• null, Added drawings

of St. Augustine, Canterbury (see Ker 1964).Perhaps commissioned by Aelfric, archbishop of Canterbury: he bequeathed it to Wulfstan, archbishop of York in 1003 or 1004 (see discussion Le Grand Atelier 2007).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d.

• null, Added drawings

of St. Augustine, Canterbury (see Ker 1964).Perhaps commissioned by Aelfric, archbishop of Canterbury: he bequeathed it to Wulfstan, archbishop of York in 1003 or 1004 (see discussion Le Grand Atelier 2007).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d.

• null, Added drawings

of St. Augustine, Canterbury (see Ker 1964).Perhaps commissioned by Aelfric, archbishop of Canterbury: he bequeathed it to Wulfstan, archbishop of York in 1003 or 1004 (see discussion Le Grand Atelier 2007).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d.

• Decorated initial 'V'(etus), at the beginning of book 4., De universo seu De rerum naturis

abstulerit aut titulu[m] deleu[er]it anathema sit. Am[en]', 13th century (f. 6).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. 1).The Old Royal

• Historiated initial (dating, like the text, from the 1st half of the 11th century) and added drawing illustrating a Psalm (2nd quarter of the 12th century)., Added drawings

of St. Augustine, Canterbury (see Ker 1964).Perhaps commissioned by Aelfric, archbishop of Canterbury: he bequeathed it to Wulfstan, archbishop of York in 1003 or 1004 (see discussion Le Grand Atelier 2007).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d.

• Added drawing illustrating a Psalm (2nd quarter of the 12th century), the text was written in the 1st half of the 11th century., Added drawings

of St. Augustine, Canterbury (see Ker 1964).Perhaps commissioned by Aelfric, archbishop of Canterbury: he bequeathed it to Wulfstan, archbishop of York in 1003 or 1004 (see discussion Le Grand Atelier 2007).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d.

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulierem) at the beginning of Proverbs 31:10. In the upper margin a librarian has marked it with a title., Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97)

light yellow. Rubrics in red or green. Numerous marginal drawings in brown ink. Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97) The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert, Durham: inscribed 'D' (erased) (see Ker 1964); 13th-century inscription 'Liber

• Initial 'P'(arabolae) with foliate decoration., Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97)

light yellow. Rubrics in red or green. Numerous marginal drawings in brown ink. Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97) The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert, Durham: inscribed 'D' (erased) (see Ker 1964); 13th-century inscription 'Liber

• Decorated initial 'P'(arabolae) at the beginning of the commentary on Proverbs 10., Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97)

light yellow. Rubrics in red or green. Numerous marginal drawings in brown ink. Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97) The Benedictine cathedral priory of St Cuthbert, Durham: inscribed 'D' (erased) (see Ker 1964); 13th-century inscription 'Liber

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

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 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

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nter) at the beginning of book 1 of the Polycraticus., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 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

• Decorated initial 'N'(on) at the beginning of book 5 of the Metalogicon., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 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

• Decorated initial 'A'(dversus), at the beginning of book 1 of the Metalogicon., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 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

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ogmate), at the beginning of the Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 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

• Decorated initial 'N'(otum) at the beginning of book 6 of the Metalogicon., Policraticus, Metalogicon, and Entheticus de dogmate philosophorum

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 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

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

name of Willelmus Dolte, no. 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

• Coloured drawing of William the Conqueror, king of England, giving a letter (with a seal) concerning the ruling of the city of York to the duke Alan of Brittany., Historica monumenta diversa (ff. 2-18v), Chronica monasterii de Pipwell (ff. 21-35v), etc., added by Sir Simonds D'Ewes c. 1639-1643

letter (with a seal) concerning the ruling of the city of York to the duke Alan of Brittany. f. 83 is a title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in

• Initial with penwork decoration., 'Liber poenitentialis', imperfect at the end (ff. 37-49v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 36 r-v)

least the 14th century formed part of a larger volume including Cotton Vespasian D XIX, ff. 83-112v. The Austin Friars, York: recorded in their library catalogue, dated 1372 (see Ker and Watson 1987; Humphreys 1990).Henry Savile, of Banke (b. 1568

• Blank frame for a miniature, with the hindquarters of a horse on the left., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in Durham library catalogues of 1391 and 1416; probably borrowed and returned to Durham by Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (d. 1405), whose name is written beside the volume's entry in the Durham catalogue of 1416.Inscribed in faint brown

• Miniature of Cuthbert discovering a dolphin cut and prepared for cooking, from Chapter 11 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in Durham library catalogues of 1391 and 1416; probably borrowed and returned to Durham by Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (d. 1405), whose name is written beside the volume's entry in the Durham catalogue of 1416.Inscribed in faint brown