• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix burning, illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again from the ashes., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

related to other manuscripts that may have been made in Salisbury.Various 16th-17th-century inscriptions: ' John Bollocke of Marden' (f. 34v), 'Abraham Millard' (Ilined out) (f. 43v), John Burd' (f. 53), 'James Solbrery' (f. 58), 'Edward Lord Herbert' (f. 65v), 'Richard

• Detail of a miniature of a dragon attacking an elephant., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

related to other manuscripts that may have been made in Salisbury.Various 16th-17th-century inscriptions: ' John Bollocke of Marden' (f. 34v), 'Abraham Millard' (Ilined out) (f. 43v), John Burd' (f. 53), 'James Solbrery' (f. 58), 'Edward Lord Herbert' (f. 65v), 'Richard

• Detail of a miniature of hunters spearing a bonnacon, and protecting themselves from its burning dung with a shield., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

related to other manuscripts that may have been made in Salisbury.Various 16th-17th-century inscriptions: ' John Bollocke of Marden' (f. 34v), 'Abraham Millard' (Ilined out) (f. 43v), John Burd' (f. 53), 'James Solbrery' (f. 58), 'Edward Lord Herbert' (f. 65v), 'Richard

• Detail of a miniature of a mother ape climbing a tree, attempting to escape from hunters, with one baby in front and a second on her back., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

related to other manuscripts that may have been made in Salisbury.Various 16th-17th-century inscriptions: ' John Bollocke of Marden' (f. 34v), 'Abraham Millard' (Ilined out) (f. 43v), John Burd' (f. 53), 'James Solbrery' (f. 58), 'Edward Lord Herbert' (f. 65v), 'Richard

• Detail of a miniature of a unicorn being held by a woman and pursued by three men, one of whom spears it with a lance, and another with a sword., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

related to other manuscripts that may have been made in Salisbury.Various 16th-17th-century inscriptions: ' John Bollocke of Marden' (f. 34v), 'Abraham Millard' (Ilined out) (f. 43v), John Burd' (f. 53), 'James Solbrery' (f. 58), 'Edward Lord Herbert' (f. 65v), 'Richard

• Detail of a miniature of a donkey (Asinus) prompted towards a water wheel by a man with a stick and a whistle., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

related to other manuscripts that may have been made in Salisbury.Various 16th-17th-century inscriptions: ' John Bollocke of Marden' (f. 34v), 'Abraham Millard' (Ilined out) (f. 43v), John Burd' (f. 53), 'James Solbrery' (f. 58), 'Edward Lord Herbert' (f. 65v), 'Richard

• Detail of a miniature of a viper, birthing its babies through its side., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

related to other manuscripts that may have been made in Salisbury.Various 16th-17th-century inscriptions: ' John Bollocke of Marden' (f. 34v), 'Abraham Millard' (Ilined out) (f. 43v), John Burd' (f. 53), 'James Solbrery' (f. 58), 'Edward Lord Herbert' (f. 65v), 'Richard

• Text page., Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6537.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. 30.Charles

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n mense) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of Zechariah., Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6537.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. 30.Charles

• Puzzle initial 'V'(erbum) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of Joel, and two puzzle initials 'S'(anctus) and 'J'(oel) at the beginning of the prologues to Joel., Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6537.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. 30.Charles

• Cutting of a miniature of a lawyer instructing two adults with two children., Cutting of a miniature and text fragment possibly from a manuscript of the Digestum, Book 26, 'De tutelis', incipit

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled for historical purposes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). A number of drawings and printed book fragments were transferred from the volume to

• Historiated initial 'A'(d) of a master lecturing a pupil or annointing (?)., Fragment, possibly from a commentary to Pseudo-Augustine's 'De mirabilibus sacrae scripturae'

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled for historical purposes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). A number of drawings and printed book fragments were transferred from the volume to

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Fragment of glossed Psalm 144:14-17

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled for historical purposes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). A number of drawings and printed book fragments were transferred from the volume to

• Coloured initial with penwork decoration., Fragment from a glossed Bible, Maccabees 4:54-59

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled for historical purposes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). A number of drawings and printed book fragments were transferred from the volume to

• Coloured initial with penwork decoration., Fragment from a glossed Bible, Corinthians 2:13-14

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled for historical purposes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). A number of drawings and printed book fragments were transferred from the volume to

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n) and coloured initial 'L'(ibrum) with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from a Bible, Tobias 13:19-14.16, followed by Jerome's prologue to Ester and Ester 1:1-2:16

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled for historical purposes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). A number of drawings and printed book fragments were transferred from the volume to

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Leaf from a Bible, Tobias 13:19-14.16, followed by Jerome's prologue to Ester and Ester 1:1-2:16

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled for historical purposes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). A number of drawings and printed book fragments were transferred from the volume to

• Detail of a miniature of beavers (Castor) with hunters, illustrating the text that the beavers' testicles had healing properties, and that the animals would bite them off in order to escape capture., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

related to other manuscripts that may have been made in Salisbury.Various 16th-17th-century inscriptions: ' John Bollocke of Marden' (f. 34v), 'Abraham Millard' (Ilined out) (f. 43v), John Burd' (f. 53), 'James Solbrery' (f. 58), 'Edward Lord Herbert' (f. 65v), 'Richard

• Text page with partially erased initial and inscription., Historia Scolastica

fratris Ricardi de sancta Columba et fratris Galfridi Werdour, ita quod predicti fratres habeant vsum ad tempus vite' (f. 1). John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary, included in the catalogue of his library left to his grandson Charles Theyer

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uinta) and pen-flourished initials., Historia Scolastica

fratris Ricardi de sancta Columba et fratris Galfridi Werdour, ita quod predicti fratres habeant vsum ad tempus vite' (f. 1). John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary, included in the catalogue of his library left to his grandson Charles Theyer