• Solmisation (or solfaing) table explaining the Gamut, i.e. all the recognized notes used in medieval music., Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by Walter Map (ff. 68v-74v), goliardic satires and songs (ff. 75-107), and the 'Song of Lewes' (ff. 107-114).

foliation (see Provenance).Musical notation on staves (ff. 2-15).Texts below top line.Contents include: Middle English lyric 'Sumer is icumen in' (f. 11v), the earliest known example of English polyphony;Pseudo-Aristotle, Epistula ad Alexandrum Magnum (from the Secretum Secretorum; ff. 22-23 and 35v-36v);A

• Calendar with prognostications and references to the death of Benedictine abbots from Reading abbey., Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by Walter Map (ff. 68v-74v), goliardic satires and songs (ff. 75-107), and the 'Song of Lewes' (ff. 107-114).

foliation (see Provenance).Musical notation on staves (ff. 2-15).Texts below top line.Contents include: Middle English lyric 'Sumer is icumen in' (f. 11v), the earliest known example of English polyphony;Pseudo-Aristotle, Epistula ad Alexandrum Magnum (from the Secretum Secretorum; ff. 22-23 and 35v-36v);A

• Coloured initial at the beginning of Goliardic verses in Latin, Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by Walter Map (ff. 68v-74v), goliardic satires and songs (ff. 75-107), and the 'Song of Lewes' (ff. 107-114).

foliation (see Provenance).Musical notation on staves (ff. 2-15).Texts below top line.Contents include: Middle English lyric 'Sumer is icumen in' (f. 11v), the earliest known example of English polyphony;Pseudo-Aristotle, Epistula ad Alexandrum Magnum (from the Secretum Secretorum; ff. 22-23 and 35v-36v);A

• Musical notation for the Latin song 'Samson dux fortissime'., Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by Walter Map (ff. 68v-74v), goliardic satires and songs (ff. 75-107), and the 'Song of Lewes' (ff. 107-114).

foliation (see Provenance).Musical notation on staves (ff. 2-15).Texts below top line.Contents include: Middle English lyric 'Sumer is icumen in' (f. 11v), the earliest known example of English polyphony;Pseudo-Aristotle, Epistula ad Alexandrum Magnum (from the Secretum Secretorum; ff. 22-23 and 35v-36v);A

• Musical notation., Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by Walter Map (ff. 68v-74v), goliardic satires and songs (ff. 75-107), and the 'Song of Lewes' (ff. 107-114).

foliation (see Provenance).Musical notation on staves (ff. 2-15).Texts below top line.Contents include: Middle English lyric 'Sumer is icumen in' (f. 11v), the earliest known example of English polyphony;Pseudo-Aristotle, Epistula ad Alexandrum Magnum (from the Secretum Secretorum; ff. 22-23 and 35v-36v);A

• Calendar with prognostications and references to abbots' deaths., Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by Walter Map (ff. 68v-74v), goliardic satires and songs (ff. 75-107), and the 'Song of Lewes' (ff. 107-114).

foliation (see Provenance).Musical notation on staves (ff. 2-15).Texts below top line.Contents include: Middle English lyric 'Sumer is icumen in' (f. 11v), the earliest known example of English polyphony;Pseudo-Aristotle, Epistula ad Alexandrum Magnum (from the Secretum Secretorum; ff. 22-23 and 35v-36v);A

• Text page., Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by Walter Map (ff. 68v-74v), goliardic satires and songs (ff. 75-107), and the 'Song of Lewes' (ff. 107-114).

foliation (see Provenance).Musical notation on staves (ff. 2-15).Texts below top line.Contents include: Middle English lyric 'Sumer is icumen in' (f. 11v), the earliest known example of English polyphony;Pseudo-Aristotle, Epistula ad Alexandrum Magnum (from the Secretum Secretorum; ff. 22-23 and 35v-36v);A

• Musical notation on stave with stave-high coloured capitals., Musical, medical and literary miscellany, 'Sumer is icumen in', Fables and Lays of Marie de France (index Fables de Marie de France, Lais) (ff. 40-67v, 118-160), poems by Walter Map (ff. 68v-74v), goliardic satires and songs (ff. 75-107), and the 'Song of Lewes' (ff. 107-114).

foliation (see Provenance).Musical notation on staves (ff. 2-15).Texts below top line.Contents include: Middle English lyric 'Sumer is icumen in' (f. 11v), the earliest known example of English polyphony;Pseudo-Aristotle, Epistula ad Alexandrum Magnum (from the Secretum Secretorum; ff. 22-23 and 35v-36v);A

• Historiated initial 'L'(I empereres) of Justinian receiving plaintiffs, at the beginning of the Authenticum., Authenticum and Tres Libri

VIII (b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland: the monogram 'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 6).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): probably to be identified with 'Autentiques de emperour Justinian' in the inventory of books in

• Canon table with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Canon table with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Canon table with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Ownership inscription of Alice d'Avesnes, reading ' 'Ici comence en francoys la promiere collection en francois que len apele autentices e est a Alis de heynau / contesse de Norfolk et mareshale dangleterre file le conte Iohan de (hey[na]u) a qi la conte de Hollande et de Selande e la / signorie de frise eschey. / Pries pour le conte Rogier mareschal son signour e por lavant dite Alis e por le cinte Ioh[a]n son pere e por / la contesse phelippe sa mere e por mon[signour] Ioh[a]n de hastinges sire de bergeueny a qui le livre fu en aucun tens / e pour tous les amis e les amies a lavant dite Alis e por tous ceus a qui ele estoit tenue.', Authenticum and Tres Libri

VIII (b. 1491, d. 1547), king of England and Ireland: the monogram 'HR' [for Henricus Rex] (f. 6).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal library): probably to be identified with 'Autentiques de emperour Justinian' in the inventory of books in

• Detail of inscriptions., Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatio Sancti Patricii (ff. 73-88)

Detail of inscriptions. The English suggests a west Norfolk scribe, according to Roberts. Simple initials in red. Tables (ff. 106v, 107v-108, 110v, 112v). Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's

• Detail of marginal pointing finger., Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatio Sancti Patricii (ff. 73-88)

Detail of marginal pointing finger. The English suggests a west Norfolk scribe, according to Roberts. Simple initials in red. Tables (ff. 106v, 107v-108, 110v, 112v). Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishings at the beginning of a Life of the Virgin., Vita gloriose virginis (Life of the Virgin)(ff. 116-145v); Fifteen Joys of the Virgin (ff. 146-147v)

ruled and unwritten.f. 98* is a piece of parchment bound after f. 98 with liturgical annotations written in an English cursive hand.For a more detailed list of contents, see ~Catalogue~ 1808. Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the

• Coloured initial 'D'(icitur) at the beginning of St Patrick's Purgatory, with a pointing hand acting as a run-over symbol in the lower margin., Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatio Sancti Patricii (ff. 73-88)

run-over symbol in the lower margin. The English suggests a west Norfolk scribe, according to Roberts. Simple initials in red. Tables (ff. 106v, 107v-108, 110v, 112v). Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61);

• Inscription 'C.X' , the pressmark of Norwich cathedral lbrary, amidst miscellaneous inscriptions and pen-trials., Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatio Sancti Patricii (ff. 73-88)

lbrary, amidst miscellaneous inscriptions and pen-trials. The English suggests a west Norfolk scribe, according to Roberts. Simple initials in red. Tables (ff. 106v, 107v-108, 110v, 112v). Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61);

• Coloured initials., Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatio Sancti Patricii (ff. 73-88)

Coloured initials. The English suggests a west Norfolk scribe, according to Roberts. Simple initials in red. Tables (ff. 106v, 107v-108, 110v, 112v). Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De

• Coloured initial., Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatio Sancti Patricii (ff. 73-88)

Coloured initial. The English suggests a west Norfolk scribe, according to Roberts. Simple initials in red. Tables (ff. 106v, 107v-108, 110v, 112v). Devotional miscellany, including the Creed in English, a bestiary, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 41-61); Henry of Sawtrey's De