• Calendar page for March with a man trimming vines (labour of the month), a ram (Aries), David's harp, and saints Chad and Gregory., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of Corne so ever that

• Calendar page for March with tinted drawings of saints Edward, Cuthbert, a blessing hand (Benedict), and a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the Annunciation)., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of Corne so ever that

• Calendar page for April with tinted drawings of saints Tiburtius and Valerianus, George, Wilfrid, and Mark., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of Corne so ever that

• Circular diagram with the symbols of the zodiac., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of Corne so ever that

• Tinted drawing of Zodiac Man., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of Corne so ever that

• Table of the days of the week with various tinted drawings, possibly relating to the labours of the year and auspicious and inauspicious days., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of Corne so ever that

• Table of the days of the week with various tinted drawings., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of Corne so ever that

• Table of significant events, including the Nativity and the murder of king Edward II in 1327., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of Corne so ever that

• Table of weights and measures, possibly for calculating the prices of bread or wheat, with a drawing of a balance and weights., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of Corne so ever that

• Calendar page for February with tinted drawings of a man with a shovel (the labour of the month), two fish (Pisces), saint Brigida, a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the purification), and saints Blaise, Agatha, Valetine, Peter in cathedra [in Antiocha], and Matthew., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of Corne so ever that

• Calendar page for April with tinted drawings of a man with a flower (the labour of the month), a bull (Taurus), saints Mary of Egypt, Ambrose, Guthlac's scourge, and saints Tiburtius and Valerianus, George, Wilfrid, and Mark., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of Corne so ever that

• Decorated initial 'W', at the beginning of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscribed, 16th-century: 'GH' (f. 4).Inscribed, 16th-century: 'Thomas Wentworth' (f. 222v).Inscriptions in English, 16th-century (ff. 173, 196v, 223).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Detail of text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscribed, 16th-century: 'GH' (f. 4).Inscribed, 16th-century: 'Thomas Wentworth' (f. 222v).Inscriptions in English, 16th-century (ff. 173, 196v, 223).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscribed, 16th-century: 'GH' (f. 4).Inscribed, 16th-century: 'Thomas Wentworth' (f. 222v).Inscriptions in English, 16th-century (ff. 173, 196v, 223).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 60630, Old Covers. Other cuttings from the same parent Antiphoner include: Bern, Randall Collection; Bratislava, Slovenská Národní Galerie, inv. 03266; Cambridge,

• Detail of a medallion with Jerome., Cutting from a Missal

Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 60630, Old Covers. 1 historiated initial 'O' in colours and gold, of the Coronation of the Virgin with architectural elements, monochrome

• Detail of a monochrome angel., Cutting from a Missal

Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 60630. To see the Ascott Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 60630, Old Covers. 1 historiated initial 'O' in colours and gold, of the Coronation of the Virgin with architectural elements, monochrome

• Illuminated historiated initial 'U' at the beginning of Leviticus, showing Aaron(?), dressed as a thirteenth-century priest, sacrificing a sheep on an altar, watched by similarly dressed Israelites., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' of Paul handing the book to the messenger Phebe at the beginning of Romans., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial at the beginning of Luke, with Luke shown writing, with the head of his symbol, an ox, and an illuminated initial below of Zacharias censing the altar (Luke 1:9)., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about