• Foliate initial 'L'(ucas), at the beginning of the prologue to Luke., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Foliate initial 'H'(ic), at the beginning of the prologue to John., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of John, at the beginning of John., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Text page with gloss., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of the Annunciation to Zacharias, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Foliate initial 'H'(ic), at the beginning of the prologue to John, and a text page., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Illuminated initial 'M' at the beginning of the prologue, with ownership inscriptions, including Lumley., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Historiated initial 'I'(nicium) of Mark holding a book in the upper register and a lion, his symbol, holding a scroll, in the lower register, at the beginning of Mark., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Ownership inscription of the Cistercian abbey of Newminster 'Liber Sancte Marie Novi monasterii' (The New Monastery [Newminster] of St Mary)., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to RichardofYork Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded in 1137: 12th- or

• Decorated initial 'D'(omino), at the beginning of a letter to Ecgfrith, King of Northumbria (d. c. 685)., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to RichardofYork Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded in 1137: 12th- or

• Decorated initial 'R'(everentissimis), at the beginning of the treatise addressed to the abbess Hildelith, with interlinear glosses., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to RichardofYork Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded in 1137: 12th- or

• Decorated initial ' (H)elias' at the beginning of chapter 20., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to RichardofYork Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded in 1137: 12th- or

• Decorated initial 'E'(xpeltis) at the beginning of Chapter 39, 'the summary of masculine examples'., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to RichardofYork Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded in 1137: 12th- or

• Text page., Turpin's Chronicle, in thirty-six chapters (4v-31v) with an added table of contents (f. 3v), an account of an expedition against Egypt lead by John de Brienne, king of Jerusalem (ff. 31v-40v); a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Innocent III (ff. 40v-44), the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 45-62), extracts relating to biblical history from the Speculum Historiale (ff. 62v-125), a chronicle of the archbishops of York from Paulinus to William Le Zouche (d. 1352) (ff. 125-159v) (index Historia Caroli Magni, De Gestis Karoli)

added table of contents (f. 3v), an account of an expedition against Egypt lead by John de Brienne, king of Jerusalem (ff. 31v-40v); a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Innocent III (ff. 40v-44), the Voyage of St

• Decorated initial 'I'(llic) in the form of a naked blue man., De planctu naturae

Decorated initial 'I'(llic) in the form of a naked blue man. ff. 35v-36 is a 13th-century copy of a poem on the nature of the world. 1 partial border made up of text on coloured background and penwork decoration (f.

• Decorated initial 'T'(ercia) and coloured initials in a fragment from Gratian's Decretal., Decretal, fragment (Part II, Causæ xii-xvi)

d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham. Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• null, Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200)

(ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200) Inscription, 15th-century: 'Richard Flint' (f. 207).Inscription, 15th-century: 'John …(?)' (f. 207).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(utens) of the martyrdom of Sebastian., Lives of the Saints

Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(utens) of the martyrdom of Sebastian. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see Meyer 1906 and Thompson

• Historiated initial 'A'(sserz) of Paul the hermit., Lives of the Saints

1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and Elizabeth [Elizabeth ofYork] (b. 1466, d. 1503), queen of England, his consort: inscribed, 'God save kyngge Harre / and kyenne Ellessabet' (f. i).?Shelfmark of a very large number

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(sserz) of Paul the hermit., Lives of the Saints

Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(sserz) of Paul the hermit. Translations of the lives of Martin of Tours, Brice, Ives of Provence, Martial, Nicolas, Jerome, Benedict, and Alexis were attributed to Wauchier de Denain (see Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According