• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Initials 'R'(es) and 'A'(nno) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's 'Gesta regum Anglorum'., Gesta regum Anglorum (ff. 4-103v); Gesta pontificum Anglorum (ff. 108-167); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatorio S. Patricii (ff. 167v-175)

Initials 'R'(es) and 'A'(nno) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's 'Gesta regum Anglorum'. Part 2 of this manuscript is Harley 23.Two sets of quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso

• Initials 'P'(rima), 'Q'(uatuor), 'N'(on), 'T'(abernaculum) with penwork decoration., Liber Exceptionum, Part II (ff. 1-55v); sermons, and other texts (see Notes for contents)

Initials 'P'(rima), 'Q'(uatuor), 'N'(on), 'T'(abernaculum) with penwork decoration. Also contains:Sermo de offendiculis mundi (ff. 55v-56v);Richard of St-Victor, Sermo de omnibus sanctis (ff. 56v-58);Ego sum pastor bonus (ff. 58r-v);Modicum et iam non videbitis me (ff. 58v)Uncrossed tironian ets. Quire marks

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) depicting Jerome and Damasus (above), and Jerome and Ambrose (below), with the ownership inscriptions of Abbot Robert de Bello at the top of the page and under the feet of the peacock., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Miniature of a bust of Henry VII, framed within architectural arch., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

15 large miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George

• 'Reserve' initial 'E'(piphaniam) in brown with foliate decoration in green and red., Fragment of a leaf from a late 12th century English Sequentiary containing sequences for the Circumcision and the Epiphany

square B clefs). The original recto has been misplaced as verso. Fragment of a leaf from a late 12th century English Sequentiary containing sequences for the Circumcision and the Epiphany John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller and antiquary: part

• Historiated initial with David and full border at the beginning of Psalm 1., Bilingual Psalter, in the later Wycliffite translation, with the Canticles, and the Athanasian Creed

Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, or in red with brown penwork decoration. Latin text in red and English text in brown. Bilingual Psalter, in the later Wycliffite translation, with the Canticles, and the Athanasian Creed Sir Henry

• Decorated initial with a hybrid creature and foliage., Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John

Decorated initial with a hybrid creature and foliage. f. 1 is a small parchment fragment of a charter or deed in English.The first leaf of this manuscript is bound in Harley 5958, f. 87. 1 large initial in red

• Decorated initial 'P'(raeterea)., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

or purple. Numbers in red. Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect The cathedral priority of St Andrew, Rochester: 12th or 13th-century inscription 'Liber Sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesiae' (f.

• List of chapters in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower margin is an early 15th-century inscription., List of chapters to Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum

List of chapters in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower margin is an early 15th-century inscription. Leaf marks in crayon ('ai'-'aiiii' to 'zi'-'ziiii', followed by symbols, lines, letters), catchwords in crayon and ink, quire marks in dark

• Initial 'H'(omo) with penwork decoration., Homilies

reserved line. Rubrics in red. Abstract and foliate motifs in crayon (f. 62). Homilies Added folio from a late-11th century English Missal (f. 207r-v).Added text, ?13th century (f. 206v). Added folio from a Continental manuscript of the 1st half of

• Decorated initial 'D'(ivinarum)., Chronicle with lists of patriarchs, popes, rulers and geographical features, including mountains, rivers, islands and cities

with lists of patriarchs, popes, rulers and geographical features, including mountains, rivers, islands and cities Added text in a cursive English hand, c. 1300; a memorandum on king Edward the martyr (b. 962, d. 978) (f. 1).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) with display capitals, at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

brown. Spaces for coloured initials left blank after f. 90. Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v) Unidentified English owner, 13th century: with annotations in leadpoint throughout.The benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, 14th century: its characteristic title

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) at Matthew 1:18., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

brown. Spaces for coloured initials left blank after f. 90. Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v) Unidentified English owner, 13th century: with annotations in leadpoint throughout.The benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, 14th century: its characteristic title

• Decorated initial 'U'(t) with display script, at the beginning of the Expositio psalmorum., Expositio psalmorum

James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7896).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Cassiodorus Senator England, W.

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit)' at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

Ireland: purchased from Scott together 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. Decorated initial Jerome England, S. W. England, S. W. (Wessex, perhaps Winchester)

• Zoomorphic initial 'G'(regorius)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(mos) with an animal head., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)