• Miniature of one man killing another with his axe, in the lower margin of the folio., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniatures of two men of Connaught in a boat, and a bare-chested man riding on a horse., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of two men, one of whom is the priest Bernard, blowing the horn of Brendan., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(multis) at the beginning of the Expugnatio Hibernica., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

d.1609), in the entry of the catalogue of St. Augustine's abbey (see St Augustine's Abbey 2008, p. 939)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1116' (f. 1), included in the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of a king dictating the law with a soldier and a lawyer before him, at the beginning of distinctio 1., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of a boy being received into a monastery, at the beginning of causa 1., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Miniature of a layman accusing a bishop before a judge, at the beginning of causa 4., Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• null, Decretum, with the glossa ordinaria

eccl[es]ie / requiescant in pace amen', 14th century (f. 5v).Inscribed 'Iohannes Waytt of Sudbere...', 15th century (f. 4v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1380' (f. 6), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• The first inscription recording that the book was commissioned by Simon, abbot of St. Albans (1167-1183), 'Hunc librum fecit domnus Symon abbas s[an]c[t]o Albano, que[m] qui ei abstule/rit', aut frande[m] commiserit, aut titulu[m] deleverit vel corup[er]it; anathema sit'; with a list of contents reading 'Policraticon / Metalogicon / Enteticus Joh[ann]is Sarisbi[r]ens[is]', and second is note recording that in 1345 the manuscript was bought by Michael, abbot of St. Albans, from the executors of Richard de Bury, bishop of Durham, reading 'Hu[n]c libru[m] venditu[m] d[omi]no Ric[ard]o de Biry ep[iscop]o Dunelm[ensi] emit / Michael abbas s[anct]i Albani ab executorib[us] p[re]d[ic]ti ep[iscop]i anno / d[omi]ni Mlill[esim]o CCCmoXLVto circa purificat[i]o[n]em b[eat]e V[ir]ginis.', Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul preaching to a group of Corinthians, at the beginning of Corinthians., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul preaching., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Historiated initial ‘P’(aulus) of Paul preaching., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Text page., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Historiated initial ‘P’(aulus) of Paul preaching., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Detail of an historiated initial ‘P’(aulus) of Paul preaching., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Detail of an historiated initial ‘P’(aulus) of Paul preaching., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul preaching., Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Pauline Epistles, glossed with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added chapter numbers, 15th century.Added 'Preface unto the Lord's Prayer' in English, 16th century (ff. 152-155v).John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: notes in his hand (f. 5); included in the

• Two large initials, 'Q' and 'L', with pen-flourishing., Versus de laude crucis; Versus morales; Versus de missa (ff. 10-18)

in a later hand.Part 2 has a scholarly gloss in the margins in a contemporary hand.f. 72v contains recipes in English in a 14th-century hand: 'For to maken Formete', 'For to make Amydoun', and (title only) 'Sank de Sarasyn'. Initials

• Text page., Commentary on Martianus Capella

perhaps in his hand (see Bischoff 1994 and Passalacqua 2003).The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary, Worcester: additions in an English hand of the 10th century (f. 240); in Patrick Young's catalogue of the Worcester library, no. 305 (see ~Catalogus

• Text page with marginal notes., Commentary on Martianus Capella

perhaps in his hand (see Bischoff 1994 and Passalacqua 2003).The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary, Worcester: additions in an English hand of the 10th century (f. 240); in Patrick Young's catalogue of the Worcester library, no. 305 (see ~Catalogus