• 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

• Detail of a miniature of a monk (or a canon) enthroned, with two monks on either side, at the beginning of causa 28., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a monk or a canon as judge separating a husband and wife holding a baby, at the beginning of causa 30., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a marriage, at the beginning of causa 31., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a marriage with a couple kneeling and a priest celebrating a mass, at the beginning of causa 32., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a judge with a man and a woman before him, at the beginning of causa 33., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of judge with a pilgrim and a man and a woman before him, at the beginning of causa 34., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a bishop as judge with a man and a couple with two children before him, at the beginning of causa 35., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of a man and a woman at a feast, at the beginning of causa 36., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of a miniature of two priests celebrating masses, at the beginning of part III, 'De consecratione'., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Text page with an added legend of St Dorothy in English and a prayer for a king in English., Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours'), Use of Sarum

Text page with an added legend of St Dorothy in English and a prayer for a king in English. The miniatures of saints (by the Master of the Beaufort Saints) are painted on separate leaves which were pasted into the

• Text page with an added legend of St Dorothy in English., Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Saint Dorothy in English, 15th century (ff. 237-240v).Added prayer with a rubric 'This prier foloweg is for the king', mentioning king Henry, probably Henry VII, late 15th century (f. 240v). Added medical recipes in English, 'Kolla quyntyta', 'rosemarie' and

• Text page with an added legend of St Dorothy in English., Book of Hours (The 'Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours'), Use of Sarum

of Saint Dorothy in English, 15th century (ff. 237-240v).Added prayer with a rubric 'This prier foloweg is for the king', mentioning king Henry, probably Henry VII, late 15th century (f. 240v). Added medical recipes in English, 'Kolla quyntyta', 'rosemarie' and