• Zoomorphic initial formed of a dragon and foliage. The inscription in reddish ink in the lower margin states that it is from Glastonbury Abbey, and names 'Robertus Wottone', one of its monks., Homiliary

Wottone M. Glasconis (f. 1); Robert Wottone, monk of Glastonbury, 15th century: inscription (f. 1; see above), added small parchment leaf inscribed 'Robertus Wottone' (f. 191v).John Long, of Dorchester, in Dorset, matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford, 1 July 1664, aged

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost), with later underlining and marginal notations., Homiliary

Wottone M. Glasconis (f. 1); Robert Wottone, monk of Glastonbury, 15th century: inscription (f. 1; see above), added small parchment leaf inscribed 'Robertus Wottone' (f. 191v).John Long, of Dorchester, in Dorset, matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford, 1 July 1664, aged

• Illuminated initial 'T'(uit)., Life of Thomas Becket

in both parts 1 and 2. Quire signatures in part 1. Former flyleaves ff. 1*-8* and ff. 150-57 are now Additional 38651, ff. 37-40 and ff. 41-44, respectively. 1 large gold initial with foliate infill (f. 1). Initials in red

• Decorated initials 'Q'(uattuor) and 'B'(ello) with penwork decoration, preceded and followed by display script. Rough sketch of the initial 'B' in the lower margin and ownership inscription in the upper margin., De excidio Judeorum

1 large arabesque initial in red, green and light brown for book 5 (f. 68). 2 large initials in light brown or green with penwork decoration in alternate colours and once with some red, for the prologue and book

• Puzzle-initial 'T'(ranscriptum) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Robert Grosseteste's translation of Tertullian, 'Testamentum XII patriarcharum'., Testamentum XII patriarcharum (ff. 1-15); Beniamin minor, in verse (ff. 15-20); Elucidarius (ff. 20v-34v)

with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Robert Grosseteste's translation of Tertullian, 'Testamentum XII patriarcharum'. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1).1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 15). Small initials, alternately red or

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(imon) at the beginning of book 3 of Bede's Commentary on Catholic Epistles., Commentary on Catholic Epistles

centre of outer margin of f. 92. 1 zoomorphic initial in red for beginning of book 3 (f. 41). 1 large initial in blue, decorated with red, for beginning of book 1 (f. 1). 2 small initials in red, decorated

• Diagram of the orbs of the planets surrounding the earth ('globus terre'), with the sphere of the fixed stars at the periphery, identified by the names of the zodiacal signs; a thread is attached to the centre of the diagram., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

37, 40v, 43v (x2), 48v, 50v, 53v). 1 initial in red and green with penwork decoration (f. 1).1 initial in red (f. 41). 1 initial in brown with some red (f. 1). Simple initials in brown. Apart from the

• Table of the possible combinations (commixtiones) of the four elements (fire, air, earth, and water) in groups of two, three, and four, specifying whether the constituents are equal or unequal to one another, with columns, arches and decorated walls. In the top left are eight possible combinations of the four elements in which three are equal, but the fourth is greater or less than these three. The table in the lower left gives the 'six species' of combining the four elements into unequal groups of equal pairs,. The table on the right considers the twelve combinations or specieis resulting from two of the elements being equal in amount while the remaining two are less or greater than the equal pairs., Apex physicae

the quire), (f. 16v).Erased inscription (f. 67v). 1 diagram in red (f. 66v). Tables in red with columns, arches and decorated walls (ff. 26-27v, 48). 1 initial in ?silver and blue (f. 1). Initials in red. Quire mark decorated with

• Initial 'C'(armina) with arabesque designs and coloured initial 'H'(ec) at the beginning of Boethius' De consolatione philosophiae., Psychomachia (imperfect); Carmen paschale; Versus

the dating of parts 1-3 and for the localisation of part 3 of this manuscript. 1 large arabesque initial in green and red (f. 3). 1 smaller initial in red with penwork decoration in green and brown (f. 6). Simple

