• Bas-de-page scene of a man playing a fife and drum, with a man on his shoulder, while below, a bad baker is being dragged on a horse-drawn hurdle with his deficient loaf of brea around his neck., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a grotesque figure., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man playing a fife and drum, with a man on his shoulder, while below, a bad baker is being dragged on a horse-drawn hurdle with his deficient loaf of brea around his neck., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

University of Paris (f. 4). John Batayle, a canon of St Bartholomew's at Smithfield, mentioned among other canons in a clerical subsidy roll of 1379 and named in a will of 1382, made by John Chyshull, another canon of St

• Illuminated miniature of a bearded John seated before a lectern; his name inscribed above him., Four Gospels (ff. 6v-288v), adapted for liturgical use, each preceded by a table of capitula

of a bearded John seated before a lectern; his name inscribed above him. 4 miniatures (evangelist portraits: ff, 6v, 90v, 142v, 226v), before each Gospel. Four foliate headpieces (ff. 7, 91, 143, 227), titles in gold, and large initials in

• Detail from the roll of the genealogical line from Stephen to John and his descendants., Genealogical roll of the kings of England

the genealogical line from Stephen to John and his descendants. Contains a genealogical chronicle of the Kings of England from the Heptarchy to Edward I (b. 1239, d. 1307), king of England from 1272, with additions to include Edward II

• Text page in the annals., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

pasted onto an unfoliated paper flyleaf; ff. iii-vi are notes on paper; ff. vii-viii are pages from the preface by John Romilly to a printed edition describing the manuscript; f. 200 is a lined parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment

• Text page in the annals., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

pasted onto an unfoliated paper flyleaf; ff. iii-vi are notes on paper; ff. vii-viii are pages from the preface by John Romilly to a printed edition describing the manuscript; f. 200 is a lined parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment

• Initial 'C' with a dog-headed hybrid., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

pasted onto an unfoliated paper flyleaf; ff. iii-vi are notes on paper; ff. vii-viii are pages from the preface by John Romilly to a printed edition describing the manuscript; f. 200 is a lined parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment

• Decorated initial with a bird biting a dog., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

pasted onto an unfoliated paper flyleaf; ff. iii-vi are notes on paper; ff. vii-viii are pages from the preface by John Romilly to a printed edition describing the manuscript; f. 200 is a lined parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment

• Decorated initial 'A'(nglia), with a hooded hybrid creature, at the beginning of a description of England., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

pasted onto an unfoliated paper flyleaf; ff. iii-vi are notes on paper; ff. vii-viii are pages from the preface by John Romilly to a printed edition describing the manuscript; f. 200 is a lined parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment

• End of the annals from the birth of Christ to 1294, with an entry for the birth of King Edward II for 1284., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

pasted onto an unfoliated paper flyleaf; ff. iii-vi are notes on paper; ff. vii-viii are pages from the preface by John Romilly to a printed edition describing the manuscript; f. 200 is a lined parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment

• Decorated initial with a hybrid creature with a human face, at the beginning of a chronicle of the Saxons to 1294., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

pasted onto an unfoliated paper flyleaf; ff. iii-vi are notes on paper; ff. vii-viii are pages from the preface by John Romilly to a printed edition describing the manuscript; f. 200 is a lined parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) with a hybrid creature, and 'B'(ritannia) with hybrid creatures biting, at the beginning of the prologue to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, with the signature of William Herbert in the upper margin., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

pasted onto an unfoliated paper flyleaf; ff. iii-vi are notes on paper; ff. vii-viii are pages from the preface by John Romilly to a printed edition describing the manuscript; f. 200 is a lined parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment

• Historiated initial 'A'(pres) of the Emperor John enthroned, with a courtier and a messenger, who points to the lower part of the initial that extends into the margin, where John's knights are assaulting two men., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

of the Emperor John enthroned, with a courtier and a messenger, who points to the lower part of the initial that extends into the margin, where John's knights are assaulting two men. 25 historiated initials, with zoomorphic extensions into the

• Historiated puzzle initial 'D'(ominus) of a figure blessing, in a list of Benedictine houses, with the names of Ely (Eliens), London (Londonicus), Norwich, Stratford, and Thetford visible, and annals from the birth of Christ to 1294., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

pasted onto an unfoliated paper flyleaf; ff. iii-vi are notes on paper; ff. vii-viii are pages from the preface by John Romilly to a printed edition describing the manuscript; f. 200 is a lined parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment

• Puzzle initial 'O'(rdo) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs, dragon heads and masks, extending into a full border at the beginning of the text., Coronation order for the king of England

politician, owner of a library at Welbeck Abbey: his bookplate (f. iv). Henrietta Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755), daughter of John, married in 1713 Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron

• Miniature of the Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John, within the text on the mass of the Holy Cross., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

with the Virgin and St John, within the text on the mass of the Holy Cross. The miniature of the Crucifixion (f. 2) is inserted in the text of a mass of the Holy Cross (ff. 1v-2v).An original table of

• Historiated initial 'S'(tabat) with in two compartments John the Baptist pointing his disciples to Christ, and the crucifixion of Andrew, full border and bas-de-page scene with Christ calling Andrew and Peter from their fishing-boat., Breviary, Use of Verdun, Winter portion ('The Breviary of Renaud de Bar' or 'The Breviary of Marguerite de Bar')

with in two compartments John the Baptist pointing his disciples to Christ, and the crucifixion of Andrew, full border and bas-de-page scene with Christ calling Andrew and Peter from their fishing-boat. Musical notation.For a large number of images of the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'S'(tabat) with two compartments, of John the Baptist pointing his disciples towards Christ, and Andrew being tied upon his cross., Breviary, Use of Verdun, Winter portion ('The Breviary of Renaud de Bar' or 'The Breviary of Marguerite de Bar')

'S'(tabat) with two compartments, of John the Baptist pointing his disciples towards Christ, and Andrew being tied upon his cross. Musical notation.For a large number of images of the other part of the manuscript, Verdun, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 107, see

• Initials with penwork decoration for the month of April in the liturgical calendar., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

charters The dates 1295 and 1296 appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979).