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Arundel 157   ff. 3-131
Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)
England, Central (Oxford); 1st quarter of the 13th century
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Veronica's veil

f. 2
Veronica's veil
Annunciation and Visitation

f. 3
Annunciation and Visitation
Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds

f. 3v
Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds
 
Detail

f. 3v
Detail
Detail

f. 3v
Detail
Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds

f. 3v
Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds
 
Nativity

f. 3v
Nativity
Magi and Herod

f. 4
Magi and Herod
Dream of the Magi

f. 4v
Dream of the Magi
 
Flight into Egypt

f. 5
Flight into Egypt
Baptism of Christ and First Temptation of Christ

f. 5v
Baptism of Christ and First Temptation of Christ
Detail

f. 5v
Detail
 
* (see the detailed record for 61 further images)
 
 
Arundel 157   ff. 132-185
Office of the Dead; Hours of the Virgin
England, Central (Oxford); c. 1220 - c. 1240
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Men

f. 132
Men
Woman

f. 134
Woman
Man

f. 138
Man
 
Illuminated initial

f. 146
Illuminated initial
Virgin

f. 159v
Virgin

Arundel 303
Bible, with table of readings (ff. 1-2v), Calendar for Dominican use (ff. 3v-4v), Jerome's prefatory letters (ff. 5-7v), and the Interpretationes nominum Hebreorum (ff. 443-483)
England, Central (Oxford?); between 1228 and 1234
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Matthew

f. 353
Matthew
Decorated initials

ff. 415v-416
Decorated initials

Burney 11   ff. 54-522v
Bible with prologues, omitting Psalms
England, Central (Oxford?); 1st half of the 13th century, c. 1230?
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Decorated initial and border

f. 54
Decorated initial and border
Detail

f. 54
Detail
Detail

f. 54
Detail
 
Decorated initial

f. 57v
Decorated initial
Detail

f. 57v
Detail
Decorated initials

f. 496v
Decorated initials
 
Detail

f. 496v
Detail

Burney 323
Johannes (Januensis) de Balbis , Summa Grammaticalis
England, Central (Stone, Staffordshire, or Wells?); between c. 1390 and 1417
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Border and historiated and illuminated initials

f. 1
Border and historiated and illuminated initials
Bas-de-page scene of an archer

f. 234v
Bas-de-page scene of an archer
Fifteenth-century inscription and anathema

f. 299v
Fifteenth-century inscription and anathema
 

Burney 324
John of Damascus (translated by Burgundio of Pisa), De fide orthodoxa
England, Central? (Oxford?); 2nd half of the 13th century
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Flourished initials, and a marginal drawing of a fishing rod

f. 24
Flourished initials, and a marginal drawing of a fishing rod
Detail

f. 24
Detail

Egerton 827
Astrological and medical treatises and recipes, including a zodiacal lunary (ff. 31-35v); 'The Nature of Wommen' (ff. 28v-30)
England, Central (Midlands?); 1st quarter of the 15th century
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Table

f. 19
Table

Egerton 1151
Book of Hours, including Hours of the Holy Spirit and of the Passion
England, S. or Central (Oxford or West Midlands?); 3rd quarter of the 13th century
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Virgin and Child

f. 7
Virgin and Child
Prime

f. 38
Prime
Musicians and dancers

f. 47
Musicians and dancers
 
Vespers

f. 50
Vespers
Compline

f. 57v
Compline
Prime

f. 88v
Prime
 
Terce

f. 90
Terce
Vespers

f. 92
Vespers
Compline

f. 93v
Compline
 
The Betrayal

f. 95v
The Betrayal
Funeral

f. 118
Funeral
Ownership inscription

f. 159
Ownership inscription
 

Harley 536   ff. 50-55v
Arnold of Bonneval , 'De operibus sex dierum', fragment
England, Central (York ?) or France; Last quarter of the 12th or 1st quarter of the 13th century

