• Drawing of a siege engine as described by Biton in De constructione bellicarum machinarum., De machinis (ff. 1-9), De constructione bellicarum machinarum (ff. 9v-16)

machinarum (ff. 9v-16) Written in 1545: colophon ( f. 358).The monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai: inscription (f. 1). ? John Spencer Smith, minister plenipotentiary to Turkey: sale catalogue notices that the manuscript was 'collected by one of His Majesty's

• Initial 'R'(ebus) with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, at the beginning of a prologue in verse., Miscellany of verses

Guthlac, Oswin, etc. (ff. 78-93v, 94-96v); verses added in some margins (e.g. ff. 50v, 68v) are headed 'Abb. Iohis', presumably John de Cella, abbot of St Albans from 1195 to 1214.Robert Outing(?), 15th century: inscribed 'Thes bok be delyveryd unto

• Miniature of the Crucifixion flanked by Mary and John holding a book, with Henry the Lion and Matilda below holding scrolls, and personifications of the sun and moon above., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

flanked by Mary and John holding a book, with Henry the Lion and Matilda below holding scrolls, and personifications of the sun and moon above. This manuscript is 381, article 1. Article 2 (kept separately) contains the Sarum Breviary, imperfect,

• Calendar page for March, including the translation of Kyneburga, Kyneswitha, and Tibba (6 March), Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixi) with pen-flourishing, incorporating a human head, in the Psalms., Psalms, with commentary ('Rolle of Hampole's Psalter') (ends imperfectly), preceded by a calendar (ff. 1v-7) and a homily on patience and humility (ff. 8-9)

century.Unidentified owner, 15th century: inscription (f. 232).Foliated in red pencil, in the manner of Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), John Parker (b. 1548, d. 1619), and others; annotated in English and Latin (e.g. ff. 113v, 159), and Greek (f.

• Calendar page for April, including the feast of Guthlac (d. 714), hermit of Crowland, in green ink on 11 April, and his octave on 18 April., Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• Detail of decorated initial., Miscellany of verses

Guthlac, Oswin, etc. (ff. 78-93v, 94-96v); verses added in some margins (e.g. ff. 50v, 68v) are headed 'Abb. Iohis', presumably John de Cella, abbot of St Albans from 1195 to 1214.Robert Outing(?), 15th century: inscribed 'Thes bok be delyveryd unto

• Illuminated initial 'M'(arcus) at the beginning of the prologue to Mark., Glossed Gospel of Mark

the Abbey of Chck in Essex which was dedicated to S. Osith (f. 1).William Smarte: above-cited ownership inscription (f. 100v).? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: 1738 note written by James West that it once

• Interlace initial 'T'(antum) at the beginning of the prologue to Joshua, with birds and animals heads. From the same manuscript as Sloane 1044, ff. 76-77., Fragment from a Bible with the start of the Prologue to Joshua (recto) and the end of Deuteronomy 34:1-6 (verso); from the same Bible as Sloane 1044, ff. 76-77

Prologue to Joshua (recto) and the end of Deuteronomy 34:1-6 (verso); from the same Bible as Sloane 1044, ff. 76-77 John Bagford: inscribed, probably by Frederic Madden, that this is 'A portion of Bagford's collection F. M.' (f. [iii]).Sir Hans

• Miniature of Dunstan as a bishop, writing a commentary of the Rule of Saint Benedict, with an inscription 'S[an]c[tu]s Dunstanus'., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Miniature of Dunstan as a bishop, writing a commentary of the Rule of Saint Benedict, with an inscription 'S[an]c[tu]s Dunstanus'. Includes Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti of Smaragdus, abbot of St Mihiel (d. c. 830).The prefatory miniature of Dunstan

• Detail of a decorated initial 'O'(bsculta), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the preface and the text., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Detail of a decorated initial 'O'(bsculta), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the preface and the text. Includes Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti of Smaragdus, abbot of St Mihiel (d. c. 830).The prefatory miniature of Dunstan (f. 2)

• Coloured initial 'N'(u) in red with green penwork decoration., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

