• Full page drawing of the Sacrifice of Isaac, with captions in Ashkenazi square script. Isaac is kneeling on the altar, Abraham is lifting the knife, but an angel prevents him from hurting his son by grabbing his knife. The same angel points to the ram caught in a bush on the left. Beneath, at the foot of the mountain, the two servants, the donkey and a dog are resting in a field., Commentary on the Pentateuch

§ 44.Moses Panzi of Ricanati: inscribed with his name, undated (f. 1).Inscriptions, partially illegible (16th century) (f. 481).Payne & Foss, London booksellers: purchased by the British Museum from them in 1844: inscribed (f. 481v). Sacrifice of Isaac Nathanael ben Nehemiah

• Full-page miniature of the menorah with caption in Ashkenazi square script., Commentary on the Pentateuch

§ 44.Moses Panzi of Ricanati: inscribed with his name, undated (f. 1).Inscriptions, partially illegible (16th century) (f. 481).Payne & Foss, London booksellers: purchased by the British Museum from them in 1844: inscribed (f. 481v). Menorah Nathanael ben Nehemiah Caspi Nathanael

• Miniature of the Holy Ark with two doves symbolizing the cherubs, the Tablet of Law, and the Altar, with captions in Ashkenazi square script., Commentary on the Pentateuch

§ 44.Moses Panzi of Ricanati: inscribed with his name, undated (f. 1).Inscriptions, partially illegible (16th century) (f. 481).Payne & Foss, London booksellers: purchased by the British Museum from them in 1844: inscribed (f. 481v). Temple implements Nathanael ben Nehemiah Caspi

• Miniature of the basin, the table, the table of showbread, plates and dishes for incense, the musical instruments and the cleansing instruments, with captions in Ashkenazi square script., Commentary on the Pentateuch

§ 44.Moses Panzi of Ricanati: inscribed with his name, undated (f. 1).Inscriptions, partially illegible (16th century) (f. 481).Payne & Foss, London booksellers: purchased by the British Museum from them in 1844: inscribed (f. 481v). Temple implements Nathanael ben Nehemiah Caspi

• Decorated initial with verse layout., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, ,1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6411.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Half-page miniature of the Roman army defeated at the Forche Caudine, with a decorated initial 'A'., 'Ab urbe condita', the first decade only

lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (front pastedown; see Wright 1972).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 176, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel (see Wright and Wright 1966;

• Text page., Leaf from Bracciolini's 'De infelicitate principum', cropped

the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS.

• Coloured initial 'C'., Leaf from a Commentary on Psalm 70

the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS.

• Coloured initial with penwork decoration., Leaf from Hrabanus's 'De Universo', Book XIII, chapters 6-10

the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS.

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from a Lectionary

the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d. 1467), barber-surgeon in London: his name on the upper margin of f. 25, originally f. 107 in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS.

• Text page., Collection of letters, documents and ordinances pertaining to the Cistercian abbey of Hailes, as well as some interspersed legal texts

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6563(?).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

• Text page., Collection of letters, documents and ordinances pertaining to the Cistercian abbey of Hailes, as well as some interspersed legal texts

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6563(?).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

• Initials 'U'(niu[er]sis) and 'P'(ateat) with pen-flourishing., Formulary, pertaining to the Cistercian abbey of Hailes, Gloucester, including dictaminal formulae

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6563(?).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

• Initials 'P'(ateat) and 'O'(mnibus) with pen-flourishing. This page includes two references to Hailes: 'R de M, rector eccl[esi]is de H[ailles?]' and another refers to 'abbas de Haill[es] Wygorn[iensis] dioc[ensis] ord[in]is Cyst[erciensis]'., Formulary, pertaining to the Cistercian abbey of Hailes, Gloucester, including dictaminal formulae

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6563(?).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

• Text page., Collection of letters, documents and ordinances pertaining to the Cistercian abbey of Hailes, as well as some interspersed legal texts

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6563(?).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

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

in red. Book of Hours, Use of Rome Christopher Bateman (fl. 1698, d. c. 1730), bookseller and book auctioneer in London (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer,

• Full page miniatures of the fortified town of York., Historical miscellany, including abridged versions of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britanniae' (index Gesta Britonum) in verse (404 verses) and in prose (ff. 46-48v), followed by a poem relating to the building of York (ff. 48v-55v), and copies of papal bulls and regal documents (ff. 55v-58v)

in colours of the arrival of Brutus to England, the slaying of giants, and the building of a city, possibly London (f. 30v), and of the fortified town of York (f. 45v). Initials in blue with penwork decoration in red,

• Text page., Historical miscellany, including abridged versions of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britanniae' (index Gesta Britonum) in verse (404 verses) and in prose (ff. 46-48v), followed by a poem relating to the building of York (ff. 48v-55v), and copies of papal bulls and regal documents (ff. 55v-58v)

in colours of the arrival of Brutus to England, the slaying of giants, and the building of a city, possibly London (f. 30v), and of the fortified town of York (f. 45v). Initials in blue with penwork decoration in red,

• Detail of decorated initial., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)(ff. 1-120v); Satires (ff. 122-142v)

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. 1v; its book-plate with the

• Puzzle initial 'G'(od) and a ciborium, in the Breviary., Breviary, including computistic circles, table, and instructions, a caldenar of Utrecht, a Psalter, a standard lay Breviary text with a Psalter and the Office of the Dead, a litany, and an added Office of Barbara

Inscription, 18th century: 'Theyers Constanten'(?) (1st flyleaf).Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, 9th December 1848 (note on 2nd flyleaf), using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long,