• Detail of diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Detail of decorated initial., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Detail of diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Detail of diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Detail of diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Detail of diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Detail of astronomical diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Detail of astronomical diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Detail of diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Decorated initials 'P'(er) and 'I'(nter) at the beginning of a portion of the Retractiones used as a prologue., De consensu evangelistarum

127v). On the inside covers is the offsett of a legal text in Hebrew, in Ashkenazi script, dating before c.1400.? John Woodward: 15th-16th century inscription 'per me Johanne Wodwarde' (f. 1v).? Anthony Dunstan, monk of Westminster, afterwards Kitchin, later Prior

• Decorated initials 'Q'(oniam) and 'M'(atheus)., De consensu evangelistarum

127v). On the inside covers is the offsett of a legal text in Hebrew, in Ashkenazi script, dating before c.1400.? John Woodward: 15th-16th century inscription 'per me Johanne Wodwarde' (f. 1v).? Anthony Dunstan, monk of Westminster, afterwards Kitchin, later Prior

• Inside upper cover, where the former manuscript pastedowns have left considerable offsets of Hebrew script, and the book-plate of Eric Millar is f. ii., De consensu evangelistarum

127v). On the inside covers is the offsett of a legal text in Hebrew, in Ashkenazi script, dating before c.1400.? John Woodward: 15th-16th century inscription 'per me Johanne Wodwarde' (f. 1v).? Anthony Dunstan, monk of Westminster, afterwards Kitchin, later Prior

• Coloured initial 'S'(equitur), and in the top right corner, one of three inscriptions giving the press-mark and ownership inscription of Westminster Abbey: 'S. XXX. Pe[tri] & Ed[wardi] West[monasteriensis]'., De consensu evangelistarum

127v). On the inside covers is the offsett of a legal text in Hebrew, in Ashkenazi script, dating before c.1400.? John Woodward: 15th-16th century inscription 'per me Johanne Wodwarde' (f. 1v).? Anthony Dunstan, monk of Westminster, afterwards Kitchin, later Prior

• Flyleaf, and coloured initial 'P'(er)., De consensu evangelistarum

127v). On the inside covers is the offsett of a legal text in Hebrew, in Ashkenazi script, dating before c.1400.? John Woodward: 15th-16th century inscription 'per me Johanne Wodwarde' (f. 1v).? Anthony Dunstan, monk of Westminster, afterwards Kitchin, later Prior

• Detail of illuminated initial 'L'(ibrum) at the beginning of the preface to Esther., Bible, from Proverbs to Revelation, vol. 2

Detail of illuminated initial 'L'(ibrum) at the beginning of the preface to Esther. Volume 1 is Harley 2833. Quire marks (Roman numerals on the verso of the last leaf of the quire).The lower margin of f. 217 has been

• Detail of illuminated initial 'I'(n diebus) at the beginning of Esther., Bible, from Proverbs to Revelation, vol. 2

Detail of illuminated initial 'I'(n diebus) at the beginning of Esther. Volume 1 is Harley 2833. Quire marks (Roman numerals on the verso of the last leaf of the quire).The lower margin of f. 217 has been excised. Canon

• Detail of decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate motifs, clasps, and a man directing an arrow against a lion or a dog, at beginning of book 28 of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job., Moralia in Job, books 24-35

moralium. Quam scripsit Sifridus canonicus sancte marie sanctique nicolai in arenstein' (f. 1). A near contemporary hand century hand added John the Deacon's Vita S. Gregorii papae (f. 1). Notes in later hands including that of abbot Heinrich Schupp (d.

• Puzzle initial 'I'(gitur) with penwork decoration, followed by display script, at the beginning of Sulpicius Severus' 'Vita Martini Turonensis'., Texts on the life, miracles and translation of St Martin of Tours and one text on his successor St Brice

his gift to the priory: inscribed 'Ex presente f. Joannis Vimmerij' (f. 1); press-mark 'T. 15' (f. 1, on erasure?). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): his sale conducted by Daniel Browne,

• Initial 'I'(gitur) with a reserved design and penwork decoration., Miscellaneous texts including the Life of St Norbert; Expositio in Regulam S. Augustini; De xii abusionibus claustri

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 666: 'De Jejuniis & Incrementis Praemonstratensium, de Noberto &c.'). John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of Bury, county Lancashire, antiquary and herald, Somerset Herald in 1720; acquired for the

• Decorated initial 'I'(gnorancia) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Constituciones Cantuariense provinciae

Smyth, ?16th century: inscribed several times with his name 'Antony Smyth of comitate wyth' (f. 1*; see also f. 100).Inscribed 'John', ?16th century (f. 103v).Added texts and pen-trials, 16th century (ff. 100v-101, 102v-103).Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709), prebendary of Exeter