• Explicit of the first text: 'Explicit liber q[ue] intitulatur liber niger qui fuit inventus cu[m] cruce magna de Waltham S[an]c]t]e Crucis'., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany' ; beginning and end imperfect), part 2

Naworth Castle, Cumberland, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d. 1572), 4th duke of Norfolk (see Bernard 1697). John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of Bury, county Lancashire, antiquary and herald, Somerset Herald in 1720: sent in by

• Coloured initials in a text page of the chronicle., Chronicle, AD 1-1135 (ff. 34-61), with additions up to 1266 (ff. 61v-73)

Coloured initials in a text page of the chronicle. The life of Thomas Becket in verse was composed c. 1184. It is based on one by Robert of Cricklade (d. c. 1174), prior of St. Frideswide's, Oxford, now lost.

• Detail of a decorated initial with a clasp, at the beginning of the preface to 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)

clasp, at the beginning of the preface to 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

• Detail of a decorated initial 'S' with clasps at the beginning of 3 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 clasps at the beginning of 3 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

• Detail from the plaque set in the front cover of Paul, holding an open book (according to Foot) or Matthew (according to Dalton; Lasko)., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

curtain covering the initial (f. 15). 7 full-page miniatures in colours and gold within rectangular frames, of Peter, Paul, James, John, Isaiah, the Tree of Jesse, the Women at the Sepulchre, Maurice, and Michael and two other angels fighting dragons

• Decorated initial 'E'(xpurgat), set on a painted purple background, inhabited by dragons painted in silver and gold., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

curtain covering the initial (f. 15). 7 full-page miniatures in colours and gold within rectangular frames, of Peter, Paul, James, John, Isaiah, the Tree of Jesse, the Women at the Sepulchre, Maurice, and Michael and two other angels fighting dragons

• Text page with the end of Jerome's Commentary on Ecclesiastes and an ownership inscription in display script, divided by a geometric line filler., Commentary on Proverbs (ff. 3-43); Commentary on Ecclesiastes (ff. 43v-71); Commentary on Acts of the Apostles (ff. 72-91v); Nomina regionum et locorum de Actibus Apostolorum (ff. 91v-93v)

St.-Martin, Leuven (index Louvain): recorded in two inscriptions (ff. 2, 2v); his gift to the priory: inscriptions (ff. 2, 93v). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): his sale of his library conducted

• Initial 'A'(udiens) with foliate decoration., Gesta Normannorum ducum

Initial 'A'(udiens) with foliate decoration. According to a mid-12th-century catalogue of Durham priory library, originally this manuscript was bound together with another tract, entitled 'Descripcione regnorum diversorum in Anglia antiquitus': see ~Catalogi veteres~ 1838; Harrison 2004.The manuscript also includes

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) with Creation scenes, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

Andegavensis Ecclesiae Cathedralis'.Added medieval foliation in Roman numerals.Some faces added along the text in brown ink (e.g., ff. 5v, 6). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): sale of his library conducted by

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) with Pharaoh addressing Moses and Aaron, at the beginning of Exodus., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

Andegavensis Ecclesiae Cathedralis'.Added medieval foliation in Roman numerals.Some faces added along the text in brown ink (e.g., ff. 5v, 6). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): sale of his library conducted by

• Historiated initial 'L'(ocutusque) with Moses in prayer before ?God, at the beginning of Numbers., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

Andegavensis Ecclesiae Cathedralis'.Added medieval foliation in Roman numerals.Some faces added along the text in brown ink (e.g., ff. 5v, 6). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): sale of his library conducted by

• Historiated initial 'E'(t factum) with God speaking to Joshua, at the beginning of Joshua., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

Andegavensis Ecclesiae Cathedralis'.Added medieval foliation in Roman numerals.Some faces added along the text in brown ink (e.g., ff. 5v, 6). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): sale of his library conducted by

• Historiated initial 'I'(n diebus) with Ruth standing, at the beginning of Ruth., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

Andegavensis Ecclesiae Cathedralis'.Added medieval foliation in Roman numerals.Some faces added along the text in brown ink (e.g., ff. 5v, 6). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): sale of his library conducted by

• Decorated initial 'U'(iginti) at the beginnning of the prologue to I Kings (I Samuel)., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

Andegavensis Ecclesiae Cathedralis'.Added medieval foliation in Roman numerals.Some faces added along the text in brown ink (e.g., ff. 5v, 6). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): sale of his library conducted by

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of David and Goliath, at the beginning of I Kings (I Samuel)., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

Andegavensis Ecclesiae Cathedralis'.Added medieval foliation in Roman numerals.Some faces added along the text in brown ink (e.g., ff. 5v, 6). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): sale of his library conducted by

• Historiated initial 'U'(isio) of Isaiah writing, at the beginning of Isaiah., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

Andegavensis Ecclesiae Cathedralis'.Added medieval foliation in Roman numerals.Some faces added along the text in brown ink (e.g., ff. 5v, 6). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): sale of his library conducted by

• Historiated initial 'U'(erbum) with a man lying in bed with a lady by his side and God above, at the beginning of Hosea., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

Andegavensis Ecclesiae Cathedralis'.Added medieval foliation in Roman numerals.Some faces added along the text in brown ink (e.g., ff. 5v, 6). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): sale of his library conducted by

• Historiated initial 'U'(ir) of Job on the dungheap, visited by his friends, at the beginning of Job., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

Andegavensis Ecclesiae Cathedralis'.Added medieval foliation in Roman numerals.Some faces added along the text in brown ink (e.g., ff. 5v, 6). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): sale of his library conducted by

• Inhabited initial 'P'(ost) with foliate tendrils, interlace and naked figures at the beginning of Judges., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

Andegavensis Ecclesiae Cathedralis'.Added medieval foliation in Roman numerals.Some faces added along the text in brown ink (e.g., ff. 5v, 6). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): sale of his library conducted by

• Front cover, with a plaque set in the front cover of Paul, holding an open book (according to Foot) or Matthew (according to Dalton; Lasko)., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

curtain covering the initial (f. 15). 7 full-page miniatures in colours and gold within rectangular frames, of Peter, Paul, James, John, Isaiah, the Tree of Jesse, the Women at the Sepulchre, Maurice, and Michael and two other angels fighting dragons