Correspondence relating to Osney Abbey at Oxford of 1302: inscribed 'Tempore fr[at]ris Joh[an]is de Weybur[n] abb[at]is Osen[sis] a festo s[anc]ti Egidii Anno domini m ccc ii' (f. 1v).
Marie de France, Fables. Title added in the upper margin 'Ici cumence le ysope', incipit: 'Ci ki sevient de leccrure', explicit: 'qua lui pusse mal me rendre'. See Dean and Boulton 1999, no. 179.
Collection of medical recipes compiled by Nicholas Spalding; the continuation of this text is included in ff. 137r-154v (circa 167 recipes, two less than the 169 quoted in the table of contents); Imperfect. The collection was popular and can be found in many manuscripts: see Robbins 1970; Hargrea...
Astronomical tables (2nd half of the 9th century) with added notated proses 'Psallat unus' and 'Gloriosa dies adest' (f. 5r) and notated antiphons and responsories for the Office of St Denis (f. 5v-6r). Musical notation: neumes, northern France, 10th century (ff. 5v-6r).
De phisiognomia (imperfect: missing text at the beginning)
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Incipit: '...pigri temulenti. processu a temporis et hoc genere phisiognomiam...' Decoration: Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs.
De expositione nominum astronomie, attributed to Thebit ben Corat
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De expositione nominum astronomie, attributed to Thebit ben Corat in the table of contents, incipit: 'Diem? omni in horarum...' F. 119r is a palimpsest. The text was written over an erased diagram. A part of a similar unfinished diagram is on f. 131v. Decoration: Initials in blue. 12 diagram...
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aratea (translation of Aratus of Soli, Phaenomena)
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Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aratea (translation of Aratus of Soli, Phaenomena). Decoration: 21 images of constellation figures painted by an Anglo-Saxon artist of the Ramsey Psalter (Harley MS 2904) working on the continent (ff. 36r-44v).