Historia ecclesiastica gentis AnglorumBede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735[ca. 1375-1400]latManuscript volume, in a single hand, containing the text of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica, followed by the text of the Historia brittoum of Nennius; a brief biography of Merlin; and Sybilline propheciesIn Latin.Numerous marginal notes in contemporary and later hands.Bound with: parchment leaf of accounts kept by Robert de Staynford, steward of Lady Idoyne Percy, wife of Henry, Lord Percy (d. 1365).Laid in: manuscript fragment, on paper, of a contract, in English (ca. 1574), formerly the back pastedown.Layout: single columns of 42 lines.Script: gothic text hand.Decoration: Rubricated. Numerous penwork initials and line fillers in red and blue ink. Ten larger illuminated initials, gilt and red and blue ink.Binding: original oak boards covered in pink doeskin; remains of clasps.