• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(ien) of John raising Drusiana, with her father standing behind., Lives of the Saints

historiated initial 'B'(ien) of John raising Drusiana, with her father standing behind. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see Meyer 1906 and

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing a harp at the beginning of Psalms. A later owner has numbered the Psalms in medieval arabic numerals, 1-5, at the outer edge of the left margin., Bible, imperfect, with table of contents (ff. 1v-2), liturgical calendar (ff. 423-424), and sermon notes between the Old and New Testaments, (ff. 425-429v) and lections (f. 534r-v)

Rogeri Benett monochi ecclesie christi cant[uarie]' (f. ii verso).Thomas Dorman: 16th-century inscription: 'Thome Dormani Liber' (f. 2). ? John Beeching, 16th-century inscription: 'John Bechyng' (f. 534v).17th-century inscription: 'W.A. S. M. D.' (f. 3).Sir W. Knatchbull: bought from Knatschbull on 9

• Historiated initial 'O'(mnis) with God appearing to a crowned Solomon in bed, at the beginning of Ecclesiastes., Bible, imperfect, with table of contents (ff. 1v-2), liturgical calendar (ff. 423-424), and sermon notes between the Old and New Testaments, (ff. 425-429v) and lections (f. 534r-v)

Rogeri Benett monochi ecclesie christi cant[uarie]' (f. ii verso).Thomas Dorman: 16th-century inscription: 'Thome Dormani Liber' (f. 2). ? John Beeching, 16th-century inscription: 'John Bechyng' (f. 534v).17th-century inscription: 'W.A. S. M. D.' (f. 3).Sir W. Knatchbull: bought from Knatschbull on 9

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) with Matthew's symbol of a winged man, and decorated initial 'M' for the prologue, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, imperfect, with table of contents (ff. 1v-2), liturgical calendar (ff. 423-424), and sermon notes between the Old and New Testaments, (ff. 425-429v) and lections (f. 534r-v)

Rogeri Benett monochi ecclesie christi cant[uarie]' (f. ii verso).Thomas Dorman: 16th-century inscription: 'Thome Dormani Liber' (f. 2). ? John Beeching, 16th-century inscription: 'John Bechyng' (f. 534v).17th-century inscription: 'W.A. S. M. D.' (f. 3).Sir W. Knatchbull: bought from Knatschbull on 9

• Historiated initial with John preaching at the beginning of John's Gospel., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

initial with John preaching at the beginning of John's Gospel. Chapters start on a new line. List of Bible books (f. 226v). Texts for the liturgy between the Psalms and Proverbs: excerpt from a missal with 'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking

• Detail of an historiated initial 'L'(iber) of Matthew holding a book, with a dragon under his feet, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names

the beginning of Psalms 1 and 109 (ff. 176, 190), of evangelist portraits at the beginning of Matthew, Mark and John (ff. 310, 320, 336), and of Paul and a Roman (?), at the beginning of Romans (f. 352). Numerous

• Historiated initial 'F'(ecit) of a mermaid and an archer shooting at an owl, at the beginning of Esdras 2., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 42.Charles

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of Elkanah and Hannah praying before an altar, at the beginning of Kings 1 (Samuel 1)., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 42.Charles

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of a three-faced man, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 42.Charles

• Historiated initial 'V'(ocavit) of Moses speaking to God, at the beginning of Leviticus., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 42.Charles

• Marginal drawing of Samson fighting with a lion next to Judges 14:1-5., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 42.Charles

• Historiated initial 'P'(etrus) of Peter holding his keys and a church, at the beginning of Peter 1., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 42.Charles

• Colophon stating that the book was written by William de Hales for Thomas de la Wile, a canon of Salisbury, in 1254, and reading 'Hunc librum scripsit Will[elmu]s de Hales, / magist[r]o Thome de la Wile, quem vocavit / magist[er] Radulfus de Hehham tunc cancel/larius Sar[isburiensis] ad regim[en] scola[rum] Sar[isburiensium] quibus / d[eu]s in hoc s[e]c[u]lo et in futuro p[ro]picientur. Amen. / F[a]c[tu]s fuit libere anno M cc.l. quarto. ab i[n]/carnatione domini'., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 42.Charles

• Text page from Annals for the years 1041 to 1080, with a list of emperors and kings., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Puzzle initial 'D'(e) at the beginning of Bede's De temporibus, preceded by a list of its chapters and an added ownership inscription dated 1578., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Decorated border around a concordance of the months of the year in which the equivalent hours are of equal length; for example, in February and November, the 1st and 11th hours are of equal length., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Diagram of the Sun (Sol), Moon (luna) and Earth (Terra); with captions of the distances between them; and the known planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Diagram of the five zones of the earth, with the uninhabitably cold Arctic and Antarctic zones bounding three temperate, habitable, zones., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Table in a micro-architectural frame of differing systems of recording time., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Text from an Annals for the years 1121 to 1165: the central columns contain calendrical material, including the year 'anno domini' (A.D.) with notes on emperors and kings to the left; and popes, archbishops, bishops, abbots, and saints to the right., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John