• Decorated initial 'A'(dversus), at the beginning of book 1 of the Metalogicon., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

(f. 7v). Richard [Aungerville] de Bury (1287-1345), bishop of Durham (1333-1345), sold to him (see the inscription below).The Benedictine abbey of St Albans, bought by Michael, abbot of St. Albans (1334-1349), in 1345 from the executors ofRichard de Bury:

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ogmate), at the beginning of the Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

(f. 7v). Richard [Aungerville] de Bury (1287-1345), bishop of Durham (1333-1345), sold to him (see the inscription below).The Benedictine abbey of St Albans, bought by Michael, abbot of St. Albans (1334-1349), in 1345 from the executors ofRichard de Bury:

• Decorated initial 'N'(otum) at the beginning of book 6 of the Metalogicon., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

(f. 7v). Richard [Aungerville] de Bury (1287-1345), bishop of Durham (1333-1345), sold to him (see the inscription below).The Benedictine abbey of St Albans, bought by Michael, abbot of St. Albans (1334-1349), in 1345 from the executors ofRichard de Bury:

• Inhabited initial 'S'(i) with two lions, at the beginning of the Policraticus., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

(f. 7v). Richard [Aungerville] de Bury (1287-1345), bishop of Durham (1333-1345), sold to him (see the inscription below).The Benedictine abbey of St Albans, bought by Michael, abbot of St. Albans (1334-1349), in 1345 from the executors ofRichard de Bury:

• Table of English kings with twelve portraits, including those of William the Conqueror and Richard II., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William ofYork, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of

• The first inscription recording that the book was commissioned by Simon, abbot of St. Albans (1167-1183), 'Hunc librum fecit domnus Symon abbas s[an]c[t]o Albano, que[m] qui ei abstule/rit', aut frande[m] commiserit, aut titulu[m] deleverit vel corup[er]it; anathema sit'; with a list of contents reading 'Policraticon / Metalogicon / Enteticus Joh[ann]is Sarisbi[r]ens[is]', and second is note recording that in 1345 the manuscript was bought by Michael, abbot of St. Albans, from the executors of Richard de Bury, bishop of Durham, reading 'Hu[n]c libru[m] venditu[m] d[omi]no Ric[ard]o de Biry ep[iscop]o Dunelm[ensi] emit / Michael abbas s[anct]i Albani ab executorib[us] p[re]d[ic]ti ep[iscop]i anno / d[omi]ni Mlill[esim]o CCCmoXLVto circa purificat[i]o[n]em b[eat]e V[ir]ginis.', Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

(f. 7v). Richard [Aungerville] de Bury (1287-1345), bishop of Durham (1333-1345), sold to him (see the inscription below).The Benedictine abbey of St Albans, bought by Michael, abbot of St. Albans (1334-1349), in 1345 from the executors ofRichard de Bury:

• null, Château d'Amour, called 'The Myrour of Lewed Men' (translated into English)

(£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. Flourished initials Robert Grosseteste York England, N. E.? (York)

• Illuminated initial 'C'(upientes) at the beginning of the prologue., Sententiarum libri IV

the college of St. John of Beverly; a copy of a charter of Thoms the Norman, Provost of Beverly on the same subject, with the confirmation of Thurstan, bishop ofYork (1114-1140); a copy of a charter of Thurstinus Provost

• Foliate initial 'S' at the beginning of s space left for the word 'Samaritanus', at the beginning of book 4., Sententiarum libri IV

the college of St. John of Beverly; a copy of a charter of Thoms the Norman, Provost of Beverly on the same subject, with the confirmation of Thurstan, bishop ofYork (1114-1140); a copy of a charter of Thurstinus Provost

• The arms of the guild of barber-surgeons of the city of York., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

arms of the guild of barber-surgeons of the city ofYork. 15 large miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of

• Coloured initials., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

(f. i); obits of abbots (e.g., f. 125v) and other entries related to the abbey of St Albans, added in the margins, e.g. 'In inventio sancti Albani et rege Offa' (f. 23), a note of the dedication of St Albans

• Marginal drawing of a spear and a crown., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

of a spear and a crown. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic, dean of St Paul's, London (1180-1199/1200):Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, written in a different hand that the rest

• Table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

Table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic, dean of St Paul's,

• Marginal drawings of swords and a spear., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

drawings of swords and a spear. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic, dean of St Paul's, London (1180-1199/1200):Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, written in a different hand that the rest of

• Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic, dean

• Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic, dean

• Illuminated initial 'S'(elon), with a full border including an added white rose of York and the closed fetterlock in the lower border., La cité des dames

née Cecily Neville], duchess ofYork (b. 1415, d. 1495), Yorkist matriarch, and/or her husband RichardofYork, 3rd duke ofYork (b. 1411, d.1460), regent of France in 1436 and 1441-1445: includes the Yorkists badges of the white rose

• Flourished initials, in the Register book of the Archbishop of York., Register book of the Archbishop of York

Flourished initials, in the Register book of the Archbishop ofYork. Large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Register book of the Archbishop ofYork Inscribed 'Regestum Archiep. Eborac. FN', and 'Histor. Eborac vol.

• Inscription recording that the book was purchased by Roger de Fulton, archdeacon of Lincoln, from Galfridus, in presence of Robert de Lee, John de Lirling, Richard de Luda, and Henry, vicar of North Elkington, Lincolnshire, brother of Galfridus, reading 'Iste liber sententia[rum] est liber mag[i]s[tr]i / Rog[er]I archid[iacon]i lincoln[ensis] quem emit / a Galfrido fr[atr]e henrici vicarii / de Northelkinton presentibus mag[ist]ro Rob[er]to / de Lee, mag[ist]ro Joh[an]e de Lirling, Ric[ardo] de / Luda cl[er]ico, Ric[ardo] clemosinario (?), d[i]c[t]o h. vicario / et dic[t]o suo, et aliis'; and another inscription stating that the book was given to the Benedictine abbey of St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. Oswald, Bardney, Lincolnshire, by Roger de Fulton, reading 'p[re]dict[us] v[ero] archidiacon[us] p[re]dic[tu]m lib[rum] dedit d[e]o et s[anc]to Oswaldo / et abb[a]ti et conventui de Barden[ey].', Sententiarum libri IV

the college of St. John of Beverly; a copy of a charter of Thoms the Norman, Provost of Beverly on the same subject, with the confirmation of Thurstan, bishop ofYork (1114-1140); a copy of a charter of Thurstinus Provost

• Miniature of a bust of Henry VIII., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

in black and red (f. 54). Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons ofYork, including its ordinances The Guild of the Barber Surgeons ofYork, made in 1486: inscription, a later copy of an earlier colophon (f. 5); its arms,