• Drawing of standing men labelled, to the left 'Vita' (Life), above a figure labelled on his halo 'Mors' (Death) in a diagram used for calculating the duration and outcome of illnesses. The sum of the numerical value of a patient's name plus the number of the lunar day of the illness's inception and the result divided by thirty. If the resulting number fell in the realm of Christ / life, recovery was indicated, if Satan / death, then fatality., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Diagram of the personifications of the winds, illustrates the twelve Aristotelian winds, each of which is captioned with two variant names., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Diagram, with an almond shape central space, inside a rectangle with the names of the four Evangelists. On the outer border are the names of the apostles and Paul, whose names are written in circles, and names of Old Testament prophets, priests, and patriarchs between the circles. Around the outside of the diagram, are notes of the hours of the day and night and the names of directions (in Old English) and winds place the celestial scheme within the structure of the world or creation., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'S' and a circular map of the world, divided in half horizontally, with the lower half in two quarters, creating a 'T' shape. At the centre, here written across the middle, is 'Jerusalem'. Above is 'Asia' (labelled at the very top), in the lower right is 'Affrica', and to its left 'Europa'. A number of place-names are also marked: in a small circle in Europe is Italy ('Italia'), next to this in a rectangle 'Roma'. At the extreme left-hand side, partly protruding outside the circles, are Britain ('Britannia'), Scotland ('Hibernia'), and the island 'Thile'., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Table and information for astrological computation. Lines in the diagram are left blank to accommodate computation., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominis), at the beginning of a treatise on the calculation of the movable date of Easter., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Diagram, perhaps unfinished, with twenty-two concentric circles divided into sixteenths. The diagram lists the months in each 'wedge', each given a different number, and numbers relating to lunar months., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Diagram., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• 'Byrhtferth's diagram' relating to the computation of the date of Easter and other astrological and natural science topics., Portion of the annals of Peterborough Abbey

which archbishop Radulfus is listed in the margin of the chart in the original hand, with the death of Henry 1 in another hand (f. 1v). Added note relating to the coronation of Henry II (f. 2).The Harley Collection, formed

• Ownership inscription of the cathedral priory of St Andrew, Rochester, reading 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] quem qui inde alienav[er]it aliena/tum celaverit, vel hunc titulum in fraudem delev[erit] Ana/thema sit Amen', with another inscription added by Thomas Wybarn, monk of Rochester, recording that the book was written by Humphrey, precentor, reading 'hu[n]c lib[ru]m sc[r]ipsit f[rate]r Hu[m]frid[us] in claust[r]o roff[ens]is quo[n]da[m] / p[re]centor illi[us] eccl[es]ie ... die[m] p[ro]picit[ur] de[us] am[en]', and 'orate p[ro] eo quod Wybarn.', De Trinitate

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 82' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); inculded in the 1698 catalogue of the library

• Decorated initial 'N'(emini) at the beginning of book 11., De Trinitate

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 82' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); inculded in the 1698 catalogue of the library

• Ownership inscription of Reynold Goldston., De Trinitate

Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 82' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542; red seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); inculded in the 1698 catalogue of the library

• Decorated initial 'A'(postolica) at the beginning of the De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum of Ambrosius Autpertus., De conflictu vitiorum et virtutum, De compunctione cordis, Prognosticon futuri saeculi, De corpore et sanguine domini, with sermons and Vita S. Fursei

Salomonis et eius penitentia', see Hunt 1958) (ff. 160-161).Written by three hands (Hand I: ff. 2-84v, attributed to Rochester Scribe 1 by Waller 1980, other manuscripts written by him are Trinity College, Cambridge, O.2.24 ff. 1-111v, and Royal 12 C

• Decorated initial 'P'(rimo)., Commentary on the Song of Songs, followed by other texts (ff. 2-104v); Commentary on Acts of the Apostles (ff. 105-152v); Commentary on Catholic Epistles (ff. 153-222); Homiliae (ff. 223-251); Commentary on Tobit (ff. 252-258)

Decorated initial 'P'(rimo). 1 leaf between ff. 222-223, and 1 leaf between ff. 251-252 are unfoliated; both are blank, apart from one quire mark. Threaded book-mark (f. 133). Underdrawing in plummet and crayon for initials on ff. 9v, 196. Large

• Initials 'P'(rima), 'Q'(uatuor), 'N'(on), 'T'(abernaculum) with penwork decoration., Liber Exceptionum, Part II (ff. 1-55v); sermons, and other texts (see Notes for contents)

manuscript is now Harley 261. 1 parted initial in red and blue (f. 16v). Some large and numerous smaller initials in red or blue, occasionally with penwork decoration in the alternate colour or in green. 1 small initial in green

• Initial 'A'(udiens) with foliate decoration., Gesta Normannorum ducum

and the 1395 library catalogues (see ~Catalogi veteres~ 1838); ownership inscription, early 14th century 'Liber sancti Cuthberti de Dunelm<o>' (f. 1); ownership inscription, early 15th century (f. 3; see Watson 1987).Robert Brakenbyri (d. 1391), monk at Durham: inscribed 'Liber Roberti

• Miniature of the Ascension and faceted initial letter 'P'., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index antiphoner, antiphonal)

mounted cuttings as Add. 17864. To order this cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 17864.Muscial notation. 1 miniature of the Ascension and a faceted initial letter 'P', in colours and gold, introducing the second responsory of the first

• Puzzle initial 'T' with foliate decoration; Rochester priory inscription., Hexameron; De situ Jerusalem

7 A xi, ff. 19-24 (see Ker, 1960). Initials in red and purple with penwork decoration (f. 1), red (ff. 2, 41, 108), or red and green(f. 76v). Rubrics in red. Hexameron; De situ Jerusalem The cathedral priory of St.

• Illuminated miniature of Mathew before the beginning of his Gospel, depicted nimbed, seated, and holding an open book in his left hand and a pen in his right, with a lectern and writing implements in front of him., Gospels

Andrés, 1968). The monastery San Lorenzo el Real, El Escorial, in 1809: inscription 'San Lorenzo el R. del Escorial' (f. 1) (see also Andrés, 1968). Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part

• Historiated initial 'H'(omo) with a physician bleeding a man, and a full foliate border including a grotesque, a bird, and heraldic arms, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber de Flora., Medical treatises, including works of Bernard de Gordon

Historiated initial 'H'(omo) with a physician bleeding a man, and a full foliate border including a grotesque, a bird, and heraldic arms, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber de Flora. Musical notation. 3 large historiated initials, except