• Detail of Scorpio in the calendar., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

in red and blue. Psalter with OldEnglish gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v) ? The Old Minster, Winchester, by 1099: the

• Detail of Sagittarius in the calendar., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

in red and blue. Psalter with OldEnglish gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v) ? The Old Minster, Winchester, by 1099: the

• Calendar page for December, with Capricorn., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

in red and blue. Psalter with OldEnglish gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v) ? The Old Minster, Winchester, by 1099: the

• Decorated initials., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

in red and blue. Psalter with OldEnglish gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v) ? The Old Minster, Winchester, by 1099: the

• Coloured initial 'M'., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

in red and blue. Psalter with OldEnglish gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v) ? The Old Minster, Winchester, by 1099: the

• Decorated initial 'D'(omine) with decorated borders, at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

in red and blue. Psalter with OldEnglish gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v) ? The Old Minster, Winchester, by 1099: the

• Coloured initials., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

in red and blue. Psalter with OldEnglish gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v) ? The Old Minster, Winchester, by 1099: the

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with a man and David and decorated border, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

in red and blue. Psalter with OldEnglish gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v) ? The Old Minster, Winchester, by 1099: the

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with dragons and an animal head, display capitals, and full border, at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

in red and blue. Psalter with OldEnglish gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v) ? The Old Minster, Winchester, by 1099: the

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(aulus) with white lions interlaced with a foliate scroll and an attached portrait of Peter Lombard writing the first words of his commentary, 'hunc epistola[m] / s/cribit / ap[osto]l[us]s roma/nos'., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

the commentary of Peter Lombard Added two indexes to homilies on the Pauline Epistles, 14th century (f. 213r-v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 189' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Coloured initial., Life and miracles of St Swithun

(epanaleptic) (ff. 49v-50v);Wulfstan's Narratio Metrica de S. Swithuno (ff. 51-124);Additional poems and miracles of St Swithun (ff. 124v-126v);A few OldEnglish glosses (ff. 109, 111).Marginal directions for reading at night office (ff. 3v-8). Large initials in red or green. Numerous

• Coloured initials., Life and miracles of St Swithun

(epanaleptic) (ff. 49v-50v);Wulfstan's Narratio Metrica de S. Swithuno (ff. 51-124);Additional poems and miracles of St Swithun (ff. 124v-126v);A few OldEnglish glosses (ff. 109, 111).Marginal directions for reading at night office (ff. 3v-8). Large initials in red or green. Numerous

• Coloured initials., Life and miracles of St Swithun

(epanaleptic) (ff. 49v-50v);Wulfstan's Narratio Metrica de S. Swithuno (ff. 51-124);Additional poems and miracles of St Swithun (ff. 124v-126v);A few OldEnglish glosses (ff. 109, 111).Marginal directions for reading at night office (ff. 3v-8). Large initials in red or green. Numerous

• Coloured initial, and inscriptions of later owners, including (upper margin) Thomas Dakombe (1496-c.1572), rector of St. Mary Colebrook at Winchester), and John, Lord Lumley., Life and miracles of St Swithun

(epanaleptic) (ff. 49v-50v);Wulfstan's Narratio Metrica de S. Swithuno (ff. 51-124);Additional poems and miracles of St Swithun (ff. 124v-126v);A few OldEnglish glosses (ff. 109, 111).Marginal directions for reading at night office (ff. 3v-8). Large initials in red or green. Numerous

• Coloured initial., Life and miracles of St Swithun

(epanaleptic) (ff. 49v-50v);Wulfstan's Narratio Metrica de S. Swithuno (ff. 51-124);Additional poems and miracles of St Swithun (ff. 124v-126v);A few OldEnglish glosses (ff. 109, 111).Marginal directions for reading at night office (ff. 3v-8). Large initials in red or green. Numerous

• Coloured initial., Life and miracles of St Swithun

(epanaleptic) (ff. 49v-50v);Wulfstan's Narratio Metrica de S. Swithuno (ff. 51-124);Additional poems and miracles of St Swithun (ff. 124v-126v);A few OldEnglish glosses (ff. 109, 111).Marginal directions for reading at night office (ff. 3v-8). Large initials in red or green. Numerous

• Added list of names, including sovereigns of England from William the Conqueror and English and Norman bishops and abbots., Confessiones, De heresibus

156 others, 12th century (f. 187).Added initials 'AB', 12th century (f. 186v).Added notes, 14th-15th century (ff. 184v-185, 187v-188).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 44' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• 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

library catalogues of 1122/23, no. 39; and of 1202, no. 83 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Added drawings of decorated initials, 12th century (ff. 161v-163v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 48' (f. 2), included in

• Decorated initial 'M'(agnus), at the beginning of the Confessiones of Augustine., Confessiones, De heresibus

156 others, 12th century (f. 187).Added initials 'AB', 12th century (f. 186v).Added notes, 14th-15th century (ff. 184v-185, 187v-188).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 44' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'S'(i) with two lions, at the beginning of the Policraticus., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 2).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library):