• Inscription stating that John of Dalling, monk of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans, gave this book to the abbey with the permission of abbot John of Hertford, reading 'Hunc librum dedit Frater Johannes de Dal/ling ex licencia domini Joh[annis] abb[at]is deo / eccl[es]ie s[anc]ti Albani ita tamen quod habeat / usum t[antu]m in vita sua. Quem quid[em] qui ab / eadem ecc[lesie] alienaverit v[e]l titulum dele/verit anathema sit. Amen. / Anima Johannis de dalling et anime omnium fidelium defunctorum requiescant in pace. Amen/'; with a note that the book was kept in a cupboard in the choir, 'De armariolo in choro.', Psalter and Canticles

Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing (initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, f. 73v), at the beginning of other Psalms. Initials in red or blue at the beginning

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a hair-covered Mary of Egypt feeding a lion, a bear and a stag., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

ebginning of each book. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Initials in red with pen-flourished decoration in purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Line-fillers in brown ink

• Inhabited initial 'I'(nicium) at the beginning of Mark with lions and an animal playing a fiddle., Mark with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses; preceded by a table of' capitula sive distinctiones', beginning 'De Iohanne baptista' (ff. 2 r-v), and by the prologue 'Marcus evangelista Dei' (ff. 3-4v), imperfect at the end (the last leaf has been cut out)

puzzle initial 'M'(arcus) in red and blue at the beginning of the prologue (f. 3 ). 1 large initial 'D'(e) in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Mark with the Glossa ordinaria

• Illuminated initial 'T'(uit)., Life of Thomas Becket

1 large gold initial with foliate infill (f. 1). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or blue or green with red pen-flourishing. Simple initials in red, blue, or green. Life of Thomas Becket Part 1: Numerous inscriptions in a fourteenth-century

• Diagram in William of Conches' Tract on Philosophy and Man., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated in green and/or red (ff. 35v, 43v, 56v, 88, 88v, 95v, 104). Small initials in plain red, green or blue, sometimes with ornamental

• Initial 'V'(olens), at the beginning of the Tractatus Magistri Habrahe de tabulis plantetarum., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated in green and/or red (ff. 35v, 43v, 56v, 88, 88v, 95v, 104). Small initials in plain red, green or blue, sometimes with ornamental

• Decorated initials 'D'(ilecto) and 'G'(loriosi) in Aelred of Rievaulx's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum., Epistola Cuthberti, Ecclesiastica historia; Aelred's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum (ff. 118-149), and other theological works

119, 119v, 120). Large initials in red, most with blue penwork decoration, or in blue, most with red penwork decoration and sometimes with other colours. Small smiple initials in red or blue. Epistola Cuthberti, Ecclesiastica historia; Aelred's Vita sancti Edwardi

• Decorated initials 'U'(t) and 'S'(uccessit) at the beginning of book 5 of Bede's Ecclesiastica historia., Epistola Cuthberti, Ecclesiastica historia; Aelred's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum (ff. 118-149), and other theological works

119, 119v, 120). Large initials in red, most with blue penwork decoration, or in blue, most with red penwork decoration and sometimes with other colours. Small smiple initials in red or blue. Epistola Cuthberti, Ecclesiastica historia; Aelred's Vita sancti Edwardi

• Illuminated historiated initial 'I'(n) with scenes of the days of Creation and the Crucifixion, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

or white animals. Large and small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, and in red with blue pen-flourishing, often extending into a partial border. Running headers and chapter divisions in red and blue. Capitals highlighted in red. Bible, with prologues

• Historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber) of a Tree of Jesse including Mary and Christ, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

or white animals. Large and small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, and in red with blue pen-flourishing, often extending into a partial border. Running headers and chapter divisions in red and blue. Capitals highlighted in red. Bible, with prologues

• Historiated illuminated initials 'M'(archus) and 'I'(nitium) with Mark's symbol of a lion and Mark holding a book within a micro-architectural frame above a dragon, at the beginning of the preface to Mark., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

or white animals. Large and small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, and in red with blue pen-flourishing, often extending into a partial border. Running headers and chapter divisions in red and blue. Capitals highlighted in red. Bible, with prologues

• Detail of illuminated historiated initial 'D'(omine exaudi orationem meam) depicting David, on foot, fleeing from Absalom and two companions on horseback, with upraised swords., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

red with blue penwork decoration, or in blue or green with red penwork decoration (some with penwork decoration in two or all of these colours) (from f. 44v mainly without green). Small initials in red, green, or blue (from f.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eati) with Christ lowering a scroll to three apostles seated below, at the beginning of Psalm 118., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

red with blue penwork decoration, or in blue or green with red penwork decoration (some with penwork decoration in two or all of these colours) (from f. 44v mainly without green). Small initials in red, green, or blue (from f.

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultabo) with Christ surrounded by the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit in the form of seven doves at the beginning of Psalm 144., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

red with blue penwork decoration, or in blue or green with red penwork decoration (some with penwork decoration in two or all of these colours) (from f. 44v mainly without green). Small initials in red, green, or blue (from f.

• Initials 'R'(es) and 'A'(nno) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's 'Gesta regum Anglorum'., Gesta regum Anglorum (ff. 4-103v); Gesta pontificum Anglorum (ff. 108-167); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatorio S. Patricii (ff. 167v-175)

blue with penwork decoration in red or blue (ff. 58v, 73, 93). Some large and numerous smaller initials in red, green, blue or, rarely, in light brown, occasionally and after f. 108 frequently with penwork decoration in red and/or

• Historiated initial 'B'(eati) with Christ lowering a scroll to three apostles seated below, at the beginning of Psalm 118. Coloured initials with pen decoration., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

red with blue penwork decoration, or in blue or green with red penwork decoration (some with penwork decoration in two or all of these colours) (from f. 44v mainly without green). Small initials in red, green, or blue (from f.

• Detail of illuminated historiated initial 'D'(omine exaudi orationem meam) depicting David, on foot, fleeing from Absalom and two companions on horseback, with upraised swords., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

red with blue penwork decoration, or in blue or green with red penwork decoration (some with penwork decoration in two or all of these colours) (from f. 44v mainly without green). Small initials in red, green, or blue (from f.

• Miniatures of a winged sawtail (serra) racing against a boat with two men; a whale (depicted as a large fish) with open mouth swallowing smaller fish; a man in a boat playing a musical instrument, followed by fish-like dolphins; and on the right, a sword-fish with a pointed snout and two men in a boat; and a crocodille (cocodrillus) with a dog-like face and paws., Bestiary

is a 'Second Family' bestiary; see James; Payne p. 15. Numerous (112) miniatures in brown, green, and red, on alternately blue and red backgrounds. Small initials in red. Bestiary Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681, d. 1725), book collector; his binding.Sir Hans

• Inhabited initial 'P'(er) of a double headed eagle, at the beginning of the Sententia de libro retractationum and an inhabited initial 'I'(nter) with double headed eagles and white lions, at the beginning of Book 1 of the De consensu evangelistarum., De consensu evangelistarum

de libro retractationum (f. 1). Puzzle initials in red or in red and blue, at the beginning of other books (ff. 14v, 58, 86v). Initials in blue or red. De consensu evangelistarum Memorandum of a payment for 'muncorn' and 'malt',

• Inhabited initial 'I'(n principio) with lions, at the beginning of Diatessaron., Diatessaron (or Unum ex quatuor), with glosses

colours and gold, at the beginning of books and prefaces (ff. 1, 2). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in green or blue with red pen-flourishing. Diatessaron (or Unum ex quatuor), with glosses Added inscription mentioning Richard I [called