• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration and decorated line-fillers., Fragment of Psalm 118, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Fragment from a Canon law commentary (?), on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Fragment from Gregory's Decretals (index Decretales), Book 3, titulus 13, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Fragment from a Breviary, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initial with penwork decoration., Fragment from Psalter on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• 'Champ' initial and coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration including foliate motifs., Fragment of a Missal, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initial 'I' with penwork decoration., Fragment from a theological text (?), on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Fragment from a Bible, Exodus, chapter 4, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Coloured initials with penwork decoration., Fragment from a portable Bible (?), on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with a bishop kneeling before king Edward III, combined with a foliate bar border., Registrum brevium

texts in 15th-16th century hands (ff. 219r-v, 289v-290v, 291), including a petition of the masters and clerks in chancery to John Stratford, archbishop of Canterbury, then lord Chancellor (1330-1334), referring to an act made in the 4th year of Edward

• Text page with coloured initials., Theological miscellany, including lives of the saints, the song of St Godric; John of Ford's Epistolae (ff. 104-106); Vita Sancti Wulfrici anachoretae (ff. 106-147)

A few line-fillers with foliate decoration (f. 30). Theological miscellany, including lives of the saints, the song of St Godric; John of Ford's Epistolae (ff. 104-106); Vita Sancti Wulfrici anachoretae (ff. 106-147) Musical notation, on four-line red staves, added shortly

• 2-sided bar border with foliate decoration including an hybrid figure, coloured initials and title in display capitals with pen-work decoration., Fragment of Gregory's Decretals (index Decretales), Book 4, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Decretals, with marginal gloss

Walsingham, Norfolk: inscribed 'Walsyngham' Inscribed '?Walsyngham', ?15th century (f. 116v).Inscribed 'Thomas Essex', 16th century (f. 82v).John Riley, ?16th century: inscribed 'John Ryley de ?R[...]ton' (f. 92v). Samuel Knott (d. 1687), rector of Combe Raleigh, Devon (1661-1668), antiquary and collector of

• Decorated initial 'N' and diagrams illustrating the text of John Holywood., Various theological and mathematical tracts, including the prose life of Cuthbert, incomplete (ff. 74-101v), 22 miracles of Cuthbert, the Brevis relatio

diagrams illustrating the text of John Holywood. Late medieval foliation in ink Arabic numerals.St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born in Northumbria

• Decorated initial 'N' in the text of John Holywood., Various theological and mathematical tracts, including the prose life of Cuthbert, incomplete (ff. 74-101v), 22 miracles of Cuthbert, the Brevis relatio

in the text of John Holywood. Late medieval foliation in ink Arabic numerals.St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born in Northumbria around

• Illuminated initial 'M' at the beginning of the prologue, with ownership inscriptions, including Lumley., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

of Butterby, probably to be identified with Richard Lumley, 1st Viscount Lumley of Waterford (bap. 1589, d. 1661), to whom John Lumley had entailed the lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte

• Historiated initial 'I'(nicium) of Mark holding a book in the upper register and a lion, his symbol, holding a scroll, in the lower register, at the beginning of Mark., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

of Butterby, probably to be identified with Richard Lumley, 1st Viscount Lumley of Waterford (bap. 1589, d. 1661), to whom John Lumley had entailed the lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte

• Text page with coloured initials and line-fillers, and a portion of a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower (continued from f. 76): '… youres as the lorde knoweth as a frende Jane Duddeley'., Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower (continued from f. 76): '… youres as the lorde knoweth as a frende Jane Duddeley'. Contains prayers extracted from Richard Taverner's translation

• Marginal drawings of three inverted shields with the arms of the French crusaders killed at Gaza: Dareines, Henry II, count de Bar, and John de Barres, with the inverted banners of the Hospitaliers and Templars; and two drawings of inverted arms of John de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, and William, earl of Warenne., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

killed at Gaza: Dareines, Henry II, count de Bar, and John de Barres, with the inverted banners of the Hospitaliers and Templars; and two drawings of inverted arms of John de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, and William, earl of Warenne.

• Detail of a marginal drawings of swords with the inverted arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem, indicating his death, and an inverted mitre and crosier referring to the death of Richard II, bishop of Durham., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

inverted arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem, indicating his death, and an inverted mitre and crosier referring to the death of Richard II, bishop of Durham. Includes two autograph copies of works