• Calendar page for April with tinted drawings of a man with a flower (the labour of the month), a bull (Taurus), saints Mary of Egypt, Ambrose, Guthlac's scourge, and saints Tiburtius and Valerianus, George, Wilfrid, and Mark., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v: 'The Statwete of Wenchester, touching the Syse of bred, of what Grayn of Corne so ever that

• In the upper left, an ownership inscription of All Souls college, Oxford: 'Liber collegium animarum omnium', and in the lower right corner, an ownership incription of William Romesey: 'liber Willelmus Romesey quae fecit scribi' ('William Romesay for whom it was written'")., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine ff. 270-285v is an unilluminated text in English. William Romesey (d. 1501), fellow of Merton: inscription 'liber Willelmus Romesey quae fecit scribi' (f. 2v).All Souls College, in

• Decorated initial 'W', at the beginning of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscribed, 16th-century: 'GH' (f. 4).Inscribed, 16th-century: 'Thomas Wentworth' (f. 222v).Inscriptions in English, 16th-century (ff. 173, 196v, 223).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Detail of text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscribed, 16th-century: 'GH' (f. 4).Inscribed, 16th-century: 'Thomas Wentworth' (f. 222v).Inscriptions in English, 16th-century (ff. 173, 196v, 223).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscribed, 16th-century: 'GH' (f. 4).Inscribed, 16th-century: 'Thomas Wentworth' (f. 222v).Inscriptions in English, 16th-century (ff. 173, 196v, 223).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Illuminated historiated initial 'U' at the beginning of Leviticus, showing Aaron(?), dressed as a thirteenth-century priest, sacrificing a sheep on an altar, watched by similarly dressed Israelites., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' of Paul handing the book to the messenger Phebe at the beginning of Romans., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial at the beginning of Luke, with Luke shown writing, with the head of his symbol, an ox, and an illuminated initial below of Zacharias censing the altar (Luke 1:9)., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' at the beginning of Acts, of Luke writing and of Theophilus, to whom the Acts are addressed in the opening lines, with two smaller decorated illuminated initials., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' at the beginning of I Peter, of Peter writing, and his arrest; the buildings at the top probably represent the cities to which Peter's epistle was addressed., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' of Paul in prison, giving a scroll to a messenger, at the beginning of Philippians., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Illuminated initial 'V'(rbis) with foliate decoration, and initial 'M'(aiores) at the beginning of Book 1 of Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Illuminated initial 'A'([d]tingam]) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Book 3 of Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• A diagram of the genealogy of the kings of England, including Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III, and Henry VII., Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

brown pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and/or blue. Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) The text of the chronicle ends with Richard III (f. 33). The

• Detail of illuminated initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of illuminated initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Decorated initials 'P'(lacita) with a monk's head in the record of rents from Bradestret., St Albans register of properties

Decorated initials 'P'(lacita) with a monk's head in the record of rents from Bradestret. Large brown ink initials with intricate penwork decoration, many including patterns, flowers or foliage, crowns, some with faces. Cadels. St Albans register of properties The

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixi) with pen-flourishing, incorporating a human head, in the Psalms., Psalms, with commentary ('Rolle of Hampole's Psalter') (ends imperfectly), preceded by a calendar (ff. 1v-7) and a homily on patience and humility (ff. 8-9)

in the manner of Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), John Parker (b. 1548, d. 1619), and others; annotated in English and Latin (e.g. ff. 113v, 159), and Greek (f. 230).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of

• Decorated initials., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Illuminated initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

transliterated into Greek (last two words erased, radings uncertain, f. 95v).Unidentified owner: with their oval ink stamp (erased, f. 1).Unidentified English book-seller(?): ‘£2-0-0’ inscribed by the same hand as in Burney 142, 165, 168, etc. (f. 95v).Charles Burney (b. 1757,