• Decorated initials 'C'(upientes) with ownership inscription in the upper margin of the Dominican convent at Sudbury, Suffolk., Sententiae (index Sentences)

(index Sentences) The Dominican convent of Sudbury, Suffolk: inscription (f. 3).Very faint added text in Gothic cursive (ff. 1, 158v-162v).Inscribed 'John Mithmyng ?' (f. 1* v).Inscription 'master Hyllyard this book I doe give you to be at you one disposing

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) with penwork decoration., Sententiae (index Sentences)

(index Sentences) The Dominican convent of Sudbury, Suffolk: inscription (f. 3).Very faint added text in Gothic cursive (ff. 1, 158v-162v).Inscribed 'John Mithmyng ?' (f. 1* v).Inscription 'master Hyllyard this book I doe give you to be at you one disposing

• Puzzle initial 'O'(nus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Nahum., Minor Prophets, glossed

sancte marie vallis Dore' (f. 113).Inscribed, 15th century 'Bodduam' (f. 1). John Batteley (b. c.1646, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary; bought in 1723 through his nephew, John Batteley, by Edward Harley, along with other manuscripts (see ~Diary~

• Decorated initials 'B'(eato) and 'N'(ovum) with interlace at the beginning of Jerome's letter to Pope Damasus., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

designed 'E': see Marsden 1999 p. 290 and n. 25. 2 full page miniatures of Evangelist portraits of Mark and John (ff. 45v, 78v). Canon tables in frames in brown and yellow, some with animal heads (ff. 3v-7). 4 very

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'S'(i) with two lions, at the beginning of the Policraticus., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

at the beginning of the Policraticus. Contains three treatises by John of Salisbury (b. c. 1120, d. 1180), bishop of Chartres (1176-1180): the Policraticus, composed in c. 1159 (ff. 2-161), the Metalogicon (ff. 161-208v), and the Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nter) at the beginning of book 1 of the Polycraticus., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

1 of the Polycraticus. Contains three treatises by John of Salisbury (b. c. 1120, d. 1180), bishop of Chartres (1176-1180): the Policraticus, composed in c. 1159 (ff. 2-161), the Metalogicon (ff. 161-208v), and the Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum (ff. 210-219v).

• Decorated initial 'N'(on) at the beginning of book 5 of the Metalogicon., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

5 of the Metalogicon. Contains three treatises by John of Salisbury (b. c. 1120, d. 1180), bishop of Chartres (1176-1180): the Policraticus, composed in c. 1159 (ff. 2-161), the Metalogicon (ff. 161-208v), and the Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum (ff. 210-219v).

• Decorated initial 'A'(dversus), at the beginning of book 1 of the Metalogicon., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

1 of the Metalogicon. Contains three treatises by John of Salisbury (b. c. 1120, d. 1180), bishop of Chartres (1176-1180): the Policraticus, composed in c. 1159 (ff. 2-161), the Metalogicon (ff. 161-208v), and the Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum (ff. 210-219v).

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ogmate), at the beginning of the Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum. Contains three treatises by John of Salisbury (b. c. 1120, d. 1180), bishop of Chartres (1176-1180): the Policraticus, composed in c. 1159 (ff. 2-161), the Metalogicon (ff. 161-208v), and the Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum (ff. 210-219v).

• Decorated initial 'N'(otum) at the beginning of book 6 of the Metalogicon., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

6 of the Metalogicon. Contains three treatises by John of Salisbury (b. c. 1120, d. 1180), bishop of Chartres (1176-1180): the Policraticus, composed in c. 1159 (ff. 2-161), the Metalogicon (ff. 161-208v), and the Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum (ff. 210-219v).

• Inhabited initial 'S'(i) with two lions, at the beginning of the Policraticus., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

beginning of the Policraticus. Contains three treatises by John of Salisbury (b. c. 1120, d. 1180), bishop of Chartres (1176-1180): the Policraticus, composed in c. 1159 (ff. 2-161), the Metalogicon (ff. 161-208v), and the Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum (ff. 210-219v).

