• 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

• Fragment of coloured initial with foliate decoration., Fragment of Psalms 90:11-91:3

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 with pen-flourished decoration., Fragment from Augustine's 'De spiritu et littera', Book 1, explicit, and Pseudo-Augustine's 'Hypomnesticon contra Pelagianos et Coelestianos, vulgo libri hypognosticon', 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

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Fragment from a missal

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 pen-flourished decoration., Fragment from a Missal

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 manuscript of the Decretales, Book 3, explicit

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

• 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

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rimum) with pen-flourishing and display script., Acts of the Apostles, with glossa ordinaria

'1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6469.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: perhaps included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix 70, no. 193.Charles

• Text page with decorated initials and ownership inscription., Acts of the Apostles, with glossa ordinaria

'1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6469.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: perhaps included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix 70, no. 193.Charles

• 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

• Initial 'I'(n) decorated with zoomorphic form and extending into partial bar border., Pharetra, in four books

Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nicholas, Spalding, Lincolnshire: inscription on f. i v, 'Liber m[onaste]rii Spaldyng' (not noticed there by John Leland).On f. i v, passages copied from Isaiah 19 in 14th- or 15th-century English hand.Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

• Initial 'G'(regorius) with foliate and zoomorphic decoration., Pharetra, in four books

Blessed Virgin Mary and St Nicholas, Spalding, Lincolnshire: inscription on f. i v, 'Liber m[onaste]rii Spaldyng' (not noticed there by John Leland).On f. i v, passages copied from Isaiah 19 in 14th- or 15th-century English hand.Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury