colours and gold, with large decorated initials in colours, and usually also in gold, at the beginning of sermons (ff. 1, 3, 21, 26v, 36v, 44v, 54v, 62v, 71v, 119v, 130v, 163v, 168, 189v, 206v, 230v). Small simple initials in
in red decorated with coloured foliate and geometric patterns, some also with gold (ff. 1v-6). Diagram in red ink (f. 1). 4 large headpieces in gold and colours with foliate decoration (ff. 8, 64, 99, 157) at the beginning of
initials in brown or red. 1 marginal drawing of a knight on horseback holding a sword (Demetrios the Great) (f. 91). In Hexaemeron, imperfect ff. 2-8v, 10-15v, 17-120v, written by Nikephoros (inscription, f. 120v).ff. 1, 9, 16, are replacement paper
Ezra. Headings and some explicits in large capital letters (ff. 1, 3v, 5v, 51, 52, 54v, 97v), some with colours, in yellow, red, or green (ff. 5v, 52, 54v). Large capital letters in brown ink. Added sketch of Christ on
of the book of Job. Headings and some explicits in large capital letters (ff. 1, 3v, 5v, 51, 52, 54v, 97v), some with colours, in yellow, red, or green (ff. 5v, 52, 54v). Large capital letters in brown ink. Added
colours and gold, with large decorated initials in colours, and usually also in gold, at the beginning of sermons (ff. 1, 3, 21, 26v, 36v, 44v, 54v, 62v, 71v, 119v, 130v, 163v, 168, 189v, 206v, 230v). Small simple initials in
Henry VIII, after she was created Marquess of Pembroke on 1 September 1532, but before she became queen in March 1533: her heraldic device of an imperial falcon (f. 1); see Carley 2000 and 2004).The Old Royal Library: 1542 Westminster
the form of red letters in the alphabet order, in the lower margin of each first folio of the quire. 1 zoomorphic initial in brown and red of Wormald's type I with a large mask head and interlace decoration, at
Text page with initials and rubrics. Initials and rubrics in red. De unitate sanctae trinitatis (f.1); De differentiis, Etymologiae (incomplete), De miraculis Christi The Cathedral Church of St Mary, Salisbury: probably to be identified with no. 23 in Patrick
decoration, at the beginning of Psalm 1 opening the breviary, and two smaller initials with penwork decoration: 'Q'(uare) and 'D'(omine), at the beginings of Psalms 2 and 3. Includes a calendar with Easter tables (ff. 1v-8), noting the feast of
interlaced with foliage, at the beginning of book 1. Includes Augustine's De civitate Dei preceded by the section relating to it in the Retractationes (f. 5v) and notes on the De civitate Dei by Lanfranc, written by a different but
creature enmeshed in foliage (f. 4). Large initial in red (now oxided) with a blue wash and foliate decoration (f. 1). Large initial in green (f. 3v). Title, prologue, incipit and explicit in red or green capitals (ff. 1-4, 53).
creature enmeshed in foliage (f. 4). Large initial in red (now oxided) with a blue wash and foliate decoration (f. 1). Large initial in green (f. 3v). Title, prologue, incipit and explicit in red or green capitals (ff. 1-4, 53).
creature enmeshed in foliage (f. 4). Large initial in red (now oxided) with a blue wash and foliate decoration (f. 1). Large initial in green (f. 3v). Title, prologue, incipit and explicit in red or green capitals (ff. 1-4, 53).
creature enmeshed in foliage (f. 4). Large initial in red (now oxided) with a blue wash and foliate decoration (f. 1). Large initial in green (f. 3v). Title, prologue, incipit and explicit in red or green capitals (ff. 1-4, 53).
'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i]', and 'S[ecund]a p[ar]s psalt[er]ii s[ecundu]m Aug. Arnulphi p[ri]oris', 14th century (f. 1); included in the Rochester library catalogue of 1122-1123, no. 1 as 'Expositionem eiusdem super psalterium in iii voluminibus'; and in the catalogue of 1202,
smaller decorated initials, in colours (ff. 1, 10, 38v, 76, 111). Smaller and small initials in plain red or blue, some with penwork decoration in blue or red. Cadels. Chronicle Inscribed in red, 15th century: '1298 in tegernse [Tegernsee, in
Book 5.19-20 of the Historia ecclesiastica Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, inventory no. 67205: inscription in pencil '67205' (f. 1); small fragment afflixed to an unfoliated flyleaf with the number 67205.Purchased in 1943 by the British Museum, using the Farnborough Fund
of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: owned in the early 18th century, his inscription 'Liber Humphredi Wanley' (f. 1); given by him to Robert Harley.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of
of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: owned in the early 18th century, his inscription 'Liber Humphredi Wanley' (f. 1); given by him to Robert Harley.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of