• Coloured initial 'N'(u) in red with green penwork decoration., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

Coloured initial 'N'(u) in red with green penwork decoration. Copied, directly or indirectly, from Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 441, omitting some passages due to defects in the Bodley manuscript (Marc 16:14-20, Luke 16:14- 17:1, and 24: 51-53). The first

• Text page with lettering in black and red., Pauline Epistles, in the new Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

of Jacques Lefèvre Written by Peter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540), scribe of John Colet, Dean of St. Paul Cathedral, London: written in his hand (see Trapp, 1975, pp. 89-90): inscribed 'Petrus monoculus',

• Text page with lettering in black and red., Pauline Epistles, in the new Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

of Jacques Lefèvre Written by Peter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540), scribe of John Colet, Dean of St. Paul Cathedral, London: written in his hand (see Trapp, 1975, pp. 89-90): inscribed 'Petrus monoculus',

• Text page with lettering in black and red, with a space left for an unfinished initial 'P'(aulus)., Pauline Epistles, in the Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

of Jacques Lefèvre Written by Peter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540), scribe of John Colet, Dean of St. Paul Cathedral, London: written in his hand (see Trapp, 1975, pp. 89-90): inscribed 'Petrus monoculus',

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul sitting at a desk and writing his Epistle, at the beginning of Romans., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul sitting at a desk and writing his Epistle, at the beginning of Romans. Includes Romans and 1-2 Corinthians; originally contained probably the complete work, or at least Galatians, as suggested by

• marginal drawing of a hand pulling a fish from the water., De Diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII, Sermo ad catechumenos de symbolo, De agone christiano, De poenitentibus (serm. 393); De XII abusiuis saeculi, Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos, Sermo de oratione dominica; Sermo de cataclismo (no. 7), Sermo de cantico novo (no. 5), Sermones de symbolo; Contra Felicianum arianum; De fide orthodoxa; Extractio; Naturales questiones and Epistulae morales; excerpts from Cicero; Liber quaestionum hebraicarum in Genesim and De XLII mansionibus filiorum Israel in deserto; Liber hebraicorum quaestionum in Samuelem et Paralipomenon; De templo Salomonis and In libros Regum questiones XXX

393) (f. 84v);Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de oratione dominica (serm. 58) (f. 84v) (all texts are attributed to Augustine in the manuscript); John of Damascus trad. by Burgundio of Pisa, De fide orthodoxa (ff. 85-107v); Thomas Gallus, 'Extractio' (attributed here to Dionysius

• Marginal drawing of a walking man., De Diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII, Sermo ad catechumenos de symbolo, De agone christiano, De poenitentibus (serm. 393); De XII abusiuis saeculi, Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos, Sermo de oratione dominica; Sermo de cataclismo (no. 7), Sermo de cantico novo (no. 5), Sermones de symbolo; Contra Felicianum arianum; De fide orthodoxa; Extractio; Naturales questiones and Epistulae morales; excerpts from Cicero; Liber quaestionum hebraicarum in Genesim and De XLII mansionibus filiorum Israel in deserto; Liber hebraicorum quaestionum in Samuelem et Paralipomenon; De templo Salomonis and In libros Regum questiones XXX

393) (f. 84v);Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de oratione dominica (serm. 58) (f. 84v) (all texts are attributed to Augustine in the manuscript); John of Damascus trad. by Burgundio of Pisa, De fide orthodoxa (ff. 85-107v); Thomas Gallus, 'Extractio' (attributed here to Dionysius

• Foliate initial 'A'(d regalis), at the beginning of the preface to the Psalter of the Virgin., Psalms in verses of the Holy Spirit, Virgin, and Holy Cross with poems and prayers

section VI (ff. 101). Psalms in verses of the Holy Spirit, Virgin, and Holy Cross with poems and prayers ? John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: his monogram (f. 1); if so, passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c.

• Historiated initial 'O'(sculetur) of Christ embracing the Virgin, at the beginning of the Gilbert Foliot's Commentary on the Song of Solomon., Commentary on the Song of Solomon

the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; in the select list of works noted by John Bale, of c. 1548; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3; and in the 1698 catalogue

• Ownership inscription on the opening page., Moralia in Job, books 24-35

moralium. Quam scripsit Sifridus canonicus sancte marie sanctique nicolai in arenstein' (f. 1). A near contemporary hand century hand added John the Deacon's Vita S. Gregorii papae (f. 1). Notes in later hands including that of abbot Heinrich Schupp (d.

• Two large initials, 'Q' and 'L', with pen-flourishing., Versus de laude crucis; Versus morales; Versus de missa (ff. 10-18)

f[ra]tris H[e]nr[ici] de Kirkested, in quo continet[ur] narracio sumpta de libro qui uocatur Suda' and his initials (f. 72v).All parts: John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 2); listed

• Music to Kyrie Eleison and St Godric's Hymns., Epistola and Apologia

129-130) Initials in green or red, some with penwork decoration in the other colour. Rubrics in red. Epistola and Apologia John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 2); listed

• Music to Kyrie Eleison and St Godric's Hymns in English., Epistola and Apologia

129-130) Initials in green or red, some with penwork decoration in the other colour. Rubrics in red. Epistola and Apologia John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 2); listed

• Illuminated initial 'E'(ntre) at the beginning of the prologue., Anabasis

of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII from

• Text pages with illuminated initials., Anabasis

1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII from Naples.The manuscript

• Miniature of the Greek camp, with messengers reporting the death of Cyrus., Anabasis

translation of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII

• Miniature of Greeks by the sea shore ascending a path, with Orientals looking on., Anabasis

translation of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII

• Miniature of the Greeks in council on the shore, with an island castle and ship nearby, with a full foliate border with birds and grotesques., Anabasis

translation of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII

• Miniature of the Greeks making merry., Anabasis

1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII from Naples.The manuscript

• Detail of a miniature of the Greeks making merry., Anabasis

of c. 1503 by Claude de Seyssel, translated, according to his prologue (ff. 10-15), from the Latin version of John Lascaris of the Greek text from a manuscript in the French royal library at Blois brought by Charles VIII from