• Decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Hymns for the vigils of the Ascension ('Eterne rex altissime'), Katherine ('Disputando vicit virgo'), and Nicholas ('Sospitate dedit egros')

include various last quarter of the 14th-century and 15th-century events, including a note of the marriage of Anne of Bohemia to Richard II, 20 Jan. [1382], the days on which Easter fell in various years ofRichard II and Henry

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

Ownership inscriptions of monks of St. Mary, York. Large decorated initials in green, red, or both colours. Epistolae ex Ponto Written in Northumbria, possibly at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary, York, according to Lawrence 1994 p. 466 and Lawrence-Mathers

• Decorated initial 'P'(astoralis) at the beginning of Gregory the Great's Liber pastoralis., Regula pastorali

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

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

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Decorated initial 'I'(llic) in the form of a naked blue man., De planctu naturae

Decorated initial 'I'(llic) in the form of a naked blue man. ff. 35v-36 is a 13th-century copy of a poem on the nature of the world. 1 partial border made up of text on coloured background and penwork decoration (f.

• Decorated initial 'T'(ercia) and coloured initials in a fragment from Gratian's Decretal., Decretal, fragment (Part II, Causæ xii-xvi)

d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• 'Champ' initial with foliate feathering at the beginning of the text., The Brut Chronicle (the common version to 1377), imperfect to the year 1356

1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham

• Inhabited initial 'I'(n principio) with lions, at the beginning of Diatessaron., Diatessaron (or Unum ex quatuor), with glosses

Added inscription mentioning Richard I [called Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart] (b. 1157, d.1199), king of England, duke of Normandy and of Aquitaine: 'Ric[ar]d[us] Rex Anglie dux normannie, Comes andigavie o[mn]ib[us] sibi subicis salt.', end of the 12th

• Text page., Diatessaron (or Unum ex quatuor), with glosses

Added inscription mentioning Richard I [called Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart] (b. 1157, d.1199), king of England, duke of Normandy and of Aquitaine: 'Ric[ar]d[us] Rex Anglie dux normannie, Comes andigavie o[mn]ib[us] sibi subicis salt.', end of the 12th

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(mmonius) formed of a dragon, at the beginning of the letter of Eusebius to Carpianus; and a foliate initial 'V'(idi)., Diatessaron (or Unum ex quatuor), with glosses

Added inscription mentioning Richard I [called Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart] (b. 1157, d.1199), king of England, duke of Normandy and of Aquitaine: 'Ric[ar]d[us] Rex Anglie dux normannie, Comes andigavie o[mn]ib[us] sibi subicis salt.', end of the 12th

• Text page with initial 'P'(ROVIDE) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the edict of King Alaric., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

(abridgement of the last five books) The Convent of Austin Friars, York: in the catalogue of 1372 (Dublin, Trinity College MS 359, ff. 5-48) no. 460.John Erghome, prior ofYork (c.1385): an erased inscription in the upper margin of the

• Text page with 'P'(lerumque) with penwork decoration., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

(abridgement of the last five books) The Convent of Austin Friars, York: in the catalogue of 1372 (Dublin, Trinity College MS 359, ff. 5-48) no. 460.John Erghome, prior ofYork (c.1385): an erased inscription in the upper margin of the

• Text page with initial 'Q'(ui) with penwork decoration., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

(abridgement of the last five books) The Convent of Austin Friars, York: in the catalogue of 1372 (Dublin, Trinity College MS 359, ff. 5-48) no. 460.John Erghome, prior ofYork (c.1385): an erased inscription in the upper margin of the

• Text page with quire number in arabic numerals written backwards: '610' for 16., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

(abridgement of the last five books) The Convent of Austin Friars, York: in the catalogue of 1372 (Dublin, Trinity College MS 359, ff. 5-48) no. 460.John Erghome, prior ofYork (c.1385): an erased inscription in the upper margin of the

• Text page with puzzle initial 'P'(ropositi) with penwork decoration and rubric added in a later cursive script ., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

(abridgement of the last five books) The Convent of Austin Friars, York: in the catalogue of 1372 (Dublin, Trinity College MS 359, ff. 5-48) no. 460.John Erghome, prior ofYork (c.1385): an erased inscription in the upper margin of the

• null, Epistolae ex Ponto

p(r)aying yow to send me ye questions of albart. [i.e. Albertus Magnus, Quaestiones de animalibus?] By yo(ur) l[oner dai??] Thoma(s) hossom [/ hopson?]’ (f. 47v).Successive monks of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary, York: over an erasure, in a formal

• null, Epistolae ex Ponto

p(r)aying yow to send me ye questions of albart. [i.e. Albertus Magnus, Quaestiones de animalibus?] By yo(ur) l[oner dai??] Thoma(s) hossom [/ hopson?]’ (f. 47v).Successive monks of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary, York: over an erasure, in a formal

• null, Epistolae ex Ponto

p(r)aying yow to send me ye questions of albart. [i.e. Albertus Magnus, Quaestiones de animalibus?] By yo(ur) l[oner dai??] Thoma(s) hossom [/ hopson?]’ (f. 47v).Successive monks of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary, York: over an erasure, in a formal

• Historiated initial 'C' of a monk swinging a censer over the coffin of Gille, first wife of Rollo, first duke of Normandy., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

over the coffin of Gille, the first wife of Rollo, first duke of Normandy, men swearing allegiance to William of Normandy, Richard the Fearless becoming duke of Normandy, Richard riding towards a group of monks, Richard II, Richard II and

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C' of a monk swinging a censer over the coffin of Gille, first wife of Rollo, first duke of Normandy., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

over the coffin of Gille, the first wife of Rollo, first duke of Normandy, men swearing allegiance to William of Normandy, Richard the Fearless becoming duke of Normandy, Richard riding towards a group of monks, Richard II, Richard II and