• Decorated initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of book 2 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum., 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:

• Decorated initial 'R'(ex) at the beginning of book 5 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum., 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:

• Decorated initials at the beginning of Gratian's Decretum, with coloured rubrics and marginal headings, and a space left for a larger initial, and the signature of Sir Roger Twysden and the date 1638 in the upper right corner., 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

• Decorated initials 'D'(ilecto) and 'G'(loriosi) in Aelred of Rievaulx's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum., Epistola Cuthberti, Ecclesiastica historia; Aelred's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum (ff. 118-149), and other theological works

Ripon. Cuthbert subsequently became prior of Melrose, then prior of Lindisfarne, and went on to live as a hermit on the island of Inner Farne, off the coast of Northumberland. He was consecrated as bishop of Lindisfarne in 685 but

• Decorated initials 'U'(t) and 'S'(uccessit) at the beginning of book 5 of Bede's Ecclesiastica historia., Epistola Cuthberti, Ecclesiastica historia; Aelred's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum (ff. 118-149), and other theological works

Ripon. Cuthbert subsequently became prior of Melrose, then prior of Lindisfarne, and went on to live as a hermit on the island of Inner Farne, off the coast of Northumberland. He was consecrated as bishop of Lindisfarne in 685 but

• Illuminated historiated initial 'I'(n) with scenes of the days of Creation and the Crucifixion, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

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

• Historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber) of a Tree of Jesse including Mary and Christ, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

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

• Historiated illuminated initials 'M'(archus) and 'I'(nitium) with Mark's symbol of a lion and Mark holding a book within a micro-architectural frame above a dragon, at the beginning of the preface to Mark., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

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

• Puzzle initial 'U'(niversum)., Legenda aurea (index Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints; Golden Legend)

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 Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• Flourished initials and marginal drawings., Legenda aurea (index Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints; Golden Legend)

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 Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• Zoomorphic initial 'V'(erba) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Jeremiah., Jeremiah and Daniel with the Glossa Ordinaria

~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734)).Inscribed 'Liber Petri Alfusi', referred to the Disciplina Clericalis of Petrus Alphonsi, 14th century (f. 1).The Benedictine cathedral priory of St. Mary, Worcester: inscribed by William Thornhill ofYork, c.

• Miniature of a centaur holding a snake; below, hedgehogs collecting grapes on their spines., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Miniature of a centaur holding a snake; below, hedgehogs collecting grapes on their spines. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham

• Miniature of a swallow, at the beginning of the entry for swallow., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Miniature of a swallow, at the beginning of the entry for swallow. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and

• Miniature of two serpents fighting, at the beginning of the entry for 'vipera'., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Miniature of two serpents fighting, at the beginning of the entry for 'vipera'. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal

• Miniatures of a two goats and a bull., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Miniatures of a two goats and a bull. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms.

• Detail of a miniature of vultures., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Detail of a miniature of vultures. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~,

• Detail of a miniature of a swan., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Detail of a miniature of a swan. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole

• Detail of a miniature of cranes., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Detail of a miniature of cranes. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~,

• Miniature of cranes., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Miniature of cranes. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas

• Miniature of doves, including one on a nest in a bird house., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Miniature of doves, including one on a nest in a bird house. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and