• Illuminated initial 'S' on gold in coloured grounds., Turpin's Chronicle, in thirty-six chapters (4v-31v) with an added table of contents (f. 3v), an account of an expedition against Egypt lead by John de Brienne, king of Jerusalem (ff. 31v-40v); a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Innocent III (ff. 40v-44), the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 45-62), extracts relating to biblical history from the Speculum Historiale (ff. 62v-125), a chronicle of the archbishops of York from Paulinus to William Le Zouche (d. 1352) (ff. 125-159v) (index Historia Caroli Magni, De Gestis Karoli)

thirty-six chapters (4v-31v) with an added table of contents (f. 3v), an account of an expedition against Egypt lead by John de Brienne, king of Jerusalem (ff. 31v-40v); a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Innocent III (ff.

• Decorated initial 'M'(ultas)., Saturnalia, Libri VII

Decorated initial 'M'(ultas). f. 74 is a palimpsest.ff. 50-75v are written by Sozomeno, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.ff. 84-99 have cuts in the parchment made by a sharp instrument.

• 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:

• Detail of a juggler, representing the third musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

Detail of a juggler, representing the third musical mode. Ruled in hardpoint.Horizontal catchwords.Musical notation / Aquitanian notation, including ruling with a dry stylus at a mid-point between the highest and the lowest notes: see discussion Bell2001..2 blank parchment leaves

• Detail of a juggler, representing the third musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

Detail of a juggler, representing the third musical mode. Ruled in hardpoint.Horizontal catchwords.Musical notation / Aquitanian notation, including ruling with a dry stylus at a mid-point between the highest and the lowest notes: see discussion Bell2001..2 blank parchment leaves

• Miniature of a man holding a set of bells, representing the fourth musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

Miniature of a man holding a set of bells, representing the fourth musical mode. Ruled in hardpoint.Horizontal catchwords.Musical notation / Aquitanian notation, including ruling with a dry stylus at a mid-point between the highest and the lowest notes: see

• Detail of a man holding a set of bells, representing the fourth musical mode., Gradual of Saint-Etienne of Toulouse, including a tonary (a collection of chant melodies)

Detail of a man holding a set of bells, representing the fourth musical mode. Ruled in hardpoint.Horizontal catchwords.Musical notation / Aquitanian notation, including ruling with a dry stylus at a mid-point between the highest and the lowest notes: see

• 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,

• Decorated initial 'H'(enricus), in Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum; this manuscript is part of a collection formed by the Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk, who lived at Arundel Castle, north of Littlehampton in West Sussex; halfway down the text on this page, just after the red initial 'H', is a reference to Arundel Castle (castellu[m] Arundel), and in the left margin this has been highlighted by one of the Howards, by the note 'Arundell castellum'., Historia Anglorum

Mary, Southwick, Hampshire, 13th century: ownership inscriptions (ff. 2v-3, 10v, 58v-59, 67, 69v, 84v-85, 161); borrowed from the priory by John Leland in c. 1533 (see discussion Carley 2001).Inscribed '95' (1st parchment flyleaf).Lord William Howard, 1589 (b. 1563, d. 1640),

• Bas-de-page scene of John baptising Christ, with a woman holding a cloak to the right., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

scene of John baptising Christ, with a woman holding a cloak to the right. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts

• Miniature of Christ at table between a man and a woman, while Mary Magdalen, with a gold casket by her, kneels and washes Christ's feet. In the bas-de-page scene below, John the Baptist is led by a man before Herod and Herodias., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

a gold casket by her, kneels and washes Christ's feet. In the bas-de-page scene below, John the Baptist is led by a man before Herod and Herodias. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and

• Bas-de-page scene of Salome holding a shovel with John's head in the ground under a tree, and to the right, Herodias pointing to John's head., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

at the news that I intended to sell my collection of 100 illuminated MSS. HYT' (2nd flyleaf). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. Burial of John the Baptist's head London England, S. E.? (London?)

• Bas-de-page scene of John's body being placed in a tomb by two men with pointed hats., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

at the news that I intended to sell my collection of 100 illuminated MSS. HYT' (2nd flyleaf). Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1941 by Mrs Henry Yates Thompson. Burial of John the Baptist's body London England, S. E.? (London?)

• Text page with initials with pen-flourishing., Polychronicon (to 1327); Expugnatio Hibernia; travel writings, historical and religious texts (see Notes below for detailed contents)

Text page with initials with pen-flourishing. 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

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(este) of a bishop (probably saint Edmund) holding a mirror, at the beginning of the Speculum ecclesiae., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac)(ff. 1-140); Edmund's 'Mireour de seinte eglise' (index Speculum ecclesiae; Miroir de sainte eglise; Mirror of the church)(ff. 141-156); a short text in Latin attributed to Ambrose (f. 156); La vie nostre dame seinte marie' (f. 156); Robert Grosseteste's Commencement du monde (ff. 156-168)

Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(este) of a bishop (probably saint Edmund) holding a mirror, at the beginning of the Speculum ecclesiae. f. 1* is a parchment fragment, probably from a 14th-century charter, written in an English cursive hand.

• Detail of a dog chasing a hare on the lower portion of a partial foliate bar border, at the beginning of the Speculum ecclesiae., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac)(ff. 1-140); Edmund's 'Mireour de seinte eglise' (index Speculum ecclesiae; Miroir de sainte eglise; Mirror of the church)(ff. 141-156); a short text in Latin attributed to Ambrose (f. 156); La vie nostre dame seinte marie' (f. 156); Robert Grosseteste's Commencement du monde (ff. 156-168)

Detail of a dog chasing a hare on the lower portion of a partial foliate bar border, at the beginning of the Speculum ecclesiae. f. 1* is a parchment fragment, probably from a 14th-century charter, written in an English

• Sales catalogue of books belonging to Symonis Bozoun, Prior of Norwich, with prices in shillings., Polychronicon (to 1327); Expugnatio Hibernia; travel writings, historical and religious texts (see Notes below for detailed contents)

Sales catalogue of books belonging to Symonis Bozoun, Prior of Norwich, with prices in shillings. 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

• Puzzle initial 'Q' (uinta)with zoomorphic decoration and pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 3 of the Polychronicon., Polychronicon (to 1327); Expugnatio Hibernia; travel writings, historical and religious texts (see Notes below for detailed contents)

Puzzle initial 'Q' (uinta)with zoomorphic decoration and pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 3 of the Polychronicon. 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.