• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering. Sir Frederic Madden noted that an engraving of 1717 that once formed part of the volume was in 1863 transferred to the Department of Prints (see f. [iii]).Contemporary chapter list (ff. 1-2v).

• Coloured initial., Homilies on the Evangelists, books 1 and 2

Large initials and rubrics in display uncial capitals in red. Initials occasionally highlighted in red. Homilies on the Evangelists, books 1 and 2 John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer: sold to Edward Harley on 13 February 1723/4 (Wright and Wright 1966;

• Detail of ownership inscription., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

brown ink.f. 95 is an inserted, smaller folio. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with pen-flourishing forming a full border (f. 9). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, many with foliate forms. Large simple initials in red

• Detail of ownership inscription., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

brown ink.f. 95 is an inserted, smaller folio. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with pen-flourishing forming a full border (f. 9). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, many with foliate forms. Large simple initials in red

• Detail of puzzle initial., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

brown ink.f. 95 is an inserted, smaller folio. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with pen-flourishing forming a full border (f. 9). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, many with foliate forms. Large simple initials in red

• Flyleaf, with Cassiodorus, commentary on the Psalms., Life of Dunstan, ending imperfectly in chapter 16

on the Psalms. ae caudatas.f. 1 is a flyleaf with 12th-century text in two columns, with rubrics in red.f. 26 is a parchment leaf with various inscriptions. Large initial with penwork decoration in red, purple and green (f. 2v). Large

• Decorated initial 'R'(egnante) with foliate decoration., Life of Dunstan, ending imperfectly in chapter 16

foliate decoration. ae caudatas.f. 1 is a flyleaf with 12th-century text in two columns, with rubrics in red.f. 26 is a parchment leaf with various inscriptions. Large initial with penwork decoration in red, purple and green (f. 2v). Large initial

• Text page with marginal diagram of the tomb of Oda of Canterbury., Life of Dunstan, ending imperfectly in chapter 16

tomb of Oda of Canterbury. ae caudatas.f. 1 is a flyleaf with 12th-century text in two columns, with rubrics in red.f. 26 is a parchment leaf with various inscriptions. Large initial with penwork decoration in red, purple and green (f.

• Large initial 'F'(orma) with pen-flourishing and penwork decoration including foliate motifs, at the beginning of Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the upper margin is a late-12th century ownership inscription from St Albans and in the lower margin is a leaf mark ('aj') in crayon., De naturis rerum

scribes, the second wrote from f. 246v (dissipabit) until the end. 1 large initial in blue and red, with pen-flourishing and penwork decoration including foliate motifs (f. 2). 1 large initial in red with elaborate pen-flourishing including foliate motifs in

• Two initials 'A'(lauda) and 'P'(ica) with some penwork decoration for text divisions in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum., De naturis rerum

scribes, the second wrote from f. 246v (dissipabit) until the end. 1 large initial in blue and red, with pen-flourishing and penwork decoration including foliate motifs (f. 2). 1 large initial in red with elaborate pen-flourishing including foliate motifs in

• Text page from Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower right corner are a leaf mark ('tiiij') and the later medieval foliation ('147') in crayon., De naturis rerum

scribes, the second wrote from f. 246v (dissipabit) until the end. 1 large initial in blue and red, with pen-flourishing and penwork decoration including foliate motifs (f. 2). 1 large initial in red with elaborate pen-flourishing including foliate motifs in

• Text pages, Theological works including De magistro

outline drawings of a face (f. 49v). Text in triangular shape (ff. 70v-72v). Spaces left for rubric and initials (ff. 1, 6v). Theological works including De magistro The Benedictine Abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury (see Bishop 1957 and Dumville 1993,

• Text pages, Theological works including De magistro

outline drawings of a face (f. 49v). Text in triangular shape (ff. 70v-72v). Spaces left for rubric and initials (ff. 1, 6v). Theological works including De magistro The Benedictine Abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury (see Bishop 1957 and Dumville 1993,

• Text pages with triangular-shaped text., Theological works including De magistro

outline drawings of a face (f. 49v). Text in triangular shape (ff. 70v-72v). Spaces left for rubric and initials (ff. 1, 6v). Theological works including De magistro The Benedictine Abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury (see Bishop 1957 and Dumville 1993,

• Text pages, Theological works including De magistro

outline drawings of a face (f. 49v). Text in triangular shape (ff. 70v-72v). Spaces left for rubric and initials (ff. 1, 6v). Theological works including De magistro The Benedictine Abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury (see Bishop 1957 and Dumville 1993,

• Coloured initial 'P'(rima)., Computistica, De temporibus

Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1011' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; Included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal

• Coloured initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the text, with an ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans, reading 'H[ic] est liber s[an]c[t]i Albani q[ue]m q[u]i ei abstulerit aut titulum delev[er]it anathema sit. Am[en]', and the monogram of cardinal Thomas Wolsey., Computistica, De temporibus

Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1011' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; Included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal

• Decorated initial 'D'(e), at the beginning of the prologue of Bede's treatise 'De temporibus'., Computistica, De temporibus

Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1011' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; Included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal

• Coloured initial 'T'(empora) and letters in Greek., Computistica, De temporibus

Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1011' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; Included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal

• Double opening with ownership inscription, initial 'Q'(uoniam) and paraph with pen-flourishing., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum to 1277; a miscellany of theological treatises and monastic legal documents

half of the 13th century while ff. 15-176 are from the 4th quarter of the 13th century. The flyleaves (ff. 1, 177-178) contain portions of an antiphoner containing offices of St Oswald and All Saints in Protogothic script with square