• Calendar with diagrams of lunar eclipses., Scientific miscellany, including a calendar (from 1387 to 1462) (ff. 2-14), Canon minoris calendarii and Canon majoris calendarii by John Somer (ff. 16-18), treatise on the use of the astrolabe attributed to Simon de Bredon (ff. 24v-28), various other astrological tables and treatises

red. Scientific miscellany, including a calendar (from 1387 to 1462) (ff. 2-14), Canon minoris calendarii and Canon majoris calendarii by John Somer (ff. 16-18), treatise on the use of the astrolabe attributed to Simon de Bredon (ff. 24v-28), various other

• Donor inscriptions and pressmark., 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

• Historiated initial 'I' of John., Bible (the 'Worms Bible'), Psalms-Acts 16:17, imperfect

'I' of John. The first volume of this Bible is Harley 2803.There is an inscription 'anno M. C. XLVIII [the rest obscured]' which has been used as the date of the manuscript (see discussion Cahn). 2 large miniatures in colours

• Miniature of John, holding a manuscript, seated at a lecturn., Gospels (the 'Cologne Gospels') with prologue, argumentum, and the Capitulare evangelorum

of John, holding a manuscript, seated at a lecturn. Manuscripts with similar decorative programme include Berlin, Kupferstich-Kabinett, 78.A.3 (147) and Stuttgart, Landesbibliothek, Cod. Bibl. Pal. 21 from St Gereon, Cologne.A miniature of Christ in Majesty originally may have faced f.

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uid) formed by two dragons biting each other's tails, at the beginning of homily 9 in the second book of Gregory the Great's Homilies on Ezekiel., Homilies on Ezekiel

Brander (b. 1719/20, d. 1787), merchant and antiquary: his sale, 8 February 1790, lot 1124, bought by Shaw for 10s. John Topham (b. 1746, d. 1803), antiquary, (bookplate with his arms and ‘John Topham Esq.’, f. 1v): his sale, 9

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uid) formed by two dragons biting each other's tails, at the beginning of homily 9 in the second book of Gregory the Great's Homilies on Ezekiel., Homilies on Ezekiel

Brander (b. 1719/20, d. 1787), merchant and antiquary: his sale, 8 February 1790, lot 1124, bought by Shaw for 10s. John Topham (b. 1746, d. 1803), antiquary, (bookplate with his arms and ‘John Topham Esq.’, f. 1v): his sale, 9

• Zoomorphic initial 'M'(agnitudo) in dark brown ink, red and green and some blue, with knot-work and foliate motifs, in the shape of a grotesque(s)., De mysteriis (ff. 1-4v); De sacramentis (ff. 4v-16v); Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini (serm. 17, ff. 16v-18v); Contra Iouinianum (ff. 18v-69v); Hypomnesticon (ff. 69v-90)

of the abbot of St Albans in 1401 (ff. 1*, 91): see Thomson 1982, I, p. 92. John Beriman (?), 16th century: inscribed 'John ?Beriman owneth this boke' (f. 2*v).Added note, early 16th century (f. 90v). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635,

• Zoomorphic initial 'I' in dark brown ink, red and green and some blue, with knot-work and foliate motifs, in the shape of a bird., De mysteriis (ff. 1-4v); De sacramentis (ff. 4v-16v); Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini (serm. 17, ff. 16v-18v); Contra Iouinianum (ff. 18v-69v); Hypomnesticon (ff. 69v-90)

of the abbot of St Albans in 1401 (ff. 1*, 91): see Thomson 1982, I, p. 92. John Beriman (?), 16th century: inscribed 'John ?Beriman owneth this boke' (f. 2*v).Added note, early 16th century (f. 90v). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635,

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) with an Evangelist portrait of John., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Job to Revelation), including the Psalms in three versions in three columns, and diagrams, including of the monstrous races (f. 243)

with an Evangelist portrait of John. The first volume of this Bible is Harley 2798.A part of the annals that used to be part of the Arnstein Bible has been rediscovered at Darmstadt, Hessische Landesbibliothek, Ms. 4128.Decorated quire signatures. 5

• Coloured initials., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6389.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 80.Charles

• Detail of a circular diagram representing a map of the world (a so-called 'T-O' map)., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6389.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 80.Charles

• Historiated initial 'D'(omino) of Isidore, at the beginning of the prefatory letter from Isidore of Seville to Braulio, bishop of Saragossa., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6389.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 80.Charles

• Chronological tables., Chronica

subsequently superseded by a 'second version', continued to 1182.John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, sometimes confused with John Pike (fl. c. 1310, c. 1330), annalist: inscribed 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum',

• Decorated initials 'A'(b) and 'I'(gitur)., Chronica

subsequently superseded by a 'second version', continued to 1182.John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, sometimes confused with John Pike (fl. c. 1310, c. 1330), annalist: inscribed 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum',

• Decorated initial 'T'(heodosius)., Chronica

subsequently superseded by a 'second version', continued to 1182.John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, sometimes confused with John Pike (fl. c. 1310, c. 1330), annalist: inscribed 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum',

• Decorated initial 'I'(eronimus) at the beginning of the prologue, with the Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and the Westminster inventory number 'no. 1033' added in the upper margin., Chronica

subsequently superseded by a 'second version', continued to 1182.John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, sometimes confused with John Pike (fl. c. 1310, c. 1330), annalist: inscribed 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum',

• Decorated initial 'P'(rimus) with the chronological tables of the life of Abraham., Chronica

subsequently superseded by a 'second version', continued to 1182.John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, sometimes confused with John Pike (fl. c. 1310, c. 1330), annalist: inscribed 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum',

• Text page with note on Johannes de Grenborough, purchaser and compiler of this manuscript., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6594.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix 70, no. 28.Charles

• Puzzle initial 'A' at the beginning of the Compendium, initials and inscriptions., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6594.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix 70, no. 28.Charles

• Astrological tables concerning the moon and a diagram of four wheels, Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6594.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix 70, no. 28.Charles