Coloured initial 'N'(u) in red with green penwork decoration. Copied, directly or indirectly, from Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 441, omitting some passages due to defects in the Bodley manuscript (Marc 16:14-20, Luke 16:14- 17:1, and 24: 51-53). The first

• Text page with lettering in black and red., Pauline Epistles, in the new Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

of Jacques Lefèvre Written by Peter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540), scribe of John Colet, Dean of St. Paul Cathedral, London: written in his hand (see Trapp, 1975, pp. 89-90): inscribed 'Petrus monoculus',

• Text page with lettering in black and red., Pauline Epistles, in the new Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

of Jacques Lefèvre Written by Peter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540), scribe of John Colet, Dean of St. Paul Cathedral, London: written in his hand (see Trapp, 1975, pp. 89-90): inscribed 'Petrus monoculus',

• Text page with lettering in black and red, with a space left for an unfinished initial 'P'(aulus)., Pauline Epistles, in the Latin translation of Jacques Lefèvre

of Jacques Lefèvre Written by Peter Meghen of 's-Hertogenbosch of the diocese of Liège (b. c.1466/1467, d. 1540), scribe of John Colet, Dean of St. Paul Cathedral, London: written in his hand (see Trapp, 1975, pp. 89-90): inscribed 'Petrus monoculus',

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul sitting at a desk and writing his Epistle, at the beginning of Romans., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul sitting at a desk and writing his Epistle, at the beginning of Romans. Includes Romans and 1-2 Corinthians; originally contained probably the complete work, or at least Galatians, as suggested by

• marginal drawing of a hand pulling a fish from the water., De Diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII, Sermo ad catechumenos de symbolo, De agone christiano, De poenitentibus (serm. 393); De XII abusiuis saeculi, Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos, Sermo de oratione dominica; Sermo de cataclismo (no. 7), Sermo de cantico novo (no. 5), Sermones de symbolo; Contra Felicianum arianum; De fide orthodoxa; Extractio; Naturales questiones and Epistulae morales; excerpts from Cicero; Liber quaestionum hebraicarum in Genesim and De XLII mansionibus filiorum Israel in deserto; Liber hebraicorum quaestionum in Samuelem et Paralipomenon; De templo Salomonis and In libros Regum questiones XXX

393) (f. 84v);Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de oratione dominica (serm. 58) (f. 84v) (all texts are attributed to Augustine in the manuscript); John of Damascus trad. by Burgundio of Pisa, De fide orthodoxa (ff. 85-107v); Thomas Gallus, 'Extractio' (attributed here to Dionysius

• Marginal drawing of a walking man., De Diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII, Sermo ad catechumenos de symbolo, De agone christiano, De poenitentibus (serm. 393); De XII abusiuis saeculi, Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos, Sermo de oratione dominica; Sermo de cataclismo (no. 7), Sermo de cantico novo (no. 5), Sermones de symbolo; Contra Felicianum arianum; De fide orthodoxa; Extractio; Naturales questiones and Epistulae morales; excerpts from Cicero; Liber quaestionum hebraicarum in Genesim and De XLII mansionibus filiorum Israel in deserto; Liber hebraicorum quaestionum in Samuelem et Paralipomenon; De templo Salomonis and In libros Regum questiones XXX

393) (f. 84v);Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de oratione dominica (serm. 58) (f. 84v) (all texts are attributed to Augustine in the manuscript); John of Damascus trad. by Burgundio of Pisa, De fide orthodoxa (ff. 85-107v); Thomas Gallus, 'Extractio' (attributed here to Dionysius

• Foliate initial 'A'(d regalis), at the beginning of the preface to the Psalter of the Virgin., Psalms in verses of the Holy Spirit, Virgin, and Holy Cross with poems and prayers

section VI (ff. 101). Psalms in verses of the Holy Spirit, Virgin, and Holy Cross with poems and prayers ? John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: his monogram (f. 1); if so, passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c.

• Historiated initial 'O'(sculetur) of Christ embracing the Virgin, at the beginning of the Gilbert Foliot's Commentary on the Song of Solomon., Commentary on the Song of Solomon

the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; in the select list of works noted by John Bale, of c. 1548; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3; and in the 1698 catalogue