• Detail of Jesse sleeping from an historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber), at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v) Jean Chevrot de Polignac, Bishop of Tournai: given in 1458 to his godson John Falquerius: inscription 'Reverendus in Christo pater et dominus, dominus Johannes Chevroti de Polignaco oriundus miseracione divina Tornacensis Episcopus hanc

• Detail of an historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber) of a Tree of Jesse including Mary and Christ, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v) Jean Chevrot de Polignac, Bishop of Tournai: given in 1458 to his godson John Falquerius: inscription 'Reverendus in Christo pater et dominus, dominus Johannes Chevroti de Polignaco oriundus miseracione divina Tornacensis Episcopus hanc

• Detail of an historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber) of a Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v) Jean Chevrot de Polignac, Bishop of Tournai: given in 1458 to his godson John Falquerius: inscription 'Reverendus in Christo pater et dominus, dominus Johannes Chevroti de Polignaco oriundus miseracione divina Tornacensis Episcopus hanc

• Historiated initial with John preaching at the beginning of John's Gospel., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

initial with John preaching at the beginning of John's Gospel. Chapters start on a new line. List of Bible books (f. 226v). Texts for the liturgy between the Psalms and Proverbs: excerpt from a missal with 'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Genesis, with the scenes of Creation in roundels and God in pointed squares, foliate motifs and grotesques, followed by display script., Bible, Old Testament (Genesis - 2 Maccabees), imperfect

pasted on f. [iii], f. [iv] verso). John Batteley (b. 1647, d. 1708), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: sold to Edward Harley with the rest of his collection through his nephew John Batteley (of the Court of Augmentations) on

• Detail of a foliate initial 'B'(estiarium), at the beginning of the text., Bestiary (ff. 3-141), Lapidary (ff. 141v-149)

Andrew, Rochester: inscribed, 'Liber de claustro Roffens[i] R. precentoris', 14th century (f. 3). Brother John of Malling, returned by him, probably to be identified with John Malling excommunicated as apostate and thief in 1387 (see Warner and Gilson, 1921): inscribed,

• Illuminated foliate headpiece, with birds and flowers around it, and illuminated initial with two hares issuing from the mouths of confronted monsters above at the opening of the liturgy of John Chrysostom., Liturgy of John Chrysostom, with marginal annotations, and three troparia to him

issuing from the mouths of confronted monsters above at the opening of the liturgy of John Chrysostom. 7 diagrams, including the palms of hands relating to the cycles of the sun and the moon, stylised crosses, and geometric shapes (ff.

• Ownership inscriptions of John Herefeld ?, vicar of Plumstead, donating the manuscript, to the library of St Augustine's abbey, Canterbury, and below, a note that it was bought by Sir Roger Twysden in 1629 for 20 shillings, and rebound for 4 shillings., Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229)

inscriptions of John Herefeld ?, vicar of Plumstead, donating the manuscript, to the library of St Augustine's abbey, Canterbury, and below, a note that it was bought by Sir Roger Twysden in 1629 for 20 shillings, and rebound for 4

• Detail of an historiated initial 'L'(iber) of Matthew holding a book, with a dragon under his feet, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names

the beginning of Psalms 1 and 109 (ff. 176, 190), of evangelist portraits at the beginning of Matthew, Mark and John (ff. 310, 320, 336), and of Paul and a Roman (?), at the beginning of Romans (f. 352). Numerous

• Models of flourished initials; drawings of flowers and a tree., Formulary containing dictaminal texts

25r-v);'Tractatus de litteris missivis' of Thomas Sampson, a teacher of dictamen at Oxford (ff. 25v-31v);a satirical letter attributed to Prester John describing 'regnum Collegii Cantuarior[um]' (ff. 32v-33v); an account by James Yonge, notary of Dublin, of the visit of Laurentius

• Text page with ownership inscriptions., Formulary containing dictaminal texts

25r-v);'Tractatus de litteris missivis' of Thomas Sampson, a teacher of dictamen at Oxford (ff. 25v-31v);a satirical letter attributed to Prester John describing 'regnum Collegii Cantuarior[um]' (ff. 32v-33v); an account by James Yonge, notary of Dublin, of the visit of Laurentius

• Sketches of plants., Formulary containing dictaminal texts

25r-v);'Tractatus de litteris missivis' of Thomas Sampson, a teacher of dictamen at Oxford (ff. 25v-31v);a satirical letter attributed to Prester John describing 'regnum Collegii Cantuarior[um]' (ff. 32v-33v); an account by James Yonge, notary of Dublin, of the visit of Laurentius

• Text page with pen-flourished initial and catchword., Sermons (f. 2); Statutes of the Church of Hereford (f. 258v)

of Hereford has been added at the end (ff. 258v-262): it is therefore possible that Thomas Trilleck was related to John de Trilleck, bishop of Hereford (1344-1360).William Reed, bishop of Chichester (1369-1385), given by him to the Collegiate church of

• 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

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uintus) and a two-line rubric marking the end of Book 4 and the start of Book 5. 'Liber Quintus' (the fifth book) is written across the upper margins of the open pages, and sections of the text are numbered in leadpoint roman numerals in the upper and outer margins ('xxiii' and 'xxiiii'). The outer edge of the leaf also has guide-letters ('Q' and 'e') for the decorator., 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);

• Decorated initial 'F'(initis), at the beginning of the prologue to the second main text in the volume Unusually for the 12th century, there is an original foliation in the upper margin, which reads 'First leaf' in faint leadpoint., 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);

• Small coloured initials, and various forms of textual emendation. In the two-line rubric the roman numerals 'iii' and 'iiii' have been altered to 'ii' and 'iii'; the word 'liber' (book) has been changed to 'libri'; and the word 'Prologus' (prologue) has been inserted. In numerous other places corrections have been added between the lines of text., 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);

• At the end of the text, which ends with Book 6, a later Bury scribe (he refers to 'our bookcase of St. Edmund') has noted that there should be further texts: 'Here eight books of Jerome on Ezekiel are lacking, because he wrote 14 books on Ezekiel ...', 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);

• 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

• 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