• Decorated word 'Marcus' with geometric interlace at the beginning of the preface to Mark., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect (external link no longer available)

designed 'E': see Marsden 1999 p. 290 and n. 25. 2 full page miniatures of Evangelist portraits of Mark and John (ff. 45v, 78v). Canon tables in frames in brown and yellow, some with animal heads (ff. 3v-7). 4 very

• Miniature of an Evangelist portrait of a stylised man with an eagle head, before the beginning of Mark., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect (external link no longer available)

designed 'E': see Marsden 1999 p. 290 and n. 25. 2 full page miniatures of Evangelist portraits of Mark and John (ff. 45v, 78v). Canon tables in frames in brown and yellow, some with animal heads (ff. 3v-7). 4 very

• Decorated initial 'U'(niversis), at the beginning of the prologue to the commentary on Malachi of Gervase of Chichester., Commentary on Malachi and Homilies (external link no longer available)

and Homilies The Benedictine abbey of St. Peter, Gloucester: perhaps to be identified with a volume mentioned by John Leland, (see John Leland ~Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicis~, ed. by A. Hall (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1709), p. 216, and ~Joannis Lelandi antiquarii

• Foliate initial 'B' (first row, left)., Cuttings from a choir book (external link no longer available)

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'E' (first row, centre)., Cuttings from a choir book (external link no longer available)

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'A' (first row, right)., Cuttings from a choir book (external link no longer available)

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'T' (second row, left)., Cuttings from a choir book (external link no longer available)

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'S' (second row, centre)., Cuttings from a choir book (external link no longer available)

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the anointing and coronation of David, at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) (external link no longer available)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Text page with blue and red initials, and penwork line fillers., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) (external link no longer available)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Miniature of pigs being slaughtered, at the calendar for December., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) (external link no longer available)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Detail of grotesque from the foot of the folio., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) (external link no longer available)

both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the litany includes Fara, Honorine (f. 175; translated to Conflans Ste. Honorine, near Pontoise, in 1250), and a special listing of widows (f. 175).Added prayer to the Virgin and John for

• Decorated initial 'D'(e), at the beginning of book 11 of the commentary on Malachi of Gervase of Chichester., Commentary on Malachi and Homilies (external link no longer available)

and Homilies The Benedictine abbey of St. Peter, Gloucester: perhaps to be identified with a volume mentioned by John Leland, (see John Leland ~Commentarii de Scriptoribus Britannicis~, ed. by A. Hall (Oxford: Sheldonian, 1709), p. 216, and ~Joannis Lelandi antiquarii

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) with the Lamb with cross, a bird, and a dragon in medallions, at the beginning of John., Gospels (external link no longer available)

bird, and a dragon in medallions, at the beginning of John. Includes the epistle of Jerome to Pope Damasus, imperfect (f. 2r-2v), and capitula added by a different 12th-century hand, at the beginning of each Gospel (ff. 7-8v, 44v-45v, 71-71v,

• Ownership inscription of William Bedeford, canon of Newnham Priory, with an anathema., Florigerus Liber (f. 2); Flores Bernardi (f. 14) (external link no longer available)

(and sub-prior, c. 1432) of the Augustinian priory of St Paul, Newnham, Bedfordshire: purchased from Robert Ware, executor of Master John Bryan, studying at Cambridge in 1415, as recorded in the note of ownership and anathema on f. 1v, 'Hinc

• Initials 'Q'(uorumdam) and 'D'(a) with pen flourishing at the beginning of the Florigerus Liber., Florigerus Liber (f. 2); Flores Bernardi (f. 14) (external link no longer available)

(and sub-prior, c. 1432) of the Augustinian priory of St Paul, Newnham, Bedfordshire: purchased from Robert Ware, executor of Master John Bryan, studying at Cambridge in 1415, as recorded in the note of ownership and anathema on f. 1v, 'Hinc

• null, Glossed Gospel of Mark (external link no longer available)

1 large puzzle initial in red and blue, with red and blue foliate decoration (f. 1). 2 large initials in red or blue, with red and blue foliate decoration (ff. 2, 89v). Glossed Gospel of Mark ? Lichfield Cathedral,

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus), from a fragment of a 12th-century copy of 1 Thessalonians., Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51); 5:17-2 Thessalonians 1:3 (f. 52); Philippians 2:22-3:5. (external link no longer available)

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Detail of decorated initial 'P'(aulus), from a fragment of a 12th-century copy of 1 Thessalonians., Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51); 5:17-2 Thessalonians 1:3 (f. 52); Philippians 2:22-3:5. (external link no longer available)

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Illuminated initial 'G'(od) with a tree with a vine entwined around the trunk, and foliate extensions., John Crophill's commonplace book with astrological prognostications, cookery recipes, and medical and alchemical treatises, imperfect (external link no longer available)

animals, birds, fish, ships and various figures. Blue initials with red pen-flourishing. John Crophill's commonplace book with astrological prognostications, cookery recipes, and medical and alchemical treatises, imperfect John Crophill, (d. c. 1485) medical practitioner and bailiff at Wix priory, Essex