• 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)

• Flyleaf with ownership inscription of the Augustinian monastery of Bristol and contents list., De vita contemplativa (f. 3); Sermones (f. 58); Tractatus de obedientia (f. 59); Sermones (f. 61); Homiliae (f. 66v); De tribus habitaculis animae (f. 81v); Anonymous commentary on the Psalms (f. 86v)

Flyleaf with ownership inscription of the Augustinian monastery of Bristol and contents list. Jerome's 'Tractatus de oboedientia', as identified by Sharpe, is attributed to Augustine in this manuscript.Patrick, Bishop of Dublin (1074-1084) has been identified as the author of

• Text page with initial 'D'(iu) and rubric at the beginning of the prologue., De vita contemplativa (f. 3); Sermones (f. 58); Tractatus de obedientia (f. 59); Sermones (f. 61); Homiliae (f. 66v); De tribus habitaculis animae (f. 81v); Anonymous commentary on the Psalms (f. 86v)

Text page with initial 'D'(iu) and rubric at the beginning of the prologue. Jerome's 'Tractatus de oboedientia', as identified by Sharpe, is attributed to Augustine in this manuscript.Patrick, Bishop of Dublin (1074-1084) has been identified as the author of

• Detail of a decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliated and interlace decoration, and animal heads and an animal mask at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the Old English gloss erased and corrected, visible in darker ink., Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, imperfect

date 'May 17 1638' and 'imprimatur' (f. 180v) for the 1640 edition of the Psalter made by his son, Sir John Spelman (b. 1594, d. 1643), royalist author.Walter Clavell, F. R.S., elected 1704, admitted to the Inner Temple in 1700,

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D' with interlace and animal heads, at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, imperfect

date 'May 17 1638' and 'imprimatur' (f. 180v) for the 1640 edition of the Psalter made by his son, Sir John Spelman (b. 1594, d. 1643), royalist author.Walter Clavell, F. R.S., elected 1704, admitted to the Inner Temple in 1700,

• Detail of a decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with a dragon and animal head, at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, imperfect

date 'May 17 1638' and 'imprimatur' (f. 180v) for the 1640 edition of the Psalter made by his son, Sir John Spelman (b. 1594, d. 1643), royalist author.Walter Clavell, F. R.S., elected 1704, admitted to the Inner Temple in 1700,

• Zoomorphic initial 'R' with clasps., Missal, including a calendar, a Gradual for summer, a Lectionary for the days after Easter and Pentecost

Possibly written in 1191 for the Abbey of Wilhering.12th and 13th-century additions, including f. 180 which is an excerpt from John 1, with added punctus flexus punctuation. The Cistercian abbey of Hohenfurt in Southern Bohemia, now Vyšší Brod in the

• Diagram in William of Conches' Tract on Philosophy and Man., 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

• Initial 'V'(olens), at the beginning of the Tractatus Magistri Habrahe de tabulis plantetarum., 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

• Puzzle initial 'P' with foliate decoration., Peter's 'Speculum iuris canonici' (index 'Distinctiones') (ff. 5-19), and Justinian's 'Institutiones', Books 1-4 with gloss (ff. 19-73v)

Puzzle initial 'P' with foliate decoration. Peter of Blois's 'Speculum iuris canonici' consists of 60 chapters, each devoted to a legal argument. Peter, who is not to be confused with his older and more famous namesake, the archdeacon of

• 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

• Initial with penwork decoration., Decretum, a collection of peciae

and Rouse 2000).Busleyden College, Leuven (index Louvain), 16th/17th century: inscribed 'Ex bibliotheca Collegii Buslidiani Lovanij' (f. 1; see Wright 1972). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), translator and literary editor, son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703), writer: purchased

• Text page., Decretum, a collection of peciae

and Rouse 2000).Busleyden College, Leuven (index Louvain), 16th/17th century: inscribed 'Ex bibliotheca Collegii Buslidiani Lovanij' (f. 1; see Wright 1972). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), translator and literary editor, son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703), writer: purchased

• Initial with penwork decoration., 'Liber poenitentialis', imperfect at the end (ff. 37-49v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 36 r-v)

Initial with penwork decoration. The volume is a composite miscellany of five manuscripts of different date, origin and provenance, which also includes Pseudo-Albert the Great, 'Summa naturalium', 15th century, with initials and paraphs in red (ff. 1-8). Initials with

• 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

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) of a bishop with a mitre and a pastoral staff., Decretum, with marginal glosses, partly by Rufinus, a pecia manuscript, imperfect, including later insertions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127, 137-144v, 201-206v, 243-266v)

and Rouse 2000).Busleyden College, Leuven (index Louvain), 16th/17th century: inscribed 'Ex bibliotheca Collegii Buslidiani Lovanij' (f. 1; see Wright 1972). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), translator and literary editor, son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703), writer: purchased

• Text page., Decretum, with marginal glosses, partly by Rufinus, a pecia manuscript, imperfect, including later insertions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127, 137-144v, 201-206v, 243-266v)

and Rouse 2000).Busleyden College, Leuven (index Louvain), 16th/17th century: inscribed 'Ex bibliotheca Collegii Buslidiani Lovanij' (f. 1; see Wright 1972). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), translator and literary editor, son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703), writer: purchased

• Initials with penwork decoration., Decretum, with marginal glosses, partly by Rufinus, a pecia manuscript, imperfect, including later insertions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127, 137-144v, 201-206v, 243-266v)

and Rouse 2000).Busleyden College, Leuven (index Louvain), 16th/17th century: inscribed 'Ex bibliotheca Collegii Buslidiani Lovanij' (f. 1; see Wright 1972). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), translator and literary editor, son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703), writer: purchased