• Decorated initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of book 2 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum., Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

Decorated initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of book 2 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum. Holes with rust (ff. 170-174), evidence of former chain holes.Various inscriptions (ff. 173-174). 6 large initials in red, blue, or green with penword

• Decorated initial 'R'(ex) at the beginning of book 5 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum., Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

Decorated initial 'R'(ex) at the beginning of book 5 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum. Holes with rust (ff. 170-174), evidence of former chain holes.Various inscriptions (ff. 173-174). 6 large initials in red, blue, or green with penword

• Decorated initials at the beginning of Gratian's Decretum, with coloured rubrics and marginal headings, and a space left for a larger initial, and the signature of Sir Roger Twysden and the date 1638 in the upper right corner., Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229)

100, 115. Small initials in red or green (ff. 222-223). Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229) John de Herefeld ?, vicar of Plumstead, Kent, first half of the 14th century: his inscription: ‘Decreta de dono domini

• Detail of a drawing of a face., Psalter, with calendar

the form of fish, hands, or heads. Marginal drawings in ink or colours, including of heads. Psalter, with calendar ? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: note dated 1738 by James West that it once

• Puzzle initial 'P' with foliate decoration., Peter's 'Speculum iuris canonici' (index 'Distinctiones') (ff. 5-19), and Justinian's 'Institutiones', Books 1-4 with gloss (ff. 19-73v)

Puzzle initial 'P' with foliate decoration. Peter of Blois's 'Speculum iuris canonici' consists of 60 chapters, each devoted to a legal argument. Peter, who is not to be confused with his older and more famous namesake, the archdeacon of

• Pen drawings of the malva silvatica plant, and of two men in arcaded buildings, one urinating into a container while the other brings him a cup., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Pen drawings of the crowsfoot plant, which was often recommended for dog bites and for nosebleeds, with a man being bitten by a dog below., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Pen drawing of the mandragora plant (mandrake), supposed to have a human-shaped root and which can be uprooted by tying a dog to it., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Flyleaf., De consensu evangelistarum, De musica

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

• Zoomorphic initial 'J'(acobus) at the beginning of the 'Catalogus' text., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

14); included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 2 (see Carley 2000).Part 4 (ff.

• Initial 'C'(um) with Cassiodorus in bishop's regalia holding a book., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

14); included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 2 (see Carley 2000).Part 4 (ff.

• Initial 'P'(rumus) with Cassiodorus pointing to a book he is holding., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

14); included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 2 (see Carley 2000).Part 4 (ff.

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(imon Petrus) with foliate decoration at the beginning of 'De illustribus viris'., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

14); included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 2 (see Carley 2000).Part 4 (ff.

• Initial with penwork decoration., Decretum, a collection of peciae

and Rouse 2000).Busleyden College, Leuven (index Louvain), 16th/17th century: inscribed 'Ex bibliotheca Collegii Buslidiani Lovanij' (f. 1; see Wright 1972). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), translator and literary editor, son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703), writer: purchased

• Text page., Decretum, a collection of peciae

and Rouse 2000).Busleyden College, Leuven (index Louvain), 16th/17th century: inscribed 'Ex bibliotheca Collegii Buslidiani Lovanij' (f. 1; see Wright 1972). John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), translator and literary editor, son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703), writer: purchased

• Pen drawings of a woman feeding a chicken, a man killing a rabid dog, and a woman fighting a serpent., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Pen drawings of the viperina plant, a man fighting a viper, and the 'herba achorum'., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Pen drawings of Chiron receiving the artemisia plant (also known as mugwort) from Artemis (Diana) and of the 'herba lapaticum' (water dock)., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Pen drawings of the dracontea plant and of a man fighting a serpent., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Pen drawings of the basilica and gentiana plants., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus