• Decorated initial 'D'(esiderii) in column 1, at the beginning of Jerome's Prologue., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

'D'(esiderii) in column 1, at the beginning of Jerome's Prologue. The historical annals which were once part of the Arnstein Bible were copied from the Floreffe Bible (Additional 17738).The second volume of this Bible is Harley 2799.Decorated quire signatures. Large

• Coloured initials., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Ricardi ...ham monachi' and 'ecc[lesi]e xp[ist]I cantuar[ie]', with a title 'Expo[s]it[i]o s[anc]ti du[n]stani sup[er] regula[m] s[anc]ti B[e]n[e]d[ic]ti', 14th century (f. 1), and a shelfmark 'D. III. g. XII' with a title 'Expositio su[per] Reg[u]lam beati Benedicti. nova', 12th century (f.

• Decorated initials 'C'(um turbas) and 'O'(bsculta), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the preface and the text., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Ricardi ...ham monachi' and 'ecc[lesi]e xp[ist]I cantuar[ie]', with a title 'Expo[s]it[i]o s[anc]ti du[n]stani sup[er] regula[m] s[anc]ti B[e]n[e]d[ic]ti', 14th century (f. 1), and a shelfmark 'D. III. g. XII' with a title 'Expositio su[per] Reg[u]lam beati Benedicti. nova', 12th century (f.

• Diagram illustratng a treatise on free will, showing connections between various sorts of sin. In the lower portion of the diagram is a small rectangle with the word 'vicium' (meaning fault/blemish/flaw/vice) linked to four more similar rectangles, marked 'furtum', 'fraus', 'fallacia', and 'mendacium', words with similar meanings, all connected with fraud, trickery, deceit, treachery, etc., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

rectangles, marked 'furtum', 'fraus', 'fallacia', and 'mendacium', words with similar meanings, all connected with fraud, trickery, deceit, treachery, etc. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a

• Between the end of some prefatory treatises and the prologue to Leviticus is a rubric stating that this is 'The book of [the Cistercian abbey of] St. Mary, Buildwas, written in the year AD 1176' ('Liber Sancte Marie de Bildewas. Scriptus anno ab incarnatione domini Millesimo centesimo septuagesimo sexto') followed by a decorated initial 'E'., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

Sancte Marie de Bildewas. Scriptus anno ab incarnatione domini Millesimo centesimo septuagesimo sexto') followed by a decorated initial 'E'. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a

• Decorated initial 'V'(ocavit) at the beginning of Leviticus., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

the beginning of Leviticus. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue,

• Decorated initial 'I' at the beginning of John; visible through the parchment from the other side of the leaf is a green initial marking the start of the prologue to the Gospel. The first six lines of the main text is in a wider column than the rest, and has no interlinear gloss., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

six lines of the main text is in a wider column than the rest, and has no interlinear gloss. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a

• Marginal diagram., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

orditur epactarum' (f. 145v); 'Epistola Bede presbiteri ad Victedam [Wicredum] presbiterum' (ff. 146-148v);Verses on the seven liberal arts (ff. 149-149v). 1 explanatory drawing of methods of calculation of the Computus (f. 33v). Series of ink drawings of the constellations slightly

• Marginal diagram with an inscription 'Thule insula'., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

orditur epactarum' (f. 145v); 'Epistola Bede presbiteri ad Victedam [Wicredum] presbiterum' (ff. 146-148v);Verses on the seven liberal arts (ff. 149-149v). 1 explanatory drawing of methods of calculation of the Computus (f. 33v). Series of ink drawings of the constellations slightly

• Decorated initials, and flyleaf., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

and flyleaf. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or

• Decorated initials., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

initials. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green,

• Text page with gloss., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

with gloss. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or

• Text page with gloss., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

with gloss. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or

• Decorated initial., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

initial. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green,

• Miniature of Dunstan as a bishop, writing a commentary of the Rule of Saint Benedict, with an inscription 'S[an]c[tu]s Dunstanus'., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Ricardi ...ham monachi' and 'ecc[lesi]e xp[ist]I cantuar[ie]', with a title 'Expo[s]it[i]o s[anc]ti du[n]stani sup[er] regula[m] s[anc]ti B[e]n[e]d[ic]ti', 14th century (f. 1), and a shelfmark 'D. III. g. XII' with a title 'Expositio su[per] Reg[u]lam beati Benedicti. nova', 12th century (f.

• Detail of a decorated initial 'O'(bsculta), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the preface and the text., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Ricardi ...ham monachi' and 'ecc[lesi]e xp[ist]I cantuar[ie]', with a title 'Expo[s]it[i]o s[anc]ti du[n]stani sup[er] regula[m] s[anc]ti B[e]n[e]d[ic]ti', 14th century (f. 1), and a shelfmark 'D. III. g. XII' with a title 'Expositio su[per] Reg[u]lam beati Benedicti. nova', 12th century (f.

• null, Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Inscription of a title reading, 'Expositio su[per] Reg[u]lam beati Benedicti. nova' with a reference sign repeated at the beginning of the text (f. 3), a shelfmark, 'D. III. g. XII, an ownership inscription of John Lumley, and an offset of a miniature from leaf 2v., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Ricardi ...ham monachi' and 'ecc[lesi]e xp[ist]I cantuar[ie]', with a title 'Expo[s]it[i]o s[anc]ti du[n]stani sup[er] regula[m] s[anc]ti B[e]n[e]d[ic]ti', 14th century (f. 1), and a shelfmark 'D. III. g. XII' with a title 'Expositio su[per] Reg[u]lam beati Benedicti. nova', 12th century (f.

• Decorated initial 'P'(revaricatus) in column 2 at the beginning of IV Kings., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'F'(ratres) with foliage and hybrid creatures., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime