Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8656; red seal of a ship (unfoliated parchment folio after f. [i]).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Scribe at work John of Salisbury England
Calligraphic specimen with a large initial 'R'(icordare), and an illuminated border. f. 1 is a paper flyleafContains various arms and names, including those of Cosimo de Medici, Duke of Florence (ff. 11v, 17v) and his wife, Eleanora of Toledo
Calligraphic specimen with a large initial 'T'(u) and an illuminated border, inscribed with the names of Henry Fitzalan, lord Maltravers, son of the 12th earl of Arundel, and of Petrucchio Ubaldini. f. 1 is a paper flyleafContains various arms
Calligraphic specimen with a large initial 'I'(l) and an illuminated border. f. 1 is a paper flyleafContains various arms and names, including those of Cosimo de Medici, Duke of Florence (ff. 11v, 17v) and his wife, Eleanora of Toledo
Calligraphic specimen with a large initial 'U'(n) and an illuminated border with the name and emblem of Daniel Barbaro. f. 1 is a paper flyleafContains various arms and names, including those of Cosimo de Medici, Duke of Florence (ff.
Text page with large initials; Latin and Anglo-Saxon script. Greek numerals and alphabets (ff. 2v-3)'Excerptiones de arte grammatica Anglice': the Latin Grammar, in Anglo-Saxon, of Ælfric, Abbot of Ensham based on Priscian's Excerptiones. Imperfect at the end, breaking off
Miniatures of swords in various positions. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum ex elementis constare' (f. 3).Written
Full-page miniature of various emblems, including a sword, a crown, a wheel, and a serpent. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit:
Miniature of a hellscape. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum ex elementis constare' (f. 3).Written in an
Miniature of symbols on a red tablet, hung by a bow. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum
Miniatures of symbols at the bottom of a page of text, including a fire, an urn pouring water, a hand holding a sword and a plant, etc. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary
Full-page miniature of a monument-like structure with a purple background, with a series of symbols. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit:
Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8656; red seal of a ship (unfoliated parchment folio after f. [i]).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text John of Salisbury England
is said to have occurred in the time of abbot Odbert (1000-1012); see also the Chronicle of S. Bertin by John of Ypres, cap. 34 (Edmund Martène and Ursin Durand, ~Thesaurus novus anecdotorum~, 5 vols (Paris, 1717), III, p. 569).Incipit:
Detail of a decorated initial 'P'. Includes Ambrose, Commentary on Luke (ff. 2-105v), Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermones, attributed here to Anselm of Canterbury, imperfect (ff. 105-108), Honorius Augustodunensis, Gemme animae sive De divinis officiis (ff. 109-173v) and Tractatus de
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
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. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor'
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. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or
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. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or red ink. Guide letters
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. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or red ink. Guide letters for initials.