Leaves from an antiphonary or a breviary were used as flyleaves at the beginning and at the end of the manuscript. The leaves at the beginning start with chants for 1st and 2nd Sunday in Lent. Space was left for a musical notation.
The astronomical calendar composed by Nicholas of Lynn (fl. 1386–1411), Carmelite friar and astronomer of Oxford. A note, by Thomas Allen, (1540?–1632), mathematician and antiquary of Gloucester Hall, Oxford (f. 31r), according to the Catalogue of Harleian Manuscripts (1808), reads: 'Hoc calenda...
An abbreviation of the calendar canon by Nicholas of Lynn, incipit: 'Pro declaracione punctorum...'; with 2 astrological diagrams (ff. 35v, 36r), one of which is in the form of a volvelle (f. 36r). Decoration: Initials in red.
A note describing a table of the signs of the Zodiac
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A note describing a table of the signs of the Zodiac, incipit: 'Illa tabula de signis xii docet...'; perhaps referring to the volvelle diagram on f. 36r.
Leaves from an antiphonary or breviary used as flyleaves beginning with chants for the Septuagesima Sunday (the ninth Sunday before Easter). Space was left for a musical notation.