• Decorated initial 'I' at the beginning of John; visible through the parchment from the other side of the leaf is a green initial marking the start of the prologue to the Gospel. The first six lines of the main text is in a wider column than the rest, and has no interlinear gloss., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

of the preface to John and John (ff. 59, 59v). Diagrams in brown ink (ff. 3v, 6v). Paraphs in brown with penwork decoration. Small paraphs in red. Rubrics in red. Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short

• Diagram illustratng a treatise on free will, showing connections between various sorts of sin. In the lower portion of the diagram is a small rectangle with the word 'vicium' (meaning fault/blemish/flaw/vice) linked to four more similar rectangles, marked 'furtum', 'fraus', 'fallacia', and 'mendacium', words with similar meanings, all connected with fraud, trickery, deceit, treachery, etc., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

of the preface to John and John (ff. 59, 59v). Diagrams in brown ink (ff. 3v, 6v). Paraphs in brown with penwork decoration. Small paraphs in red. Rubrics in red. Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short

• Between the end of some prefatory treatises and the prologue to Leviticus is a rubric stating that this is 'The book of [the Cistercian abbey of] St. Mary, Buildwas, written in the year AD 1176' ('Liber Sancte Marie de Bildewas. Scriptus anno ab incarnatione domini Millesimo centesimo septuagesimo sexto') followed by a decorated initial 'E'., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

of the preface to John and John (ff. 59, 59v). Diagrams in brown ink (ff. 3v, 6v). Paraphs in brown with penwork decoration. Small paraphs in red. Rubrics in red. Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short

• Decorated initial 'V'(ocavit) at the beginning of Leviticus., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

of the preface to John and John (ff. 59, 59v). Diagrams in brown ink (ff. 3v, 6v). Paraphs in brown with penwork decoration. Small paraphs in red. Rubrics in red. Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short

• Decorated initials, and flyleaf., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

of the preface to John and John (ff. 59, 59v). Diagrams in brown ink (ff. 3v, 6v). Paraphs in brown with penwork decoration. Small paraphs in red. Rubrics in red. Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short

• Decorated initials., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

of the preface to John and John (ff. 59, 59v). Diagrams in brown ink (ff. 3v, 6v). Paraphs in brown with penwork decoration. Small paraphs in red. Rubrics in red. Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short

• Text page with gloss., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

of the preface to John and John (ff. 59, 59v). Diagrams in brown ink (ff. 3v, 6v). Paraphs in brown with penwork decoration. Small paraphs in red. Rubrics in red. Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short

• Text page with gloss., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

of the preface to John and John (ff. 59, 59v). Diagrams in brown ink (ff. 3v, 6v). Paraphs in brown with penwork decoration. Small paraphs in red. Rubrics in red. Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short

• Decorated initial., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

of the preface to John and John (ff. 59, 59v). Diagrams in brown ink (ff. 3v, 6v). Paraphs in brown with penwork decoration. Small paraphs in red. Rubrics in red. Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short

• Inscription of a title reading, 'Expositio su[per] Reg[u]lam beati Benedicti. nova' with a reference sign repeated at the beginning of the text (f. 3), a shelfmark, 'D. III. g. XII, an ownership inscription of John Lumley, and an offset of a miniature from leaf 2v., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

the beginning of the text (f. 3), a shelfmark, 'D. III. g. XII, an ownership inscription of John Lumley, and an offset of a miniature from leaf 2v. Includes Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti of Smaragdus, abbot of St Mihiel

• 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

• Text page with framed initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of the commentary on Acts of the Apostles, with marginal notes framed in the shape of an urn., Historia scolastica (ff. 1-165); Liber Exceptionum, part II (ff. 165v-196)

and 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. 5 (see ~The Libraries of King

• Pen-flourished initial 'S'(criptus) at the beginning of the final chapter of the Liber Exceptionum., Historia scolastica (ff. 1-165); Liber Exceptionum, part II (ff. 165v-196)

and 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. 5 (see ~The Libraries of King

• Initial 'I'(mperatorie) and partial border with human heads and dragons enmeshed in interlace and foliate patterns., Historia scolastica (ff. 1-165); Liber Exceptionum, part II (ff. 165v-196)

and 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. 5 (see ~The Libraries of King

• Text page from the commentary on Genesis with decorated initials, marginal drawings, notes and maniculae., Historia scolastica (ff. 1-165); Liber Exceptionum, part II (ff. 165v-196)

and 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. 5 (see ~The Libraries of King

• Text page with framed initial 'S'(urrexit) with decoration at the beginning of the commentary on Exodus., Historia scolastica (ff. 1-165); Liber Exceptionum, part II (ff. 165v-196)

and 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. 5 (see ~The Libraries of King

• Text page with framed initial 'M'(ortuo) with decoration at the beginning of the Historia Evangelica., Historia scolastica (ff. 1-165); Liber Exceptionum, part II (ff. 165v-196)

and 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. 5 (see ~The Libraries of King

• 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.

• Coloured initials., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Coloured initials. Includes Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti of Smaragdus, abbot of St Mihiel (d. c. 830).The prefatory miniature of Dunstan (f. 2) is painted on a singleton and kept separately. Catchwords. Miniature in colours and gold of Dunstan,

• Decorated initials 'C'(um turbas) and 'O'(bsculta), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the preface and the text., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Decorated initials 'C'(um turbas) and '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)