• Puzzle initial with fish in the margin., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

Methodist minister and scholar: inscribed 'N.^o^ VII. of Dr. Adam Clarke's collection (see Catalogue of his MSS. by his son, London 1835' (3rd flyleaf [f. 1*]); his sale, 21 May 1838, lot 27 (see notes).Barnes & Son: their catalogue 1836,

• Text written in Insular minuscule with decorated initials, surrounded by 10th-century Benedictine liturgical annotations., Prayer book (the 'Royal Prayer Book'), including the apocryphal letter of Christ to Abgar, and Gospel readings

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6393.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

• Less colourful than the first two major divisions at Psalms 1 and 51, the large decorated initial 'D'(omine) and display capitals at the beginning of Psalm 101 are here executed in just blue and red, with some details in orange. Between the lines of the main Latin text is a translation in Old English., Psalter, in the Roman version (ff. 4-95), with canticles (ff. 96-104), a short litany (f. 104), a hymnal (ff. 105-128) and monastic canticles (ff. 129-135); added calendar (ff. 2,3) (the 'Bosworth Psalter')

of the late 10th century.According to Ganz (2012) the scribe is the same as for the Dunstan charter of 926, (London, Westminster Abbey ms WAM VIII). Very large initials with zoomorphic and/or interlace decoration at the beginning of Psalms 1,

• Initial 'P'(rimo) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the hymns., Psalter, in the Roman version (ff. 4-95), with canticles (ff. 96-104), a short litany (f. 104), a hymnal (ff. 105-128) and monastic canticles (ff. 129-135); added calendar (ff. 2,3) (the 'Bosworth Psalter')

of the late 10th century.According to Ganz (2012) the scribe is the same as for the Dunstan charter of 926, (London, Westminster Abbey ms WAM VIII). Very large initials with zoomorphic and/or interlace decoration at the beginning of Psalms 1,

• 3 incomplete initials showing the three first stages in the production of a decorated initial: in the right-hand column is a space for an initial 'T' that has not been started; to its left is a 'VD' monogram whose design has been sketched in lead point; and above this is a 'P' whose design has been inked-over., Psalter, in the Roman version (ff. 4-95), with canticles (ff. 96-104), a short litany (f. 104), a hymnal (ff. 105-128) and monastic canticles (ff. 129-135); added calendar (ff. 2,3) (the 'Bosworth Psalter')

of the late 10th century.According to Ganz (2012) the scribe is the same as for the Dunstan charter of 926, (London, Westminster Abbey ms WAM VIII). Very large initials with zoomorphic and/or interlace decoration at the beginning of Psalms 1,

• Puzzle initial 'P'., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

Methodist minister and scholar: inscribed 'N.^o^ VII. of Dr. Adam Clarke's collection (see Catalogue of his MSS. by his son, London 1835' (3rd flyleaf [f. 1*]); his sale, 21 May 1838, lot 27 (see notes).Barnes & Son: their catalogue 1836,

• Detail of an initial-word panel ~Wa-yiqra~ (And the Lord called unto Moses) inhabited by two hybrids, at the top of the second text column, at the beginning of Leviticus., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Detail of an initial-word panel, ~Bereshit~ (In the beginning) at the beginning of Genesis. The initial-word panel inhabited by dragons and connected to a vertical band running on the outer margin of the folio., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Detail of an initial-word panel ~Wa-yedabber~ (And the Lord spake unto Moses) inhabited by a dragon, at the beginning of Numbers., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold