• Illuminated initial 'P'(rima) at the beginning of book 11., Sanctilogium

bifolium signatures, and correction signs at the end of the quires. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold of the author portrait, with a partial border containing two fighting men, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 2). Foliate initials

• Inscription recording that the manuscript was given by John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans to the priory of Redburn, reading, 'Hunc librum providit venerabilis / pater dompnus Ioh[ann]es Wheth[a]mstede / abbas monasterii s[an]c[t]i Albani sacre theo/logie professor prioratui Redburne et / monachis ibidem cursum capientib[us]/ quem qui alienaverit anathema sit'; with the title 'Sacrilogiu[m] guidonis abb[at]is sive / speculu[m] leganda[rum].', Sanctilogium

the title 'Sacrilogiu[m] guidonis abb[at]is sive / speculu[m] leganda[rum].' Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and correction signs at the end of the quires. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold of the author portrait, with a partial border containing two fighting men,

• Pen-flourished initial 'H'(ora est)., Sermons (Sermones dominicales), with a table of sermons listed alphabetically by subject (ff. 191-194), imperfect at the beginning and the end

a parchment flyleaf.According to the Harley Catalogue, several quires are missing at the end. Large initials in red with brown pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red. Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red. Capitals marked in red. Sermons (Sermones dominicales), with a

• Detail of a partial foliate border with a coat of arms., Pentateuch (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch')

arms. Ruling is visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Quires start with flesh side. On the dating, see Pasternak, 2009. 5 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold accompanied by partial foliate borders at the beginnings of the

• Detail: initial-word panel decorated with a mask and pen-flourishing inhabited by a deer., Pentateuch (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch')

a deer. Ruling is visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Quires start with flesh side. On the dating, see Pasternak, 2009. 5 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold accompanied by partial foliate borders at the beginnings of

• Detail: marginal drawing of a rabbit., Pentateuch (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch')

visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Quires start with flesh side. On the dating, see Pasternak, 2009. 5 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold accompanied by partial foliate borders at the beginnings of the books (ff. 1,

• Initial 'S'(ixtus) with foliate motifs., Martyrology for the period from 6 August to 6 February (ff. 1-167); Passion of Catherine of Alexandria (ff. 168-171v), imperfect

margin of f. 1.Some initials have been excised; numerous parchment repairs.Catchwords; uncrossed tironian ets. and occasionally ampersands. 16 leaves (2 quires) lost between ff. 23-24; leaves lost after f. 171v.This manuscript is probably a companion volume to Harley 4896. 1

• Puzzle initial 'I' (n primordio) with pen-flourishing (including 'J-border') at the beginning of the text. Ownership inscription cut out in the lower margin (possibly of Lord William Howard)., Historical chronicle (until 1258)

Puzzle initial 'I' (n primordio) with pen-flourishing (including 'J-border') at the beginning of the text. Ownership inscription cut out in the lower margin (possibly of Lord William Howard). Includes a table of contents (ff. 1-6), lists of Roman dioceses

• Diagram charting rainfall., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

the verso of the last leaf of the quires). A thread used to hold a missing parchment disc in place for working with one circular diagram remains in the manuscript (f. 37). 7 diagrams or maps in brown ink (ff.

• Diagram of a mappa mundi., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

(on the verso of the last leaf of the quires). A thread used to hold a missing parchment disc in place for working with one circular diagram remains in the manuscript (f. 37). 7 diagrams or maps in brown ink

• Detail of added historiated initial in the margin., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• In the lower margin is an added historiated initial 'D' of God in a cloud throwing down arrows at men with swords, shields, and axes cut from an early 13th-century Magna Glossatura, pasted into the lower margin., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Detail of historiated initial 'S' with the Crucifixion., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Illuminated border with foliate decoration and animal faces, and initial ''T'(he) at the beginning of Psalm 26 (27)., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Detail of illuminated initial., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Historiated initial 'T'(he) of the tetramorph, a standing figure with the four heads of the symbols of the Evangelists of a man, an ox, an eagle, and a lion, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Detail of a historiated initial of the tetramorph with the heads of the symbols of the Four Evangelists, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Illuminated initial 'M'(ark) and border., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Added page of a large historiated and illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with a tree of Jesse, roundels or half-roundels of the six days of Creation, mounted animals jousting, and David with a slingshot and Goliath, with heraldic arms in the left margin, inserted before the beginning of the New Testament., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnipotens) combined with a partial border with acanthus leaves, flowers and foliate feathering at the beginning of a prayer to God the Father., Prayer book

at the beginning of a prayer to God the Father. ff. 1-6v and ff. 51-56v are quires from the sanctoral of an English 14th-century liturgical manuscript (255 x 170 (195 x 135), in 2 columns), with coloured initials in red