• Coloured initials., Sermons on Virgin Mary, expositions on the Psalms and the Beatitudes, excerpts from Augustine and others

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘23 Februarii 1720/21’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Ownership inscription of William Smart, written at right-angles to the page, stating that it previously belonged to the Augustinian abbey of St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. Osyth, at St. Osyth (Essex): 'Hic liber quondam sancte Osithe nunc Willelmi Smarte'., Glossed Gospel of Mark

St. Osyth (Essex): 'Hic liber quondam sancte Osithe nunc Willelmi Smarte'. 1 large historiated initial in colours on a gold ground at the beginning of Mark (f. 6). 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with colours and

• Inhabited initial 'I'(nitium) at the beginning of Mark, with roundels representing the four evangelist symbols: the eagle of John, the winged man of Matthew, the winged bull of Luke, and the winged lion of Mark, with the the Lamb of God in the centre., Glossed Gospel of Mark

of Mark, with the the Lamb of God in the centre. 1 large historiated initial in colours on a gold ground at the beginning of Mark (f. 6). 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with colours and

• Illuminated initial 'H'(odie) with an animal mask, a bird and foliate motifs, at the beginning of the book., Sermons, beginning, 'Hodie nobis dominus patrem cum filiis duobus vocavit'

might have been copied from an exemplar from Durham, with an initial in the style of the so-called 'Martyrology scribe.'f. 1 is a cancelled first leaf with various erasures, prefixed as a flyleaf. At f. 30v a short passage is

• Illuminated initial 'C'(allidi) with foliate motifs., Sermons, beginning, 'Hodie nobis dominus patrem cum filiis duobus vocavit'

might have been copied from an exemplar from Durham, with an initial in the style of the so-called 'Martyrology scribe.'f. 1 is a cancelled first leaf with various erasures, prefixed as a flyleaf. At f. 30v a short passage is

• Decorated initial 'P'(reliorum) with foliate motifs., Sermons, beginning, 'Hodie nobis dominus patrem cum filiis duobus vocavit'

might have been copied from an exemplar from Durham, with an initial in the style of the so-called 'Martyrology scribe.'f. 1 is a cancelled first leaf with various erasures, prefixed as a flyleaf. At f. 30v a short passage is

• Decorated initial 'X'(ps), an abbreviation of 'Christus', with foliate motifs., Sermons, beginning, 'Hodie nobis dominus patrem cum filiis duobus vocavit'

might have been copied from an exemplar from Durham, with an initial in the style of the so-called 'Martyrology scribe.'f. 1 is a cancelled first leaf with various erasures, prefixed as a flyleaf. At f. 30v a short passage is

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uod) with foliate motifs., Sermons, beginning, 'Hodie nobis dominus patrem cum filiis duobus vocavit'

might have been copied from an exemplar from Durham, with an initial in the style of the so-called 'Martyrology scribe.'f. 1 is a cancelled first leaf with various erasures, prefixed as a flyleaf. At f. 30v a short passage is

• Decorated initial 'I'(ejunii) with foliate motifs., Sermons, beginning, 'Hodie nobis dominus patrem cum filiis duobus vocavit'

might have been copied from an exemplar from Durham, with an initial in the style of the so-called 'Martyrology scribe.'f. 1 is a cancelled first leaf with various erasures, prefixed as a flyleaf. At f. 30v a short passage is

• Decorated initials 'B'(eati)., Sermons, beginning, 'Hodie nobis dominus patrem cum filiis duobus vocavit'

might have been copied from an exemplar from Durham, with an initial in the style of the so-called 'Martyrology scribe.'f. 1 is a cancelled first leaf with various erasures, prefixed as a flyleaf. At f. 30v a short passage is

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'I'(nter) formed of dragons and interlaced foliate pattern, at the beginning of part 1 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

(f. 1), probably to be identified with 'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included