• Inhabited initial with a display script at the beginning at the commentary to Psalm 101, and the ownership inscription of Thomas Cranmer, reading 'Thomas Cantuaren[sis]'., Enarrationes in Psalmos 101-150, with a summary of contents

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?) no. 8644.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Inhabited initial Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Initials 'P'(salmos) and 'M'(agnus)., Enarrationes in Psalmos 101-150, with a summary of contents

Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?) no. 8644.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Initials Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Decorated initial 'G'(loriosis) at the beginning of book 1., De civitate Dei

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7821).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Decorated initial 'D'(iligentius) at the beginning of book 7., De civitate Dei

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7821).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of book 16., De civitate Dei

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7821).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Decorated initial 'N'(unc), at the beginning of book 8., De civitate Dei

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7821).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Contents list with decorated initials., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Contents list Jerome England

• Puzzle initial 'L'(iber) with extension and foliate decoration., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial Jerome England

• Puzzle initial 'J'(ohannes) with penwork decoration and display script., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial Jerome England

• Puzzle initial 'H'(ortaris) with penwork decoration and display script., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial Jerome England

• Framed initial 'S'(imon) with foliate decoration., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Framed initial Jerome England

• Initial 'P'(lures) with extension and foliate decoration., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Jerome England

• Coloured initial., Homilies on the Evangelists, books 1 and 2

Coloured initial. Text written above top line.Running titles in red at the centre of the upper margins just above text.Occasional marginal annotations.Old foliation in Roman numerals at centre of upper margin on rectos. Large initials and rubrics in display

• Text page., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Detail of a miniature of the enthroned Virgin and Child and a female suppliant., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'A'(ve) with a dragon forming part of the letter, in a prayer to the Virgin., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Text page., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Detail of a historiated initial of a man warming his feet, in the calendar for February., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Detail of a miniature of Pisces., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Detail of historiated 'KL' letters of a person holding a flowering branch., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).