• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) with Matthew's symbol of a winged man, and decorated initial 'M' for the prologue, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, imperfect, with table of contents (ff. 1v-2), liturgical calendar (ff. 423-424), and sermon notes between the Old and New Testaments, (ff. 425-429v) and lections (f. 534r-v)

Rogeri Benett monochi ecclesie christi cant[uarie]' (f. ii verso).Thomas Dorman: 16th-century inscription: 'Thome Dormani Liber' (f. 2). ? John Beeching, 16th-century inscription: 'John Bechyng' (f. 534v).17th-century inscription: 'W.A. S. M. D.' (f. 3).Sir W. Knatchbull: bought from Knatschbull on 9

• Historiated initial with John preaching at the beginning of John's Gospel., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

initial with John preaching at the beginning of John's Gospel. Chapters start on a new line. List of Bible books (f. 226v). Texts for the liturgy between the Psalms and Proverbs: excerpt from a missal with 'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking

• Detail of a foliate initial 'B'(estiarium), at the beginning of the text., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

Andrew, Rochester: inscribed, 'Liber de claustro Roffens[i] R. precentoris', 14th century (f. 3). Brother John of Malling, returned by him, probably to be identified with John Malling excommunicated as apostate and thief in 1387 (see Warner and Gilson, 1921): inscribed,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'L'(iber) of Matthew holding a book, with a dragon under his feet, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names

the beginning of Psalms 1 and 109 (ff. 176, 190), of evangelist portraits at the beginning of Matthew, Mark and John (ff. 310, 320, 336), and of Paul and a Roman (?), at the beginning of Romans (f. 352). Numerous

• Marginal drawings of three inverted shields with the arms of the French crusaders killed at Gaza: Dareines, Henry II, count de Bar, and John de Barres, with the inverted banners of the Hospitaliers and Templars; and two drawings of inverted arms of John de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, and William, earl of Warenne., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

killed at Gaza: Dareines, Henry II, count de Bar, and John de Barres, with the inverted banners of the Hospitaliers and Templars; and two drawings of inverted arms of John de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, and William, earl of Warenne.

• Detail of a marginal drawings of swords with the inverted arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem, indicating his death, and an inverted mitre and crosier referring to the death of Richard II, bishop of Durham., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

inverted arms of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem, indicating his death, and an inverted mitre and crosier referring to the death of Richard II, bishop of Durham. Includes two autograph copies of works

• Marginal drawing of an inverted bishops' mitre and a broken crosier, referring to the quashed election of John Blund as the archbishop of Canterbury, and a drawing of an upright mitre and crosier indicating the election of Edmund of Abingdon, with a Manus Dei above., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

a broken crosier, referring to the quashed election of John Blund as the archbishop of Canterbury, and a drawing of an upright mitre and crosier indicating the election of Edmund of Abingdon, with a Manus Dei above. Includes two autograph

• Pen-flourished initial 'C'(um), 'B'(ritannia), and 'E'(neas), at the beginning of the Historia regum Britanniae, with the name of 'Lumley' in the lower margin., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a cross., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a cross., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Text page with a marginal drawing of two mitres., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Detail of a marginal drawing of two mitres., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a church., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Text page with a marginal drawing of a crown, above an inscription reading 'Etheldredus'., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a crown, above an inscription reading 'Etheldredus'., Historia regum Britanniae, Historia Britonum, Visio Thurkilli, Gesta regum Anglorum and Historia Novella, De genealogia regum Anglorum, Gesta pontificum Anglorum

14th century (f. 1*v); a note stating that the book was lost and returned to the abbey by diligence of John de Whethamstede, abbot of St Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464], inscribed 'Hic est liber qui p[er] quoru[n]dam negligencia[m] / fuerat

• Historiated initial 'F'(ecit) of a mermaid and an archer shooting at an owl, at the beginning of Esdras 2., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 42.Charles

• Historiated initials 'O' and 'D' of a man with a sword and the fool before God, respectively, on a text page., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

lot 336, bought by Quaritch for £250 (noted by Sydney Cockerell on note pasted to 1st flyleaf, 15 July 1912). John Ruskin, art critic (b. 1819, d. 1900): his collection (see J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a

• Historiated initial 'E' of a group of mailed warriors attacking a fallen horseman before a city gate., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

lot 336, bought by Quaritch for £250 (noted by Sydney Cockerell on note pasted to 1st flyleaf, 15 July 1912). John Ruskin, art critic (b. 1819, d. 1900): his collection (see J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of Elkanah and Hannah praying before an altar, at the beginning of Kings 1 (Samuel 1)., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 42.Charles