• Decorated initial 'S'(ymoniaci) at the beginning of Augustine's De heresibus., Confessiones, De heresibus

the 'Confessiones' preceded by a fragment of 'Retractationes' begins on f. 1, but is broken off and repeated on f. 2v; ff. 1v-2 are blank.Written by three hands (Hand 1: ff. 1-116, Hand 2: ff. 117-128, Hand 3: ff. 129-184).Catchwords

• Decorated initial 'D'(ici) at the beginning of the Enchiridion of Augustine., Enchiridion, De bono mortis, De corpore et sanguine Domini

(ff. 44v-62v) Lanfranc, De corpore et sanguine Domini (ff. 62v-89). Misbound at the beginning: f. 2 should be before f. 1, and ff. 12-19 before 4-11.Quire signatures. Decorated initials in green and red, at the beginning of major text divisions

• Simple initial 'O'(mnis) with a face in Pierre Tudebode's Historia de Hierosolymitana itinere., Historia de Hierosolymitana itinere

Simple initial 'O'(mnis) with a face in Pierre Tudebode's Historia de Hierosolymitana itinere. 1 initial in red with arabesque motifs (f. 1). Initials in red or brown with some penwork decoration, including dots, lines, simple spiralling extensions and once with

• Alchemical recipe, added in the ? 15th century., Apocalypse (in Wycliffe translation), with commentary

with penwork decoration (e.g. f. 97v) Apocalypse (in Wycliffe translation), with commentary Various inscriptions (ff. 1, 2, 109, and in margins), including alchemical recipe (f. 1); 15th century. Mathew Goodryk: inscribed with his name, early 16th century (f. 109v).David Norkin

• Historiated initial with the Adoration of the Magi at Sext in the Hours of the Virgin, with a hybrid creature in the lower margin., Psalter-Hours

combined with a bar border with ivy on three or four sides (f. 13: David playing the harp, for Psalm 1, praying lady, hybrid creature in the border; f. 42: David pointing at his eye, for Psalm 26 (27), lady,

• Table., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Drawing of standing men labelled, to the left 'Vita' (Life), above a figure labelled on his halo 'Mors' (Death) in a diagram used for calculating the duration and outcome of illnesses. The sum of the numerical value of a patient's name plus the number of the lunar day of the illness's inception and the result divided by thirty. If the resulting number fell in the realm of Christ / life, recovery was indicated, if Satan / death, then fatality., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Diagram of the personifications of the winds, illustrates the twelve Aristotelian winds, each of which is captioned with two variant names., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Diagram, with an almond shape central space, inside a rectangle with the names of the four Evangelists. On the outer border are the names of the apostles and Paul, whose names are written in circles, and names of Old Testament prophets, priests, and patriarchs between the circles. Around the outside of the diagram, are notes of the hours of the day and night and the names of directions (in Old English) and winds place the celestial scheme within the structure of the world or creation., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'S' and a circular map of the world, divided in half horizontally, with the lower half in two quarters, creating a 'T' shape. At the centre, here written across the middle, is 'Jerusalem'. Above is 'Asia' (labelled at the very top), in the lower right is 'Affrica', and to its left 'Europa'. A number of place-names are also marked: in a small circle in Europe is Italy ('Italia'), next to this in a rectangle 'Roma'. At the extreme left-hand side, partly protruding outside the circles, are Britain ('Britannia'), Scotland ('Hibernia'), and the island 'Thile'., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Table and information for astrological computation. Lines in the diagram are left blank to accommodate computation., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominis), at the beginning of a treatise on the calculation of the movable date of Easter., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Diagram, perhaps unfinished, with twenty-two concentric circles divided into sixteenths. The diagram lists the months in each 'wedge', each given a different number, and numbers relating to lunar months., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Diagram., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• 'Byrhtferth's diagram' relating to the computation of the date of Easter and other astrological and natural science topics., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'A'(postolica) at the beginning of the De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum of Ambrosius Autpertus., De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum, De compunctione cordis, Prognosticon futuri saeculi, De corpore et sanguine domini, with sermons and Vita S. Fursei

Salomonis et eius penitentia', see Hunt 1958) (ff. 160-161).Written by three hands (Hand I: ff. 2-84v, attributed to Rochester Scribe 1 by Waller 1980, other manuscripts written by him are Trinity College, Cambridge, O.2.24 ff. 1-111v, and Royal 12 C

• Decorated initial 'P'(ascalis) in Anselm's epistle 281., Epistolae 280, 281, and 415, imperfect and fragmentary

initials in red with blue penwork decoration (ff. 2, 3v). 1 large initial in red (f. 5). Small initials in brown ink. Epistolae 280, 281, and 415, imperfect and fragmentary Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of

• Historiated initial 'F'(errum) of the Agnus Dei, at the beginning of the prologue to the Corrogationes Promethei of Alexander Nequam., Corrogationes Promethei; Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos; miscellaneous works of Augustine; sermons attributed to Caesarius

Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1229', and Henrician title 'Opuscula quidam D. Augustini' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542.Presented to the British Museum by