• Cuthbert in a boat at sea, with two other men, from Chapter 11 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

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

• Miniature of Cuthbert extinguishing a fire set by a demon, from Chapter 13 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

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

• Miniature of Cuthbert extinguishing a fire set by a demon, from Chapter 14 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

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

• Miniature of Cuthbert and Ecgfrith's widow being shown the city walls and fountain, from Chapter 27 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

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

• Miniature of Cuthbert at a dining table, having a vision of a man whose soul was carried to heaven, from Chapter 34 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

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

• Miniature of a bust of Henry VII, framed within architectural arch., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons ofYork, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons ofYork, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its arms,

• Decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Hymns for the vigils of the Ascension ('Eterne rex altissime'), Katherine ('Disputando vicit virgo'), and Nicholas ('Sospitate dedit egros')

include various last quarter of the 14th-century and 15th-century events, including a note of the marriage of Anne of Bohemia to Richard II, 20 Jan. [1382], the days on which Easter fell in various years ofRichard II and Henry

• Puzzle initials 'T'(out) and 'D'(es), and cadels, in Richard de Fournival's Medicine., Medical treatise

force' (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Puzzle initials ? Richard de Fournival France(?)

• Text page., Turpin's Chronicle, in thirty-six chapters (4v-31v) with an added table of contents (f. 3v), an account of an expedition against Egypt lead by John de Brienne, king of Jerusalem (ff. 31v-40v); a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Innocent III (ff. 40v-44), the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 45-62), extracts relating to biblical history from the Speculum Historiale (ff. 62v-125), a chronicle of the archbishops of York from Paulinus to William Le Zouche (d. 1352) (ff. 125-159v) (index Historia Caroli Magni, De Gestis Karoli)

added table of contents (f. 3v), an account of an expedition against Egypt lead by John de Brienne, king of Jerusalem (ff. 31v-40v); a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Innocent III (ff. 40v-44), the Voyage of St

• Ownership inscriptions of monks of St. Mary, York., Epistolae ex Ponto

Ownership inscriptions of monks of St. Mary, York. 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 Lawrence 1994 p. 466 and Lawrence-Mathers

• Fragment of the roll with the genealogical line of Cnut, roundels of Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson, and the line of the Normam ancestors of William the Conqueror: Rollo, William and Richard I the Fearless., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

Fragment of the roll with the genealogical line of Cnut, roundels of Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson, and the line of the Normam ancestors of William the Conqueror: Rollo, William and Richard I the Fearless. Contains the genealogy of

• Detail from the roll of the descendants of Richard I the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, to Henry II and his descendants., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

roll of the descendants ofRichard I the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, to Henry II and his descendants. Contains the genealogy of the kings of England from the Heptarchy to Henry III (b. 1207, d. 1272), with a portrait of

• Decorated initial 'P'(ascalis) in Anselm's epistle 281., Epistolae 280, 281, and 415, imperfect and fragmentary

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 initial 'P'(astoralis) at the beginning of Gregory the Great's Liber pastoralis., Regula pastorali

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 'P(ietas) and 'H'(ierafter) in an English homily on the virtues and vices., Homilies on the various virtues and vices, imperfect

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

• Ink drawings of a beaver with a man blowing a horn, a crocodile swallowing a hydrus, a crocodile with fish, and a winged hyena., Bestiary

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 initial 'I'(llic) in the form of a naked blue man., De planctu naturae

Decorated initial 'I'(llic) in the form of a naked blue man. ff. 35v-36 is a 13th-century copy of a poem on the nature of the world. 1 partial border made up of text on coloured background and penwork decoration (f.

• Detail of ink drawings of an ibex and fire stones., Bestiary

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

• Ink drawings of animals., Bestiary

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 initial 'T'(ercia) and coloured initials in a fragment from Gratian's Decretal., Decretal, fragment (Part II, Causæ xii-xvi)

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