• null, Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

at the time of the edition of the text by T. Hearne, 1719.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos:

• null, Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

at the time of the edition of the text by T. Hearne, 1719.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos:

• null, Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

at the time of the edition of the text by T. Hearne, 1719.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos:

• Decorated initial 'O'(ssa) at the beginning of Stephen Langton's Commentary on the minor prophets., Theological miscellany including Commentary on the minor prophets; De cura pastorali; Liber exceptionum (Allegorie super Novum Testamentum)

Stephen Langton, Commentary on the 12 books of the prophetsff. 124 –149 Gregory the Great, Liber Pastoralis ad Johannem Ravennaeff. 150-163 Richardof St-Victor, Liber exceptionum: Allegorie in Novum Testamentumff. 163-164v Richardof St-Victor, De oratione dominicaff. 165–195 Pope Innocent

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the days of creation, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names

1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 155 (see ~The Lumley Library~, pp. 14-17); his library acquired by Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the

• Detail of an historiated initial ‘F’(rater) of Jerome writing at a writing desk, at the beginning of the Prologue., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names

1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 155 (see ~The Lumley Library~, pp. 14-17); his library acquired by Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the

• Detail of Various ownership inscriptions, including that of Holy Cross abbey, Waltham., De sacramento altaris

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Detail of a decorated initial., De sacramento altaris

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Detail of a decorated initial., De sacramento altaris

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Decorated initial 'S'(ero) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of Richard of Saint-Victor's 'De statu interioris hominis'., Theological works including De statu interioris hominis (ff. 1-31v, ends imperfectly); De sacrificio David Prophete (ff. 32-39v, begins imperfectly); De Sacrificio Abrahe (ff. 39v-51); Adnotationes in Psalmos (ff. 51-75v); Epistola (ff. 75v-81v).

initial 'S'(ero) with penwork decoration, at the beginning ofRichardof Saint-Victor's 'De statu interioris hominis'. Quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quire).One leaf lost after f. 31.

• Decorated initial 'A'(mantissimo) at the beginning of Baldwin of Ford's De sacramento altaris., De sacramento altaris

of Baldwin of Ford's De sacramento altaris. Baldwin entered the abbey of Ford, a daughter-house of Waverley, in 1169; in 1173 he was made abbot, and he held the abbacy until 1180 when he was elevated to the see

• Decorated initial 'N'(on) in Baldwin of Ford's De corpore et sanguine Dei, with the guide-letter 'N' and the prickings in the left margin, and traces of a quire-signature and catchword at the extreme lower edge of the page., De sacramento altaris

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Various ownership inscriptions, including that of Holy Cross abbey, Waltham, below which are typical Holy Cross markings including a short-title and press-marks, the book-plate of Osmund Beauvoir, headmaster of King's School, Canterbury, and the signature and notes of Thomas Richards., De sacramento altaris

of Holy Cross abbey, Waltham, below which are typical Holy Cross markings including a short-title and press-marks, the book-plate of Osmund Beauvoir, headmaster of King's School, Canterbury, and the signature and notes of Thomas Richards. Baldwin entered the abbey

• Decorated initial 'R'(everendo) at the beginning of William's letter to Ernaldus, abbot of Rievaulx, and above, a 14th-century inscription identifying the manuscript as belonging to 'St Mary of Novo Burgo'. (Newburgh)., Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

at the time of the edition of the text by T. Hearne, 1719.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos:

• Decorated initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of book 2 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum., Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

at the time of the edition of the text by T. Hearne, 1719.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos:

• Decorated initial 'R'(ex) at the beginning of book 5 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum., Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

at the time of the edition of the text by T. Hearne, 1719.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos:

• Puzzle initial 'U'(erbum) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of Hosea., Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss

descenders in red and blue. Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss The Benedictine cathedral priory of St. Mary, Worcester: inscribed by William Thornhill ofYork, c. 1528 (see a dated inscription by him in Royal 2 D. XXVI), 'Liber ecclesiae

• Miniature of a centaur holding a snake; below, hedgehogs collecting grapes on their spines., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Miniature of a centaur holding a snake; below, hedgehogs collecting grapes on their spines. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham

• Miniature of a swallow, at the beginning of the entry for swallow., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Miniature of a swallow, at the beginning of the entry for swallow. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and

• Miniature of two serpents fighting, at the beginning of the entry for 'vipera'., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Miniature of two serpents fighting, at the beginning of the entry for 'vipera'. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal