• Historiated initial 'E'(t) of two men with a book, at the beginning of the Book of Joshua., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

p[er]missio[n]e divina Bangorens[is] eps et Milladensis' (f. 184v).Thomas a Woode: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 507' (f. 1): included in the Inventory of the Upper Library at

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(t factum est) of two men with a book, perhaps Moses giving the book of the law to Joshua, at the beginning of Joshua., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

p[er]missio[n]e divina Bangorens[is] eps et Milladensis' (f. 184v).Thomas a Woode: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 507' (f. 1): included in the Inventory of the Upper Library at

• Inhabited initial 'T'(andem), at the beginning of the prologue to Joshua., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

p[er]missio[n]e divina Bangorens[is] eps et Milladensis' (f. 184v).Thomas a Woode: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 507' (f. 1): included in the Inventory of the Upper Library at

• Added drawings of the symbols of the four Evangelists, leaf and scroll ornament, labelled 'vinea Domini', part of a Latin alphabet and runes., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

part of a Latin alphabet and runes. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek,

• Text page at the beginning of the list of chapter headings., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

beginning of the list of chapter headings. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek,

• Marginal drawing of pointed and circular shapes., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

Marginal drawing of pointed and circular shapes. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek,

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(C) at the beginning of Book V, Chapter i., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

the beginning of Book V, Chapter i. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek,

• Text page with marginal geometric drawings., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

Text page with marginal geometric drawings. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod.

• Text page with marginal geometric drawing., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

Text page with marginal geometric drawing. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod.

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(eft) with two creatures and vine interlace patterns at the beginning of Book IV, Chapter i., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

the beginning of Book IV, Chapter i. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek,

• Zoomorphic initial (A)'E'(ft) with four heads and interlaced bodies at the beginning of Book III, Chapter i., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

the beginning of Book III, Chapter i. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek,

• Zoomorphic initial 'U'(re) with 3 heads and interlaced bodies at the beginning of Book I, Chapter i., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

the beginning of Book I, Chapter i. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek,

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a scroll with the inscription 'Ad Timotheu[m]', at the beginning of 1Timothy, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of the gloss., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

pen-flourishing in blue. Gloss on the Pauline Epistles Added chapter numbers, 14th-century English hand.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard France, N. France, Central or N. (Paris?)

• Coloured initial 'A'(pud)., Epistolae and other works

Numbers and rubrics in red. Epistolae and other works The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary, Worcester: additions in an English hand of the 14th century (f. 240); in Patrick Young's catalogue of the Worcester library, no. 73 (see ~Catalogus

• Coloured initials 'P'(risco) (x2) and 'M'(isisti)., Epistolae and other works

Numbers and rubrics in red. Epistolae and other works The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary, Worcester: additions in an English hand of the 14th century (f. 240); in Patrick Young's catalogue of the Worcester library, no. 73 (see ~Catalogus

• Initial 'P'(ulchre) with foliate decoration., Epistolae and other works

Numbers and rubrics in red. Epistolae and other works The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Mary, Worcester: additions in an English hand of the 14th century (f. 240); in Patrick Young's catalogue of the Worcester library, no. 73 (see ~Catalogus

• Added miscellaneous documents, memoranda, and records of pensions or tenancies with documentation of the villages around Evesham, here Sanburne and Salford. At the bottom of the page is an added line of Old English 'letters' which includes the abbreviation for 'et' or 'and', which resembles the number 7., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

the villages around Evesham, here Sanburne and Salford. At the bottom of the page is an added line of OldEnglish 'letters' which includes the abbreviation for 'et' or 'and', which resembles the number 7. The volume is a composite

• Preface and beginning of Luke's gospel with decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam) enclosing a flower., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

of a man's head in profile (f. 75). Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in OldEnglish and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141) The Benedictine (later Augustinian) priory

• Text page with recipes in English compiled by Ricardus, prior of Coventry., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

with recipes in English compiled by Ricardus, prior of Coventry. The front flyleaves (ff. 1-4) contain recipes and the back flyleaves (ff. 223-226) a civil law text in an earlier hand.ff. 5-133 were copied at the beginning of the 14th

• Coloured and decorated initials, the lower 'V'(ir) including an animal head, in a page from Bede's verse Life of Cuthbert with glosses written over the lines of the poem in Latin or Old English., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

poem in Latin or OldEnglish. Wormald Type II(b) initials of heads, interlace in outline, and acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned