• Coloured initial 'D'(anielem) at the beginning of Jerome's 'Commentary on the Prophet Daniel' with the title 'The prologue of St Jerome, Exposition on the Prophet Daniel'., Theological miscellany (contents listed in Notes)

S. Guthlaci (incomplete); Ambrose, De obseruantia episcoporum, De misteriis, De sacramentis and De utilitate; John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai (prologue); Translatio S. Nicholai (1087 to Bari); John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai; Miracula S. Nicholai Large initial in red with penwork

• Coloured initial 'A'(nno)., Theological miscellany (contents listed in Notes)

S. Guthlaci (incomplete); Ambrose, De obseruantia episcoporum, De misteriis, De sacramentis and De utilitate; John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai (prologue); Translatio S. Nicholai (1087 to Bari); John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai; Miracula S. Nicholai Large initial in red with penwork

• Coloured initial 'B'(eatis) at the beginning of the Life of Nicholas of Myra (or Bari)., Theological miscellany (contents listed in Notes)

S. Guthlaci (incomplete); Ambrose, De obseruantia episcoporum, De misteriis, De sacramentis and De utilitate; John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai (prologue); Translatio S. Nicholai (1087 to Bari); John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai; Miracula S. Nicholai Large initial in red with penwork

• Coloured initial 'O'(mnipotentis) at the beginning of the prologue written by the 11th-century abbot of Thorney, Fulcard, to his the lives of the anchorites Thancred, Torhtred and Tova, which he presented to Bishop Walcelin of Winchester. Their veneration seems to have been limited to Thorney and its dependent house, Deeping., Theological miscellany (contents listed in Notes)

S. Guthlaci (incomplete); Ambrose, De obseruantia episcoporum, De misteriis, De sacramentis and De utilitate; John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai (prologue); Translatio S. Nicholai (1087 to Bari); John Diaconus, Vita S. Nicholai; Miracula S. Nicholai Large initial in red with penwork

• Decorated initial with a hybrid creature and foliage., Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John

colour (f. 136v). Small initials in brown or red. Rubrics in red. Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John The first leaf of this manuscript is bound in Harley 5958, f. 87. In the lower margin

• Decorated initial 'P'(raeterea)., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley on 5 November 1723.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford

• Decorated initial 'A'(sia), at the beginning of the entry for Asia., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 167.Charles

• Initial 'I'(n) with penwork decoration at the beginning of John. In the upper margin an inscription in the hand of Sir Simonds D'Ewes., Gospel of John, with gloss

of John. In the upper margin an inscription in the hand of Sir Simonds D'Ewes. Crossed tironian ets. Large and smaller initials in red (ff. 1-2v), two with penwork decoration in brown ink (ff. 1v, 2v). Gospel of John, with

• Miniature of the Martyrdom of John the Baptist and the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, as part of a cycle of Christological images., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

the Martyrdom of John the Baptist and the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, as part of a cycle of Christological images. The Veronica image is the earliest in Western art, according to Lewis 1987 p. 127.This is the earliest

• Decorated initial 'I'(nitium) with animal heads and interlace at the beginning of Mark., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

designed 'E': see Marsden 1999 p. 290 and n. 25. 2 full page miniatures of Evangelist portraits of Mark and John (ff. 45v, 78v). Canon tables in frames in brown and yellow, some with animal heads (ff. 3v-7). 4 very

• Woodcut of John holding a chalice., Collection of Scottish poetry

of John holding a chalice. 9 large (ff. 5v, 116v, 125v, 187, 189v, 193v, 198v, 208v, 213v [the same as on f. 193v]) and 8 small (ff. 178v, 182, 183, 183v, 185, 188v, 190v, 204v) woodcuts of the 15th century,

• Miniature of pelicans., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 167.Charles

• Detail of a miniature of pelicans., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 167.Charles

• Miniature of a nycticorax (a bird)., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 167.Charles

• Detail of a miniature of a nycticorax (a bird)., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 167.Charles

• Miniature of a phoenix gathering leaves, and of a phoenix in flame, at the beginning of the entry for phoenix., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 167.Charles

• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix gathering leaves, and of a phoenix in flame, at the beginning of the entry for phoenix., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 167.Charles

• Text page with text relating to the phoenix., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 167.Charles

• Text page with text relating to the dragon., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 167.Charles

• Miniature of an elephant with a dragon on its back., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6557.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 167.Charles