• Calendar page for July with a medallion of Leo., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Calendar page for August with a medallion of Virgo., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Calendar page for September with a medallion of Libra., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Calendar page for October with a medallion of Scorpio., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Calendar page for November with a medallion of Sagittarius., Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible)

Line-fillers in red and/or blue, some with animal heads. Psalter, with litany, prayers and Easter tables (The 'Westminster Psalter') (index Old Testament, Bible) The Benedictine abbey of Westminster: the calendar and litany for Westminster use, with Edward the Confessor in

• Decorated initial 'C(antate)' for the beginning of Psalm 97 (98)., Bible, with Psalms (ff. 249-276v) and Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 567-601v)

new line.Made in the South of France with its large initials in colours and puzzle initials possibly painted by an English artist, according to Patricia Stirnemann. Numerous large initials in colours with foliate decoration and sometimes including an animal (dragon,

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost)., Summa de casibus poenitentiae, with gloss, imperfect

is a fragment.ff. ff. 68-71v are reused leaves from a manuscript of sacred songs with musical notation.Some annotations in an English hand. Plain initials in red or green, some large, some small (several oxidised). Capitals marked in red. Paraphs in

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 11-90), preceded by a chapter list (ff. 4-10v)

ff. 1-2 are two inserted paper leaves with 18th-century notes in English on Orosius, perhaps in the hand of Anthony Askew. 1 large historiated initial with partial border, in colours and gold (f. 4). Large puzzle initials in red and

• Puzzle initial 'R'(everentissimo) with penwork decoration and decorated extensions, at the beginning of Thomas Becket's Epistolae., Collectio epistolarum S. Thomae Cantuariensis

Matthew Parker and others, and with notes comparing this copy to one in the Cotton collection (ff. 1v, 367v).Inscribed in English, 16th-century (ff. 169v-170).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st

• Puzzle initial and initials with penwork decoration, in Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 11-90), preceded by a chapter list (ff. 4-10v)

paganos. ff. 1-2 are two inserted paper leaves with 18th-century notes in English on Orosius, perhaps in the hand of Anthony Askew. 1 large historiated initial with partial border, in colours and gold (f. 4). Large puzzle initials in red

• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 11-90), preceded by a chapter list (ff. 4-10v)

paper leaves with 18th-century notes in English on Orosius, perhaps in the hand of Anthony Askew. 1 large historiated initial with partial border, in colours and gold (f. 4). Large puzzle initials in red and blue, with red and mauve

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixi) with pen-flourishing, incorporating a human head, in the Psalms., Psalms, with commentary ('Rolle of Hampole's Psalter') (ends imperfectly), preceded by a calendar (ff. 1v-7) and a homily on patience and humility (ff. 8-9)

in the manner of Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), John Parker (b. 1548, d. 1619), and others; annotated in English and Latin (e.g. ff. 113v, 159), and Greek (f. 230).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of

• Flourished initials 'P'(ost), 'C'(ui), 'P'(ost), and 'I'(n), in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britannie., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ends imperfectly)

Marginal sketch of a castle (f. 33v). Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ends imperfectly) Unidentified owner, 15th/16th century: glossed in English (f. 36v). ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st

• Historiated initials 'I'(n principio) of God enthroned in the upper register and God blessing in the lower register, at the beginning of Genesis, with 6 medallions of the days of Creation in the lower margin., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

Marginal glosses, 13th century.Pen-flourished decoration in brawn and red added in some lower margins, 13th century.Marginal gloss, 16th century (f. 3).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Historiated initials England

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of Christ with the symbols of the Evangelistes in medallions, with display script and a drawing of a dragon with penwork decoration in the lower margin, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible

king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Christ and symbols of the Evangelists England

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul sitting at a desk and writing his Epistle, at the beginning of Romans., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7981).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul England or France

• Initial 'S'(ecundum) with decoration in foliate and dot patterns at the beginning of book 2., Commentary on Jeremiah

(Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7842.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Probably the same scribe as Royal 6 C XI Jerome Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Miniature of a centaur holding a snake; below, hedgehogs collecting grapes on their spines., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Centaur and hedgehogs England, Central England, N. or Central

• Miniature of a swallow, at the beginning of the entry for swallow., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Swallow England, Central England, N. or Central

• Miniature of two serpents fighting, at the beginning of the entry for 'vipera'., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Serpents England, Central England, N. or Central