• Miniature of basil with snakes., Medical miscellany, including a herbal and a bestiary (see Notes)

Miniature of basil with snakes. Contents:Pseudo-Antonio Musa, De herba vettonica (ff. 1*-2*, 1);Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus, De medicaminibus herbarum (ff. 1-44);Epistula ad Marcellinum (f. 44v); De taxone (ff. 44v-45); (Pseudo-?) Sextus Placitus, Liber medicinae ex animalibus (ff. 45-49v, 49v-50); Anthimus, De

• Miniatures of animals, including a boar., Medical miscellany, including a herbal and a bestiary (see Notes)

Miniatures of animals, including a boar. Contents:Pseudo-Antonio Musa, De herba vettonica (ff. 1*-2*, 1);Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus, De medicaminibus herbarum (ff. 1-44);Epistula ad Marcellinum (f. 44v); De taxone (ff. 44v-45); (Pseudo-?) Sextus Placitus, Liber medicinae ex animalibus (ff. 45-49v, 49v-50); Anthimus,

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uomodo) with reserved designs and penwork decoration at the beginning of Homily 34 of Augustine's Tractatus in evangelium Johannis; 14th century ownership inscription in the upper margin., Tractatus in evangelium Johannis (Homilies 34-124); In epistulam Iohannis ad Parthos tractatus X

the same red was used for the rubrics.As pointed out by Krings 1990, Homilies 1-33 are missing but because f. 1 is blank and the initial to Homily 34 on f. 1v is the largest in the manuscript it is

• Zoomorphic initial 'V'(enit) with foliate motifs, at the beginning of book 3 of Zacharias Chrysopolitanus' In unum ex quatuor., Various texts including Commentary on an 'In unum ex quatuor' and Commentary on Acts of the Apostles

Commentary on Acts of the Apostles Added inscription, 16th century (f. 1). Mrs Roberts, 17th century: added inscription (f. 1).Mr Parrys of Little Britain, until 1672: added inscription (f. 1). Samuel Knott (d. 1687), rector of Combe Raleigh, Devon (1661-1668),

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus)., Various texts, including Liber pontificalis and papal decretals

of Suffolk): inscribed 'liber Briani Stapletoni' (f. 1*; see also f. 90v). This name also appears in Stowe 32, f. 1, and in Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barlow MS. 37, f. iii. William Camden (b. 1551, d. 1623), antiquary: added list

• Channel style initial 'B'(eatus), at the corners pictures of David, showing him rescuing the lamb from the lion, being anointed king, casting his sling at Goliath and beheading Goliath, at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Decorated initial 'S'(anctissimo) at the beginning of Bede's Life of Cuthbert, with the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London in the lower margin., Prose Vita sancti Cuthberti (ff. 1-34v), two miracles from the Historia ecclesiastica, De gestis pontificum Anglorum, the miracles of Andrew

and after the Norman Conquest, and his shrine was a major medieval pilgrimage centre. 1 large initial in blue with red and green penwork decoration (f. 1). Other large simple initials in yellow, blue, red, or green; 2 with penwork

• Coloured initials 'P'(rima) at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's De gestis pontificum Anglorum., Prose Vita sancti Cuthberti (ff. 1-34v), two miracles from the Historia ecclesiastica, De gestis pontificum Anglorum, the miracles of Andrew

and after the Norman Conquest, and his shrine was a major medieval pilgrimage centre. 1 large initial in blue with red and green penwork decoration (f. 1). Other large simple initials in yellow, blue, red, or green; 2 with penwork

• Decorated initial 'S'(anctissimo) at the beginning of Bede's life of Cuthbert., Prose Vita sancti Cuthberti (ff. 1-34v), two miracles from the Historia ecclesiastica, De gestis pontificum Anglorum, the miracles of Andrew

and after the Norman Conquest, and his shrine was a major medieval pilgrimage centre. 1 large initial in blue with red and green penwork decoration (f. 1). Other large simple initials in yellow, blue, red, or green; 2 with penwork

• Pen-flourished initial 'C'(um), 'B'(ritannia), and 'E'(neas), at the beginning of the Historia regum Britanniae, with the name of 'Lumley' in the lower margin., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

and cardinal, abbot of St Albans since 1521: 'TC' monogram (f. 1), perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1138' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a cross., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

and cardinal, abbot of St Albans since 1521: 'TC' monogram (f. 1), perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1138' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a cross., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

and cardinal, abbot of St Albans since 1521: 'TC' monogram (f. 1), perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1138' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Text page with a marginal drawing of two mitres., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

and cardinal, abbot of St Albans since 1521: 'TC' monogram (f. 1), perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1138' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Detail of a marginal drawing of two mitres., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

and cardinal, abbot of St Albans since 1521: 'TC' monogram (f. 1), perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1138' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

and cardinal, abbot of St Albans since 1521: 'TC' monogram (f. 1), perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1138' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

and cardinal, abbot of St Albans since 1521: 'TC' monogram (f. 1), perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1138' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a crown, above an inscription reading 'Etheldredus'., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

and cardinal, abbot of St Albans since 1521: 'TC' monogram (f. 1), perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1138' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a crown, above an inscription reading 'Etheldredus'., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

and cardinal, abbot of St Albans since 1521: 'TC' monogram (f. 1), perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1138' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library

• 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)

name (f. 1) 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

• 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)

name (f. 1) 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