• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Initials 'R'(es) and 'A'(nno) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's 'Gesta regum Anglorum'., Gesta regum Anglorum (ff. 4-103v); Gesta pontificum Anglorum (ff. 108-167); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatorio S. Patricii (ff. 167v-175)

sets of quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires) for ff. 4-108 ('i'-'xiii') and ff. 108-155 ('i'-'vi'); catchwords.Perhaps the exemplar for Harley 528 (see Watson 1966, p. 331

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) depicting Jerome and Damasus (above), and Jerome and Ambrose (below), with the ownership inscriptions of Abbot Robert de Bello at the top of the page and under the feet of the peacock., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Decorated initial 'S'(e) with grotesques and foliate motif at the beginning of Cicero's 'De inventione'; next to it the St Alban's press-mark 'D.II.5.l'., De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 1-47v); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 47v-85)

5th leaf of quires;quires frequently consist of 8 leaves). Quire marks ('iij' on f. 18v, 'c'-'e' on ff. 26v, 34v, 42v, "vii" and 'viij' on f. 58v, 'ix'-'x' on ff. 66v, 74v); in addition, several quires are also marked

• Puzzle initials with pen-flourishing: 'I'(udas) at the beginning of Jude, 'I'(ohannes) at the beginning of the prologue to Revelation and 'A'(pochalipsis) at the beginning of Revelation., Bible, including the Psalms

to signal the beginning of chapters; in these quires, capitals are stressed by a double vertical line. Running titles and chapter numbers in alternating red and blue. Extending looping ascenders in some quires (see ff. 189v-190, etc.). Bible, including the

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Polixena, with a partial border and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres)., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

with penwork decoration in white and ivy extensions Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation Inscription listing the number of quires (12,5) and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The

• Inscription in English., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

scribe of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 38, the Gospel book copied itself from Royal 1 A XIV.Quire signatures (first two quires only) and catchwords. 2 initials in green with penwork decoration in red, or in red with penwork decoration in

• Detail of a miniature of Priam and his council in Troy, with a partial border and an illuminated initial 'Q'(uant)., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

with penwork decoration in white and ivy extensions Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation Inscription listing the number of quires (12,5) and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The

• 6 decorated initials of Anglo-Saxon letter 'wynn'., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

Quire signatures in the lower margin for quires 1-8.There are 3 collections of medical recipes, each preceded by a contents list with numbered chapters:ff. 1- 6v: 88 numbered chaptersff. 58v-108: 67 numbered chapters, ff. 109-127: 76 numbered chapters in the

• 2 decorated initials of Anglo-Saxon letter 'wynn'., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

Quire signatures in the lower margin for quires 1-8.There are 3 collections of medical recipes, each preceded by a contents list with numbered chapters:ff. 1- 6v: 88 numbered chaptersff. 58v-108: 67 numbered chapters, ff. 109-127: 76 numbered chapters in the

• Text page with display script highlighted in colour., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

colour. Quire signatures in the lower margin for quires 1-8.There are 3 collections of medical recipes, each preceded by a contents list with numbered chapters:ff. 1- 6v: 88 numbered chaptersff. 58v-108: 67 numbered chapters, ff. 109-127: 76 numbered chapters in

• 2 decorated initials of Anglo-Saxon letters 'thorn' and wynn., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

wynn. Quire signatures in the lower margin for quires 1-8.There are 3 collections of medical recipes, each preceded by a contents list with numbered chapters:ff. 1- 6v: 88 numbered chaptersff. 58v-108: 67 numbered chapters, ff. 109-127: 76 numbered chapters in

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with interlace and interwoven dogs., Commentary on the Psalms

brown. Commentary on the Psalms Several erased ownership ? inscriptions on the flyleaves, and a note of the number of quires 'iii quarterniones sunt in hoc volumine' (f. 423).ff. i-ii and iv-v (at the end) are fragments of a 14th-

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 26., Commentary on the Psalms

brown. Commentary on the Psalms Several erased ownership ? inscriptions on the flyleaves, and a note of the number of quires 'iii quarterniones sunt in hoc volumine' (f. 423).ff. i-ii and iv-v (at the end) are fragments of a 14th-

• Illuminated initial 'E'(xultate) at the beginning of Psalm 80 with interwoven white dogs (?)., Commentary on the Psalms

brown. Commentary on the Psalms Several erased ownership ? inscriptions on the flyleaves, and a note of the number of quires 'iii quarterniones sunt in hoc volumine' (f. 423).ff. i-ii and iv-v (at the end) are fragments of a 14th-

• Text page., De oratore

Text page. ff. 17-24 are bound in the wrong order. Catchwords written horizontally. Quire marks (Roman numerals in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires).A description of this manuscript written

• Decorated initial 'P'(hilo) with clasps and foliate motifs; ownership-inscription in the upper margin., Theological texts including Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum (ff. 1v-23v)

(in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires). 1 large and 1 smaller initial, outlined in red, with foliate motifs and one with clasps, on green and blue grounds (ff. 1v,

• Text page with a table, diagrams and two initials 'E'(t) and 'I'(llud) in Boethius's 'De arithmetica', book 2, chapter 33., De institutione arithmetica (imperfect)

before f. 1.Quire signatures (in the centre of the lower margin of the recto of the first leaf of the quires, beginning with 'iii' on f. 7); uncrossed tironian ets. Numerous tables and diagrams in red. Initials in red or