• Detail of an historiated initial 'M' of Longinus knocking down idols., Lives of the Saints

Detail of an historiated initial 'M' of Longinus knocking down idols. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see Meyer 1906 and Thompson

• Historiated initial 'T'(uit) of the martyrdom of Vincent on a spiked wheel., Lives of the Saints

Historiated initial 'T'(uit) of the martyrdom of Vincent on a spiked wheel. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see Meyer 1906 and

• Detail of an historiated initial 'M' of Christopher preaching to black men in a castle., Lives of the Saints

Detail of an historiated initial 'M' of Christopher preaching to black men in a castle. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see

• Historiated initial 'A'(u) of Agatha being tortured with pincers., Lives of the Saints

1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and Elizabeth [Elizabeth ofYork] (b. 1466, d. 1503), queen of England, his consort: inscribed, 'God save kyngge Harre / and kyenne Ellessabet' (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A' of Lucy in a fire being pierced by a spear., Lives of the Saints

Detail of an historiated initial 'A' of Lucy in a fire being pierced by a spear. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

p(r)aying yow to send me ye questions of albart. [i.e. Albertus Magnus, Quaestiones de animalibus?] By yo(ur) l[oner dai??] Thoma(s) hossom [/ hopson?]’ (f. 47v).Successive monks of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary, York: over an erasure, in a formal

• Initial 'N'(aso) and inscription of Roger Twysden, at the beginning of Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

'N'(aso) and inscription of Roger Twysden, at the beginning of Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto. Large decorated initials in green, red, or both colours. Epistolae ex Ponto Written in Northumbria, possibly at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary, York, according to

• Decorated initial 'R'(edditus) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

p(r)aying yow to send me ye questions of albart. [i.e. Albertus Magnus, Quaestiones de animalibus?] By yo(ur) l[oner dai??] Thoma(s) hossom [/ hopson?]’ (f. 47v).Successive monks of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary, York: over an erasure, in a formal

• Decorated initial 'R'(edditus) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

p(r)aying yow to send me ye questions of albart. [i.e. Albertus Magnus, Quaestiones de animalibus?] By yo(ur) l[oner dai??] Thoma(s) hossom [/ hopson?]’ (f. 47v).Successive monks of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary, York: over an erasure, in a formal

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

p(r)aying yow to send me ye questions of albart. [i.e. Albertus Magnus, Quaestiones de animalibus?] By yo(ur) l[oner dai??] Thoma(s) hossom [/ hopson?]’ (f. 47v).Successive monks of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary, York: over an erasure, in a formal

• null, Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

at the time of the edition of the text by T. Hearne, 1719.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos:

• null, Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

at the time of the edition of the text by T. Hearne, 1719.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos:

• null, Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

at the time of the edition of the text by T. Hearne, 1719.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos:

• null, Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

at the time of the edition of the text by T. Hearne, 1719.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos:

• Detail of inscription., Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229)

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Detail of decorated initials., Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229)

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Coloured initials., Fragment of a Missal with antiphons and readings for Quinquagesima and Ephiphany (ther proper order is ff. 85, 1, 2, 86)

2v); notes of the birth of Helen Bromley, 25 July, 1583, and Elizabeth Bromley, 5 November 1584 (pasted on f. 87).Christopher Davye: inscribed (f. 86). Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House,

• Detail of historiated initial of William, archbishop of Sens, holding a book and Peter Comestor kneeling before him, in a monk's habit., Historia scholastica, Historia actuum apostolorum (ff. 166-191)

Detail of historiated initial of William, archbishop of Sens, holding a book and Peter Comestor kneeling before him, in a monk's habit. The author of the section of acts by Peter of Poitiers, according to this manuscript: see discussion Gameson

• Detail of historiated initial of Christ blessing., Historia scholastica, Historia actuum apostolorum (ff. 166-191)

Detail of historiated initial of Christ blessing. The author of the section of acts by Peter of Poitiers, according to this manuscript: see discussion Gameson 2008. 3 historiated initials in gold and colours, and partial borders (f. 1). 22 historiated

• Detail of a bust in an historiated initial 'I'., Historia scholastica, Historia actuum apostolorum (ff. 166-191)

Detail of a bust in an historiated initial 'I'. The author of the section of acts by Peter of Poitiers, according to this manuscript: see discussion Gameson 2008. 3 historiated initials in gold and colours, and partial borders (f. 1).