• Coloured initial 'A'(nno)., Theological miscellany (contents listed in Notes)

S. Guthlaci (incomplete); Ambrose, De obseruantia episcoporum, De misteriis, De sacramentis and De utilitate; John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai (prologue); Translatio S. Nicholai (1087 to Bari); John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai; Miracula S. Nicholai Large initial in red with penwork

• Coloured initial 'B'(eatis) at the beginning of the Life of Nicholas of Myra (or Bari)., Theological miscellany (contents listed in Notes)

S. Guthlaci (incomplete); Ambrose, De obseruantia episcoporum, De misteriis, De sacramentis and De utilitate; John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai (prologue); Translatio S. Nicholai (1087 to Bari); John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai; Miracula S. Nicholai Large initial in red with penwork

• Coloured initial 'O'(mnipotentis) at the beginning of the prologue written by the 11th-century abbot of Thorney, Fulcard, to his the lives of the anchorites Thancred, Torhtred and Tova, which he presented to Bishop Walcelin of Winchester. Their veneration seems to have been limited to Thorney and its dependent house, Deeping., Theological miscellany (contents listed in Notes)

S. Guthlaci (incomplete); Ambrose, De obseruantia episcoporum, De misteriis, De sacramentis and De utilitate; John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai (prologue); Translatio S. Nicholai (1087 to Bari); John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai; Miracula S. Nicholai Large initial in red with penwork

• Decorated initial with a hybrid creature and foliage., Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John

colour (f. 136v). Small initials in brown or red. Rubrics in red. Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John The first leaf of this manuscript is bound in Harley 5958, f. 87. In the lower margin

• Decorated initial 'P'(raeterea)., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

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

• Miniature of the Evangelist John., Gospel lectionary (The 'Odalricus Peccator Gospel Lectionary')

the Evangelist John. Two other manuscripts were also written by this scribe: Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek MS Clm. 23630; and Munich, Universitatsbibliotheck MS 179, with the inscription 'Deus propicius esto Odalrico peccatori': see Turner.f. i is a paper flyleaf; f. 76

• Full-page miniature of the Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist, a full border inhabited by birds and flowers, and, in the lower margin, a jewelled cross in a subsidiary medallion., Missal

with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist, a full border inhabited by birds and flowers, and, in the lower margin, a jewelled cross in a subsidiary medallion. ff. [ii] and [145] are paper flyleaves pasted to parchment ones.Musical notation.Ruled

• Decorated initials 'L'(iber), 'F'(uit), and 'H'(abuit)., Historia Scholastica, imperfect; and chronological digest (ff. 267-272v)

letters in red. Quire signatures with simple decoration. Historia Scholastica, imperfect; and chronological digest (ff. 267-272v) John King in 1647: inscription 'King 1647 John King' (f. 130).Ralph Palmer II (b. 1668, d. 1745/6), barrister, of Little Chelsea.Ralph Palmer III (b.

• Woodcut of John holding a chalice., Collection of Scottish poetry

of John holding a chalice. 9 large (ff. 5v, 116v, 125v, 187, 189v, 193v, 198v, 208v, 213v [the same as on f. 193v]) and 8 small (ff. 178v, 182, 183, 183v, 185, 188v, 190v, 204v) woodcuts of the 15th century,

• Coloured letters., De trinitate (excerpts) (ff. 9-85v); De doctrina christiana (excerpts) (f. 8r-v); De rerum naturis (ff. 9-35v); calendar (ff. 1v-7v)

of a flaming mountain and a pelican in her piety (f. iii). (John Brough Taylor, F.S.A. (elected 1813), the editor of R. Hegge's Legend of St Cuthbert: inscription 'John Taylor, FSA' (f. i). Item 90 in an unidentified French sale

• Historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII giving the manuscript to a group of monks, with full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

od St Peter, Westminster, agreement between Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and John Islipp, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, and the monks of Westminster Abbey, made on 16 July 1504: the beginning of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII giving the manuscript to a group of monks, with full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

od St Peter, Westminster, agreement between Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and John Islipp, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, and the monks of Westminster Abbey, made on 16 July 1504: the beginning of

• Ownership inscription of John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, reading 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum', with extracts of notabilia from Robert Torigni's chronicle., Chronica

inscription of John Pyk, schoolmaster of St Martin le Grand, London, reading 'Iste liber constat Iohanni Pyke magistro scolarum sancti Martini magni Londoniarum', with extracts of notabilia from Robert Torigni's chronicle. Contains the first version of the Chronica of Robert

• Large zoomorphic initial 'L'([i]ber) in pen and wash with a dragon swallowing a man, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels

of Luke (f. 94). Large inhabited initial 'I'(n) in pen with interlace patterns and a dragon, at the beginning of John (f. 151v). Initials in red, highlighted with yellow and/or green (ff. 1, 5v-6, 7, 58v-60, 93, 94, 150-151v). Small

• Text page., Fragments of a philosophical work

M. R. James, ~On the Abbey of S. Edmund at Bury~ (Cambridge: Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1895), p. 58 no. 119. John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a text page., Fragments of a philosophical work

M. R. James, ~On the Abbey of S. Edmund at Bury~ (Cambridge: Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1895), p. 58 no. 119. John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• The first canon table with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• Anthropomorphic initial 'S'(ancti), formed of two monks, at the beginning of the prologue to the De fide catholica of Isidore., De fide catholica

Anthropomorphic initial 'S'(ancti), formed of two monks, at the beginning of the prologue to the De fide catholica of Isidore. 1 anthropomorphic initial formed of two monks in outline drawing, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 1v). 1

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(udei) with an animal head., De fide catholica

Zoomorphic initial 'I'(udei) with an animal head. 1 anthropomorphic initial formed of two monks in outline drawing, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 1v). 1 initial with zoomorphic and interlace decoration in black ink, at the beginning of

• Detail of ownership inscription., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

many with foliate forms. Large simple initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Cadels. Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine ff. 270-285v is an unilluminated text in English.