• 'Reserve' initial 'E'(piphaniam) in brown with foliate decoration in green and red., Fragment of a leaf from a late 12th century English Sequentiary containing sequences for the Circumcision and the Epiphany

of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716) for historical purposes. 190 printed book fragments from the volume were transferred to the

• Decorated initials 'REVE'(rentissimis) and 'IAM'., De laudibus virginitatis

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6394.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 143.Charles

• Decorated initial 'H'(ec)., De laudibus virginitatis

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6394.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 143.Charles

• Decorated initial 'T'(empore) with an animal mask., De laudibus virginitatis

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6394.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 143.Charles

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with a lion., De laudibus virginitatis

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6394.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 143.Charles

• Decorated initials 'SE'(d)., De laudibus virginitatis

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6394.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 143.Charles

• Table of contents with decorated initials., Epistle of St John (f. 4); Sermons (f. 6); Sermones de oneribus (f. 43), De spiritali amicitia (f. 137), Speculum caritatis (159v)

with penwork decoration in table of contents (f. 3v). Rubrics, running titles, highlighting and underlining in red. Epistle of St John (f. 4); Sermons (f. 6); Sermones de oneribus (f. 43), De spiritali amicitia (f. 137), Speculum caritatis (159v) On

• Puzzle initial 'V'(ere) with penwork decoration., Epistle of St John (f. 4); Sermons (f. 6); Sermones de oneribus (f. 43), De spiritali amicitia (f. 137), Speculum caritatis (159v)

with penwork decoration in table of contents (f. 3v). Rubrics, running titles, highlighting and underlining in red. Epistle of St John (f. 4); Sermons (f. 6); Sermones de oneribus (f. 43), De spiritali amicitia (f. 137), Speculum caritatis (159v) On

• Initial 'O'(mnium) with foliate decoration., Epistle of St John (f. 4); Sermons (f. 6); Sermones de oneribus (f. 43), De spiritali amicitia (f. 137), Speculum caritatis (159v)

with penwork decoration in table of contents (f. 3v). Rubrics, running titles, highlighting and underlining in red. Epistle of St John (f. 4); Sermons (f. 6); Sermones de oneribus (f. 43), De spiritali amicitia (f. 137), Speculum caritatis (159v) On

• Coloured initial 'A'(pud)., Epistolae and other works

Sheldonian, ''1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6464.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 63.Charles

• Coloured initials 'P'(risco) (x2) and 'M'(isisti)., Epistolae and other works

Sheldonian, ''1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6464.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 63.Charles

• Initial 'P'(ulchre) with foliate decoration., Epistolae and other works

Sheldonian, ''1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6464.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 63.Charles

• Ownership inscription of Kirkstead Abbey in capitals., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The flyleaves contain two Goliardic poems or satires on church abuses in a 13th-century hand: an invective against the bishops of Bath [Jocelin], Norwich

• Initial 'D'(ionysius) with foliate decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The flyleaves contain two Goliardic poems or satires on church abuses in a 13th-century hand: an invective against the bishops of Bath [Jocelin], Norwich

• Initial 'P'(rimus) with decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The flyleaves contain two Goliardic poems or satires on church abuses in a 13th-century hand: an invective against the bishops of Bath [Jocelin], Norwich

• Large initial 'I'(udei) with decoration in angular and foliate patterns., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The flyleaves contain two Goliardic poems or satires on church abuses in a 13th-century hand: an invective against the bishops of Bath [Jocelin], Norwich

• Initial 'H'(is) with decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The flyleaves contain two Goliardic poems or satires on church abuses in a 13th-century hand: an invective against the bishops of Bath [Jocelin], Norwich

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script. Includes the Liber scintillarum of Defensor of Ligugé (ff. 1-100v) and a series of extracts from Ecclesiasticus and Isidore, Sententiae, under the title 'Hic pauca incipiunt de vitiis et peccatis' (ff. 100v-106), with

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script, at the beginning of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script, at the beginning of the Liber scintillarum. Includes the Liber scintillarum of Defensor of Ligugé (ff. 1-100v) and a series of extracts from Ecclesiasticus and Isidore, Sententiae, under the title 'Hic pauca incipiunt

• Decorated initial with a hybrid creature and foliage., Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John

colour (f. 136v). Small initials in brown or red. Rubrics in red. Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John The first leaf of this manuscript is bound in Harley 5958, f. 87. In the lower margin