• Detail of a miniature of the awe-struck apostles praising Christ as the Son of God, in a visualization of John 21:7., Psalter, with canticles (ff. 136v-139v)

Christ as the Son of God, in a visualization of John 21:7. Includes one of the earliest surviving drawing of the martyrdom of Becket: see discussion Kauffmann 1975.f. 51 is a replacement page, with text in a 14th-century hand.Interlineal text

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 26., Commentary on Psalms 1-50

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the select list of works noted by John Bale of c. 1548 as 'Pully super Psalterium'; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 15v; and

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate decoration, and a drawing of a dragon with pen-flourished decoration in the lower margin, at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 1., Commentary on Psalms 1-50

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the select list of works noted by John Bale of c. 1548 as 'Pully super Psalterium'; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 15v; and

• Initial 'V'(ocationem) with foliate decoration., Commentary on Leviticus

and included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The Old Royal Library (the

• Initial 'V'(ocavit) with foliate decoration and display script., Commentary on Leviticus

and included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The Old Royal Library (the

• Initial 'Q'(ocationem) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Book 2., Commentary on Leviticus

and included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The Old Royal Library (the

• Puzzle initial 'M'(atheus) at the beginning of the commentary on Matthew's Gospel and ownership inscription., Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew (f. 1) and John (f. 81), the Apocalypse (f. 173) and the Catholic Epistles (f. 187)

pen-flourishing in red. Paraphs in red or blue. Underlining in red. Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew (f. 1) and John (f. 81), the Apocalypse (f. 173) and the Catholic Epistles (f. 187) Master William Pykenham (d. 1497), Archdeacon of

• Puzzle initial 'H'(ic) at the beginning of the commentary on John's Gospel., Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew (f. 1) and John (f. 81), the Apocalypse (f. 173) and the Catholic Epistles (f. 187)

pen-flourishing in red. Paraphs in red or blue. Underlining in red. Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew (f. 1) and John (f. 81), the Apocalypse (f. 173) and the Catholic Epistles (f. 187) Master William Pykenham (d. 1497), Archdeacon of

• Decorated initial 'T'(enetis) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the twenty-seventh sermon., Sermones super Cantica canticorum

Decorated initial 'T'(enetis) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the twenty-seventh sermon. Quire signatures in the form of Roman numerals at the end of each quire except for the first. 1 framed zoomorphic initial in gold and colours with

• Framed zoomorphic initial 'V'(obis) with display script at the beginning of the first sermon., Sermones super Cantica canticorum

Framed zoomorphic initial 'V'(obis) with display script at the beginning of the first sermon. Quire signatures in the form of Roman numerals at the end of each quire except for the first. 1 framed zoomorphic initial in gold and

• Large initial 'P'(utamus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the seventeenth sermon., Sermones super Cantica canticorum

Large initial 'P'(utamus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the seventeenth sermon. Quire signatures in the form of Roman numerals at the end of each quire except for the first. 1 framed zoomorphic initial in gold and colours with

• Large puzzle initial 'F'(ulcite) with pen-flourished partial border at the beginning of the fifty-first sermon., Sermones super Cantica canticorum

Large puzzle initial 'F'(ulcite) with pen-flourished partial border at the beginning of the fifty-first sermon. Quire signatures in the form of Roman numerals at the end of each quire except for the first. 1 framed zoomorphic initial in gold

• Text page with initial 'P'(ROVIDE) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the edict of King Alaric., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

Text page with initial 'P'(ROVIDE) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the edict of King Alaric. Cassiodorus Senator (c.490-583) was a Roman statesman and writer, who, after retiring, became a monk at the monastery of Vivarium, which he

• Text page with 'P'(lerumque) with penwork decoration., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

Text page with 'P'(lerumque) with penwork decoration. Cassiodorus Senator (c.490-583) was a Roman statesman and writer, who, after retiring, became a monk at the monastery of Vivarium, which he founded on his own land, in emulation of the monastery

• Text page with initial 'Q'(ui) with penwork decoration., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

Text page with initial 'Q'(ui) with penwork decoration. Cassiodorus Senator (c.490-583) was a Roman statesman and writer, who, after retiring, became a monk at the monastery of Vivarium, which he founded on his own land, in emulation of the

• Text page with quire number in arabic numerals written backwards: '610' for 16., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

Text page with quire number in arabic numerals written backwards: '610' for 16. Cassiodorus Senator (c.490-583) was a Roman statesman and writer, who, after retiring, became a monk at the monastery of Vivarium, which he founded on his own

• Text page with puzzle initial 'P'(ropositi) with penwork decoration and rubric added in a later cursive script ., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

Text page with puzzle initial 'P'(ropositi) with penwork decoration and rubric added in a later cursive script . Cassiodorus Senator (c.490-583) was a Roman statesman and writer, who, after retiring, became a monk at the monastery of Vivarium, which

• Detail of a miniature of the bringing of the head of John the Baptist., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

the bringing of the head of John the Baptist. The Veronica image is the earliest in Western art, according to Lewis 1987 p. 127.This is the earliest richly illuminated manuscript with fairly definite evidence of having been made in Oxford,

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'M'(arcus) at the beginning of the prologue to Mark., Glossed Gospel of Mark

the Abbey of Chck in Essex which was dedicated to S. Osith (f. 1).William Smarte: above-cited ownership inscription (f. 100v).? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: 1738 note written by James West that it once

• Detail of decorated initial., Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl