• Decorated initials 'P'(lacuit), 'H'(ybernia), and 'H'(ispanicum) in Giraldus Cambrensis's Topographia Hiberniae., Topography of Ireland and other works (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

(no coloration) in score on three five-line red staves (C clef), England, second half of the 14th century 1 diagram in red and green (f. 27v). Large red or green initials, some with penwork decoration in the other colour or

• Large initials 'F'(ons) and 'N'(unc) in Giraldus Cambrensis's Topographia Hiberniae., Topography of Ireland and other works (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

coloration) in score on three five-line red staves (C clef), England, second half of the 14th century 1 diagram in red and green (f. 27v). Large red or green initials, some with penwork decoration in the other colour or both

• Initial 'L'(oqui) and a partially damaged map of islands including Ireland (labelled 'Hybernia') and 'Britannia' in Giraldus Cambrensis's Topographia Hiberniae., Topography of Ireland and other works (index Topographia Hiberniae, Topographia Hibernica)

mensural notation (no coloration) in score on three five-line red staves (C clef), England, second half of the 14th century 1 diagram in red and green (f. 27v). Large red or green initials, some with penwork decoration in the other

• Historiated initial 'R'(ege) with a seated scribe labelled 'OSBEARNVS', a censing monk, animals, and animal heads, at the beginning of Osbern's Life of St Dunstan., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

heads, at the beginning of Osbern's Life of St Dunstan. 2 historiated initials in colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green, or blue. Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan The Benedictine cathedral priory of

• Decorated initial 'D'(iximus) at the beginning of Book II of Osbern's LIfe of St Dunstan; the script perhaps by two scribes., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

St Dunstan; the script perhaps by two scribes. 2 historiated initials in colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green, or blue. Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church,

• Table, Mnemonic verses, notes, etc., on the compotus

'51' (f. 1).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: his 'Jupiter' sign (top righthand corner of f. 1); his annotations (ff. 60v-61). William Cecil (b. 1520/21, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister; his sale, 21 November

• Diagram of a hand, as a mnemonic devise for the compotus., Mnemonic verses, notes, etc., on the compotus

'51' (f. 1).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: his 'Jupiter' sign (top righthand corner of f. 1); his annotations (ff. 60v-61). William Cecil (b. 1520/21, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister; his sale, 21 November

• Notes on an originally blank folio, including a statement of the author and title in 13th-century script in the middle at the top ('Adthelardus de compoto'), which is recognisable as a Christ Church, Canterbury inscription. Below this is a note of a flood in Thanet and Sheppy, in 1394, confirming continued ownership in Kent in the 14th century. The astrological symbol for Jupiter in the extreme top right corner is a characteristic marking of books owned by John Dee (died 1608), a famous alchemist in the court of Elizabeth I., Mnemonic verses, notes, etc., on the compotus

'51' (f. 1).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: his 'Jupiter' sign (top righthand corner of f. 1); his annotations (ff. 60v-61). William Cecil (b. 1520/21, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister; his sale, 21 November