• Detail of initial 'S'(enior), at the beginning of 3 John., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

at the beginning of 3 John. Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): now Egerton 1151, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 756, Cambridge, Emmanuel College 116 (2.I.6), Bodleian Library Auct. D. I. 17, Royal 1 D I,

• Decorated initial 'C'(unctis), at the beginning of Bede's Commentary to Ezra., Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

sc[r]ipt[us] / p[er] manu[m] D[omini] Fulconis can[oni]ci p[ost]ea / p[r]ioris D[omino] Alexand[r]o de Weleue t[un]c Can/tore' (f. 1); noted by John Leland c. 1536-40 (see ~J. Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis Collectanea: Cum Thomæ Hearnii præfatione notis et indice ad

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) of the Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., 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

• Foliate initial 'L'(ucas), at the beginning of the prologue to Luke., 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

• 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

• 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

• Puzzle initial 'G'(regorius) with pen-flourishing and partial 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

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ominica) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the additional portion of the Ordinal., Ordinal for Hereford Cathedral, imperfect at the end

1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ominica) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the original text of the Ordinal., Ordinal for Hereford Cathedral, imperfect at the end

1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Coloured initials, including 'G'(regorius)., Chronicle from 1181 to 1201 (index Chronicon, Annalium Anglicanorum)

annotations in red. Capitals marked in red. Chronicle from 1181 to 1201 (index Chronicon, Annalium Anglicanorum) Mr. Story: sold to John Covel on 3 March 1663/4 (see below).John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain of the Levant Company at Constantinople

• Coloured initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red and blue., Fragment of a leaf from a second half of the 13th century English Troper-Proser containing ‘Gloria’ trope and sequences for the first, second and third Advent Sundays.

of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716) for historical purposes. 190 printed book fragments from the volume were transferred to the