• Coloured initial., Life and miracles of St Swithun

(epanaleptic) (ff. 49v-50v);Wulfstan's Narratio Metrica de S. Swithuno (ff. 51-124);Additional poems and miracles of St Swithun (ff. 124v-126v);A few OldEnglish glosses (ff. 109, 111).Marginal directions for reading at night office (ff. 3v-8). Large initials in red or green. Numerous

• Coloured initial., Life and miracles of St Swithun

(epanaleptic) (ff. 49v-50v);Wulfstan's Narratio Metrica de S. Swithuno (ff. 51-124);Additional poems and miracles of St Swithun (ff. 124v-126v);A few OldEnglish glosses (ff. 109, 111).Marginal directions for reading at night office (ff. 3v-8). Large initials in red or green. Numerous

• Inhabited initial 'B'(eatissimo), with animals and grotesques, at the beginning of the Life of St. Gregory., Life of St Gregory

12th century (f. 1).Added marginal drawing of two human figures kissing (?), 12th century (f. 123). Added annotations in 14th-century English hand.The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary, Worcester: included in Patrick Young's catalogue of the Worcester library, no. 36

• The first canon table with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

hand responsible for glossing the Vespasian Psalter, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, the oldest extant translation of Scripture into OldEnglish. 1 incipit page with miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God blessing, and an initial in

• Text page at the beginning of Abbo of St-Germain's ~Bella Parisiacae urbis~, book 3, with red initial and highlights., Alcuin, De orthographia (ff.1-24v); Bede, De orthographia (ff. 24v-71); Bella Parisiacae urbis, book 3 (Ad clericos) (ff. 71v-84); unidentified smaller text with glossary material (ff. 84-86v); De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, book 4 (De arte dialectica) (f. 87-149); Glossaries to Greek and Latin grammar texts, including lists of grammatical and metrical terms and glosses to Juvenal (ff. 150-167v).

corrections and erasures between ff. 150-159. Folio 93v is blank. Marked change in parchment quality in quires xx-xxii. Two Latin-Old English glosses on f. 166. Bishop proposes that the scribe of Harley 3826 reappears in Lincoln, Cathedral Library MS. 182.

• Anthropomorphic initial 'S'(ancti), formed of two monks, at the beginning of the prologue to the De fide catholica of Isidore., De fide catholica

St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7922, 7923).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Anthropomorphic initial Isidore Canterbury England, S. E. (Canterbury?)

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(udei) with an animal head., De fide catholica

St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7922, 7923).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Isidore Canterbury England, S. E. (Canterbury?)

• Illuminated headpiece decorated with geometric patterns, and initial 'A'(ndres) at the beginning of Gregory Nazianzus' De pauperum amore (Oratio 14)., In patrem tacentem (ff. 1-3); De pauperum amore (ff. 3v-18v), both imperfect

Illuminated headpiece decorated with geometric patterns, and initial 'A'(ndres) at the beginning of Gregory Nazianzus' De pauperum amore (Oratio 14). f. 20r-v formerly used as a pastedown.Old pagination on ff. 1-18v of 481-516.ff. 1-18 were formerly gatherings 31-33 of

• Detail of headpiece., In patrem tacentem (ff. 1-3); De pauperum amore (ff. 3v-18v), both imperfect

Detail of headpiece. f. 20r-v formerly used as a pastedown.Old pagination on ff. 1-18v of 481-516.ff. 1-18 were formerly gatherings 31-33 of a larger volume. Headpiece decorated with geometric patterns in colours and gold. Large gold and blue initial

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) with a human face., 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. Decorated initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Zoomorphic initial 'H'(anc)., 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 'P'(orro)., 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 'P'(rete)., 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 'D'(omino)., 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 'R'*everentissimis) with display script., 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 'P'(rimitus)., 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 'P'., 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)

• Initial and musical notation in Anglo-Saxon neumes., Leaves from a Gradual

Anglo-Saxon neumes (with ~litterae significativae~ S and L), England (Old Minster – Winchester ?), mid-11th century (ff. 1r-v, 56r-v)Initials of Wormald's Type II (a) of thick black interlace with heads, with the body of the letter split by white. Large

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of Psalm 1 opening the breviary, and two smaller initials with penwork decoration: 'Q'(uare) and 'D'(omine), at the beginings of Psalms 2 and 3., Breviary

his name, 16th century (ff. 1, 220).Wallyngfforthe, inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 220). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial St Albans England, S. (St Albans)

• Calendar page, with an ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans, reading 'Hic est lib[er] s[an]cti Albani que qui abstulerit aut / titulum deleverit anathema sit. Amem', with a note reading 'De armariolo in choro.', Breviary

with his name, 16th century (ff. 1, 220).Wallyngfforthe, inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 220). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. January St Albans England, S. (St Albans)