• 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

• Detail of a miniature of the Greek army., 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

• Detail of a miniature of a battle between Greeks and Trojans., 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

• Detail of Priam and another king in tents., 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

• Detail of a miniature of negotiations for peace., 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

• Detail of a miniature of the murder of Agamemnon., 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

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Aegisthus., 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

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Philisthenes and Menelippus., 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

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Telegonus., 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

• 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

• Drawing of God over the circle of the world with two long trumpets issuing from his mouth (the breath of God), holding a scale, and the Holy Spirit over the waters, enclosed within a hemisphere, at the beginning of Genesis.

and B. 3.9 (see Marsden 1994 and Webber 1995). Parts of the Bible are completed in later hands on added quires: Genesis 1-29 (ff. 15th century, see part 3) and Obadiah 19-21, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi,

• Detail of a drawing of God over the circle of the world with two long trumpets issuing from his mouth (the breath of God), holding a scale, and the Holy Spirit over the waters, enclosed within a hemisphere, at the beginning of Genesis.

and B. 3.9 (see Marsden 1994 and Webber 1995). Parts of the Bible are completed in later hands on added quires: Genesis 1-29 (ff. 15th century, see part 3) and Obadiah 19-21, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi,

• 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

• Text page., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

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 contents list,

• Text page., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

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 contents list,

• Text page with four decorated initials., 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 two decorated intials., 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 2 decorated initials of Anglo-Saxon '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