• Ink drawing of a Romanesque building with towers., Libri evangeliorum quattuor; Aenigmata; De arte metrica (extract)

the beginning of each line. Libri evangeliorum quattuor; Aenigmata; De arte metrica (extract) Two leaves and several lines of part 1 (ff. 7-7v, 59, 67) are lost and have been replaced in an English hand of a similar date and

• Coloured initials, rubrics, and paraphs in red., Leaf from Augustine's commentary on John

the British Library.Inscribed with notes relating to the removal of printed specimen (Nos. 1-185, 244, 246, 247, 266) for tranfer to the Department of Printed Books in 1814 and 1891 (f. 1). Coloured initials Augustine Glastonbury England, S. (Glastonbury ?)

• Puzzle initial 'M'(atheus) at the beginning of the commentary on Matthew's Gospel and ownership inscription., Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew (f. 1) and John (f. 81), the Apocalypse (f. 173) and the Catholic Epistles (f. 187)

at the beginning of each commentary (ff. 1, 81, 173). Initials in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Paraphs in red or blue. Underlining in red. Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew (f. 1) and John (f. 81), the Apocalypse (f.

• Puzzle initial 'H'(ic) at the beginning of the commentary on John's Gospel., Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew (f. 1) and John (f. 81), the Apocalypse (f. 173) and the Catholic Epistles (f. 187)

at the beginning of each commentary (ff. 1, 81, 173). Initials in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Paraphs in red or blue. Underlining in red. Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew (f. 1) and John (f. 81), the Apocalypse (f.

• Ownership inscription of Kirkstead Abbey in capitals., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

D. ix, the other surviving manuscript from Kirkstead in the Royal collection. 1 large initial in red and silver (oxidised) with penwork decoration and coloured rubric (f. 1). Initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in the same

• Initial 'D'(ionysius) with foliate decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

D. ix, the other surviving manuscript from Kirkstead in the Royal collection. 1 large initial in red and silver (oxidised) with penwork decoration and coloured rubric (f. 1). Initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in the same

• Initial 'P'(rimus) with decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

D. ix, the other surviving manuscript from Kirkstead in the Royal collection. 1 large initial in red and silver (oxidised) with penwork decoration and coloured rubric (f. 1). Initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in the same

• Large initial 'I'(udei) with decoration in angular and foliate patterns., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

D. ix, the other surviving manuscript from Kirkstead in the Royal collection. 1 large initial in red and silver (oxidised) with penwork decoration and coloured rubric (f. 1). Initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in the same

• Initial 'H'(is) with decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

D. ix, the other surviving manuscript from Kirkstead in the Royal collection. 1 large initial in red and silver (oxidised) with penwork decoration and coloured rubric (f. 1). Initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in the same

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed, 'De claustro X[risti] / cantuarie', 13th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of Henry of Eastry (beginning of the 14th century), no. 246 (see M. R. James,

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script, at the beginning of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed, 'De claustro X[risti] / cantuarie', 13th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of Henry of Eastry (beginning of the 14th century), no. 246 (see M. R. James,

• Detail of illuminated initial., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

gold initials with foliate decoration in colours on a blue wash background (f. 7, 54v, 100v, 114v) at Psalms 1, 51, 101, and 109. Large initials in red, blue, yellow, or green, most with foliate and other patterned decoration in

• Detail of illuminated initial., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

gold initials with foliate decoration in colours on a blue wash background (f. 7, 54v, 100v, 114v) at Psalms 1, 51, 101, and 109. Large initials in red, blue, yellow, or green, most with foliate and other patterned decoration in

• Inhabited puzzle initial including a reading figure., Liber de Apibus, etc.

Inhabited puzzle initial including a reading figure. 1 large inhabited puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, including a reading figure (f. 5). 1 smaller initial in red, with reserved designs, with pen-flourishing in red

• Drawing of a knight on horseback, with a lance, with an account of Macrobius and his work, and opposite, various ownership inscriptions and the book-plate of Dunn., Somnium Scipionis (ff. 3-7), with an 'Alfabetum Grecorum' (f. 1v), a diagram of consanguinity (f. 2)

a parchment leaf at the end.Ampersands, and uncrossed tironian ets. In part 1, ct ligatures. 1 drawing in brown ink with colour washes, of a mounted knight (f. 1). Large zoomorphic initial in brown ink with coloured washes (f. 3).

• Drawing of outline drawing of Scipio Africanus and Masinissa, under a colonnade., Somnium Scipionis (ff. 3-7), with an 'Alfabetum Grecorum' (f. 1v), a diagram of consanguinity (f. 2)

a parchment leaf at the end.Ampersands, and uncrossed tironian ets. In part 1, ct ligatures. 1 drawing in brown ink with colour washes, of a mounted knight (f. 1). Large zoomorphic initial in brown ink with coloured washes (f. 3).

• Puzzle initial., Miscellany, including a history of Susanna, 58 Aesopic fables (ff. 171-187), a liber 'de doctrina cordis' (ff. 5-141v); Alan of Lille's Parabolae (ff. 161-171); and Regulae theologicae (ff. 270-318v); Alan of Meaux's Metrical treatise on Susanna (ff. 1-4)

in red and brown or blue (ff. 1, 5, 5v, 76, 142, 161v, 270). Small initials in plain red. Miscellany, including a history of Susanna, 58 Aesopic fables (ff. 171-187), a liber 'de doctrina cordis' (ff. 5-141v); Alan of Lille's

• Miniature of a hunting scene., Account of the Norman noblemen who accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066; a treatise on Elizabethan heraldry and genealogy; and an account on the Court of Queen Elizabeth

with full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 2, 32). 3 three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 4, 49, 126). 1 partial border, in colours (f. 57). 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f.

• Painted binding with hunting scenes., Account of the Norman noblemen who accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066; a treatise on Elizabethan heraldry and genealogy; and an account on the Court of Queen Elizabeth

with full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 2, 32). 3 three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 4, 49, 126). 1 partial border, in colours (f. 57). 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f.

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

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 with red penwork