• Detail of historiated initial of Luke with an ox's head., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought

• Text page from Annals for the years 1041 to 1080, with a list of emperors and kings., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Decorated initial 'V'(erba) containing a bird amidst foliage. The series of marks like the letter 's' in the margins are placed to the right of biblical quotations. At the extreme lower edge is a guide to the rubricator, but the rubric was never supplied, perhaps because the artist did not leave sufficient space., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

note on the contents, beginning 'Liber sancti edmundi in quo continentur', c. 1375 (f. 1).? Possibly notes of 'the librarian', John of Boston 'Boston Buriensis', a monk of Bury St Edmunds (said to have fl. c. 1410) (ff. 1, 159);

• Puzzle initial 'D'(e) at the beginning of Bede's De temporibus, preceded by a list of its chapters and an added ownership inscription dated 1578., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Decorated border around a concordance of the months of the year in which the equivalent hours are of equal length; for example, in February and November, the 1st and 11th hours are of equal length., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Diagram of the Sun (Sol), Moon (luna) and Earth (Terra); with captions of the distances between them; and the known planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Diagram of the five zones of the earth, with the uninhabitably cold Arctic and Antarctic zones bounding three temperate, habitable, zones., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Table in a micro-architectural frame of differing systems of recording time., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Text from an Annals for the years 1121 to 1165: the central columns contain calendrical material, including the year 'anno domini' (A.D.) with notes on emperors and kings to the left; and popes, archbishops, bishops, abbots, and saints to the right., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• After readings for the Temporal, Sanctoral, and the Common of Saints are (in the lower right-hand corner) readings for the ordination of deacons, priests, and bishops: these ordinations would be performed by an archbishop, further evidence that this manuscript was written for use at Canterbury, not Dover., 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 'O'(mnis) with a seated haloed figure, at the beginning of Ecclesiasticus., Bible, with the Psalms and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names, imperfect

435, 443, 444v, 445v, 446v, 447v, 448, 449v, 450v, 451, 454v, 467v, 470, 471, 472v (3), 473v); Matthew, Mark and John are represented by their symbols, Luke's symbol occurs at the beginning of the Acts and not his Gospel. Numerous

• Historiated illuminated initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51, of Doeg slaying the priests of Nob with swords, and in the lower margin, David holding a slingshot and a scroll, about to kill Goliath in the descender of the initial, which consists of a dragon's body and tail., Psalter, with calendar, ending imperfectly

of Bishop Ranulf on 15 September (f. 8); and of the precentor's father John on 24 April (f. 5v), and mother Avicia on 26 September (f. 8).? John Howard (? d. 1426) and his wife Alice Tendring: erased 15th-century inscription

• The calendar is laid out with four months per page. The presence of the feast of the Dedication of St. Martin's Priory, Dover ('Dedicatio ecclesie sancti Martini de Dovor.', 19 October, lower left of folio) has previously been taken to suggest an origin there; but this entry is not written in red, and has no liturgical grading, suggesting that it was a minor feast., 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

• Miniature of Aries (the ram), Gemini (the twins), Taurus (the bull), and Cancer (the crab), in Bede's De temporibus., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

Watson). John Blaxton, 1578: inscription 'Sum gulielmi Wooddi Bosburiensis [Bosbury, Herefordshire, about 20 miles from Dore] 1578/ Olim Johnnis Blaxtoni')(f. 3).William Wood, 1578: above-cited inscription.Notes of contents in a late 16th-century hand, (ff. 1v-3).The name of an 18th-century owner(? John

• Illuminated 'KL' letters in a calendar page for September with foliate decoration, and in the margin roundels of the occupation of the month of a man picking fruit, and the zodiac sign, Libra, the scales. About half-way down the page is an added inscription in black ink recording the death of Ranulf, bishop of Chichester, and about ten lines lower down, another inscription recording the death of Avicia, mother of precentor 'E' of Chichester., Psalter, with calendar, ending imperfectly

of Bishop Ranulf on 15 September (f. 8); and of the precentor's father John on 24 April (f. 5v), and mother Avicia on 26 September (f. 8).? John Howard (? d. 1426) and his wife Alice Tendring: erased 15th-century inscription

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1 in a full border, with medallions in the corners of personifications of Church and Synagoge in the upper medallions, and two standing men in the lower medallions, perhaps Paul and a prophet, and in the centre of side borders mandorlas with David playing a harp and a musician playing a fiddle. Within the border are numerous animals, and around the letter are many figures including the symbols of the Evangelists in the corners, standing prophets holding scrolls, a standing man in armour holding a spear and shield with a smaller man below in a conical hat, possibly Goliath and David, together with another musician, various entertainments including a knife-juggler and a bear-baiter, and animals and birds within foliage., Psalter, with calendar, ending imperfectly

of Bishop Ranulf on 15 September (f. 8); and of the precentor's father John on 24 April (f. 5v), and mother Avicia on 26 September (f. 8).? John Howard (? d. 1426) and his wife Alice Tendring: erased 15th-century inscription

• Historiated illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) at the beginning of Psalm 52, of the Devil tempting Christ, with Christ dropping the stones, which the Devil has tried to provoke Christ to turn into loaves of bread, and in the ascender of the initial, three hares and a dragon., Psalter, with calendar, ending imperfectly

of Bishop Ranulf on 15 September (f. 8); and of the precentor's father John on 24 April (f. 5v), and mother Avicia on 26 September (f. 8).? John Howard (? d. 1426) and his wife Alice Tendring: erased 15th-century inscription

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) depicting Jerome and Damasus (above), and Jerome and Ambrose (below), with the ownership inscriptions of Abbot Robert de Bello at the top of the page and under the feet of the peacock., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) depiciting a Tree of Jesse, at the start of Matthew; the prologue has a smaller historiated initial 'M'(atheus) depicting two male figures., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought