• Miniature of a basilisk and two victims of its murderous gaze, a man and a ermine or ferret, and a miniature of a regulus., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

or ferret, and a miniature of a regulus. 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 a basilisk and two victims of its murderous gaze, a man and a ermine or ferret., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

a man and a ermine or ferret. 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

• Decorated initial 'B'(estiarum) and a miniature of lions breathing life into their cubs, at the beginning of the entry 'De natura leonis'., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

beginning of the entry 'De natura leonis'. 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

• Miniature of a hunter chasing a beaver, who bites off his testicles in order to thwart the hunter., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

order to thwart the hunter. 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.

• Detail of a miniature of a hunter chasing a beaver, who bites off his testicles in order to thwart the hunter., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

testicles in order to thwart the hunter. 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 the hydrus, or water snake, being swallowing a crocodile, at the beginning of the entry for hydrus., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

the beginning of the entry for hydrus. 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

• Miniature of a hunter capturing a tiger's cub by distracting its mother with a mirror, at the beginning of the entry for tiger., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

at the beginning of the entry for tiger. 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 a hunter capturing a tiger's cub by distracting its mother with a mirror, at the beginning of the entry for tiger., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

mirror, at the beginning of the entry for tiger. 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

• 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

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a cross., 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

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a cross., 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

• Text page with a marginal drawing of two mitres., 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

• Detail of a marginal drawing of two mitres., 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

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a church., 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

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a church., 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

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a crown, above an inscription reading 'Etheldredus'., 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

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a crown, above an inscription reading 'Etheldredus'., 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