• Detail of a miniature of a basilisk and two victims of its murderous gaze, a man and a ermine or ferret., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.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. 167.Charles

• Decorated initial 'B'(estiarum) and a miniature of lions breathing life into their cubs, at the beginning of the entry 'De natura leonis'., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.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. 167.Charles

• Miniature of a hunter chasing a beaver, who bites off his testicles in order to thwart the hunter., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.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. 167.Charles

• Detail of a miniature of a hunter chasing a beaver, who bites off his testicles in order to thwart the hunter., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.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. 167.Charles

• Detail of a miniature of the hydrus, or water snake, being swallowing a crocodile, at the beginning of the entry for hydrus., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.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. 167.Charles

• Miniature of a hunter capturing a tiger's cub by distracting its mother with a mirror, at the beginning of the entry for tiger., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.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. 167.Charles

• Detail of a miniature of a hunter capturing a tiger's cub by distracting its mother with a mirror, at the beginning of the entry for tiger., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.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. 167.Charles

• Models of flourished initials; drawings of flowers and a tree., Formulary containing dictaminal texts

25r-v);'Tractatus de litteris missivis' of Thomas Sampson, a teacher of dictamen at Oxford (ff. 25v-31v);a satirical letter attributed to Prester John describing 'regnum Collegii Cantuarior[um]' (ff. 32v-33v); an account by James Yonge, notary of Dublin, of the visit of Laurentius

• Text page with ownership inscriptions., Formulary containing dictaminal texts

25r-v);'Tractatus de litteris missivis' of Thomas Sampson, a teacher of dictamen at Oxford (ff. 25v-31v);a satirical letter attributed to Prester John describing 'regnum Collegii Cantuarior[um]' (ff. 32v-33v); an account by James Yonge, notary of Dublin, of the visit of Laurentius

• Sketches of plants., Formulary containing dictaminal texts

25r-v);'Tractatus de litteris missivis' of Thomas Sampson, a teacher of dictamen at Oxford (ff. 25v-31v);a satirical letter attributed to Prester John describing 'regnum Collegii Cantuarior[um]' (ff. 32v-33v); an account by James Yonge, notary of Dublin, of the visit of Laurentius

• Pen-flourished initial 'C'(um), 'B'(ritannia), and 'E'(neas), at the beginning of the Historia regum Britanniae, with the name of 'Lumley' in the lower margin., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a cross., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a cross., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Text page with a marginal drawing of two mitres., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Detail of a marginal drawing of two mitres., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a crown, above an inscription reading 'Etheldredus'., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a crown, above an inscription reading 'Etheldredus'., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul preaching to a group of Corinthians, at the beginning of Corinthians., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

but 1698?), II, no. 6513 or 6523.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 294.Charles