• Pen drawings of the malva silvatica plant, and of two men in arcaded buildings, one urinating into a container while the other brings him a cup., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Pen drawings of the crowsfoot plant, which was often recommended for dog bites and for nosebleeds, with a man being bitten by a dog below., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Pen drawing of the mandragora plant (mandrake), supposed to have a human-shaped root and which can be uprooted by tying a dog to it., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Decorated initial 'K'(alende)., Martyrology

Decorated initial 'K'(alende). Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a monk of S. Germain, with local additions for Christ Church, Canterbury (ff. 2-73v);Rule of St Benedict (ff. 74-93v);Themes for homilies on the Gospels de tempore and de sanctis (ff.

• Decorated initials 'R'(ome) and 'C'(ommemoratio)., Martyrology

Decorated initials 'R'(ome) and 'C'(ommemoratio). Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a monk of S. Germain, with local additions for Christ Church, Canterbury (ff. 2-73v);Rule of St Benedict (ff. 74-93v);Themes for homilies on the Gospels de tempore and de

• Text page with readings for ferials in the spring in the left column, and for a Saturday and Sunday in the octave of Easter, including a reading on Alphege, archbishop of Canterbury., Martyrology

Text page with readings for ferials in the spring in the left column, and for a Saturday and Sunday in the octave of Easter, including a reading on Alphege, archbishop of Canterbury. Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a

• Decorated initial 'K'(alende)., Martyrology

Decorated initial 'K'(alende). Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a monk of S. Germain, with local additions for Christ Church, Canterbury (ff. 2-73v);Rule of St Benedict (ff. 74-93v);Themes for homilies on the Gospels de tempore and de sanctis (ff.

• Decorated initial 'K'(alende)., Martyrology

Decorated initial 'K'(alende). Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a monk of S. Germain, with local additions for Christ Church, Canterbury (ff. 2-73v);Rule of St Benedict (ff. 74-93v);Themes for homilies on the Gospels de tempore and de sanctis (ff.

• Decorated initial 'K'(alende)., Martyrology

Decorated initial 'K'(alende). Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a monk of S. Germain, with local additions for Christ Church, Canterbury (ff. 2-73v);Rule of St Benedict (ff. 74-93v);Themes for homilies on the Gospels de tempore and de sanctis (ff.

• Flyleaf., De consensu evangelistarum, De musica

393) (f. 84v);Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de oratione dominica (serm. 58) (f. 84v) (all texts are attributed to Augustine in the manuscript); John of Damascus trad. by Burgundio of Pisa, De fide orthodoxa (ff. 85-107v); Thomas Gallus, 'Extractio' (attributed here to Dionysius

• Zoomorphic initial 'J'(acobus) at the beginning of the 'Catalogus' text., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

14); included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 2 (see Carley 2000).Part 4 (ff.

• Initial 'C'(um) with Cassiodorus in bishop's regalia holding a book., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

14); included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 2 (see Carley 2000).Part 4 (ff.

• Initial 'P'(rumus) with Cassiodorus pointing to a book he is holding., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

14); included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 2 (see Carley 2000).Part 4 (ff.

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(imon Petrus) with foliate decoration at the beginning of 'De illustribus viris'., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

14); included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 2 (see Carley 2000).Part 4 (ff.

• Inhabited initial 'V'(enerabilis) with animal and human heads, and a fish., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes)

testimonio bonorum virorum inspexi et iterato decentius in hoc loco coalltum anno gratie m. cc. lix mense maii' (f. 136v).Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: inscription that it belonged to him with the date 20 March, 1665

• 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.

• Pen drawings of a woman feeding a chicken, a man killing a rabid dog, and a woman fighting a serpent., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Pen drawings of the viperina plant, a man fighting a viper, and the 'herba achorum'., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Pen drawings of Chiron receiving the artemisia plant (also known as mugwort) from Artemis (Diana) and of the 'herba lapaticum' (water dock)., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus