Ms. codex. Decoration: 4 large inhabited initials; 19 illuminated initials; armorial and drollery border decoration. Origin: Written in England in the early 14th century. Written for Antony I Bek, bishop of Durham, patriarch of Jerusalem whose arms decorate the foredge and an initial on fol. 92; Sir John Markham (d. 1409) or his son, Sir John Markham (d. 1479); Sir John Sebright, 19th century; sold by his descendant, Sir Guy Sebright at Sotheby's; bought by G. F. Hurd through Rosenbach in 1924 and given to John H. Scheide by G. F. Hurd in 1924.
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