• Inscription recording that the manuscript was given by John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans to the priory of Redburn, reading, 'Hunc librum providit venerabilis / pater dompnus Ioh[ann]es Wheth[a]mstede / abbas monasterii s[an]c[t]i Albani sacre theo/logie professor prioratui Redburne et / monachis ibidem cursum capientib[us]/ quem qui alienaverit anathema sit'; with the title 'Sacrilogiu[m] guidonis abb[at]is sive / speculu[m] leganda[rum].', Sanctilogium

title 'Sacrilogiu[m] guidonis abb[at]is sive / speculu[m] leganda[rum].' Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and correction signs at the end of the quires. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold of the author portrait, with a partial border containing two fighting men, at

• Detail: initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing. The smaller one, ~shnei~ (two) is at the end of ~Hilkhot qinyan~, the chapter on purchase, and the bigger one is at the beginning of ~Hilkhot matanah~, the chapter on gifts., Fourth Book of ~Arba'ah Turim~: ~Hoshen ha-Mishpat~ ('The Breastplate of Judgment') on Civil Law and personal relations

(on f. 182v) does not fit the present collation, since this folio is presently the third leaf of quire xxiv^8^. 1 miniature and full foliate border (f. 14). Numerous decorated initial words with red and blue pen-flourishing. Numerous pen-flourishing around

• Detail: initial-word panel decorated with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of ~Hilkhot nahalot~, the chapter on inheritance., Fourth Book of ~Arba'ah Turim~: ~Hoshen ha-Mishpat~ ('The Breastplate of Judgment') on Civil Law and personal relations

(on f. 182v) does not fit the present collation, since this folio is presently the third leaf of quire xxiv^8^. 1 miniature and full foliate border (f. 14). Numerous decorated initial words with red and blue pen-flourishing. Numerous pen-flourishing around

• Detail of a page: threefold miniature of a rabbinical court in the middle, a transaction involving money on the left, and an act of crime on the right. The miniature is flanked by the two initial words of the book, ~Rabban~ and ~Shimeon~. The three scenes of the miniature are connected to the content of the book which focuses on civil law discussing among others the institution of the rabbinical court, testimonies, loans, purchases, and different sorts of crimes. The scene in the middle depicts the smallest possible rabbinical court of three judges illustrating the first chapter on the rabbinical courts (~Hilkhot Sanhedrin~). The scene on the left depicts two men having a financial transaction: one of them is holding a purse and counting money into the hand of his fellow. The transaction is watched by three witnesses one of which has the contract in his hand. The scene on the right depicts a crime with a man hitting another man (with a stone?) illustrating the chapter on injuries (~Hilkhot hovel~). The text is surrounded by a full foliate border inhabited by a naked musician and an animal and a hybrid in its upper part, and with a blank coat of arms in its lower part., Fourth Book of ~Arba'ah Turim~: ~Hoshen ha-Mishpat~ ('The Breastplate of Judgment') on Civil Law and personal relations

(on f. 182v) does not fit the present collation, since this folio is presently the third leaf of quire xxiv^8^. 1 miniature and full foliate border (f. 14). Numerous decorated initial words with red and blue pen-flourishing. Numerous pen-flourishing around

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man shooting at a bird, with an owl at the top of the tree., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix

• Full-page miniature, upper register: Noah cultivating vine, becoming drunk and being covered by his sons (Gen. 9:20-23), lower register: Abraham in the fiery furnace., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Sister Haggadah')

Full-page miniature, upper register: Noah cultivating vine, becoming drunk and being covered by his sons (Gen. 9:20-23), lower register: Abraham in the fiery furnace. The name 'Sister Haggadah' was coined by Bezalel Narkiss, and it refers to the fact

• Decorated initials 'KL' with pen-flourishing for the month of May in the calendar., Register of St Mary's of Crich

Decorated initials 'KL' with pen-flourishing for the month of May in the calendar. Begins and ends with a calendar. The 1st calendar contains numerous English saints (Cuthbert, Dunstan, Wulfstan, Alban, Edmund, translation of Edward, etc.) (ff. 5-11v). Starts in

• Detail of a text-page with flourished initials 'S'(alehadins) and 'I'(l)., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• Detail of an initial 'P'(uis) with pen-flourishing., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• Detail of a text-page with flourished initials 'T'(andis) and 'I'(usqua)., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• Threefold miniature of a rabbinical court in the middle, a transaction involving money on the left, and an act of crime on the right. The miniature is flanked by the two initial words of the book, ~Rabban~ and ~Shimeon~. The three scenes of the miniature are connected to the content of the book which focuses on civil law discussing among others the institution of the rabbinical court, testimonies, loans, purchases, and different sorts of crimes. The scene in the middle depicts the smallest possible rabbinical court of three judges illustrating the first chapter on the rabbinical courts (~Hilkhot Sanhedrin~). The scene on the left depicts two men having a financial transaction: one of them is holding a purse and counting money into the hand of his fellow. The transaction is watched by three witnesses one of which has the contract in his hand. The scene on the right depicts a crime with a man hitting another man (with a stone?) illustrating the chapter on injuries (~Hilkhot hovel~). The text is surrounded by a full foliate border inhabited by a naked musician and an animal and a hybrid in its upper part, and with a blank coat of arms in its lower part., Fourth Book of ~Arba'ah Turim~: ~Hoshen ha-Mishpat~ ('The Breastplate of Judgment') on Civil Law and personal relations

(on f. 182v) does not fit the present collation, since this folio is presently the third leaf of quire xxiv^8^. 1 miniature and full foliate border (f. 14). Numerous decorated initial words with red and blue pen-flourishing. Numerous pen-flourishing around

• Detail: threefold miniature of a rabbinical court in the middle, a transaction involving money on the left, and an act of crime on the right. The miniature is flanked by the two initial words of the book, ~Rabban~ and ~Shimeon~. The three scenes of the miniature are connected to the content of the book which focuses on civil law discussing among others the institution of the rabbinical court, testimonies, loans, purchases, and different sorts of crimes. The scene in the middle depicts the smallest possible rabbinical court of three judges illustrating the first chapter on the rabbinical courts (~Hilkhot Sanhedrin~). The scene on the left depicts two men having a financial transaction: one of them is holding a purse and counting money into the hand of his fellow. The transaction is watched by three witnesses one of which has the contract in his hand. The scene on the right depicts a crime with a man hitting another man (with a stone?) illustrating the chapter on injuries (~Hilkhot hovel~)., Fourth Book of ~Arba'ah Turim~: ~Hoshen ha-Mishpat~ ('The Breastplate of Judgment') on Civil Law and personal relations

(on f. 182v) does not fit the present collation, since this folio is presently the third leaf of quire xxiv^8^. 1 miniature and full foliate border (f. 14). Numerous decorated initial words with red and blue pen-flourishing. Numerous pen-flourishing around

• Detail of an historiated initial 'R'(eines) with a mail-coated Nureddin, the Sultan of Damascus, with bare legs and an open helmet, fleeing on horseback with a foal underfoot from two knights (Godfrey Martel and Hugh de Lusignan the elder) pursuing him on war horses, trampling a dismembered torso., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(uymonz) of Saladin's mounted soldiers forcing captives and livestock from the burning city., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(ez) of Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy lying in state with a mitre, a crozier, and a chalice on his breast, and a number of ecclesiastical figures about him., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(pres) of the Emperor John enthroned, with a courtier and a messenger, who points to the lower part of the initial that extends into the margin, where John's knights are assaulting two men., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' of the Sultan of Egypt falling from his horse and breaking his neck whilst out hunting., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• Detail of an historiated initial 'M'(ot) of a group of boys with bleeding arms; they include Baldwin IV, who was found to have leprosy., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• 'Champ' initials 'KL' at the beginnning of the month of March in the calendar., Book of Hours, Use of Rennes, imperfect

was intended to be used in Brittany. The style of the miniatures indicates Brittany.ff. 6v and 271v were originally unwritten.ff. 1 and 276 are former pastedowns.Missing leaves after ff. 18, 74, 75, 76, 94, 115, 132, 138, 144, 149, 234.