• Inhabited initial 'P'(er) of a double headed eagle, at the beginning of the Sententia de libro retractationum and an inhabited initial 'I'(nter) with double headed eagles and white lions, at the beginning of Book 1 of the De consensu evangelistarum., De consensu evangelistarum

1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Inhabited initials Augustine England, S.

• Historiated initial 'P'(rincipia) of Peter Lombard holding a scroll with an inscription, 'Petrus Lombard', at the beginning to the prologue to Peter Lombard's Commentary on Epistles., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Peter Lombard Peter Lombard England

• Ownership inscriptions of John Theyer reading 'Liber Ioh[ann]is Theyer de Cowpers in Com. Civil. Glouc[ester]: 2º Iulii 1640', and of the Benedictine abbey of the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist, Reading, reading 'Hic est liber sancte Marie de Rading[ia]. Que[m] qui celav[er]it / vel fraude[m] de eo fec[er]it anathema sit.', Commentary on Lamentations

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Ownership inscriptions Paschasius Radbertus England, S. England, S. (Reading)

• Decorated initial 'S'(icut) at the beginning of Pascahasius Radbertus's Commentary on Lamentations., Commentary on Lamentations

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Paschasius Radbertus England, S. England, S. (Reading)

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of Daniel., Jeremiah and Daniel with the Glossa Ordinaria

king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial England, Central England, Central (Worcester?)

• Zoomorphic initial 'M'(ultiphariam) in the form of a dragon and two fish, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Hebrews, and an illuminated initial 'M'(ultiphariam) at the beginning of 1 Hebrews., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Peter Lombard England

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a book, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Ephesians, and a historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of a lion, at the beginning of Ephesians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard England

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of 1 Corinthians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Corinthians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard England

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Philemon, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Philemon., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard England

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Timothy., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard England

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of 2 Thessalonians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 2 Thessalonians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard England

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of 1 Thessalonians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Thessalonians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard England

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Colossians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Colossians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard England

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a scroll, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Philippians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Philippians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard England

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Corinthians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Corinthians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard England

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Romans, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Romans., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard England

• Decorated initials, including with a hand blessing., Evangelistarium, imperfect, beginning in the Gospel for the 5th day of the 5th week of John, and ending in the menology at the 6th January.

columns, and containing portions of the 'Orations'; a third (f. 132) is a manuscript of the Septuagint version of the Old Testament, containing part of Daniel 3; and the rest are from a theological work, most of which is wholly

• Decorated headpiece and initial., Evangelistarium, imperfect, beginning in the Gospel for the 5th day of the 5th week of John, and ending in the menology at the 6th January.

columns, and containing portions of the 'Orations'; a third (f. 132) is a manuscript of the Septuagint version of the Old Testament, containing part of Daniel 3; and the rest are from a theological work, most of which is wholly

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulto), with a guide letter in the margin, at the beginning of the prologue to Commentary on Lamentations addressed to Odilmannus Severus., Commentary on Lamentations

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Paschasius Radbertus England, S. England, S. (Reading)

• Blank frame for a miniature, with the hindquarters of a horse on the left., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

miniatures, was produced at Durham around the same time and is Cambridge, Trinity College MS O.1.64.St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born