• Decorated initial at the beginning of the prayer against poison., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Decorated initial at the beginning of the Lorica of Laidcenn., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Text pages with rubrics and initials with colour wash., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Historiated initial 'H'(enricus) enclosing the imperial falcon of Anne Boleyn against a background of the royal colours., Patents granted to Anne Boleyn as Marquess of Pembroke

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 inventory no. 99 (f. 1).Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and

• Drawing of Alexander the Great holding an orb and sceptre, with Philosophy holding a pot and brush, preceding the Historia Alexandri Magni., Historia Alexandri Magni; Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem de situ Indiae; Epistolae Alexandri; Recapitulatio

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8524).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Alexander the Great and Philosophy Written by two hands: A (ff. 2-78) and B (ff.78v-98v). According to

• Decorated initial 'S'(emper) with display script, at the beginning of the Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem de situ Indiae., Historia Alexandri Magni; Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem de situ Indiae; Epistolae Alexandri; Recapitulatio

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8524).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Written by two hands: A (ff. 2-78) and B (ff.78v-98v). According to unpublished notes by

• Initials with colour wash, surrounded by dots in Mark 14:61., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Text page with added stamp of Roscarrock of Cornwall arms., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Zoomorphic initial 'D' at the beginning of a prayer attributed to Pope Gregory the Great., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Decorated initial with spirals and interlace at the beginning of an extract from Luke 24., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Capitals and initials with colour wash at the end of Mark and the beginning of Luke., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Drawing of God over the circle of the world with two long trumpets issuing from his mouth (the breath of God), holding a scale, and the Holy Spirit over the waters, enclosed within a hemisphere, at the beginning of Genesis.

library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no . 7723).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Creation Canterbury England (Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Detail of a drawing of God over the circle of the world with two long trumpets issuing from his mouth (the breath of God), holding a scale, and the Holy Spirit over the waters, enclosed within a hemisphere, at the beginning of Genesis.

library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no . 7723).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Creation Canterbury England (Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Coloured and decorated initials, the lower 'V'(ir) including an animal head, in a page from Bede's verse Life of Cuthbert with glosses written over the lines of the poem in Latin or Old English., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

poem in Latin or OldEnglish. Wormald Type II(b) initials of heads, interlace in outline, and acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned

• Decorated initial in Bede's Life of Cuthbert, here with the text of Cuthbert's retirement to a small island off Lindisfarne, the discovery of his body, and the immediate commemoration of him as a holy man, with glosses in Latin and Old English above the lines., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

Latin and OldEnglish above the lines. Wormald Type II(b) initials of heads, interlace in outline, and acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader,

• Zoomorphic initial 'H'(aec) and decorated initials., Epigrammata and verses (ff. 3-24v); Synonyma (ff. 25-53)

Anglo-Saxon neumes (with ~litterae significativae~ S and L), England (Old Minster – Winchester ?), mid-11th century (ff. 1r-v, 56r-v)Initials of Wormald's Type II (a) of thick black interlace with heads, with the body of the letter split by white. Large

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, including material for determining hours of daylight, a calendar, Canticles and hymns, and creed (ff. 139v-141v), litany and prayers

obit of Hugh Actor of the hospital (d. 1464).The Derham and Crimplesham (Crumpilsham) families: added 15th-century notes in Latin and English of births and deaths of members of the family in the calendar, e.g., 'The birth of Baudewyn son of

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 26, with dragons, leaves, and faces., Psalter, including material for determining hours of daylight, a calendar, Canticles and hymns, and creed (ff. 139v-141v), litany and prayers

obit of Hugh Actor of the hospital (d. 1464).The Derham and Crimplesham (Crumpilsham) families: added 15th-century notes in Latin and English of births and deaths of members of the family in the calendar, e.g., 'The birth of Baudewyn son of

• Interlace initial 'D'(omino) with animal heads at the beginning of Bede's prologue to the life of Cuthbert, in the form of a letter written to Eadfrith, to whom he dedicated the work., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born

• Title page for the first section of Bede's prose Life of Cuthbert with the title in capital letters, and a rectangular border., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born