• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(rimum) with human figures and animals, at the beginning of Book 1., De universo seu De rerum naturis

'Etymologies' of Isidore, of Rabanus Maurus (b. c. 776, d. 856), abbot of Fulda and later archbishop of Mainz (ff. 6-282v), preceded by the letters to Louis the Germanic, king of Germany (843-876) (ff. 1-2), and to Haymo, bishop of

• Text page with a drawing of a hand pointing to text from the margin., De universo seu De rerum naturis

'Etymologies' of Isidore, of Rabanus Maurus (b. c. 776, d. 856), abbot of Fulda and later archbishop of Mainz (ff. 6-282v), preceded by the letters to Louis the Germanic, king of Germany (843-876) (ff. 1-2), and to Haymo, bishop of

• Decorated and coloured initials 'N'(atura) and 'H'(omo)., De universo seu De rerum naturis

'Etymologies' of Isidore, of Rabanus Maurus (b. c. 776, d. 856), abbot of Fulda and later archbishop of Mainz (ff. 6-282v), preceded by the letters to Louis the Germanic, king of Germany (843-876) (ff. 1-2), and to Haymo, bishop of

• Text page in the table of contents., De universo seu De rerum naturis

'Etymologies' of Isidore, of Rabanus Maurus (b. c. 776, d. 856), abbot of Fulda and later archbishop of Mainz (ff. 6-282v), preceded by the letters to Louis the Germanic, king of Germany (843-876) (ff. 1-2), and to Haymo, bishop of

• Text page., Leaf from Augustine's 'In Johannis ad epistolam ad Parthos', tractatus V

Text page. The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the bookseller and antiquary

• Coloured initials., Leaf from 'Vita Sancte Marie Magdalene', cropped

Coloured initials. The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the bookseller and antiquary

• Plain red initial 'E'(cclesiastica) at the beginning of the first theological tract, with the ownership inscription of the Augustinian Priory of Merton, Surrey, in the upper margin, and the monogram of Thomas Wolsey in the lower margin., Various theological tracts, beginning, 'Ecclesiastica corectio que fit per excomunionem', Sentences analogous to the work of Peter Lombard, various brief texts on religious topics (De excomunicatione etc.), Isidore of Seville's exposition on Genesis and Exodus, extracts from Jerome's Epistolas taken from the Florilegium Angelicum, Sic et Non, imperfect at the beginning and the end, Dialogus inter philosophum, Iudaeum et Christianum, imperfect at the beginning and the end, excerpts attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux

Plain red initial 'E'(cclesiastica) at the beginning of the first theological tract, with the ownership inscription of the Augustinian Priory of Merton, Surrey, in the upper margin, and the monogram of Thomas Wolsey in the lower margin. ff. 99-112v are

• Detail of a miniature of a centaur holding a snake., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Detail of a miniature of a centaur holding a snake. 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

• Detail of a miniature of goats on their hind legs., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Detail of a miniature of goats on their hind legs. 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

• Detail of a miniature of a wolf approaching a sheepfold., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Detail of a miniature of a wolf approaching a sheepfold. 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

• Miniature of mice and worms., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Miniature of mice and worms. 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.

• Decorated initial 'A'(sia), at the beginning of the entry for Asia., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Decorated initial 'A'(sia), at the beginning of the entry for Asia. 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

• Miniature of pelicans., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Miniature of pelicans. 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. by Nicholas

• Detail of a miniature of pelicans., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Detail of a miniature of pelicans. 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~,

• Miniature of a nycticorax (a bird)., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Miniature of a nycticorax (a bird). 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~,

• Detail of a miniature of a nycticorax (a bird)., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Detail of a miniature of a nycticorax (a bird). 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

• Miniature of a phoenix gathering leaves, and of a phoenix in flame, at the beginning of the entry for phoenix., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Miniature of a phoenix gathering leaves, and of a phoenix in flame, at the beginning of the entry for phoenix. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books

• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix gathering leaves, and of a phoenix in flame, at the beginning of the entry for phoenix., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Detail of a miniature of a phoenix gathering leaves, and of a phoenix in flame, at the beginning of the entry for phoenix. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East

• Text page with text relating to the phoenix., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

page with text relating to the phoenix. 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

• Text page with text relating to the dragon., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

page with text relating to the dragon. 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