• Miniature of two men, one of whom is the priest Bernard, blowing the horn of Brendan., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(multis) at the beginning of the Expugnatio Hibernica., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Two large initials, 'Q' and 'L', with pen-flourishing., Versus de laude crucis; Versus morales; Versus de missa (ff. 10-18)

in a later hand.Part 2 has a scholarly gloss in the margins in a contemporary hand.f. 72v contains recipes in English in a 14th-century hand: 'For to maken Formete', 'For to make Amydoun', and (title only) 'Sank de Sarasyn'. Initials

• Text page., Commentary on Martianus Capella

perhaps in his hand (see Bischoff 1994 and Passalacqua 2003).The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary, Worcester: additions in an English hand of the 10th century (f. 240); in Patrick Young's catalogue of the Worcester library, no. 305 (see ~Catalogus

• Text page with marginal notes., Commentary on Martianus Capella

perhaps in his hand (see Bischoff 1994 and Passalacqua 2003).The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary, Worcester: additions in an English hand of the 10th century (f. 240); in Patrick Young's catalogue of the Worcester library, no. 305 (see ~Catalogus

• marginal drawing of a hand pulling a fish from the water., De Diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII, Sermo ad catechumenos de symbolo, De agone christiano, De poenitentibus (serm. 393); De XII abusiuis saeculi, Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos, Sermo de oratione dominica; Sermo de cataclismo (no. 7), Sermo de cantico novo (no. 5), Sermones de symbolo; Contra Felicianum arianum; De fide orthodoxa; Extractio; Naturales questiones and Epistulae morales; excerpts from Cicero; Liber quaestionum hebraicarum in Genesim and De XLII mansionibus filiorum Israel in deserto; Liber hebraicorum quaestionum in Samuelem et Paralipomenon; De templo Salomonis and In libros Regum questiones XXX

'Lib[er] d[omi]ni Simoni Abb[at]is Rameseye', with a table of contents in the same hand (f. i verso). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 637' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Marginal drawing of a walking man., De Diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII, Sermo ad catechumenos de symbolo, De agone christiano, De poenitentibus (serm. 393); De XII abusiuis saeculi, Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos, Sermo de oratione dominica; Sermo de cataclismo (no. 7), Sermo de cantico novo (no. 5), Sermones de symbolo; Contra Felicianum arianum; De fide orthodoxa; Extractio; Naturales questiones and Epistulae morales; excerpts from Cicero; Liber quaestionum hebraicarum in Genesim and De XLII mansionibus filiorum Israel in deserto; Liber hebraicorum quaestionum in Samuelem et Paralipomenon; De templo Salomonis and In libros Regum questiones XXX

'Lib[er] d[omi]ni Simoni Abb[at]is Rameseye', with a table of contents in the same hand (f. i verso). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 637' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Miniature of two episodes from a legend of the priest of Ulster and the wolf, in the lower margin; on the left, a priest talks to a wolf near a roaring fire; on the right, the priest follows the wolf., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Decorated initials in a 12th-century fragment of the Psalms., Bifolium of a Psalter, including Psalms 77 and 71

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Detail of decorated initials in a 12th-century fragment of the Psalms., Bifolium of a Psalter, including Psalms 77 and 71

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Decorated initials., Two leaves of a Breviary

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Decorated initials., Two leaves of a noted Missal, with part of the masses for the dead

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Decorated initials., Collection of alchemical secrets

Large initials in brown with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red. Collection of alchemical secrets Later additions in English and Latin, and alchemical symbols (ff. 17v-20; 30-37; 50v-51v; 65-66, 72v-75v; 89v).John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and

• Drawing of Zodiac man., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 48-169), and a phlebotomy

man. Inscriptions in English (ff. 88v, 163). Drawings in pencil of zodiac men (ff. 25v-26). From f. 31, large and small blue initials, usually with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red, some with penwork decoration in red or brown.

• Decorated initial with pen-flourishing., Liber Uricrisiarum, imperfect

the following leaf are added with text in English (ff. 214-216v). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, sometimes extending into a 1-sided border (e.g., ff. 4, 74v, 130v, 137v, 158v, 164v, 194v). Paraphs in red or blue, some with

• Historiated initial 'D'(ei) of Gregory holding tablets and a stylus, at the beginning of Gregory's the Great's commentary on Ezekiel., Commentary on Ezekiel

22v, 32v, 40, 48, 66, 75v), at the beginning of chapters. Commentary on Ezekiel Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Gregory the Great Gregory the Great England, S. E.

• The arms of the guild of barber-surgeons of the city of York., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

York. 15 large miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to

• Miniature of a bust of Henry VIII., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.

• Miniature of a bust of Edward VI., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.

• Miniature of a bust of Queen Mary., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.