• Prayers., Mortuary roll of Lucy, foundress and first prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Castle Hedingham, with tituli (responsive prayers) 1-6

separately.This is the fifth oldest English obituary roll, though the others are fragmentary, preceded by those of Turgot of Durham (d. 1115) in Harley 491, Reginald of Bath (d. 1190) in a Cambridge University manuscript, Abbot Ralph of Thorney (d.

• Tituli., Mortuary roll of Lucy, foundress and first prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Castle Hedingham, with tituli (responsive prayers) 1-6

separately.This is the fifth oldest English obituary roll, though the others are fragmentary, preceded by those of Turgot of Durham (d. 1115) in Harley 491, Reginald of Bath (d. 1190) in a Cambridge University manuscript, Abbot Ralph of Thorney (d.

• Tituli., Mortuary roll of Lucy, foundress and first prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Castle Hedingham, with tituli (responsive prayers) 1-6

separately.This is the fifth oldest English obituary roll, though the others are fragmentary, preceded by those of Turgot of Durham (d. 1115) in Harley 491, Reginald of Bath (d. 1190) in a Cambridge University manuscript, Abbot Ralph of Thorney (d.

• Tituli, with decorated initial 'T'., Mortuary roll of Lucy, foundress and first prioress of the Benedictine nunnery of Castle Hedingham, with tituli (responsive prayers) 1-6

is stored separately.This is the fifth oldest English obituary roll, though the others are fragmentary, preceded by those of Turgot of Durham (d. 1115) in Harley 491, Reginald of Bath (d. 1190) in a Cambridge University manuscript, Abbot Ralph of

• 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

• 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

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

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 on

• Text page with gloss., 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

• Text page with gloss., 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

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

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 on

• Decorated initials 'P(ietas) and 'H'(ierafter) in an English homily on the virtues and vices., Homilies on the various virtues and vices, imperfect

and 'H'(ierafter) in an English homily on the virtues and vices. Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red with blue penwork decoration. Large initials in red. Rubrics in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Homilies on

• Puzzle initial at the beginning of the preface to John Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine ff. 270-285v is an unilluminated text in English. William Romesey (d. 1501), fellow of Merton: inscription 'liber Willelmus Romesey quae fecit scribi' (f. 2v).All Souls College, in

• Illuminated letters 'HEC'; the 'H' and part of the 'E' on a probably post-medieval inserted patch of parchment., Glossed Exodus (index Old Testament)

blue with red penwork, or vice versa. Chapter numbers in red in the outer and upper margins. Glossed Exodus (index Old Testament) Edmund Castell (bap. 1606, d. 1686), orientalist and lexicographer: his signature, followed by a note in Arabic (f.

• Flourished initial 'D'(ixit) at the beginning of Exodus 12., Glossed Exodus (index Old Testament)

blue with red penwork, or vice versa. Chapter numbers in red in the outer and upper margins. Glossed Exodus (index Old Testament) Edmund Castell (bap. 1606, d. 1686), orientalist and lexicographer: his signature, followed by a note in Arabic (f.

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with floriate decoration at the beginning of Judges., History of the Old Testament (ff. 1-67v); Geographic description of Palestine (ff. 68-74)

one with blue circles and quatrefoils (f. 1). Diagrams. Highlights in red at the beginning of sentences. History of the Old Testament (ff. 1-67v); Geographic description of Palestine (ff. 68-74) Carthusians of Mainz: 14th-century inscription 'Iste liber est Carthusiensium prope

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Deuteronomy., History of the Old Testament (ff. 1-67v); Geographic description of Palestine (ff. 68-74)

one with blue circles and quatrefoils (f. 1). Diagrams. Highlights in red at the beginning of sentences. History of the Old Testament (ff. 1-67v); Geographic description of Palestine (ff. 68-74) Carthusians of Mainz: 14th-century inscription 'Iste liber est Carthusiensium prope

• Detail of a miniature of two deer and a snake. According to the text, the stag, when old, draws serpents from their holes with its breath and eats them, and its strength is renewed., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

a snake. According to the text, the stag, when old, draws serpents from their holes with its breath and eats them, and its strength is renewed. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81