• Miniature of Dunstan as a bishop, writing a commentary of the Rule of Saint Benedict, with an inscription 'S[an]c[tu]s Dunstanus'., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Miniature of Dunstan as a bishop, writing a commentary of the Rule of Saint Benedict, with an inscription 'S[an]c[tu]s Dunstanus'. Includes Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti of Smaragdus, abbot of St Mihiel (d. c. 830).The prefatory miniature of Dunstan

• Detail of a decorated initial 'O'(bsculta), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the preface and the text., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Detail of a decorated initial 'O'(bsculta), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the preface and the text. Includes Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti of Smaragdus, abbot of St Mihiel (d. c. 830).The prefatory miniature of Dunstan (f. 2)

• Coloured initial 'N'(u) in red with green penwork decoration., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

Coloured initial 'N'(u) in red with green penwork decoration. Copied, directly or indirectly, from Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 441, omitting some passages due to defects in the Bodley manuscript (Marc 16:14-20, Luke 16:14- 17:1, and 24: 51-53). The first

• marginal drawing of a hand pulling a fish from the water., De Diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII, Sermo ad catechumenos de symbolo, De agone christiano, De poenitentibus (serm. 393); De XII abusiuis saeculi, Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos, Sermo de oratione dominica; Sermo de cataclismo (no. 7), Sermo de cantico novo (no. 5), Sermones de symbolo; Contra Felicianum arianum; De fide orthodoxa; Extractio; Naturales questiones and Epistulae morales; excerpts from Cicero; Liber quaestionum hebraicarum in Genesim and De XLII mansionibus filiorum Israel in deserto; Liber hebraicorum quaestionum in Samuelem et Paralipomenon; De templo Salomonis and In libros Regum questiones XXX

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

• Marginal drawing of a walking man., De Diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII, Sermo ad catechumenos de symbolo, De agone christiano, De poenitentibus (serm. 393); De XII abusiuis saeculi, Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos, Sermo de oratione dominica; Sermo de cataclismo (no. 7), Sermo de cantico novo (no. 5), Sermones de symbolo; Contra Felicianum arianum; De fide orthodoxa; Extractio; Naturales questiones and Epistulae morales; excerpts from Cicero; Liber quaestionum hebraicarum in Genesim and De XLII mansionibus filiorum Israel in deserto; Liber hebraicorum quaestionum in Samuelem et Paralipomenon; De templo Salomonis and In libros Regum questiones XXX

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

• Historiated initial 'O'(sculetur) of Christ embracing the Virgin, at the beginning of the Gilbert Foliot's Commentary on the Song of Solomon., Commentary on the Song of Solomon

the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; in the select list of works noted by John Bale, of c. 1548; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3; and in the 1698 catalogue

• Diagram of the division of philosophy., Theological miscellany

Diagram of the division of philosophy. Includes:'Liber de philosophia Salomonis' (ff. 3-9v);An extract from Isidore, Etymologiae, book 1, chapter 27, beginning 'Ortographia Grece recta scriptura interpretatur Latine' (ff. 10-11v);Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum (Liber de Abstrusis Sermonibus) (ff.11v-18v);An incomplete

• Ownership inscription on the opening page., 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.

• Two large initials, 'Q' and 'L', with pen-flourishing., Versus de laude crucis; Versus morales; Versus de missa (ff. 10-18)

f[ra]tris H[e]nr[ici] de Kirkested, in quo continet[ur] narracio sumpta de libro qui uocatur Suda' and his initials (f. 72v).All parts: John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 2); listed

• Music to Kyrie Eleison and St Godric's Hymns., Epistola and Apologia

129-130) Initials in green or red, some with penwork decoration in the other colour. Rubrics in red. Epistola and Apologia John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 2); listed

• Music to Kyrie Eleison and St Godric's Hymns in English., Epistola and Apologia

129-130) Initials in green or red, some with penwork decoration in the other colour. Rubrics in red. Epistola and Apologia John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 2); listed

• Miniature of Isaiah, holding a scroll containing text from Isaiah 11, against a blue and gold background., 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

• Miniature of the tree of Jesse, with seven roundels containing doves, representing the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit., 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

• Puzzle initial 'K'(i) and rubric at the beginning of the Brut., The Scheme of the Heptarchy (f. 40), the Roman de Brut (ff. 40-113), the Estoire des Engles (ff. 113-150) (index Estoire des Engleis)

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.

• Drawing of a circle, representing the scheme of the heptarchy, with seven spheres surrounding a central one., The Scheme of the Heptarchy (f. 40), the Roman de Brut (ff. 40-113), the Estoire des Engles (ff. 113-150) (index Estoire des Engleis)

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.

• Decorated initial 'C'(um)., Theological miscellany

Decorated initial 'C'(um). Includes:'Liber de philosophia Salomonis' (ff. 3-9v);An extract from Isidore, Etymologiae, book 1, chapter 27, beginning 'Ortographia Grece recta scriptura interpretatur Latine' (ff. 10-11v);Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum (Liber de Abstrusis Sermonibus) (ff.11v-18v);An incomplete glossary (A to

• Portraits of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob., Theological miscellany

Portraits of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Includes:'Liber de philosophia Salomonis' (ff. 3-9v);An extract from Isidore, Etymologiae, book 1, chapter 27, beginning 'Ortographia Grece recta scriptura interpretatur Latine' (ff. 10-11v);Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum (Liber de Abstrusis Sermonibus) (ff.11v-18v);An incomplete

• Decorated initial., Theological miscellany

Decorated initial. Includes:'Liber de philosophia Salomonis' (ff. 3-9v);An extract from Isidore, Etymologiae, book 1, chapter 27, beginning 'Ortographia Grece recta scriptura interpretatur Latine' (ff. 10-11v);Fulgentius Mythographus, Expositio sermonum antiquorum (Liber de Abstrusis Sermonibus) (ff.11v-18v);An incomplete glossary (A to C)

• Detail olf 'KL' letters., 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 'KL' letters., 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