• Decorated initials., Two leaves of a noted Missal, with part of the masses for the dead

ff. 76-77.f. 130, Leaf from an early 13th century English Breviary. Musical notation: neumes on red four-line staves (C, D, F and B clefs).f. 131, leaf from a late 13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square

• Decorated initials., Collection of alchemical secrets

Large initials in brown with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red. Collection of alchemical secrets Later additions in English and Latin, and alchemical symbols (ff. 17v-20; 30-37; 50v-51v; 65-66, 72v-75v; 89v).John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and

• Drawing of Zodiac man., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 48-169), and a phlebotomy

man. Inscriptions in English (ff. 88v, 163). Drawings in pencil of zodiac men (ff. 25v-26). From f. 31, large and small blue initials, usually with red penwork decoration. Small initials in red, some with penwork decoration in red or brown.

• Decorated initial with pen-flourishing., Liber Uricrisiarum, imperfect

the following leaf are added with text in English (ff. 214-216v). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, sometimes extending into a 1-sided border (e.g., ff. 4, 74v, 130v, 137v, 158v, 164v, 194v). Paraphs in red or blue, some with

• Historiated initial 'D'(ei) of Gregory holding tablets and a stylus, at the beginning of Gregory's the Great's commentary on Ezekiel., Commentary on Ezekiel

22v, 32v, 40, 48, 66, 75v), at the beginning of chapters. Commentary on Ezekiel Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Gregory the Great Gregory the Great England, S. E.

• Decorated initial 'P'(astoralis) at the beginning of Gregory the Great's Liber pastoralis., Regula pastorali

Liber pastoralis. Added paper flyleaf with 18th century text in English after f. 62. 1 large initial in yellow with green penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red, yellow, or green, some with penwork decoration. Regula pastorali A copy

• Music to Kyrie Eleison and St Godric's Hymns in English., Epistola and Apologia

and St Godric's Hymns in English. Includes works of Bernard of Clairvaux:'Epistola ad Adam monachum'; imperfect (ff. 2-3v); 'Apologia Bernardi ad Willelmum' (ff. 3v-8v);Epistolae: to Thomas [Prior of Beverley] (ff. 8v-10); to Peter, Cardinal-deacon (ff. 10-11); to G[aufridus], Abbot of

• Ownership inscription 'Iste liber est sororis anne ffelbrygge ad terminum vite post cuius decessum pertinebit conventui minorissarum de Brusyerde' (This book is Sister Anne Felbrygge's until the end of her life, after whose death it will belong to the convent of Minoresses [Franciscan nuns, also called Poor Clares] of Brusyerd)., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Calendar page for January, with illuminated 'KL' initial and roundel of Aquarius., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Calendar page for June, with illuminated 'KL' initial and roundel of a man with a scythe., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David harping at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with king David pointing to his eye at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with king David pointing to his eye at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Illuminated initial 'E(xurgat) with a man holding a raised club and a shield with a small dog sitting on top on the initial, at the beginning of Psalm 67., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultate) with king David playing bells, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with Christ blessing holding an open book, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Decorated initial 'A'(d te levavi)., Troper and Gradual, imperfect

'Regina celi letare', 15th century (f. 194v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.Small printed square with '123' pasted into the corner of f. 1. Decorated initial St Albans England, S.

• Decorated initials 'G'(loria) and 'L'(audemus), at the beginning of phrased Glorias., Troper and Gradual, imperfect

'Regina celi letare', 15th century (f. 194v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.Small printed square with '123' pasted into the corner of f. 1. Decorated initials St Albans England, S.

• Decorated initial 'G'(audeamus)., Troper and Gradual, imperfect

'Regina celi letare', 15th century (f. 194v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.Small printed square with '123' pasted into the corner of f. 1. Decorated initial St Albans England, S.

• Decorated initial 'T[e]' (supplices) at the beginning of the sequence of phrased Kyries., Troper and Gradual, imperfect

'Regina celi letare', 15th century (f. 194v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.Small printed square with '123' pasted into the corner of f. 1. Decorated initial St Albans England, S.