• Ownership inscription of John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, reading 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum', with extracts of notabilia from Robert Torigni's chronicle., Chronica

inscription of John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, reading 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum', with extracts of notabilia from Robert Torigni's chronicle. Contains the first version of the Chronica of Robert

• Donor inscriptions and pressmark., Sermons (f. 2); Statutes of the Church of Hereford (f. 258v)

of Hereford has been added at the end (ff. 258v-262): it is therefore possible that Thomas Trilleck was related to John de Trilleck, bishop of Hereford (1344-1360).William Reed, bishop of Chichester (1369-1385), given by him to the Collegiate church of

• 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

• Chronological tables., Chronica

subsequently superseded by a 'second version', continued to 1182.John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, sometimes confused with John Pike (fl. c. 1310, c. 1330), annalist: inscribed 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum',

• Decorated initials 'A'(b) and 'I'(gitur)., Chronica

subsequently superseded by a 'second version', continued to 1182.John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, sometimes confused with John Pike (fl. c. 1310, c. 1330), annalist: inscribed 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum',

• Decorated initial 'T'(heodosius)., Chronica

subsequently superseded by a 'second version', continued to 1182.John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, sometimes confused with John Pike (fl. c. 1310, c. 1330), annalist: inscribed 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum',

• Decorated initial 'I'(eronimus) at the beginning of the prologue, with the Henrician title 'Cronica ab Abraham usque ad annum domini 1168 Eusebii, Hieronimi, Prosperi, Sigisberti', and the Westminster inventory number 'no. 1033' added in the upper margin., Chronica

subsequently superseded by a 'second version', continued to 1182.John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, sometimes confused with John Pike (fl. c. 1310, c. 1330), annalist: inscribed 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum',

• Decorated initial 'P'(rimus) with the chronological tables of the life of Abraham., Chronica

subsequently superseded by a 'second version', continued to 1182.John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, sometimes confused with John Pike (fl. c. 1310, c. 1330), annalist: inscribed 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum',

• Decorated initial 'M'(oysen) at the beginning of Eusebius's preface to his Chronici canones., Chronica

subsequently superseded by a 'second version', continued to 1182.John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, sometimes confused with John Pike (fl. c. 1310, c. 1330), annalist: inscribed 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum',

• Detail of an 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)

principio) 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.

• Detail of a decorated initial with a clasp, at the beginning of the preface to 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)

clasp, at the beginning of the preface to 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

• Detail of a decorated initial 'S' with clasps at the beginning of 3 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 clasps at the beginning of 3 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

• Marginal diagram., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

bishop of Lincoln, repeating a former request sent by Hue de Val-Laumosnier, signed at Ockham, 8 March; a letter to John de Tingewyke, keeper of Whittlewood forest, written at Medborne, 9 March; a letter to Gautier de Beauchamp, 'seneschal', perhaps

• Marginal diagram with an inscription 'Thule insula'., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

bishop of Lincoln, repeating a former request sent by Hue de Val-Laumosnier, signed at Ockham, 8 March; a letter to John de Tingewyke, keeper of Whittlewood forest, written at Medborne, 9 March; a letter to Gautier de Beauchamp, 'seneschal', perhaps

• Ownership inscriptions of John Theyer reading 'Liber Ioh[ann]is Theyer de Cowpers in Com. Civil. Glouc[ester]: 2º Iulii 1640', and of the Benedictine abbey of the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist, Reading, reading 'Hic est liber sancte Marie de Rading[ia]. Que[m] qui celav[er]it / vel fraude[m] de eo fec[er]it anathema sit.', Commentary on Lamentations

Ownership inscriptions of John Theyer reading 'Liber Ioh[ann]is Theyer de Cowpers in Com. Civil. Glouc[ester]: 2º Iulii 1640', and of the Benedictine abbey of the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist, Reading, reading 'Hic est liber sancte Marie de Rading[ia].

• Illuminated initial., Breviary, Use of York (fragment), with a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

Viscount Fauconberg (between 1718 and 1774: his heraldic book-plate (inside upper cover). John Jackson, 19th century: inscribed his name (1st flyleaf).Bought by the British Museum from Rev. John C. Jackson, 8 December 1866 (note on 1st flyleaf), using the Farnborough

• Miniature of John the Baptist, John the Evangelist and two bishop saints., Psalter and Canticles

Miniature of John the Baptist, John the Evangelist and two bishop saints. Includes a calendar (ff. 2-7v).According to Morgan (1982), illuminated by the artist close in style to Matthew Paris, who perhaps later illustrated two Apocalypses, Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist., Psalter and Canticles

Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist. Includes a calendar (ff. 2-7v).According to Morgan (1982), illuminated by the artist close in style to Matthew Paris, who perhaps later illustrated two Apocalypses, Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig

• Text page showing layout of gloss, and with the name of John Stout in the lower margin., Glossed Gospel of Mark

gloss, and with the name of John Stout in the lower margin. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue, with red and blue foliate decoration (f. 1). 2 large initials in red or blue, with red and blue foliate

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatissimi) with pen-flourishing and a partial border at the beginning of Book 2., Doctrinale fidei ecclesiae, Books 1 and 2

and 4 of the ~Doctrinale~ and was also given to the monks of Gloucester College by John Whethamstede. Together, the books were produced for John Whethamstede at a cost of £6 13s 4d.On ff. 204-205v, a brief subject index has