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Arundel 74
Bede, Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti
England, E. (East Anglia? or Norwich?); between c. 1375 and 1406
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Illuminated border and initial

f. 1
Illuminated border and initial
Detail

f. 1
Detail
Historiated initial and border

f. 2v
Historiated initial and border
 
Detail

f. 2v
Detail
Detail

f. 2v
Detail

Arundel 220
Trivet, Walter of Bibbesworth , Miscellany of mostly historical texts
England, East; 2nd quarter of the 14th century
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Historiated initial and border

f. 7
Historiated initial and border
Detail: Historiated initial

f. 7
Detail: Historiated initial

Arundel 230   ff. 1v-5v
Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table
England, E. (Peterborough or Crowland?); 2nd half of the 12th century
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Calendar page

f. 3
Calendar page
Detail

f. 3
Detail
Calendar page

f. 3v
Calendar page
 
Detail

f. 3v
Detail
 
Arundel 230   ff. 7-161
Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)
England, E. (Peterborough?); 2nd half of the 12th century
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Illuminated initial

f. 7
Illuminated initial
Detail

f. 7
Detail
Illuminated initial

f. 114v
Illuminated initial
 
Detail

f. 114v
Detail
Litany

f. 158
Litany

Arundel 233   ff. 1-160v and 165-171v
Psalter, followed by Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, adapted to the use of Ely
England, E. (Norwich?); 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century
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Historiated initial

f. 1
Historiated initial
Historiated initial

f. 96v
Historiated initial
 
Arundel 233   ff. 161-164v
Partly replaced litany, etc. (ff. 161-162v: original leaves washed and overwritten; ff. 163-164v added)
England, E. (Norwich?); 15th century

Arundel 250
Bible with prologues, and two versions of Psalms
England, E. (Norwich?); 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century
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Cain and Abel; the Ark

ff. 2v-3
Cain and Abel; the Ark
Creation

f. 6v
Creation
Puzzle initial

f. 142
Puzzle initial
 

Arundel 292
Henry of Sawtrey, Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatio Sancti Patricii (ff. 73-88)
England, E. (Norfolk, Norwich?); last quarter of the 13th century
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Text page

f. 3
Text page
Coloured initials

f. 4
Coloured initials
Coloured initial

f. 4v
Coloured initial
 
Coloured initials

f. 5
Coloured initials
Coloured initial

f. 5v
Coloured initial
Coloured initials

f. 6
Coloured initials
 
Text

f. 6v
Text
Coloured initials

f. 7
Coloured initials
Coloured initials

f. 7v
Coloured initials
 
Text

f. 8
Text
Coloured initials

f. 8v
Coloured initials
Text

f. 9
Text
 
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Arundel 377
Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum
England, E. (Ely); last quarter of the 12th or 1st quarter of the 13th century
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July and August

f. 4v
July and August
Detail

f. 4v
Detail
September and October

f. 5
September and October
 
Detail

f. 5
Detail
Decorated initial

f. 35v
Decorated initial
Decorated initial

f. 43v
Decorated initial
 
Initial

f. 56
Initial
Initial

f. 56v
Initial
Detail

f. 56v
Detail
 
Diagrams

ff. 69v-70
Diagrams
Initial

f. 88
Initial
Detail

f. 88
Detail
 
* (see the detailed record for 20 further images)
 

Egerton 615
Guillaume de Deguileville, The Pilgrimage of the Soul, translated from the French of Guillaume de Deguileville
England, E.; 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century (after 1413)
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Angels

f. 31
Angels
Devil

f. 34
Devil
Devils

f. 46v
Devils
 
Crucifixion

f. 63
Crucifixion

Egerton 1066
Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers
England, E. (East Anglia); c. 1270 - c. 1290
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February

f. 3v
February
Saints

f. 10v
Saints
David; The Annunciation

f. 11
David; The Annunciation
 
The Visitation

f. 25v
The Visitation
Mary nursing; Job

f. 34v
Mary nursing; Job
The Annunciation to the Shepherds

f. 43
The Annunciation to the Shepherds
 
Jacob wrestling with the angel

f. 62v
Jacob wrestling with the angel
Monks; Christ teaching

f. 72
Monks; Christ teaching
The Trinity

f. 83
The Trinity
 
Decorated initials

f. 113v
Decorated initials

Egerton 2788
Charter, and Domesday book of the laws and usages of Ipswich
England, E. (Ipswich); 2nd quarter of the 14th century
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Decorated initial

f. 4
Decorated initial

Harley 391
Cartulary of Waltham Abbey, imperfect
England, E. (Essex); 13th century, with later additions
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Waterworks

f. 6
Waterworks
Coloured symbol

f. 33
Coloured symbol

Harley 525
Miscellany of Middle English Romances containing The Seege of Troy (ff. 1-34v), Robert of Cisyle (ff. 35-43v), and Speculum Gy de Warewyke (ff. 44-53)
England, E.; 2nd half of the 15th century
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Decorated initial

ff. 1-53
Decorated initial

Harley 649
Bede the Venerable, Commentary on the Song of Songs, followed by other texts (ff. 2-104v); Commentary on Acts of the Apostles (ff. 105-152v); Commentary on Catholic Epistles (ff. 153-222); Homiliae (ff. 223-251); Commentary on Tobit (ff. 252-258)
England, E. (Ramsey); 1st quarter of the 12th century
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Decorated initial

f. 2
Decorated initial

Harley 706   ff. 1-24
Miscellaneous texts of canon law
England (E. ?); 2nd half of the 14th century
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Border and decorated initial

f. 90v
Border and decorated initial

Harley 936
A collection of statutes, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), a table of the Magna Charta clauses (ff. 8-14v), Edward I's 1297 Magna Charta (ff. 15-25v), Edward I's Charter of the Forrest (ff. 25v- 30v), an extract from a register from the Benedictine Priory of Eye in Suffolk (ff. 68-71), the statutes of Berewike (possibly Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland; ff. 191-192) and York (ff. 262v-267), and the Ordinationes issued by Edward II in 1311 (ff. 231-262v)
England, E. (Suffolk ?); 1st half of the 14th century, after 1311
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Decorated initials and border

f. 15
Decorated initials and border

Harley 2110   ff. 1-152
Castle Acre cartulary, arranged mainly topographically.
England, E. (Castle Acre, Norfolk); 2nd quarter of the 13th century
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Coloured initials

f. 119
Coloured initials

Harley 2255
John Lydgate, Collection of 45 minor poems including The Legend of Saint Austin at Compton (ff. 24-32), The Testament of Dan John Lydgate (ff. 47-66v), Fabula duorum mercatorum (ff. 72-88), and the Hood of Green (ff. 153v-156v), imperfect
England, E.; c. 1460 - c. 1470
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Historiated initial

f. 1
Historiated initial
Historiated initial

f. 1
Historiated initial
Paraphs

f. 8v
Paraphs
 
'Champ' initials

f. 110
'Champ' initials
'Champ' initial

f. 120
'Champ' initial

Harley 3739
Cartulary of Waltham Abbey, Essex
England, E. (Essex); 2nd quarter of the 16th century, between c. 1526 and c. 1540
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Decorated initial

f. 28v
Decorated initial

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