• Detail of an inhabited initial 'S'(i) with two lions, at the beginning of the Policraticus., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nter) at the beginning of book 1 of the Polycraticus., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal

• Decorated initial 'N'(on) at the beginning of book 5 of the Metalogicon., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal

• Decorated initial 'A'(dversus), at the beginning of book 1 of the Metalogicon., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ogmate), at the beginning of the Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal

• Decorated initial 'N'(otum) at the beginning of book 6 of the Metalogicon., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal

• Inhabited initial 'S'(i) with two lions, at the beginning of the Policraticus., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal

• Initial with penwork decoration., 'Liber poenitentialis', imperfect at the end (ff. 37-49v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 36 r-v)

least the 14th century formed part of a larger volume including Cotton Vespasian D XIX, ff. 83-112v. The Austin Friars, York: recorded in their library catalogue, dated 1372 (see Ker and Watson 1987; Humphreys 1990).Henry Savile, of Banke (b. 1568

• Inscription recording that the book was purchased by Roger de Fulton, archdeacon of Lincoln, from Galfridus, in presence of Robert de Lee, John de Lirling, Richard de Luda, and Henry, vicar of North Elkington, Lincolnshire, brother of Galfridus, reading 'Iste liber sententia[rum] est liber mag[i]s[tr]i / Rog[er]I archid[iacon]i lincoln[ensis] quem emit / a Galfrido fr[atr]e henrici vicarii / de Northelkinton presentibus mag[ist]ro Rob[er]to / de Lee, mag[ist]ro Joh[an]e de Lirling, Ric[ardo] de / Luda cl[er]ico, Ric[ardo] clemosinario (?), d[i]c[t]o h. vicario / et dic[t]o suo, et aliis'; and another inscription stating that the book was given to the Benedictine abbey of St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. Oswald, Bardney, Lincolnshire, by Roger de Fulton, reading 'p[re]dict[us] v[ero] archidiacon[us] p[re]dic[tu]m lib[rum] dedit d[e]o et s[anc]to Oswaldo / et abb[a]ti et conventui de Barden[ey].', Sententiarum libri IV

subject, with the confirmation of Thurstan, bishop of York (1114-1140); a copy of a charter of Thurstinus Provost (d.c. 1153) on the same subject and with confirmation of Thurstan, bishop of York; 14th century (f. 3v).A poem relating to Scotland,

• Pen-flourished initial 'C'(um), 'B'(ritannia), and 'E'(neas), at the beginning of the Historia regum Britanniae, with the name of 'Lumley' in the lower margin., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

him at St Albans (e.g. ff. 39-40, 43v, 44v, 51-53, etc).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal, abbot of St Albans since 1521: 'TC' monogram (f. 1), perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis.The Old Royal Library

• Blank frame for a miniature, with the hindquarters of a horse on the left., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in Durham library catalogues of 1391 and 1416; probably borrowed and returned to Durham by Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (d. 1405), whose name is written beside the volume's entry in the Durham catalogue of 1416.Inscribed in faint brown

• Miniature of Cuthbert discovering a dolphin cut and prepared for cooking, 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)

in Durham library catalogues of 1391 and 1416; probably borrowed and returned to Durham by Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (d. 1405), whose name is written beside the volume's entry in the Durham catalogue of 1416.Inscribed in faint brown

• Miniature of Cuthbert building his hermitage with the help of an angel on the island of Farne, from Chapter 17 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in Durham library catalogues of 1391 and 1416; probably borrowed and returned to Durham by Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (d. 1405), whose name is written beside the volume's entry in the Durham catalogue of 1416.Inscribed in faint brown

• Miniature of Cuthbert digging a water pit with a monk for his hermitage on the island of Farne, from Chapter 18 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in Durham library catalogues of 1391 and 1416; probably borrowed and returned to Durham by Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (d. 1405), whose name is written beside the volume's entry in the Durham catalogue of 1416.Inscribed in faint brown

• Miniature of Cuthbert speaking to the birds and driving them away from the crops which he had sown, from Chapter 19 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in Durham library catalogues of 1391 and 1416; probably borrowed and returned to Durham by Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (d. 1405), whose name is written beside the volume's entry in the Durham catalogue of 1416.Inscribed in faint brown

• Miniature of a crow bringing lard to Cuthbert, in atonement for the crows carrying off straw from the house of his brethren, 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)

in Durham library catalogues of 1391 and 1416; probably borrowed and returned to Durham by Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (d. 1405), whose name is written beside the volume's entry in the Durham catalogue of 1416.Inscribed in faint brown

• Miniature of Cuthbert speaking to a crowd and giving instruction in the way of salvation to those who have come to him from across Britain, from Chapter 22 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in Durham library catalogues of 1391 and 1416; probably borrowed and returned to Durham by Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (d. 1405), whose name is written beside the volume's entry in the Durham catalogue of 1416.Inscribed in faint brown

• Miniature of the abbess Aelfflaed and one of her nuns being healed by Cuthbert's girdle, which she wraps around her head, from Chapter 23 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in Durham library catalogues of 1391 and 1416; probably borrowed and returned to Durham by Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (d. 1405), whose name is written beside the volume's entry in the Durham catalogue of 1416.Inscribed in faint brown

• Miniature of the abbess Aelfflaed at the feet of Cuthbert; she is begging him for information and prophecy concerning her brother, king Ecgfrith, from Chapter 24 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in Durham library catalogues of 1391 and 1416; probably borrowed and returned to Durham by Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (d. 1405), whose name is written beside the volume's entry in the Durham catalogue of 1416.Inscribed in faint brown

• Miniature of Cuthbert accepting the bishopric at a synod of fellow monks, from Chapter 24 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in Durham library catalogues of 1391 and 1416; probably borrowed and returned to Durham by Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (d. 1405), whose name is written beside the volume's entry in the Durham catalogue of 1416.Inscribed in faint brown