entry of the

• Detail of a miniature of three episodes from a legend of the priest of Ulster and the wolf, in the lower margin: the priest of Ulster approached by the wolf; the priest led by the wolf; and brought to its female partner to administer the viaticum., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

c. 1375-c. 1420, no. 906 (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008). John Twyne (b. c.1505, d. 1581), schoolmaster and antiquary, perhaps owned by him: inscribed 'Twyne' in the hand of John Dee, antiquary (b. 1527, d.1609), in the entry of the

• Detail of a miniature of the naked bearded woman of Limerick seated on a rock with a spindle, near the naked man-ox of Wicklow, who is being given a round object by another man., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

c. 1375-c. 1420, no. 906 (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008). John Twyne (b. c.1505, d. 1581), schoolmaster and antiquary, perhaps owned by him: inscribed 'Twyne' in the hand of John Dee, antiquary (b. 1527, d.1609), in the entry of the

• Miniature of the naked bearded woman of Limerick seated on a rock with a spindle, near the naked man-ox of Wicklow, who is being given a round object by another man., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

c. 1375-c. 1420, no. 906 (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008). John Twyne (b. c.1505, d. 1581), schoolmaster and antiquary, perhaps owned by him: inscribed 'Twyne' in the hand of John Dee, antiquary (b. 1527, d.1609), in the entry of the

• Detail of a miniature of a bird perched on a building, and a man with the tame falcon of Kildare killing prey; miniature of a scribe writing the miraculous Gospels of Kildare, in the lower margin of the folio., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

c. 1375-c. 1420, no. 906 (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008). John Twyne (b. c.1505, d. 1581), schoolmaster and antiquary, perhaps owned by him: inscribed 'Twyne' in the hand of John Dee, antiquary (b. 1527, d.1609), in the entry of the

• Miniatures of a man kneeling by the crucified Christ at the Crucifix of Dublin, an archer who crossed the hedge of Brigid, blowing on her fire, and a man drinking from a river, in the lower margin of the folio., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

c. 1375-c. 1420, no. 906 (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008). John Twyne (b. c.1505, d. 1581), schoolmaster and antiquary, perhaps owned by him: inscribed 'Twyne' in the hand of John Dee, antiquary (b. 1527, d.1609), in the entry of the