• Miniature of the Tree of Jesse, with the sleeping Jesse with the tree growing from his body. On the trunk of the tree is David holding scrolls that extend to the flanking figures of Abraham and Moses, with Mary, Christ, and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove at the top., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51, divided into four parts. Above is David killing Goliath, and below David is carrying Goliath's head to Saul's palace. A dragon forms the tail of the letter., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with God and Christ, with men beneath their feet, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(ve) with a dragon forming part of the letter, in a prayer to the Virgin., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Text page with coloured initials., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Inhabited initial 'I'(acobi) with three dragons, a human head, and a devil's mask, at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of James., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7909).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Inhabited initial Bede England

• Decorated initial 'M'(ultum) at the beginning of the 'De fide ad Donatum' of Fulgentius of Ruspe., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

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. Decorated initial Fulgentius of Ruspe, Augustine, Paulinus of Aquileia, Gennadius England

• Inscription recording that the book was given in 1503 by Edmund Carter to the 'royal collegiate' probably to be identified with the collegiate church of St. Mary, Southwell, reading 'Ex dono mag[ist]ri Edmu[n]di Carter quonda[m] vicarii. / Et nu[n]c cano[ni]ci huius colegii regii xxviimo die oct[obris] / A[nn]o X[rist]i m d tercio et a[nn]o r[egni] r[egi]s Henrici VIImi xixº.', Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

11698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7909).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Inscription Bede England

• Decorated initial 'L'(ocutus) at the beginning of Augustine's De disciplina christiana., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

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. Decorated initial Fulgentius of Ruspe, Augustine, Paulinus of Aquileia, Gennadius England

• Decorated initial 'O'(mi) at the beginning of the Liber exhortationis of Paulinus of Aquileia., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

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. Decorated initial Fulgentius of Ruspe, Augustine, Paulinus of Aquileia, Gennadius England

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Augustine's De decem cordis., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

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. Decorated initial Fulgentius of Ruspe, Augustine, Paulinus of Aquileia, Gennadius England

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) at the beginning of Augustine's Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

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. Decorated initial Fulgentius of Ruspe, Augustine, Paulinus of Aquileia, Gennadius England

• Title page with display capitals, ivy leaves and pen scrolling line fillers in gold., Letters and sonnets

Title page with display capitals, ivy leaves and pen scrolling line fillers in gold. Contents include letter models (ff. 78v-94v, 96v-98v, 101) and the first draft of Feliciano's 'Letter on Friendship' (ff. 124v-127): see Kristeller 1989.First four leaves in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(gitur) with heads of saints and foliate decoration., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century? (f. 144v), with inscriptions in Latin in a different hand (f.

• Detail of a decorated initial 'I'(gitur), with geometric and foliate motifs., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century? (f. 144v), with inscriptions in Latin in a different hand (f.

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'O'(rtaris) with fish, faces, animal heads and hybrid creatures at the beginning of the prologue to the life of Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, identified by the title in red., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century? (f. 144v), with inscriptions in Latin in a different hand (f.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(emporibus) with hybrids, a portrait bust (emperor Julian or his minister?), and mask, at the beginning of the life of Gordian, and catchword 'presbiter' ('priest') in the lower margin., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century? (f. 144v), with inscriptions in Latin in a different hand (f.

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'B'(eatus) with heads and hybrid creatures wrestling at the beginning of the life of the early Christian martyr Germanus., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century? (f. 144v), with inscriptions in Latin in a different hand (f.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(emporibus) with Michael the Archangel, who holds the scales to weigh the souls at the Last Judgement and spears a dragon below his feet, at the beginning of the life of Alexis, celebrated on the 17th calends of July., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

Saints), imperfect The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: listed in its catalogue: see Ker 1964.Fragment from a letter in English referring to the inhabitants of Dalham, 17th century? (f. 144v), with inscriptions in Latin in a different hand (f.

• Coloured initials, and, in the right-hand column, an example of a corrected mistake. The scribe left a space for a coloured initial, and wrote the letters 'PM' with an abbreviation mark. The artist later painted a green initial 'S', because 'SPM' is a common abbreviation for 'Spiritum' (Spirit). In fact, the first word of the sentence should be 'Christum' (Christ), which can be represented by the letters 'XPM'. When the mistake was realised, the green 'S' was erased and replaced by a blue 'X'., Homiliary

or green. Homiliary The Benedictine abbey of St Mary, Glastonbury, Somerset: probably listed in its 1247/48 catalogue, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); 16th-century inscription 'Ex Abbatia Glasconiensis nam scripseret quidem folio finali: Roberto Wottone M. Glasconis (f. 1);