• Miniature of Cuthbert at a dining table, having a vision of a man whose soul was carried to heaven, from Chapter 34 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

'Mary Coll'(?) (f. 150v).Inscribed in the lower borders, upside down, in brown ink 'Mary' (f. 95v), and 'John' (f. 116v), probably the Catholic John Forcer of Harbour House, Durham (d. 1725), to whom the Durham Cathedral librarian, Thomas Rudd, implied

• 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,

• Table, Mnemonic verses, notes, etc., on the compotus

14th-15th century (f. 1).Added tables to show the dates of Easter from 1406-1433 (f. 13); and from 1420-1447 (f. 13v).? John Trendle, a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury (d. 1433): inscribed 'Quere residuum istius operis in tabula Johannis Trendle' (f.

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 22., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Eadburga invoked in a prayer to the Virgin added at the beginning of the 11th century (f. 1r-1v); noted by John Leland c. 1536-40 ( (see ~J. Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis Collectanea~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1715), IV, p. 148).Added Hours

• Initial 'D'(ixit) at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Eadburga invoked in a prayer to the Virgin added at the beginning of the 11th century (f. 1r-1v); noted by John Leland c. 1536-40 ( (see ~J. Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis Collectanea~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1715), IV, p. 148).Added Hours

• Initial 'Q'(omodo) with a human face, at the beginning of Psalm 118., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Eadburga invoked in a prayer to the Virgin added at the beginning of the 11th century (f. 1r-1v); noted by John Leland c. 1536-40 ( (see ~J. Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis Collectanea~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1715), IV, p. 148).Added Hours

• Initial 'Q'(uicumque) with a human face., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Eadburga invoked in a prayer to the Virgin added at the beginning of the 11th century (f. 1r-1v); noted by John Leland c. 1536-40 ( (see ~J. Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis Collectanea~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1715), IV, p. 148).Added Hours

• Diagrams of hands, with signs of pricking visible, as if for pouncing. Gaps in the text, such as in the second line of text, are probably present because of the intended alternation in the colours of initials, but no green or other colour initials were executed. For example, a guide letter 'e' is visible in the margin adjacent to the final line, for which no initial was executed., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

14th-15th century (f. 1).Added tables to show the dates of Easter from 1406-1433 (f. 13); and from 1420-1447 (f. 13v).? John Trendle, a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury (d. 1433): inscribed 'Quere residuum istius operis in tabula Johannis Trendle' (f.

• Drawing of hands. The rubric on this page states that the fingers of the hand, illustrated in the lower diagram, can be used for finding the date of Easter. Each joint or tip, from the base of the second finger to the top of the thumb, working down the fingers and up the thumb, is marked with numbers and letters. Those from the middle finger to the thumb represent all the possible dates of Easter that fall within March., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

14th-15th century (f. 1).Added tables to show the dates of Easter from 1406-1433 (f. 13); and from 1420-1447 (f. 13v).? John Trendle, a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury (d. 1433): inscribed 'Quere residuum istius operis in tabula Johannis Trendle' (f.

• Red initial 'S'(cribo), and a drawing of hands, in a treatise concerning calendrical computations using the joints and tips of the fingers of hands: it is illustrated with drawings of the hands, marked with numbers from 1 to 7 (i to vii) and letters from A to G, at these points., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

14th-15th century (f. 1).Added tables to show the dates of Easter from 1406-1433 (f. 13); and from 1420-1447 (f. 13v).? John Trendle, a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury (d. 1433): inscribed 'Quere residuum istius operis in tabula Johannis Trendle' (f.

• Drawing of hands. The hands here are marked with all the possible dates of Easter when it falls in April, working down the left-hand thumb, and then up the left-hand fingers, and up the first two fingers of the right hand., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

14th-15th century (f. 1).Added tables to show the dates of Easter from 1406-1433 (f. 13); and from 1420-1447 (f. 13v).? John Trendle, a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury (d. 1433): inscribed 'Quere residuum istius operis in tabula Johannis Trendle' (f.

• Diagram of a hand, as a mnemonic devise for the compotus., Mnemonic verses, notes, etc., on the compotus

14th-15th century (f. 1).Added tables to show the dates of Easter from 1406-1433 (f. 13); and from 1420-1447 (f. 13v).? John Trendle, a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury (d. 1433): inscribed 'Quere residuum istius operis in tabula Johannis Trendle' (f.

• Coloured initial 'P'(rimus) at the beginning of notes on the compotus, and below, an added list of the archbishops of Canterbury., Treatise on the compotus, 'Ratio Gai cesaris de ordine anni', instructions for the discovery of the age of the moon, a table of moveable feasts, and other texts

14th-15th century (f. 1).Added tables to show the dates of Easter from 1406-1433 (f. 13); and from 1420-1447 (f. 13v).? John Trendle, a monk of Christ Church, Canterbury (d. 1433): inscribed 'Quere residuum istius operis in tabula Johannis Trendle' (f.

• Medieval binding of whittawed leather over oak boards with a flat spine and two projecting flaps, at the top and bottom. Fastened to a staple at the bottom of the front cover are three links of a chain. A white strap, secured by a decorated metal plate to the front cover, fits onto a pin in the middle of the back cover by means of a 16th-century metal loop. This is possibly a restoration of the original fastening, but previously two straps went from the front to the back, as is shown by the surviving sockets for them and their pins., 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);

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'(auci) with grotesque and knot-work motifs, at the beginning of Jerome's 'Contra Iouinianum'., 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 'C'(onsummatis) with two hybrids and foliate motifs, at the beginning of the 8th of John Cassian's Collationes; three smaller initials 'G'(ermanus), 'S'(erenus) and 'D'(e) with penwork decoration; simple initials in the list of chapters., Collationes of the Fathers (ff. 1v-115); Rite for the consecration of bells (ff. 115v-116).

motifs, at the beginning of the 8th of John Cassian's Collationes; three smaller initials 'G'(ermanus), 'S'(erenus) and 'D'(e) with penwork decoration; simple initials in the list of chapters. Leaf signatures (a1-a4, b1-b4 etc.); quire marks (in centre of the lower

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Augustine's 'Enarrationes in Psalmos', followed by display script., Enarrationes in Psalmos, imperfect

as well.Letters ? 'Ah' (class-mark?) in upper margin of f. 1. John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• Puzzle initial 'F'(rater) at the beginning of the Prologue., Bible, without the Psalms

with simple brown ink flourishing (ff. 454, 462rv, 466, 469rv, 471v-472, 475v, 477, 499, 502v-503, etc.). Bible, without the Psalms John, vicar of Elmham, 13th century: inscription recording the gift of this manuscript to Norwich Franciscans, for the use of

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber)with the Tree of Jesse at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel. Maiden and unicorn in the margin., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 208v-231v; imperfect) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 494-533), imperfect (starts in the middle of Exodus)

of Exodus) Concordance between the Gospels completed in a slightly later hand (f. 534r-534v, completed on ff. 535-537). John Clifton (perhaps John Clifton, Prior of Reading Abbey between 1486 and 1490): inscribed late 15th century 'Comes de aym[...] a d[?]no