• Decorated initial 'P'(roca) with foliate extensions., Historical miscellany: De viris illustribus; Sextus Rufus, Liber Augustalis

Baron Burghley and a royal minister: inscribed with his name (f. 3).Ambrose Bonwicke, the elder (b. 1652, d. 1722), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster, headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School from 1686 to 1691: inscribed, 'Ambrosii Bonwici 1687'

• Detail of decorated initial 'B'(reves) with foliate extensions., Historical miscellany: De viris illustribus; Sextus Rufus, Liber Augustalis

Baron Burghley and a royal minister: inscribed with his name (f. 3).Ambrose Bonwicke, the elder (b. 1652, d. 1722), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster, headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School from 1686 to 1691: inscribed, 'Ambrosii Bonwici 1687'

• Decorated initial 'H'(unc) with the John Beaver's initials, 'IB', in gold, at the start of the inscription, stating that Lord John Beaver, monk of St. Albans, had the manuscript made, and that with the permission of John Whethamstede, the abbot (1420-1440), he has given it to God, the Virgin Mary, and the church of St. Alban. This is followed by an anathema and a list of the contents., Liber de exemplis sacre scripture; Commentary on Wisdom; Commentary on Proverbs; Commentary on Ecclesiasticus

with the permission of John Whethamstede, the abbot (1420-1440), he has given it to God, the Virgin Mary, and the church of St. Alban. This is followed by an anathema and a list of the contents. Catchwords, some in decorated

• Illuminated initials 'N'(unc) and 'I'(ncipit), with foliate extensions., Compendium litterale totius Scripture

fideliter / et indilate. Scr[i]pt[um] manu mea p[ro]pria anno d[omi]ni mill[esi]mo cccc xxii mems[is] februarii die/ sexto' (f. 1v).The cathedral church of St. Mary, Lincoln: included in the 15th-century catalogue of the cathedral library (see Maddison 1896, and Wooley 1927);

• Detail of a miniature of Petrus Aureoli, Archbishop of Aix, preaching from the pulpit inscribed on the front with words 'quis ascendit in montem', with Christ enthroned on the mountain above him, at the beginning of the text., Compendium litterale totius Scripture

fideliter / et indilate. Scr[i]pt[um] manu mea p[ro]pria anno d[omi]ni mill[esi]mo cccc xxii mems[is] februarii die/ sexto' (f. 1v).The cathedral church of St. Mary, Lincoln: included in the 15th-century catalogue of the cathedral library (see Maddison 1896, and Wooley 1927);

• Miniature of Petrus Aureoli, Archbishop of Aix, preaching from the pulpit inscribed on the front with words 'quis ascendit in montem', with Christ enthroned on the mountain above him, with a full border and a shield with cross, crown of thorns, and crossed lance and sponge, at the beginning of the text., Compendium litterale totius Scripture

fideliter / et indilate. Scr[i]pt[um] manu mea p[ro]pria anno d[omi]ni mill[esi]mo cccc xxii mems[is] februarii die/ sexto' (f. 1v).The cathedral church of St. Mary, Lincoln: included in the 15th-century catalogue of the cathedral library (see Maddison 1896, and Wooley 1927);

• Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic,