• Inscription recording the pledge of the book with three other manuscripts by John Kyrkby in the Guildford chest, Oxford, on 8 July 1468, for 30 shillings, reading 'Cau[ci]o m[agistr]i Joh. Kyrkby expo[si]ta i[n] cista de gilford An[n]o do[min]i m° cccc° lxviii° die m[en]sis julii / lib[er] Aug[ustin]i de t[r]initate 2° fo[lio] sine proemnis habent et h[abe]t 3 suppra 2°fo[lio] p[ro] d[om]i[n]o mune[r]e / 2° fo[lio] q[u]i malefac[er]e 2° fo[lio] 3 d[is]ti[n]ctio p[er] arti[cu]los et iacet p[ro] xxx s.'; and another inscription recording the plegde of the book on 11 February 1469, for 28 shillings, reading 'Cauci[o] Kyrkby ex[posi]ta a[nn]o d[omi]ni m° lxix ix die me[n]s[is] februarii et iacet p[ro] xxviii s.'; with an information added by the same hand, reading, 'in q[uod] p[ro] suppra[scrip]to s° folio distinct[i]o p[er] artic[u]los ... 2° fo[lio] et post pauca et d[omi]n[u]s W. Chycheley h[abe]t.', De Trinitate

post pauca et d[omi]n[u]s W. Chycheley h[abe]t' (f. 182v).Reynold Goldston, inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 82' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of the text., 'Breviarium Bartholomei', with glosses and recipes by John Dee

of eye-sight, added in his hand, dated 1590 (ff. 302v-303). Added Latin medical terms translated into English: later hand (f. 303v).Possible traces of old ownership notes: under a parchment fragment with Latin text pasted onto the lower margin (f. 3)

• Decorated initial 'L' in red and green, in a 11th-century copy of Isidore's Etymology., 2 leaves of the Etymology

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Coloured letters in a late 12th or early 13th century glossed Matthew, chapter 2., 2 leaves from a glossed Gospel, of Matthew 2

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus), from a fragment of a 12th-century copy of 1 Thessalonians., Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51); 5:17-2 Thessalonians 1:3 (f. 52); Philippians 2:22-3:5.

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Detail of decorated initial 'P'(aulus), from a fragment of a 12th-century copy of 1 Thessalonians., Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51); 5:17-2 Thessalonians 1:3 (f. 52); Philippians 2:22-3:5.

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Text page., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Drawing of Mark's symbol of the lion, before the beginning of his Gospel., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Decorated letters 'In'(itium) with an animal head, a clawed foot, and a heart-shaped 'tail' at the beginning of the Gospel of Mark. A later reader has added a title at the top of the page ('Marcus') and numbered the chapters ('.1.' in the right-hand margin)., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Decorated initial 'Q'([uonia]m) with an animal head at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Text page., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Below the end of the prologue to John is a drawing of his evangelist symbol, the eagle. A later medieval reader has added John's name above the eagle's head: 'Ioh(ann)es'., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Decorated letters 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of John's Gospel, with a bird-like head and claw., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Text page at the end of John., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Diagram illustratng a treatise on free will, showing connections between various sorts of sin. In the lower portion of the diagram is a small rectangle with the word 'vicium' (meaning fault/blemish/flaw/vice) linked to four more similar rectangles, marked 'furtum', 'fraus', 'fallacia', and 'mendacium', words with similar meanings, all connected with fraud, trickery, deceit, treachery, etc., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green, some with penwork decoration in the same or

• Between the end of some prefatory treatises and the prologue to Leviticus is a rubric stating that this is 'The book of [the Cistercian abbey of] St. Mary, Buildwas, written in the year AD 1176' ('Liber Sancte Marie de Bildewas. Scriptus anno ab incarnatione domini Millesimo centesimo septuagesimo sexto') followed by a decorated initial 'E'., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green, some with penwork decoration in the same or

• Decorated initial 'V'(ocavit) at the beginning of Leviticus., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green, some with penwork decoration in the same or another colour

• Decorated initial 'I' at the beginning of John; visible through the parchment from the other side of the leaf is a green initial marking the start of the prologue to the Gospel. The first six lines of the main text is in a wider column than the rest, and has no interlinear gloss., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green, some with penwork decoration in the same or

• Text page., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Decorated initials, and flyleaf., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green, some with penwork decoration in the same or another colour or colours