• Diagram with decorated bands., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

another colour. Marginal decorations and rubrics in red. De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: title in his hand (f. 2v).Henry Fowler, rector of Minchinhampton

• Text page with table and marginal drawing., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

another colour. Marginal decorations and rubrics in red. De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: title in his hand (f. 2v).Henry Fowler, rector of Minchinhampton

• Text page with marginal gloss., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

another colour. Marginal decorations and rubrics in red. De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: title in his hand (f. 2v).Henry Fowler, rector of Minchinhampton

• Text page with diagram of astrolabe., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

another colour. Marginal decorations and rubrics in red. De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: title in his hand (f. 2v).Henry Fowler, rector of Minchinhampton

• Text page with diagram., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

another colour. Marginal decorations and rubrics in red. De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: title in his hand (f. 2v).Henry Fowler, rector of Minchinhampton

• Text page with diagram of astrolabe., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

another colour. Marginal decorations and rubrics in red. De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: title in his hand (f. 2v).Henry Fowler, rector of Minchinhampton

• Text page with geometrical diagrams., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

another colour. Marginal decorations and rubrics in red. De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: title in his hand (f. 2v).Henry Fowler, rector of Minchinhampton

• Text page with mathematical diagrams., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

another colour. Marginal decorations and rubrics in red. De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: title in his hand (f. 2v).Henry Fowler, rector of Minchinhampton

• Text page with diagrams of the astrolabe., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

another colour. Marginal decorations and rubrics in red. De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: title in his hand (f. 2v).Henry Fowler, rector of Minchinhampton

• Text page with diagram of astrolabe containing a human head., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

another colour. Marginal decorations and rubrics in red. De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: title in his hand (f. 2v).Henry Fowler, rector of Minchinhampton

• Text page with diagrams of astrolabe., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

another colour. Marginal decorations and rubrics in red. De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: title in his hand (f. 2v).Henry Fowler, rector of Minchinhampton

• Text page., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

another colour. Marginal decorations and rubrics in red. De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: title in his hand (f. 2v).Henry Fowler, rector of Minchinhampton

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a woman setting a windmill on fire; the miller peeps out from his doorway., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Full-page miniature of the Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist, a full border inhabited by birds and flowers, and, in the lower margin, a jewelled cross in a subsidiary medallion., Missal

with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist, a full border inhabited by birds and flowers, and, in the lower margin, a jewelled cross in a subsidiary medallion. ff. [ii] and [145] are paper flyleaves pasted to parchment ones.Musical notation.Ruled

• 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

• Following the end of the Gospel of John on the last page of the manuscript is a detailed note, beginning 'Or(ait) do Maelbrigte hua Maeluanaig q(u)i scribsit h(un)c librum . . .' (Pray for Maelbrigte hua Maeluanaig, who wrote this book . . .). The note mentions various people, places, and events, which allow the dating of the manuscript to 1138., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

of the Gospel of John on the last page of the manuscript is a detailed note, beginning 'Or(ait) do Maelbrigte hua Maeluanaig q(u)i scribsit h(un)c librum . . .' (Pray for Maelbrigte hua Maeluanaig, who wrote this book . .

• Decorated initials 'IN' and 'P'(rincipio) at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

the beginning of the Gospel of John. According to Glunz, with marginal and interlinear glosses that were read in the cathedral school in Paris in the fourth decade of the 12th century.Henry and Marsh-Micheli's Group IVA: 'Middle and Late Twelfth-Century

• Interlace initial 'H'(ic) with an animal head at the beginning of the common prologue to the Gospel of John., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

beginning of the common prologue to the Gospel of John. According to Glunz, with marginal and interlinear glosses that were read in the cathedral school in Paris in the fourth decade of the 12th century.Henry and Marsh-Micheli's Group IVA: 'Middle

• Detail of miniature of John the Baptist., Psalter (The 'Melisende Psalter') with canticles, prayers, and litany

miniature of John the Baptist. The calendar is a pre-Sarum Winchester diocese secular calendar, according to Morgan 1981.The Psalter conforms to the standards of the Holy Sepulchre, and the office of the dead is the use of Bayeux, according to

• Detail of miniature of John., Psalter (The 'Melisende Psalter') with canticles, prayers, and litany

miniature of John. The calendar is a pre-Sarum Winchester diocese secular calendar, according to Morgan 1981.The Psalter conforms to the standards of the Holy Sepulchre, and the office of the dead is the use of Bayeux, according to Dondi 2004