• Decorated initials., Two leaves of a noted Missal, with part of the masses for the dead

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus), from a fragment of a 12th-century copy of 1 Thessalonians., Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51); 5:17-2 Thessalonians 1:3 (f. 52); Philippians 2:22-3:5.

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Detail of decorated initial 'P'(aulus), from a fragment of a 12th-century copy of 1 Thessalonians., Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51); 5:17-2 Thessalonians 1:3 (f. 52); Philippians 2:22-3:5.

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Decorated initials., Collection of alchemical secrets

Large initials in brown with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red. Collection of alchemical secrets Later additions in English and Latin, and alchemical symbols (ff. 17v-20; 30-37; 50v-51v; 65-66, 72v-75v; 89v).John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and

• Drawing of Zodiac man., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 48-169), and a phlebotomy

man. Inscriptions in English (ff. 88v, 163). Drawings in pencil of zodiac men (ff. 25v-26). From f. 31, large and small blue initials, usually with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red, some with penwork decoration in red or brown.

• Decorated initial with pen-flourishing., Liber Uricrisiarum, imperfect

the following leaf are added with text in English (ff. 214-216v). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, sometimes extending into a 1-sided border (e.g., ff. 4, 74v, 130v, 137v, 158v, 164v, 194v). Paraphs in red or blue, some with

• Historiated initial 'D'(ei) of Gregory holding tablets and a stylus, at the beginning of Gregory's the Great's commentary on Ezekiel., Commentary on Ezekiel

22v, 32v, 40, 48, 66, 75v), at the beginning of chapters. Commentary on Ezekiel Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Gregory the Great Gregory the Great England, S. E.

• The arms of the guild of barber-surgeons of the city of York., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

York. 15 large miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to

• Miniature of a bust of Henry VIII., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.

• Miniature of a bust of Edward VI., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.

• Miniature of a bust of Queen Mary., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.

• Miniature of a bust of Queen Elizabeth I., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

large miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III

• Miniature of a bust of James I., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.

• Miniature of a bust of Charles I., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.

• Miniature of a bust of Charles II., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.

• Miniature of a bust of Queen Anne., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.

• Miniature of a bust of George I., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.

• Miniature of a bust of George II., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.

• Miniature of a bust of George III., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George III (ff.

• Detail of illuminated initial., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

brown. Spaces for coloured initials left blank after f. 90. Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v) Unidentified English owner, 13th century: with annotations in leadpoint throughout.The benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, 14th century: its characteristic title