Harley 978
Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by Walter Map (ff. 68v-74v), goliardic satires and songs (ff. 75-107), and the 'Song of Lewes' (ff. 107-114).
England, Central (Oxford?); 3rd quarter of the 13th century, possibly between 1261-1265
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Musical notation

f. 2
Musical notation
Music notation

ff. 8v-9
Music notation
Initial and music staves

f. 9v
Initial and music staves
 
Musical notation

f. 10
Musical notation
Music

f. 11v
Music
Solfaing Table

f. 14
Solfaing Table
 
Calendar page

f. 15v
Calendar page
Calendar

ff. 15v-16
Calendar
Text page

f. 26
Text page
 
Decorated initials

f. 40
Decorated initials
Text and initial

f. 40v
Text and initial
Text and initial

f. 41
Text and initial
 
* (see the detailed record for 144 further images)
 

Harley 1620
Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora
England, ?Central; Last quarter of the 13th century
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Puzzle initial

f. 16
Puzzle initial

Harley 1659
William Peraldus (Willelmus Peraldus (d. 1261) and others, Various religious texts, including the Summa de virtutibus
England, Central; 1st quarter of the 14th century
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Puzzle and pen-flourished initials

f. 4
Puzzle and pen-flourished initials

Harley 1682
Ecclesiastical statutes relating to Wells cathedral, dating from 1242 to 1351
England, Central (Wells); 1st half of the 15th century
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Decorated initial

f. 1
Decorated initial

Harley 2345
Collection of Sermons
England, Central (Winchcombe?); 2nd half of the 13th century
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Decorated initials

f. 28
Decorated initials

Harley 2349
Decretals; Statutes of England ; Constitutions; etc. (imperfect at the beginning)
England, Central; c. 1341-c. 1350
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Decorated initials

f. 14v
Decorated initials

Harley 2785
Missal for the use of Sarum
England, Central (London); 1st quarter of the 15th century
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Decorated initial and bar border

f. 259
Decorated initial and bar border

Harley 2813
Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)
England, Central (Oxford); 2nd quarter of the 13th century
* * *
Monk reading

f. 4
Monk reading
Monk reading

f. 4
Monk reading
Decorated initial

f. 101
Decorated initial
 
Pen-flourished initials

f. 227v
Pen-flourished initials
Pen-flourished initials

f. 227v
Pen-flourished initials
Decorated initial

f. 250
Decorated initial
 
Text

f. 250
Text
Historiated initial

f. 423
Historiated initial
Historiated initial

f. 423
Historiated initial
 
Man preaching

f. 423
Man preaching
Decorated initial

f. 442v
Decorated initial
Decorated initial

f. 442v
Decorated initial
 
* (see the detailed record for 1 further images)
 

Harley 3487
Aristotle, Libri Naturales, with extensive glosses
England, Central (Oxford?); 3rd quarter of the 13th century
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Book burning

f. 4
Book burning
Man

f. 10
Man
Crowned woman

f. 16v
Crowned woman
 
Historiated initial

f. 16v
Historiated initial
Crowned woman

f. 16v
Crowned woman
Man reading

f. 22v
Man reading
 
Wrestlers

f. 34
Wrestlers
Seated man

f. 39v
Seated man
Historiated initial

f. 47v
Historiated initial
 
God holding the world

f. 52
God holding the world
Christ

f. 65v
Christ
Diagrams

f. 69
Diagrams
 
* (see the detailed record for 25 further images)
 

Harley 3601
'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
England, Central (Barnwell); c. 1295-1296
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The Crucifixion

f. 2
The Crucifixion
Puzzle initial

f. 3
Puzzle initial
Decorated initials

f. 3*v
Decorated initials
 
Decorated initials.

f. 6*v
Decorated initials.
Puzzle initial.

f. 11
Puzzle initial.
Puzzle initial.

f. 184v
Puzzle initial.
 

Harley 3650
Register of the Augustinian priory of Kenilworth, Warwickshire
England, Central; First half of the 13th century
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Coloured initials

f. 35
Coloured initials

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