• Detail of an historiated initial 'L'(iber) of Matthew holding a book, with a dragon under his feet, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names

the beginning of Psalms 1 and 109 (ff. 176, 190), of evangelist portraits at the beginning of Matthew, Mark and John (ff. 310, 320, 336), and of Paul and a Roman (?), at the beginning of Romans (f. 352). Numerous

• Models of flourished initials; drawings of flowers and a tree., Formulary containing dictaminal texts

25r-v);'Tractatus de litteris missivis' of Thomas Sampson, a teacher of dictamen at Oxford (ff. 25v-31v);a satirical letter attributed to Prester John describing 'regnum Collegii Cantuarior[um]' (ff. 32v-33v); an account by James Yonge, notary of Dublin, of the visit of Laurentius

• Text page with ownership inscriptions., Formulary containing dictaminal texts

25r-v);'Tractatus de litteris missivis' of Thomas Sampson, a teacher of dictamen at Oxford (ff. 25v-31v);a satirical letter attributed to Prester John describing 'regnum Collegii Cantuarior[um]' (ff. 32v-33v); an account by James Yonge, notary of Dublin, of the visit of Laurentius

• Sketches of plants., Formulary containing dictaminal texts

25r-v);'Tractatus de litteris missivis' of Thomas Sampson, a teacher of dictamen at Oxford (ff. 25v-31v);a satirical letter attributed to Prester John describing 'regnum Collegii Cantuarior[um]' (ff. 32v-33v); an account by James Yonge, notary of Dublin, of the visit of Laurentius

• Text page with pen-flourished initial and catchword., Sermons (f. 2); Statutes of the Church of Hereford (f. 258v)

of Hereford has been added at the end (ff. 258v-262): it is therefore possible that Thomas Trilleck was related to John de Trilleck, bishop of Hereford (1344-1360).William Reed, bishop of Chichester (1369-1385), given by him to the Collegiate church of

• Text page from Annals for the years 1041 to 1080, with a list of emperors and kings., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Puzzle initial 'D'(e) at the beginning of Bede's De temporibus, preceded by a list of its chapters and an added ownership inscription dated 1578., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Decorated border around a concordance of the months of the year in which the equivalent hours are of equal length; for example, in February and November, the 1st and 11th hours are of equal length., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Diagram of the Sun (Sol), Moon (luna) and Earth (Terra); with captions of the distances between them; and the known planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Diagram of the five zones of the earth, with the uninhabitably cold Arctic and Antarctic zones bounding three temperate, habitable, zones., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Table in a micro-architectural frame of differing systems of recording time., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Text from an Annals for the years 1121 to 1165: the central columns contain calendrical material, including the year 'anno domini' (A.D.) with notes on emperors and kings to the left; and popes, archbishops, bishops, abbots, and saints to the right., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• After readings for the Temporal, Sanctoral, and the Common of Saints are (in the lower right-hand corner) readings for the ordination of deacons, priests, and bishops: these ordinations would be performed by an archbishop, further evidence that this manuscript was written for use at Canterbury, not Dover., Bible, imperfect, with table of contents (ff. 1v-2), liturgical calendar (ff. 423-424), and sermon notes between the Old and New Testaments, (ff. 425-429v) and lections (f. 534r-v)

Rogeri Benett monochi ecclesie christi cant[uarie]' (f. ii verso).Thomas Dorman: 16th-century inscription: 'Thome Dormani Liber' (f. 2). ? John Beeching, 16th-century inscription: 'John Bechyng' (f. 534v).17th-century inscription: 'W.A. S. M. D.' (f. 3).Sir W. Knatchbull: bought from Knatschbull on 9

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uintus) and a two-line rubric marking the end of Book 4 and the start of Book 5. 'Liber Quintus' (the fifth book) is written across the upper margins of the open pages, and sections of the text are numbered in leadpoint roman numerals in the upper and outer margins ('xxiii' and 'xxiiii'). The outer edge of the leaf also has guide-letters ('Q' and 'e') for the decorator., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

note on the contents, beginning 'Liber sancti edmundi in quo continentur', c. 1375 (f. 1).? Possibly notes of 'the librarian', John of Boston 'Boston Buriensis', a monk of Bury St Edmunds (said to have fl. c. 1410) (ff. 1, 159);

• Decorated initial 'F'(initis), at the beginning of the prologue to the second main text in the volume Unusually for the 12th century, there is an original foliation in the upper margin, which reads 'First leaf' in faint leadpoint., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

note on the contents, beginning 'Liber sancti edmundi in quo continentur', c. 1375 (f. 1).? Possibly notes of 'the librarian', John of Boston 'Boston Buriensis', a monk of Bury St Edmunds (said to have fl. c. 1410) (ff. 1, 159);

• Small coloured initials, and various forms of textual emendation. In the two-line rubric the roman numerals 'iii' and 'iiii' have been altered to 'ii' and 'iii'; the word 'liber' (book) has been changed to 'libri'; and the word 'Prologus' (prologue) has been inserted. In numerous other places corrections have been added between the lines of text., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

note on the contents, beginning 'Liber sancti edmundi in quo continentur', c. 1375 (f. 1).? Possibly notes of 'the librarian', John of Boston 'Boston Buriensis', a monk of Bury St Edmunds (said to have fl. c. 1410) (ff. 1, 159);

• At the end of the text, which ends with Book 6, a later Bury scribe (he refers to 'our bookcase of St. Edmund') has noted that there should be further texts: 'Here eight books of Jerome on Ezekiel are lacking, because he wrote 14 books on Ezekiel ...', Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

note on the contents, beginning 'Liber sancti edmundi in quo continentur', c. 1375 (f. 1).? Possibly notes of 'the librarian', John of Boston 'Boston Buriensis', a monk of Bury St Edmunds (said to have fl. c. 1410) (ff. 1, 159);

• Historiated initial 'O'(mnis) with a seated haloed figure, at the beginning of Ecclesiasticus., Bible, with the Psalms and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names, imperfect

435, 443, 444v, 445v, 446v, 447v, 448, 449v, 450v, 451, 454v, 467v, 470, 471, 472v (3), 473v); Matthew, Mark and John are represented by their symbols, Luke's symbol occurs at the beginning of the Acts and not his Gospel. Numerous

• The calendar is laid out with four months per page. The presence of the feast of the Dedication of St. Martin's Priory, Dover ('Dedicatio ecclesie sancti Martini de Dovor.', 19 October, lower left of folio) has previously been taken to suggest an origin there; but this entry is not written in red, and has no liturgical grading, suggesting that it was a minor feast., Bible, imperfect, with table of contents (ff. 1v-2), liturgical calendar (ff. 423-424), and sermon notes between the Old and New Testaments, (ff. 425-429v) and lections (f. 534r-v)

Rogeri Benett monochi ecclesie christi cant[uarie]' (f. ii verso).Thomas Dorman: 16th-century inscription: 'Thome Dormani Liber' (f. 2). ? John Beeching, 16th-century inscription: 'John Bechyng' (f. 534v).17th-century inscription: 'W.A. S. M. D.' (f. 3).Sir W. Knatchbull: bought from Knatschbull on 9

• Miniature of Aries (the ram), Gemini (the twins), Taurus (the bull), and Cancer (the crab), in Bede's De temporibus., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John