• Zoomorphic initial formed of a dragon and foliage. The inscription in reddish ink in the lower margin states that it is from Glastonbury Abbey, and names 'Robertus Wottone', one of its monks., Homiliary

or green. Homiliary The Benedictine abbey of St Mary, Glastonbury, Somerset: probably listed in its 1247/48 catalogue, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); 16th-century inscription 'Ex Abbatia Glasconiensis nam scripseret quidem folio finali: Roberto Wottone M. Glasconis (f. 1);

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost), with later underlining and marginal notations., Homiliary

or green. Homiliary The Benedictine abbey of St Mary, Glastonbury, Somerset: probably listed in its 1247/48 catalogue, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); 16th-century inscription 'Ex Abbatia Glasconiensis nam scripseret quidem folio finali: Roberto Wottone M. Glasconis (f. 1);

• Coloured drawing of king William the Conqueror., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

c. 1639-1643 The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century? (f. 144v), with inscriptions in Latin in a different hand (f.

• Coloured drawing of knights with heraldic banners, one of them giving a sealed letter to the group to the right., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

c. 1639-1643 The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century? (f. 144v), with inscriptions in Latin in a different hand (f.

• Decorated initials 'Q'(uattuor) and 'B'(ello) with penwork decoration, preceded and followed by display script. Rough sketch of the initial 'B' in the lower margin and ownership inscription in the upper margin., De excidio Judeorum

9th or 10th-century manuscript and f. 92 is a fragment of a leaf from a late 14th- or early 15th-century English manuscript.In the lower margin of f. 1 is a large sketch of the initial 'B'. Catchwords. Guide script for

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., De diversis materiis predicabilibus distinctis in septem partibus secundum septem dona Spiritus, imperfect

f. 58. f. 143v is blank but no text is missing.Ending with a list of contents written in an earlier English hand (2nd half of the 13th century), and therefore may have been taken from an earlier manuscript of the

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Initial 'N'(aso) and inscription of Roger Twysden, at the beginning of Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Ownership inscriptions of monks of St. Mary, York., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Decorated initial 'R'(edditus) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Decorated initial 'R'(edditus) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

| Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f. 19, within the coloured initial).Unidentified owners, 15th century and 16th century, with inscriptions, partly in English, including: ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis antiquinæ; eo melinæ B. Suggyn’.’ (f. 2v), '‘S(ir)

• Inhabited initial 'P'(lures) in outline drawing, at the beginning of the Gospel Prologue, with a man fighting with a dragon., Gospels

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Inhabited initial England, S. E. England, S. E. (Canterbury)

• Detail of an initial 'M'(atheus) of the archangel Michael killing a dragon, at the beginning of an 'argumentum' to Matthew., Gospels

of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Michael England, S. E. England, S. E. (Canterbury)

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'M', formed of two dragons., Gospels

of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Dragons England, S. E. England, S. E. (Canterbury)

• Full page miniature of the Royal arms of England with the devise, 'HONNY. SOIT QVI. MAL. Y. PENSE.', preceding a dedication to Edward VI., Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon, in verse, with dedications to Edward VI

/ Et me, et sacrata suscipe carmina.' (f. 4); with the royal arms of England (f. 3).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Royal Arms of England Martinus Brionaeus England

• Diagram with decorated bands., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Diagram Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II) France

• Text page with table and marginal drawing., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with marginal gloss., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with diagram of astrolabe., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page with diagram Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index