• Illuminated initial 'D'(Ixi) with foliate decoration., Psalter, use of Sarum, with a Calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect

Illuminated initial 'D'(Ixi) with foliate decoration. Initials in gold with foliate decoration and sprays extending into the margins in colours. Initials in blue with penwork decoration extending into the margins in red. Plain initials in blue or red. Rubrics

• Coloured initials at the beginning of Guillelmus Brito's Expositio vocabulorum Bibliae, with Edward Hoby's motto and name in the upper margin., Expositio vocabulorum Bibliae

his signature and motto: 'Edw. Hoby' and 'Fato Quam voto.', f. 2; cf. Burney 354 and 361, and Additional 4898.? John Brand (b. 1744 d. 1807), antiquary and topographer: inscribed 'A Vocabulary to the Latin Bible, Wrote about A.D. 1380,

• Red and blue initials, and line fillers, in Guillelmus Brito's Expositio vocabulorum Bibliae., Expositio vocabulorum Bibliae

his signature and motto: 'Edw. Hoby' and 'Fato Quam voto.', f. 2; cf. Burney 354 and 361, and Additional 4898.? John Brand (b. 1744 d. 1807), antiquary and topographer: inscribed 'A Vocabulary to the Latin Bible, Wrote about A.D. 1380,

• Puzzle initial 'V'(etus) in Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae., Exposition of Hebrew names (ff. 3-043v); Etymologiae, imperfect (ff. 44-193v); Homiliae [XIX] in Ecclesiasten (ff. 194-223v)

red or blue. Exposition of Hebrew names (ff. 3-043v); Etymologiae, imperfect (ff. 44-193v); Homiliae [XIX] in Ecclesiasten (ff. 194-223v) ? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: inscription 'out of the Collection of Lord Somers' (f.

• Detail of puzzle initial., Exposition of Hebrew names (ff. 3-043v); Etymologiae, imperfect (ff. 44-193v); Homiliae [XIX] in Ecclesiasten (ff. 194-223v)

red or blue. Exposition of Hebrew names (ff. 3-043v); Etymologiae, imperfect (ff. 44-193v); Homiliae [XIX] in Ecclesiasten (ff. 194-223v) ? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: inscription 'out of the Collection of Lord Somers' (f.

• Table of the chapters of John., Four Gospels, with list of lections (ff. 168v-177)

the chapters of John. Facing miniatures are now separated by an inserted paper leaf. 10 full-page miniatures in colours and gold, of Christ in Majesty opposite two clerics presenting a book, and Evangelist portraits opposite the Annunciation, the Nativity, the

• Table of the chapters of John., Four Gospels, with list of lections (ff. 168v-177)

the chapters of John. Facing miniatures are now separated by an inserted paper leaf. 10 full-page miniatures in colours and gold, of Christ in Majesty opposite two clerics presenting a book, and Evangelist portraits opposite the Annunciation, the Nativity, the

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with Mary and John flanking the cross, and personifications of the sun (Sol) and moon (Luna) above the arms of the cross, and half-length figures of Adam and Eve emerging from their graves below. This image faces one of the Evangelist Luke and prefaces his Gospel., Four Gospels, with list of lections (ff. 168v-177)

Crucifixion, with Mary and John flanking the cross, and personifications of the sun (Sol) and moon (Luna) above the arms of the cross, and half-length figures of Adam and Eve emerging from their graves below. This image faces one of

• Words in gold in decorated frame at the beginning of John., Four Gospels, with list of lections (ff. 168v-177)

frame at the beginning of John. Facing miniatures are now separated by an inserted paper leaf. 10 full-page miniatures in colours and gold, of Christ in Majesty opposite two clerics presenting a book, and Evangelist portraits opposite the Annunciation, the

• Miniature of the Ascension, before the beginning of John., Four Gospels, with list of lections (ff. 168v-177)

before the beginning of John. Facing miniatures are now separated by an inserted paper leaf. 10 full-page miniatures in colours and gold, of Christ in Majesty opposite two clerics presenting a book, and Evangelist portraits opposite the Annunciation, the Nativity,

• Miniature of the earth in a circle, with personifications of the four cardinal points., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera); Hippocras, De Contemptu Mundi; Astronomical treatises, etc.

by Halliwell--Phillipps, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). The earth Johannes de Sacro Bosco (index Johannes de Sacrobosco, Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, John de Sacrobosco) England

• Diagram of the earth, sun, and moon., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera); Hippocras, De Contemptu Mundi; Astronomical treatises, etc.

owned by Halliwell--Phillipps, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Diagram Johannes de Sacro Bosco (index Johannes de Sacrobosco, Iohannes de Sacro Bosco, John de Sacrobosco) England

• Initials with penwork decoration for the month of April in the liturgical calendar., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

charters The dates 1295 and 1296 appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979).

• Initials with penwork decoration for the month of October in the liturgical calendar., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

charters The dates 1295 and 1296 appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979).

• Puzzle initial 'R'(egulariter) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of Book 8 relating to the observances of the house., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

charters The dates 1295 and 1296 appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979).

• Puzzle initial 'P'(er) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the table of contents., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

charters The dates 1295 and 1296 appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979).

• Puzzle initial 'R'(egnante) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the prologue., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

charters The dates 1295 and 1296 appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979).

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) with Jerome and pope Damasus, at the beginning of the Bible; ownership inscription : '82 Bibliotheca monasterii montis Sancti Eligii' in the lower margin., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

lot 336, bought by Quaritch for £250 (noted by Sydney Cockerell on note pasted to 1st flyleaf, 15 July 1912). John Ruskin, art critic (b. 1819, d. 1900): his collection (see J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a

• Text page., Turpin's Chronicle, in thirty-six chapters (4v-31v) with an added table of contents (f. 3v), an account of an expedition against Egypt lead by John de Brienne, king of Jerusalem (ff. 31v-40v); a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Innocent III (ff. 40v-44), the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 45-62), extracts relating to biblical history from the Speculum Historiale (ff. 62v-125), a chronicle of the archbishops of York from Paulinus to William Le Zouche (d. 1352) (ff. 125-159v) (index Historia Caroli Magni, De Gestis Karoli)

thirty-six chapters (4v-31v) with an added table of contents (f. 3v), an account of an expedition against Egypt lead by John de Brienne, king of Jerusalem (ff. 31v-40v); a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Innocent III (ff.

• Miniature of the prophet Nathan before king David., Psalms and Odes, imperfect at the end

Miniature of the prophet Nathan before king David. Added miniature on a separate leaf, dating to the 2nd half of the twelfth century (f. 67).Musical notation (ff. 244v-247).f. 278 is a parchment flyleaf with an inscription on the verso.folio