• Notes on an originally blank folio, including a statement of the author and title in 13th-century script in the middle at the top ('Adthelardus de compoto'), which is recognisable as a Christ Church, Canterbury inscription. Below this is a note of a flood in Thanet and Sheppy, in 1394, confirming continued ownership in Kent in the 14th century. The astrological symbol for Jupiter in the extreme top right corner is a characteristic marking of books owned by John Dee (died 1608), a famous alchemist in the court of Elizabeth I., Mnemonic verses, notes, etc., on the compotus

century. The astrological symbol for Jupiter in the extreme top right corner is a characteristic marking of books owned by John Dee (died 1608), a famous alchemist in the court of Elizabeth I. Originally formed a single volume with Cotton

• Detail of inscription at the bottom of the folio., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

Detail of inscription at the bottom of the folio. 2 historiated initials in colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green, or blue. Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan The Benedictine cathedral priory of

• Decorated headpiece and initial 'B'(iblos) at the beginning of Matthew., Four Gospels, with added lectional directions

decoration, one anthropomorphic with a blessing hand (f. 164). Rubrics and notes in red. Four Gospels, with added lectional directions John William Burgon (b. 1813, d. 1888), dean of Chichester and biblical scholar inscription 'Liber Johannis Guil^mi^ Burgon S. T.

• Decorated headpiece and initial 'A'(rche) at the beginning of Matthew., Four Gospels, with prologues, tables, lectional directions and apparatus, a commentary by Eulogius of Alexandria; the diagnosis of Hesychius (ff. 175-176v)

Greek dated 25 August 1720 (f. ii).James Woodhouse (d. 1866), Treasurer-General of the Ionian Islands: no. 37 in his collection. John William Burgon (b. 1813, d. 1888), dean of Chichester and biblical scholar: inscription 'Liber Johannis Guilielmi Burgon S. T.

• Decorated headpiece and initial 'B'(iblos) at the beginning of Matthew., Four Gospels, with prologues, tables, lectional directions and apparatus, a commentary by Eulogius of Alexandria; the diagnosis of Hesychius (ff. 175-176v)

Greek dated 25 August 1720 (f. ii).James Woodhouse (d. 1866), Treasurer-General of the Ionian Islands: no. 37 in his collection. John William Burgon (b. 1813, d. 1888), dean of Chichester and biblical scholar: inscription 'Liber Johannis Guilielmi Burgon S. T.

• Diagram., Theological miscellany, including provebial Latin poetry, and William of Waddington's Le Manuel des Pechiez (f. 81r-v); the 'Speculum theologie'

miscellany, including provebial Latin poetry, and William of Waddington's Le Manuel des Pechiez (f. 81r-v); the 'Speculum theologie' Compiled by John Segbruck, monk of the Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert, Durham (see Friedman 1995 p. 245).? Thomas Howard (b.

• Diagram., Theological miscellany, including provebial Latin poetry, and William of Waddington's Le Manuel des Pechiez (f. 81r-v); the 'Speculum theologie'

miscellany, including provebial Latin poetry, and William of Waddington's Le Manuel des Pechiez (f. 81r-v); the 'Speculum theologie' Compiled by John Segbruck, monk of the Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert, Durham (see Friedman 1995 p. 245).? Thomas Howard (b.

• Inhabited initial 'I'(nicium) at the beginning of Mark with lions and an animal playing a fiddle., Mark with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses; preceded by a table of' capitula sive distinctiones', beginning 'De Iohanne baptista' (ff. 2 r-v), and by the prologue 'Marcus evangelista Dei' (ff. 3-4v), imperfect at the end (the last leaf has been cut out)

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6459.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. 56.Charles

• Detail of the figure of John with his symbol, the eagle., Bible (the 'Worms Bible'), Psalms-Acts 16:17, imperfect

the figure of John with his symbol, the eagle. The first volume of this Bible is Harley 2803.There is an inscription 'anno M. C. XLVIII [the rest obscured]' which has been used as the date of the manuscript (see discussion