• Full-page illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate decoration surrounded by roundels of animals playing instruments and an ape on a chain, and in the frame, half-roundels of a king playing a harp and a man with a raised club towards the chained ape, and in roundels in the corners four seated figures, the upper two holding scrolls on the left, and on the facing folio an illuminated initial 'Q'(uare) of Christ blessing at the beginning of Psalms 1 and 2 with a large fish in the lower margin., Psalter, with calendar

the form of fish, hands, or heads. Marginal drawings in ink or colours, including of heads. Psalter, with calendar ? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: note dated 1738 by James West that it once

• Original binding with a flat spine (without raised bands); a semi-circular tab at the head (that at the tail is missing); square-edged booden boards, flush with the leaves; and a strap-and-pin fastening, with traces of the original pink staining. The number '10' on the spine is a later addition., De consensu evangelistarum

127v). On the inside covers is the offsett of a legal text in Hebrew, in Ashkenazi script, dating before c.1400.? John Woodward: 15th-16th century inscription 'per me Johanne Wodwarde' (f. 1v).? Anthony Dunstan, monk of Westminster, afterwards Kitchin, later Prior

• Decorated initial 'R'(everendo) at the beginning of William's letter to Ernaldus, abbot of Rievaulx, and above, a 14th-century inscription identifying the manuscript as belonging to 'St Mary of Novo Burgo'. (Newburgh)., Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

Decorated initial 'R'(everendo) at the beginning of William's letter to Ernaldus, abbot of Rievaulx, and above, a 14th-century inscription identifying the manuscript as belonging to 'St Mary of Novo Burgo'. (Newburgh). Holes with rust (ff. 170-174), evidence of former

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Psalm 1; the psalm with an Ango-Norman French translation written above the Latin text., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Psalm 109, with an Anglo-Norman French translation written above the Latin text., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• The beginning of the litany, which includes the Peterborough saints Cyniburg, Cyneswith, and Tibba. Note that Peter ('PETRE') is written in capitals, and has a double invocation, as does Oswald 'Oswalde'), founder of the abbey at Ramsey, south of Peterborough., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• Full-page illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate decoration surrounded by roundels of animals playing instruments and an ape on a chain, and in the frame, half-roundels of a king playing a harp and a man with a raised club towards the chained ape, and in roundels in the corners four seated figures, the upper two holding scrolls., Psalter, with calendar

the form of fish, hands, or heads. Marginal drawings in ink or colours, including of heads. Psalter, with calendar ? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: note dated 1738 by James West that it once

• Detail of the historiated initial 'Q'(uare) of Christ blessing and in the lower margin, a large fish touching the descender of the initial; and line-fillers of fish and a crowned figure., Psalter, with calendar

the form of fish, hands, or heads. Marginal drawings in ink or colours, including of heads. Psalter, with calendar ? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: note dated 1738 by James West that it once

• null, Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

ff. 6, 17, 19-20, 23-4, 31, 38-9, 41, 55-8, 70, 86-7 have been replaced by leaves written in bastard secretary script, and ff. 83, 99-100, 102-3, and 106 in humanistic book script, 15th century, perhaps by Jean Lebègue. 2

• Decorated initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of book 2 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum., Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

Decorated initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of book 2 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum. Holes with rust (ff. 170-174), evidence of former chain holes.Various inscriptions (ff. 173-174). 6 large initials in red, blue, or green with penword

• Decorated initial 'R'(ex) at the beginning of book 5 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum., Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

Decorated initial 'R'(ex) at the beginning of book 5 of William of Newburgh's Historia Rerum Anglicanum. Holes with rust (ff. 170-174), evidence of former chain holes.Various inscriptions (ff. 173-174). 6 large initials in red, blue, or green with penword

• Decorated initials at the beginning of Gratian's Decretum, with coloured rubrics and marginal headings, and a space left for a larger initial, and the signature of Sir Roger Twysden and the date 1638 in the upper right corner., Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229)

100, 115. Small initials in red or green (ff. 222-223). Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229) John de Herefeld ?, vicar of Plumstead, Kent, first half of the 14th century: his inscription: ‘Decreta de dono domini

• Detail of a drawing of a face., Psalter, with calendar

the form of fish, hands, or heads. Marginal drawings in ink or colours, including of heads. Psalter, with calendar ? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: note dated 1738 by James West that it once

• Puzzle initial 'P' with foliate decoration., Peter's 'Speculum iuris canonici' (index 'Distinctiones') (ff. 5-19), and Justinian's 'Institutiones', Books 1-4 with gloss (ff. 19-73v)

Puzzle initial 'P' with foliate decoration. Peter of Blois's 'Speculum iuris canonici' consists of 60 chapters, each devoted to a legal argument. Peter, who is not to be confused with his older and more famous namesake, the archdeacon of

• Pen drawings of the malva silvatica plant, and of two men in arcaded buildings, one urinating into a container while the other brings him a cup., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Pen drawings of the crowsfoot plant, which was often recommended for dog bites and for nosebleeds, with a man being bitten by a dog below., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Pen drawing of the mandragora plant (mandrake), supposed to have a human-shaped root and which can be uprooted by tying a dog to it., Illustrated pharmacopeial compilation including a herbal, imperfect (see Notes for contents)

and 'Hic liber est meus testis est deus... Barnardus Saule...' (f. 68v).Magister Carpender, 17th century: presented as a gift to John Mansell and Joseph Hartley, inscribed 'Donum M[agist]ri Carpender Johanni Mansell et Josepho Hartley' (f. 1). Johannes Mansell and Josephus

• Flyleaf., De consensu evangelistarum, De musica

393) (f. 84v);Pseudo-Augustine, Sermo de oratione dominica (serm. 58) (f. 84v) (all texts are attributed to Augustine in the manuscript); John of Damascus trad. by Burgundio of Pisa, De fide orthodoxa (ff. 85-107v); Thomas Gallus, 'Extractio' (attributed here to Dionysius

• Zoomorphic initial 'J'(acobus) at the beginning of the 'Catalogus' text., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

14); included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 2 (see Carley 2000).Part 4 (ff.

• Initial 'C'(um) with Cassiodorus in bishop's regalia holding a book., Liber beati Ieronimi de illustribus viris (ff. 151-165), Cathalogi [scriptorum ecclesiasticorum] Gennadii Massiliensis presbiteri, imperfect at the end (f. 165-170v), Cathalogus Isidori Hispalensis episcopi de illustribus uiris, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 171-172), 'Liber primus (sic) Cassiodori Senatoris de institutionibus diuinarum litterarum (ff. 172v-192), Letter, beginning, 'Fratri M. suus Nicholaus', expressing thanks for the loan of 'illustrium uirorum scripta', with a eulogy of Cassiodorus (f. 192), Responsa dom. pape Alexandri [Alexander III] ad consulta Senonensis archiepiscopi nuper data' (f. 192v)

14); included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 2 (see Carley 2000).Part 4 (ff.