• Detail of a historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with the coronation of a king by a bishop at the beginning of the Magna Carta., Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), including the Magna Carta, etc., vol. 1, imperfect

Detail of a historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with the coronation of a king by a bishop at the beginning of the Magna Carta. 2 pieces of parchment (possibly with erased inscriptions) are bound after f. [iii], and 2 after f.

• Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with the coronation of a king by a bishop at the beginning of the Magna Carta; arms of England, Lancaster and Beauchamp in the borders., Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), including the Magna Carta, etc., vol. 1, imperfect

Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with the coronation of a king by a bishop at the beginning of the Magna Carta; arms of England, Lancaster and Beauchamp in the borders. 2 pieces of parchment (possibly with erased inscriptions) are bound after

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of the bust of a man., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O'(pus) of a bust of a bishop, with a partial bar border including a hooded grotesque., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of a fool before a king, with a partial bar border including a cap-wearing grotesque, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Text page., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Historiated initial 'D' of a cloaked bier surrounded by spikes, with a partial bar border including a robed grotesque., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) of the bust of a king, with a partial bar border including bearded grotesques., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of Jonah emerging from the mouth of the whale, at the beginning of Psalm 68, with a partial bar border including a bearded, armless grotesque., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Illuminated initial 'D', with a partial bar border., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Illuminated initials and borders., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominica) with a partial bar border including a robed grotesque., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Contents list in humanistic script., Polychronicon (to 1327); Expugnatio Hibernia; travel writings, historical and religious texts (see Notes below for detailed contents)

Contents list in humanistic script. Detailed contents:Ranulph Higden, Polychronicon (ff. 3-165);Gerald of Wales, Expugnatio Hibernia (ff. 166-194);Jacques de Vitry, Historia Orientalis (ff. 195-215);Odoricus de Pordenone, Itinerarium (ff. 216-224);Willelmus de Rubruk (index William de Rubruque), Itinerarium ad partes orientalis (ff.

• Miniature of a knight with a drawn sword and a shield, standing on the edge of two fountains. The knight's shield is inscribed: ‘Ex duabus aqui unam facite, qui quaeritis sole et luna facere et dare bibere inimico vino. Et videbitis cum mortuum. Deinde de aqua terra facite, et lapidem multiplicastis.’, Splendor Solis (an alchemical treatise) (index Splendor of the Sun)

of the Sun) Charles II, king of England (b. 1630, d. 1685): a manuscript answering to 3469 was seen by John Evelyn in the library of Charles II at Whitehall Palace, 2 Sept. 1680, being described by him as follows:

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultate) depicting King David playing bells, with a partial bar border including a bearded grotesque, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with the Virgin and John the Evangelist, at the beginning of the Te igitur in a Missal., Missal

with the Virgin and John the Evangelist, at the beginning of the Te igitur in a Missal. 1 full-page miniature, in colours and gold (f. 146v). 2 large historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 10v, 147), the first accompanied

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliated and interlace decoration, and animal heads and an animal mask at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the Old English gloss erased and corrected, visible in darker ink, and the ownership inscription of Sir Henry Spelman in the upper margin., Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, imperfect

date 'May 17 1638' and 'imprimatur' (f. 180v) for the 1640 edition of the Psalter made by his son, Sir John Spelman (b. 1594, d. 1643), royalist author.Walter Clavell, F. R.S., elected 1704, admitted to the Inner Temple in 1700,

• Historiated initial 'H'(odie) of the Nativity of Christ, with a partial bar border containing grotesques and hybrids, at the beginning of the choir response during the morning prayers (lauds) for Christmas., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Historiated initial 'H'(esterna) of the martyrdom of Stephen, with a partial bar border including a grotesque, at the beginning of the reading for 26 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Historiated initial 'H'(erodes) of Herod overseeing the massacre of the innocents by knights, with a partial bar border including a dancing, hooded grotesque, at the reading for the feast of Holy Innocents on 28 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de