• Text page with pen drawing of a surgical instrument., Medical miscellany, including Bradmore's 'Philomena' in Middle English translation (ff. 6-184v)

a medical compendium including a number of collections of medical recipes in Middle English and Latin, and texts relating to the use of astrology for medical purposes (ff. 232-234, 234v-237v).A table of content to Bradmore's treatise (ff. 2-5v).The original flyleaves

• Detail of the drawing of a surgical instrument., Medical miscellany, including Bradmore's 'Philomena' in Middle English translation (ff. 6-184v)

medical compendium including a number of collections of medical recipes in Middle English and Latin, and texts relating to the use of astrology for medical purposes (ff. 232-234, 234v-237v).A table of content to Bradmore's treatise (ff. 2-5v).The original flyleaves are

• Illuminated miniature of the Trinity, with God the Father seated enthroned holding the cross with the crucified Christ and the dove of the Holy Spirit above the head of Christ (a 'Gnadenstuhl Trinity'), and below, a kneeling donor, William Melreth, alderman of London, in prayer, with his arms. Below this in gold letters and in English is the caption 'Blessed be the trinite', and an inscription detailing Melreth's gift of the missal to the church of St Lawrence, London., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

a kneeling donor, William Melreth, alderman of London, in prayer, with his arms. Below this in gold letters and in English is the caption 'Blessed be the trinite', and an inscription detailing Melreth's gift of the missal to the church

• Full-page miniature of Michael III of Wallachia on horseback. The text in the border reads: 'The figure is without soul, but it has the eyesight of a living person, and if anybody wants to know the effigy of this one, it is of the akoutsos (or famous) Master (Afthentis) Michalis of whom all Turks, both young and old, were scared'., Life of Michael III, Voivod of Wallachia (Mihai Viteazul)

of this one, it is of the akoutsos (or famous) Master (Afthentis) Michalis of whom all Turks, both young and old, were scared'. Spaces left for other miniatures.f. 1 is a paper fragment with notes by Covel pasted to f.

• Decorated initial 'S'(icut) at the beginning of the first text, and birds, oak leaves, acorns and crowned knight in armour in the margins., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

death of the ninth abbot of Waltham, Richard of Hertford, who died in 1345 (ff. 38v-39).Some verses written in Middle English (f. 39; transcribed in Millar 1933, 117-18).The various texts have been numbered and these numbers have been written in

• Decorated initial 'D'(e) with pen-flourishing including an oak leaf, at the beginning of a list of the relics given to Waltham abbey by Harold and others., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

death of the ninth abbot of Waltham, Richard of Hertford, who died in 1345 (ff. 38v-39).Some verses written in Middle English (f. 39; transcribed in Millar 1933, 117-18).The various texts have been numbered and these numbers have been written in

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in the 'Waltham Chronicle'., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

death of the ninth abbot of Waltham, Richard of Hertford, who died in 1345 (ff. 38v-39).Some verses written in Middle English (f. 39; transcribed in Millar 1933, 117-18).The various texts have been numbered and these numbers have been written in

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) with pen-flourishing. Arches drawn in the margin, possibly by William Howard in the early 17th century., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany') including the 'Vita Haroldi' (ff. 1-24v); 'De inventione sancte crucis de Waltham' (also known as the 'Waltham Chronicle', ff. 43-62v), part 1; the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 67-75v)

death of the ninth abbot of Waltham, Richard of Hertford, who died in 1345 (ff. 38v-39).Some verses written in Middle English (f. 39; transcribed in Millar 1933, 117-18).The various texts have been numbered and these numbers have been written in

• Illuminated initial 'C'(ome) at the beginning of the statutes of Edward III., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI

of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI On f. 298 are verses in English (for a transcription see the 1819 catalogue); on f. 296 is an added extract from the 'Constitutio Cantuuar' Archiep'

• Illuminated initial 'H'(enry) at the beginning of the statutes of Henry IV., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI

of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI On f. 298 are verses in English (for a transcription see the 1819 catalogue); on f. 296 is an added extract from the 'Constitutio Cantuuar' Archiep'

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI

of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI On f. 298 are verses in English (for a transcription see the 1819 catalogue); on f. 296 is an added extract from the 'Constitutio Cantuuar' Archiep'

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI

of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI On f. 298 are verses in English (for a transcription see the 1819 catalogue); on f. 296 is an added extract from the 'Constitutio Cantuuar' Archiep'

• Miniature of a man feasting, in the calendar for January., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

sometimes with dragons (e.g., ff.1v, 173, 176v) in red and blue, with 1 dragon in gold (f. 7). Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) Written for a nun: two prayers mention 'abbatissam nostram' (f. 176v, 179), perhaps in the diocese of

• Miniature of a man before a fire, in the calendar for February., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

sometimes with dragons (e.g., ff.1v, 173, 176v) in red and blue, with 1 dragon in gold (f. 7). Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) Written for a nun: two prayers mention 'abbatissam nostram' (f. 176v, 179), perhaps in the diocese of

• Detail of a miniature of a man before a fire, in the calendar for February., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

sometimes with dragons (e.g., ff.1v, 173, 176v) in red and blue, with 1 dragon in gold (f. 7). Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) Written for a nun: two prayers mention 'abbatissam nostram' (f. 176v, 179), perhaps in the diocese of

• Miniature of a man pruning, in the calendar for March., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

sometimes with dragons (e.g., ff.1v, 173, 176v) in red and blue, with 1 dragon in gold (f. 7). Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) Written for a nun: two prayers mention 'abbatissam nostram' (f. 176v, 179), perhaps in the diocese of

• Detail of a miniature of a man pruning, in the calendar for March., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

sometimes with dragons (e.g., ff.1v, 173, 176v) in red and blue, with 1 dragon in gold (f. 7). Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) Written for a nun: two prayers mention 'abbatissam nostram' (f. 176v, 179), perhaps in the diocese of

• Miniature of a man holding branches, in the calendar for April., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

sometimes with dragons (e.g., ff.1v, 173, 176v) in red and blue, with 1 dragon in gold (f. 7). Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) Written for a nun: two prayers mention 'abbatissam nostram' (f. 176v, 179), perhaps in the diocese of

• Detail of a miniature of a man holding branches, in the calendar for April., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

sometimes with dragons (e.g., ff.1v, 173, 176v) in red and blue, with 1 dragon in gold (f. 7). Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) Written for a nun: two prayers mention 'abbatissam nostram' (f. 176v, 179), perhaps in the diocese of

• Miniature of a man hawking, in the calendar for May., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

sometimes with dragons (e.g., ff.1v, 173, 176v) in red and blue, with 1 dragon in gold (f. 7). Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) Written for a nun: two prayers mention 'abbatissam nostram' (f. 176v, 179), perhaps in the diocese of