• Donor inscription, recording the gift of the manuscript to the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, with some red lettering., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing a harp at the beginning of Psalms. A later owner has numbered the Psalms in medieval arabic numerals, 1-5, at the outer edge of the left margin., 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)

Church, Canterbury: an erased inscription has been read as 'Biblius ecclesie Christi Cantuarie v[endicat]us (?) eidem ecclesie per Johannem L . . .' (f. 1); inclusion of readings for the ordination of bishops etc. (f. 534v); calendar with Christ

• Historiated initial 'O'(mnis) with God appearing to a crowned Solomon in bed, at the beginning of Ecclesiastes., 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)

Church, Canterbury: an erased inscription has been read as 'Biblius ecclesie Christi Cantuarie v[endicat]us (?) eidem ecclesie per Johannem L . . .' (f. 1); inclusion of readings for the ordination of bishops etc. (f. 534v); calendar with Christ

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) with Matthew's symbol of a winged man, and decorated initial 'M' for the prologue, at the beginning of Matthew., 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)

Church, Canterbury: an erased inscription has been read as 'Biblius ecclesie Christi Cantuarie v[endicat]us (?) eidem ecclesie per Johannem L . . .' (f. 1); inclusion of readings for the ordination of bishops etc. (f. 534v); calendar with Christ

• 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)

Church, Canterbury: an erased inscription has been read as 'Biblius ecclesie Christi Cantuarie v[endicat]us (?) eidem ecclesie per Johannem L . . .' (f. 1); inclusion of readings for the ordination of bishops etc. (f. 534v); calendar with Christ

• 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)

Church, Canterbury: an erased inscription has been read as 'Biblius ecclesie Christi Cantuarie v[endicat]us (?) eidem ecclesie per Johannem L . . .' (f. 1); inclusion of readings for the ordination of bishops etc. (f. 534v); calendar with Christ

• Text page with note perhaps in the hand of Patrick Young., Synonyma, Homilies, Commentaries on the Song of Songs

in red (f. 1) or brown. Rubrics in rustic capitals. Synonyma, Homilies, Commentaries on the Song of Songs The cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: probably to be identified with no. 31 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral

• Miniature of John the Baptist with the Agnus Dei, flanked by a lion and a unicorn, with a hedgehog at his feet., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist with the Agnus Dei, flanked by a lion and a unicorn, with a hedgehog at his feet., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Text page., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Miniature of the Feast of All Saints, with the donors' patron saints, Stephen and Margaret, an illuminated initial 'I', and a partial bar border., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Detail of a miniature of the Feast of All Saints, with the donors' patron saints, Stephen and Margaret., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London

• Diagram of the habitable and uninhabitable zones of the world., De temporum ratione; a collection of short verse and prose texts including Liber monstrorum

ratione; a collection of short verse and prose texts including Liber monstrorum Part 1: The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury: (see Temple 1976).Part 2: The abbey of St Remi at Reims: inscribed in a 10th-century hand: 'Lib[er] s[anc]ti

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

marginal drawing of a church. Contents: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae (ff. 1-37v);Historia Britonum (ff. 38-45); Visio Thurkilli, attributed to Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of Coggeshall, Essex (1208-1218), a description of a vision seen in 1206 at Stisted in

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

marginal drawing of a church. Contents: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia regum Britanniae (ff. 1-37v);Historia Britonum (ff. 38-45); Visio Thurkilli, attributed to Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of Coggeshall, Essex (1208-1218), a description of a vision seen in 1206 at Stisted in

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1 in a full border, with medallions in the corners of personifications of Church and Synagoge in the upper medallions, and two standing men in the lower medallions, perhaps Paul and a prophet, and in the centre of side borders mandorlas with David playing a harp and a musician playing a fiddle. Within the border are numerous animals, and around the letter are many figures including the symbols of the Evangelists in the corners, standing prophets holding scrolls, a standing man in armour holding a spear and shield with a smaller man below in a conical hat, possibly Goliath and David, together with another musician, various entertainments including a knife-juggler and a bear-baiter, and animals and birds within foliage., Psalter, with calendar, ending imperfectly

a full border, with medallions in the corners of personifications of Church and Synagoge in the upper medallions, and two standing men in the lower medallions, perhaps Paul and a prophet, and in the centre of side borders mandorlas with

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

hand very close to Royal 2 E IV which is of a probable Christ Church, Canterbury origin.Numerous pointing hands and human heads.Catchwords and instructions for running titles. 13 large puzzle initials in red and blue with foliate decoration in green,

• Text page., Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss

2 E IV which is of a probable Christ Church, Canterbury origin.Numerous pointing hands and human heads.Catchwords and instructions for running titles. 13 large puzzle initials in red and blue with foliate decoration in green, yellow, red, and brown, at

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n mense) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of Zechariah., Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss

a hand very close to Royal 2 E IV which is of a probable Christ Church, Canterbury origin.Numerous pointing hands and human heads.Catchwords and instructions for running titles. 13 large puzzle initials in red and blue with foliate decoration in

• Puzzle initial 'V'(erbum) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of Joel, and two puzzle initials 'S'(anctus) and 'J'(oel) at the beginning of the prologues to Joel., Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss

the prologues to Joel. In a hand very close to Royal 2 E IV which is of a probable Christ Church, Canterbury origin.Numerous pointing hands and human heads.Catchwords and instructions for running titles. 13 large puzzle initials in red and