• Historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of Matthew, with an evangelist portrait of a seated Matthew writing., Bible, with table of readings (ff. 1-2v), Calendar for Dominican use (ff. 3v-4v), Jerome's prefatory letters (ff. 5-7v), and the Interpretationes nominum Hebreorum (ff. 443-483)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3).Purchased by the British Museum

• Decorated initials 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Titus and of Philemon., Bible, with table of readings (ff. 1-2v), Calendar for Dominican use (ff. 3v-4v), Jerome's prefatory letters (ff. 5-7v), and the Interpretationes nominum Hebreorum (ff. 443-483)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 3).Purchased by the British Museum

• 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

name of an 18th-century owner(? John Baker) has been deleted (f. 2). Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller: his 1838 catalogue, No. 438*; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d. 1872), baronet, collector of books

• 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

name of an 18th-century owner(? John Baker) has been deleted (f. 2). Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller: his 1838 catalogue, No. 438*; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d. 1872), baronet, collector of books

• 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

name of an 18th-century owner(? John Baker) has been deleted (f. 2). Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller: his 1838 catalogue, No. 438*; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d. 1872), baronet, collector of books

• 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

name of an 18th-century owner(? John Baker) has been deleted (f. 2). Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller: his 1838 catalogue, No. 438*; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d. 1872), baronet, collector of books

• 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

name of an 18th-century owner(? John Baker) has been deleted (f. 2). Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller: his 1838 catalogue, No. 438*; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d. 1872), baronet, collector of books

• 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

name of an 18th-century owner(? John Baker) has been deleted (f. 2). Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller: his 1838 catalogue, No. 438*; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d. 1872), baronet, collector of books

• 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

name of an 18th-century owner(? John Baker) has been deleted (f. 2). Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller: his 1838 catalogue, No. 438*; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d. 1872), baronet, collector of books

• 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

name of an 18th-century owner(? John Baker) has been deleted (f. 2). Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller: his 1838 catalogue, No. 438*; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d. 1872), baronet, collector of books