• Detail of historiated 'KL' letters of a man with a thresher., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Detail of a miniature of Libra., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Detail of historiated 'KL' letters of a man holding an axe above two pigs, Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Detail of a miniature of Sagittarius., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Detail of illuminated initial 'A'(doro) at the beginning of a prayer for Holy week., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Zoomorphic initial formed of a dragon and foliage. The inscription in reddish ink in the lower margin states that it is from Glastonbury Abbey, and names 'Robertus Wottone', one of its monks., Homiliary

or green. Homiliary The Benedictine abbey of St Mary, Glastonbury, Somerset: probably listed in its 1247/48 catalogue, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); 16th-century inscription 'Ex Abbatia Glasconiensis nam scripseret quidem folio finali: Roberto Wottone M. Glasconis (f. 1);

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost), with later underlining and marginal notations., Homiliary

or green. Homiliary The Benedictine abbey of St Mary, Glastonbury, Somerset: probably listed in its 1247/48 catalogue, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); 16th-century inscription 'Ex Abbatia Glasconiensis nam scripseret quidem folio finali: Roberto Wottone M. Glasconis (f. 1);

• Coloured drawing of king William the Conqueror., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

c. 1639-1643 The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century? (f. 144v), with inscriptions in Latin in a different hand (f.

• Coloured drawing of knights with heraldic banners, one of them giving a sealed letter to the group to the right., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

c. 1639-1643 The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century? (f. 144v), with inscriptions in Latin in a different hand (f.

• Decorated initials 'Q'(uattuor) and 'B'(ello) with penwork decoration, preceded and followed by display script. Rough sketch of the initial 'B' in the lower margin and ownership inscription in the upper margin., De excidio Judeorum

9th or 10th-century manuscript and f. 92 is a fragment of a leaf from a late 14th- or early 15th-century English manuscript.In the lower margin of f. 1 is a large sketch of the initial 'B'. Catchwords. Guide script for

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., De diversis materiis predicabilibus distinctis in septem partibus secundum septem dona Spiritus, imperfect

f. 58. f. 143v is blank but no text is missing.Ending with a list of contents written in an earlier English hand (2nd half of the 13th century), and therefore may have been taken from an earlier manuscript of the

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1 of David holding a book with standing men behind him, and below, musicians and a devil. Above the initial is a bust of Christ and the four symbols of the Evangelists Below the initial are two lines of text that are now only visible in raking light., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Illuminated initial 'A'(doro) at the beginning of a prayer for Holy week., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Initial 'N'(aso) and inscription of Roger Twysden, at the beginning of Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Ownership inscriptions of monks of St. Mary, York., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Decorated initial 'R'(edditus) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Text page in a decorated frame., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Text page in a decorated frame., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Text page in a decorated frame., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).