• Puzzle initial 'F'(rat[er])with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the prologue to Genesis., Bible, without the Psalms

the Psalms. Catchwords. Some folio numbering on versos and different catchword system in the last quires. Chapters start on a new line. Part of f. 271 is missing. Puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours

• Decorated initial 'S'(e) with grotesques and foliate motif at the beginning of Cicero's 'De inventione'; next to it the St Alban's press-mark 'D.II.5.l'., De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 1-47v); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 47v-85)

5th leaf of quires;quires frequently consist of 8 leaves). Quire marks ('iij' on f. 18v, 'c'-'e' on ff. 26v, 34v, 42v, "vii" and 'viij' on f. 58v, 'ix'-'x' on ff. 66v, 74v); in addition, several quires are also marked

• Puzzle initials with pen-flourishing: 'I'(udas) at the beginning of Jude, 'I'(ohannes) at the beginning of the prologue to Revelation and 'A'(pochalipsis) at the beginning of Revelation., Bible, including the Psalms

to signal the beginning of chapters; in these quires, capitals are stressed by a double vertical line. Running titles and chapter numbers in alternating red and blue. Extending looping ascenders in some quires (see ff. 189v-190, etc.). Bible, including the

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Polixena, with a partial border and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres)., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

with penwork decoration in white and ivy extensions Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation Inscription listing the number of quires (12,5) and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The

• Inscription in English., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

scribe of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 38, the Gospel book copied itself from Royal 1 A XIV.Quire signatures (first two quires only) and catchwords. 2 initials in green with penwork decoration in red, or in red with penwork decoration in

• Detail of a miniature of Priam and his council in Troy, with a partial border and an illuminated initial 'Q'(uant)., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

with penwork decoration in white and ivy extensions Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation Inscription listing the number of quires (12,5) and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The

• 6 decorated initials of Anglo-Saxon letter 'wynn'., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

Quire signatures in the lower margin for quires 1-8.There are 3 collections of medical recipes, each preceded by a contents list with numbered chapters:ff. 1- 6v: 88 numbered chaptersff. 58v-108: 67 numbered chapters, ff. 109-127: 76 numbered chapters in the

• 2 decorated initials of Anglo-Saxon letter 'wynn'., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

Quire signatures in the lower margin for quires 1-8.There are 3 collections of medical recipes, each preceded by a contents list with numbered chapters:ff. 1- 6v: 88 numbered chaptersff. 58v-108: 67 numbered chapters, ff. 109-127: 76 numbered chapters in the

• Text page with display script highlighted in colour., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

colour. Quire signatures in the lower margin for quires 1-8.There are 3 collections of medical recipes, each preceded by a contents list with numbered chapters:ff. 1- 6v: 88 numbered chaptersff. 58v-108: 67 numbered chapters, ff. 109-127: 76 numbered chapters in

• 2 decorated initials of Anglo-Saxon letters 'thorn' and wynn., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

wynn. Quire signatures in the lower margin for quires 1-8.There are 3 collections of medical recipes, each preceded by a contents list with numbered chapters:ff. 1- 6v: 88 numbered chaptersff. 58v-108: 67 numbered chapters, ff. 109-127: 76 numbered chapters in

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with interlace and interwoven dogs., Commentary on the Psalms

brown. Commentary on the Psalms Several erased ownership ? inscriptions on the flyleaves, and a note of the number of quires 'iii quarterniones sunt in hoc volumine' (f. 423).ff. i-ii and iv-v (at the end) are fragments of a 14th-

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 26., Commentary on the Psalms

brown. Commentary on the Psalms Several erased ownership ? inscriptions on the flyleaves, and a note of the number of quires 'iii quarterniones sunt in hoc volumine' (f. 423).ff. i-ii and iv-v (at the end) are fragments of a 14th-

• Illuminated initial 'E'(xultate) at the beginning of Psalm 80 with interwoven white dogs (?)., Commentary on the Psalms

brown. Commentary on the Psalms Several erased ownership ? inscriptions on the flyleaves, and a note of the number of quires 'iii quarterniones sunt in hoc volumine' (f. 423).ff. i-ii and iv-v (at the end) are fragments of a 14th-

• Text page., De oratore

Text page. ff. 17-24 are bound in the wrong order. Catchwords written horizontally. Quire marks (Roman numerals in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires).A description of this manuscript written

• Decorated initial 'P'(hilo) with clasps and foliate motifs; ownership-inscription in the upper margin., Theological texts including Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum (ff. 1v-23v)

(in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires). 1 large and 1 smaller initial, outlined in red, with foliate motifs and one with clasps, on green and blue grounds (ff. 1v,

• Text page with a table, diagrams and two initials 'E'(t) and 'I'(llud) in Boethius's 'De arithmetica', book 2, chapter 33., De institutione arithmetica (imperfect)

before f. 1.Quire signatures (in the centre of the lower margin of the recto of the first leaf of the quires, beginning with 'iii' on f. 7); uncrossed tironian ets. Numerous tables and diagrams in red. Initials in red or

• Initial 'A'(postolicis) with penwork decoration., Epistolae and Sermones; Expositio missae and other shorter texts

the quire) are 'h' (f. 8v) 'i' (f. 19v), 'k' (f. 28v), 'l' (f. 38v), 'm' (f. 48v): Therefore 7 quires might be missing at the beginning of the manuscript.Tironian ets, occasional ae-caudatas. The smaller texts and notes (ff. 73v-74v)

• Inhabited initial 'V'(isio) with knotwork and foliate motifs at the beginning of Isaiah., Glossed Isaiah (ff. 1v-112); Prologue to Daniel (ff. 113r-113v); glossed Daniel (ff. 114v-162)

marks for ff. 1-109 (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires). Drawings in crayon of knotwork motifs (ff. 14v, 15, 42v, 46) and of an animal head (f. 55). 1

• Coloured initial 'H'(er ys godspelles) in green with penwork decoration in red, with ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer (Thomas Cantuarien[sis]) and John Lumley., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

scribe of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 38, the Gospel book copied itself from Royal 1 A XIV.Quire signatures (first two quires only) and catchwords. 2 initials in green with penwork decoration in red, or in red with penwork decoration in

• Coloured initial 'N'(u) in red with green penwork decoration., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

scribe of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 38, the Gospel book copied itself from Royal 1 A XIV.Quire signatures (first two quires only) and catchwords. 2 initials in green with penwork decoration in red, or in red with penwork decoration in