• Miniature of Ecgfrith, king of the English, along with his bishop Trumwine, visiting Cuthbert at Lindisfarne, from Chapter 24 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

king of the English, along with his bishop Trumwine, visiting Cuthbert at Lindisfarne, from Chapter 24 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. This manuscript was formerly Additional 39943.f. 20 should follow f. 21.A duplicate copy of the volume, but

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Initials 'R'(es) and 'A'(nno) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's 'Gesta regum Anglorum'., Gesta regum Anglorum (ff. 4-103v); Gesta pontificum Anglorum (ff. 108-167); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatorio S. Patricii (ff. 167v-175)

Initials 'R'(es) and 'A'(nno) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's 'Gesta regum Anglorum'. Part 2 of this manuscript is Harley 23.Two sets of quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso

• Initials 'P'(rima), 'Q'(uatuor), 'N'(on), 'T'(abernaculum) with penwork decoration., Liber Exceptionum, Part II (ff. 1-55v); sermons, and other texts (see Notes for contents)

Initials 'P'(rima), 'Q'(uatuor), 'N'(on), 'T'(abernaculum) with penwork decoration. Also contains:Sermo de offendiculis mundi (ff. 55v-56v);Richard of St-Victor, Sermo de omnibus sanctis (ff. 56v-58);Ego sum pastor bonus (ff. 58r-v);Modicum et iam non videbitis me (ff. 58v)Uncrossed tironian ets. Quire marks

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) depicting Jerome and Damasus (above), and Jerome and Ambrose (below), with the ownership inscriptions of Abbot Robert de Bello at the top of the page and under the feet of the peacock., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Calendar page for December with a medallion of Capricorn., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Inhabited initial 'D'(ixi), at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Inhabited initial 'Q'(uid gloria) with a dragon and a bird, at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit), at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of Jonah falling from his boat, and Jonah on the back of the whale, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Inhabited initial 'E'(xultate), at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Decorated initial 'C'(onfitebor)., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with medallions of David with Goliath's head, David playing the harp, and David beheading Goliath, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Detail of a prefatory miniature of David playing the harp., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, and David killing Goliath, at the beginning of Psalm 1, Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

sometimes with dragons (e.g., ff.1v, 173, 176v) in red and blue, with 1 dragon in gold (f. 7). Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible) Written for a nun: two prayers mention 'abbatissam nostram' (f. 176v, 179), perhaps in the diocese of

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of Christ and a monk kneeling before him holding a scroll inscribed with the incipit of Psalm 101, 'D[omi]ne exaudii orationem mea[m]'., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(omine) of Christ and a monk kneeling before him holding a scroll inscribed with the incipit of Psalm 101, 'D[omi]ne exaudii orationem mea[m]'., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in