• Illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Psalm 109, with an Anglo-Norman French translation written above the Latin text., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 7).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• The beginning of the litany, which includes the Peterborough saints Cyniburg, Cyneswith, and Tibba. Note that Peter ('PETRE') is written in capitals, and has a double invocation, as does Oswald 'Oswalde'), founder of the abbey at Ramsey, south of Peterborough., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 7).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in

• Initial 'P'(roxime), at the beginning of the prologue., Breviarium on the Psalms

poem on Luke, 8th century, at the beginning (see David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734)).Thomas Cranmer (b. 1489, d. 1556), archbishop of Canterbury, inscribed with his name in both volumes (f. 1).John Lumley,

• Text page with decorated initial 'U' and rubric., Enarrationes en Psalmos (51-100)

(?).Charles Theyer (b. 1651): inscribed 'Carol[us] Theyer' and with the Theyer monogram (f. 1).Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: perhaps included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge

• Large zoomorphic initial 'I' and smaller initial 'B', with foliate decoration., Enarrationes en Psalmos (101-150), imperfect

6431Charles Theyer (b. 1651): inscribed 'Carol[us] Theyer' and with the Theyer monogram (f. 1).Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: perhaps included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge

• Decorated initial 'P'(salmus) and a smaller decorated initial 'C'(on), interlocking with foliate decoration., Enarrationes en Psalmos (101-150), imperfect

6431Charles Theyer (b. 1651): inscribed 'Carol[us] Theyer' and with the Theyer monogram (f. 1).Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: perhaps included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge

• Detail of decorated initials 'P'(salmus) and 'C'(on), interlocking with foliate decoration., Enarrationes en Psalmos (101-150), imperfect

6431Charles Theyer (b. 1651): inscribed 'Carol[us] Theyer' and with the Theyer monogram (f. 1).Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: perhaps included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge

• Detail of a large zoomorphic initial 'I' and smaller initial 'B', with foliate decoration., Enarrationes en Psalmos (101-150), imperfect

6431Charles Theyer (b. 1651): inscribed 'Carol[us] Theyer' and with the Theyer monogram (f. 1).Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: perhaps included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge

• Decorated initials 'REVE'(rentissimis) and 'IAM'., De laudibus virginitatis

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6394.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Decorated initial 'H'(ec)., De laudibus virginitatis

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6394.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Decorated initial 'T'(empore) with an animal mask., De laudibus virginitatis

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6394.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with a lion., De laudibus virginitatis

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6394.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Decorated initials 'SE'(d)., De laudibus virginitatis

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6394.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Initial 'P'(rimus) with zoomorphic and foliate decoration., Historia Romana with a list of emperors to 527; Historia persecutionis Affricanae

77v-79) . Historia Romana with a list of emperors to 527; Historia persecutionis Affricanae The Cathedral church of St Paul, London: in the catalogue of 1458, Cotton Roll xiii.11 (see Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal

• Initial 'V'(ocationem) with foliate decoration., Commentary on Leviticus

of the Abbey of Saint-Germer-de-Flaix (or Fly), Picardy.Copied by two scribes. The second, who wrote ff. 78v-209v, worked on London, British Library Royal 7 F. v, also from Kirkstead.For this information we thank Michael Gullick for making his unpublished notes

• Initial 'V'(ocavit) with foliate decoration and display script., Commentary on Leviticus

Ralph of the Abbey of Saint-Germer-de-Flaix (or Fly), Picardy.Copied by two scribes. The second, who wrote ff. 78v-209v, worked on London, British Library Royal 7 F. v, also from Kirkstead.For this information we thank Michael Gullick for making his unpublished

• Initial 'Q'(ocationem) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Book 2., Commentary on Leviticus

Ralph of the Abbey of Saint-Germer-de-Flaix (or Fly), Picardy.Copied by two scribes. The second, who wrote ff. 78v-209v, worked on London, British Library Royal 7 F. v, also from Kirkstead.For this information we thank Michael Gullick for making his unpublished

• Text page of Moralia in Job, book xviii., Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35)

(David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library: An Appendix to the Catalogue of the Cottonian Library~ (London: printed privately, 1734), p. 203).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old

• Illuminated initial 'D'(udum te) and display script at the beginning of the preface to Moralia in Job, book xvii., Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35)

(David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library: An Appendix to the Catalogue of the Cottonian Library~ (London: printed privately, 1734), p. 203).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uotiens) and display script at the beginning book xvii of Moralia in Job., Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35)

(David Casley, ~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library: An Appendix to the Catalogue of the Cottonian Library~ (London: printed privately, 1734), p. 203).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old