• Illuminated headpiece with foliate decoration and initial at the beginning of John., Four Gospels and Hebrews 12:17-13:25, imperfect (see notes), adapted for liturgical use

and initial at the beginning of John. The volume of which this manuscript was originally a part also contained Metz, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 4 (destroyed in 1944), which comprised Acts, Catholic and Pauline Epistles, and Hebrews 1:1-12:16. Pink silk endpapers

• Decorated puzzle initial 'Q'(uadam) of the first book of Gregory's Dialogues, with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and and pen-flourished border., Dialogues, with alphabetical index

verso) and price ‘25 Gs' (f. 134). ? Price '3: 3: 0' inscribed in ink, f. 133v, lower left corner).? John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806), antiquary and topographer (inscribed in pencil ‘Gregory the 1st Dialogues, Compleat, Wrote about/ Anno

• Calendar page for January, with marginal scenes, including the water carrier, Aquarius., Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of Yolande of Flanders')

Calendar page for January, with marginal scenes, including the water carrier, Aquarius. The manuscript was severely damaged by flood in 1846; access to it is therefore highly restricted, but high-resolution digital images can be made available in the Manuscripts

• Double-page with a historiated initial 'A'(d) with a monkey standing on a dog, and full borders, in the Book of Hours., Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of Yolande of Flanders')

Double-page with a historiated initial 'A'(d) with a monkey standing on a dog, and full borders, in the Book of Hours. The manuscript was severely damaged by flood in 1846; access to it is therefore highly restricted, but high-resolution

• Miniature of the Flight into Egypt, with an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of a mourner, and a bas-de-page scene of the Entombment of Christ, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of Yolande of Flanders')

Miniature of the Flight into Egypt, with an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of a mourner, and a bas-de-page scene of the Entombment of Christ, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin. The manuscript was severely damaged

• Perth

Icon description two buildings, spired church Icons church buildings (multiple) Description Appearances Etymology St John Translation Earlier editors Scs Johis (Gough); Sa. Joh. (Parsons) Early Maps opp(idum) s. Joh(ann)is (Angliae Figura) Overwritten no Attested spelling St. Johnstoun or Perth 1220

• Barnard Castle

Icons castle building Description Appearances faded Etymology built in 1112-32 by Bernard Baliol, ancestor of John Baliol, king of Scotland Translation Earlier editors Castrum barnard (Parsons) Early Maps Barnard Castle (Angliae Figura) Overwritten no Attested spelling de Castello Bernardi 1200

• Towcester

building Icons building Description Appearances faded Etymology Tove, river-name + ceaster, 'Roman settlement' Translation Earlier editors Castor or Thrapston (Gough); -/towcestre (OS 1935); towcestre (Parsons) Early Maps Towcet(er) (Angliae Figura) Overwritten no Attested spelling Towecestre t. John, c. 1220 For