• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of one knight unhorsing another before a castle, while a group of women look on., 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

• Decorated initial 'H'(ec) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of an indenture., Cartulary (index Registrum) of Bury St Edmunds during the reign of Henry VIII

etc. from the 9th to the 31st year in the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1540), under the rule of abbot John Reeve. Numerous initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate patterns and flowers. Some cadels (e.g., ff. 75, 76,

• Puzzle initials 'R' and 'P' with penwork decoration extending in the margin., Decretals (index Decretales), Books 1-5, with marginal gloss, imperfect at the end

hand (f. 2).? John Bury, armiger: mentioned in Cottey's note as the donor of the manuscript (f. 5; see Wright 1972).John Cottey or de Cotheye, rector of Cheddon Fitzpaine, co. Somerset, 1328: given to him by John Bury, his ownership

• Initial 'R' at the beginning of the section of the text of words beginning with R, accompanied by a bas-de-page scene of an archer about to shoot an arrow at the exposed buttocks of another man., Summa Grammaticalis (index Catholicon)

(?) ‘ZR.R.0’ inscribed in ink,~.0.0’, inscribed in different ink, both f. 301, top right hand corner; ’£~', f. i verso.? John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806), antiquary and topographer (inscribed in pencil ‘John Januensis’s (Alias Balbus) Dictionary with a Grammer.

• An added fifteenth century inscription at the end of the text stating that the book belongs to the priory of regular canons of St. Wulfhad's, Stone, as the gift of Gilbert de Stone, canon of Wells (d. by 1417)., Summa Grammaticalis (index Catholicon)

(?) ‘ZR.R.0’ inscribed in ink,~.0.0’, inscribed in different ink, both f. 301, top right hand corner; ’£~', f. i verso.? John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806), antiquary and topographer (inscribed in pencil ‘John Januensis’s (Alias Balbus) Dictionary with a Grammer.

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Alban in the upper register, and of the martyrdom of Amphibaldus in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

December, f. 7v).John of Dalling, monk of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans: given by him with the permission of John of Hertford, abbot of St. Albans (1235-60), before 1260, inscribed, 'Hunc librum dedit Frater Johannes de Dal/ling ex licencia

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Text page., Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions

the Vulgate version. Gospels of Luke and John in the Vulgate and Erasmian (~Novum Instrumentum~) versions Copied by Pieter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540) for John Colet (b. c.1456, d.1519), dean of St

• Text page., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Text page., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Genealogical diagram tracing the descent of James II of Scotland from St Margaret., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Text page., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Initial 'B'(eatus) marking the beginning of a list of popes. Ownership inscription in upper margin., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Text page., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Initial 'Q'(uoniam) at the beginning of the 'Chronicon Rhythmicum'., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Initial 'D'(ebitor) marking the beginning of the prologue to the Scotichronicon itself. In the upper margin is an inscription identifying this as the book of the abbey of St James and St Mirrin, Paisley., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Text page., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester

• Initial 'A'(d) at the beginning of Book 8 of the Scotichronicon., Scotichronicon (f. 28) and other texts, many of which pertain to Scotland (the Black Book of Paisley)

John of Fordun and continued by Walter Bower (ff. 28-265);'Tractatus et composicio inter reges Scocie et Norwagie' (ff. 265v-267);prophecy (f. 267v);'Seneca ad Lucilium' (f. 268);Boethius, 'De fide Christiana' (ff. 268-269);Pseudo-Bernard, 'Tractatus de formula honeste vite' (ff. 269-270);letter of Prester