Calendar with prognostications. Only the entries for January and February (ff. 15v-16r) are complete with prognostications and references to the deaths of abbots of Reading, while prognostications for May-August were supplied by a 15th-century hand. References to the abbots' deaths on ff. 15v-16...
Liturgical lections and antiphons for the feast of Corpus Christi
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ff. 2r-8v: Liturgical lections and antiphons for the feast of Corpus Christi, 'In festivitate corporis Christi ad jesperas [sic] super psalmos' (with added lectiones on ff. 8r-8v). Decoration: Numerous small initials in blue or red with, respectively, red or blue penwork decoration.
Astronomical text on making almanacs, incipit 'Nota faciendi artificialis almanak planetarum', entitled in the margin 'Modus componendi almanak in brevis'.
Pseudo-Hippocrates, Astrologia medicorum in the Middle English translation, also known as Astrologia Ypocratis, an astrological text relating to medicine and prognostication. Prologue title 'Thys his þe boke of ypocras', incipit: 'In þis book he techyt / for to knowe be planete. seknesse. lyf. a...