• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a hair-covered Mary of Egypt feeding a lion, a bear and a stag., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a blue-faced grotesque, hunched, with a man standing on his shoulders, from Book 1 of the Decretals., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Text page., Commentary on Martianus Capella

to King James I~, ed. by J. Atkins and N. R. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944) and noted by John Leland (see ~J. Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis Collectanea: Cum Thomæ Hearnii præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam~,

• Text page with marginal notes., Commentary on Martianus Capella

to King James I~, ed. by J. Atkins and N. R. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944) and noted by John Leland (see ~J. Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis Collectanea: Cum Thomæ Hearnii præfatione notis et indice ad editionem primam~,

• Puzzle initial 'P'(recedentis) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of the prologue to book 15., Commentary on Leviticus

blue. Omitted text written in the margins in red frames. Commentary on Leviticus The Carthusian priory of St. Mary, St. John the Baptist and All Saints, Henton, Somerset (founded 1235): inscribed 'Explanat[i]o d[omi]ni Rad[u]l/phii Flaviacens[is] monachi / sup[er] librum Leviticum

• Decorated initial 'S'(pes) at the beginning of the Sermo de pastoribus of Augustine, with the list of contents (f. 1v)., Sermo de pastoribus, Sermo de ouibus, De baptismo contra Donatistas, De baptismo parvulorum, Epistola ad Marcellinum, De unico baptismo, De spiritu et littera

spiritu et littera The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Saviour, St Peter, and St Paul, Bath: noted by John Leland, (see John Leland ~Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicis~, ed. by A. Hall (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1709), p. 160.Added glosses, 12th century (e.g.,

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uamvis) at the beginning of Augustine's De baptismo parvulorum., Sermo de pastoribus, Sermo de ouibus, De baptismo contra Donatistas, De baptismo parvulorum, Epistola ad Marcellinum, De unico baptismo, De spiritu et littera

spiritu et littera The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Saviour, St Peter, and St Paul, Bath: noted by John Leland, (see John Leland ~Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicis~, ed. by A. Hall (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1709), p. 160.Added glosses, 12th century (e.g.,

• Decorated initial 'L'(ectis) at the beginning of Augustine's De spiritu et littera., Sermo de pastoribus, Sermo de ouibus, De baptismo contra Donatistas, De baptismo parvulorum, Epistola ad Marcellinum, De unico baptismo, De spiritu et littera

spiritu et littera The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Saviour, St Peter, and St Paul, Bath: noted by John Leland, (see John Leland ~Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicis~, ed. by A. Hall (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1709), p. 160.Added glosses, 12th century (e.g.,

• Text page., Sermo de pastoribus, Sermo de ouibus, De baptismo contra Donatistas, De baptismo parvulorum, Epistola ad Marcellinum, De unico baptismo, De spiritu et littera

spiritu et littera The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Saviour, St Peter, and St Paul, Bath: noted by John Leland, (see John Leland ~Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicis~, ed. by A. Hall (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1709), p. 160.Added glosses, 12th century (e.g.,

• Decorated initial 'A'(rbitor) at the beginning of book 3 of Augustine's De baptismo contra Donatistas., Sermo de pastoribus, Sermo de ouibus, De baptismo contra Donatistas, De baptismo parvulorum, Epistola ad Marcellinum, De unico baptismo, De spiritu et littera

spiritu et littera The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Saviour, St Peter, and St Paul, Bath: noted by John Leland, (see John Leland ~Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicis~, ed. by A. Hall (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1709), p. 160.Added glosses, 12th century (e.g.,

• Detail of a folio with a version of the Lord's prayer in English., Theological works in prose and verse including The Lay Folks' Mass Book and Speculum Mundi

Detail of a folio with a version of the Lord's prayer in English. Northern dialect features include 'kirc' for church (f. 100) and 'þo' for þe throughout. The middle English verses in this manuscript catalogued by Boffey and Edwards

• Decorated canon table., Four Gospels, with Menologion (ff. 291-296v) and Canon Tables (ff. 9-13)

145, 229). Canon tables with geometric decoration in purple. Initials in colours. Scholia in red or purple. The end of John in a cruciform format (f. 290v). Four Gospels, with Menologion (ff. 291-296v) and Canon Tables (ff. 9-13) Added Menologion

• Detail of a miniature depicting urine flasks., Physician's folding almanac, including Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. B-E, i.e. 9-6), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1398 to 1462 (ff. G-I, i.e. 4-2), and Grosseteste's 'De prognosticatione aeri', abridged (f. K, i.e. 1)

miniature depicting urine flasks. John Somer's calendar provides lunar conjunctions of the 19-year Metonic cycle beginning on 1387, 1406, 1425, 1444. The saints in the calendar correspond to those in calendars for the use of Sarum produced in Southern England.One

• null, Historia adversus paganos

1722, d. 1772), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 500, bought by Munro for 7s. 6d. John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: his sale, 23 April 1792, lot 3400.David Swan, 1792:

• null, Historia adversus paganos

1722, d. 1772), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 500, bought by Munro for 7s. 6d. John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: his sale, 23 April 1792, lot 3400.David Swan, 1792:

• Text page of Matthew 8:20-28, with two initials., Gospels

spectral comparator, 10th century (see Keynes, 1985, pp. 167-69).Inscribed, 'Diamate', and 'Umfridus me fecit', 14th century (f. 3).Thomas Lee, John Birchyton, John Hinstyde [or Lynstyde], inscribed with their names, 15th century (f. 8v).N. Hersth, inscribed with his name, 15th century.John

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, and David killing Goliath, at the beginning of Psalm 1, Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(antate) of three monks singing, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) of three monks singing, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the anointing and coronation of David, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for