• Contents list with decorated initials., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Contents list Jerome England

• Puzzle initial 'L'(iber) with extension and foliate decoration., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial Jerome England

• Puzzle initial 'J'(ohannes) with penwork decoration and display script., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial Jerome England

• Puzzle initial 'H'(ortaris) with penwork decoration and display script., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial Jerome England

• Framed initial 'S'(imon) with foliate decoration., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Framed initial Jerome England

• Initial 'P'(lures) with extension and foliate decoration., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 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 Jerome England

• Decorated initials 'L'(iber), 'F'(uit), and 'H'(abuit)., Historia Scholastica, imperfect; and chronological digest (ff. 267-272v)

1791), 2nd Earl Verney, politician, Palmer’s cousin: bookplate with his arms (inside upper cover).Unidentified owner: 18th-century inscription 'Texts of the Old + New Testaments M S wrote in the 11th Cent' inscribed with a price code (f. 1).Effaced price code?

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with a bust of Christ in a star, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter, including material for determining hours of daylight, a calendar, Canticles and hymns, and creed (ff. 139v-141v), litany and prayers

obit of Hugh Actor of the hospital (d. 1464).The Derham and Crimplesham (Crumpilsham) families: added 15th-century notes in Latin and English of births and deaths of members of the family in the calendar, e.g., 'The birth of Baudewyn son of

• Decorated initial 'B'(ritannia) at the beginning of Bede's text., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

or purple. Numbers in red. Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect The cathedral priority of St Andrew, Rochester: 12th or 13th-century inscription 'Liber Sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesiae' (f.

• Decorated initial 'H'(is) at the beginning of Book II., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

or purple. Numbers in red. Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect The cathedral priority of St Andrew, Rochester: 12th or 13th-century inscription 'Liber Sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesiae' (f.

• Decorated initial 'S'(uccessit) at the beginning of Book V. The roman numeral 'xvii' at the lower edge of the page is a quire signature., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

or purple. Numbers in red. Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect The cathedral priority of St Andrew, Rochester: 12th or 13th-century inscription 'Liber Sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesiae' (f.

• Ownership inscription: 'Liber sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesie' (book of the church of St. Andrew, Rochester). The inscription above ('5 die Novembris A.D. 1723') was written by Humfrey Wanley, librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, 1st and 2nd earls of Oxford., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

or purple. Numbers in red. Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect The cathedral priority of St Andrew, Rochester: 12th or 13th-century inscription 'Liber Sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesiae' (f.

• Decorated initial 'G'(loriossimo), and in the lower margin is an added inscription recording that the book belonged in the cloister of Rochester Cathedral, and was given by Hubert the precentor., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

or purple. Numbers in red. Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect The cathedral priority of St Andrew, Rochester: 12th or 13th-century inscription 'Liber Sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesiae' (f.

• Decorated initial 'A'(t) at the beginning of Book III. In the top margin and top right corner are the book number '3', and the folio number '63'; the sketch of a horse's head in the lower margin is a doodle by a later reader., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

or purple. Numbers in red. Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect The cathedral priority of St Andrew, Rochester: 12th or 13th-century inscription 'Liber Sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesiae' (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

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

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

Two initials 'A'(lauda) and 'P'(ica) with some penwork decoration for text divisions in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum. Leaf marks in crayon ('ai'-'aiiii' to 'zi'-'ziiii', followed by symbols, lines, letters), catchwords in crayon and ink, quire marks in dark

• 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

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. Leaf marks in crayon ('ai'-'aiiii' to 'zi'-'ziiii', followed by symbols, lines, letters), catchwords

• Initial 'P'(ater) with penwork decoration., Theological works (imperfect), including Soliloquia, De immortalitate animae, De XII abusivis saeculi, De gratia et libero arbitrio and Sermons

Initial 'P'(ater) with penwork decoration. Running headers; quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires); catchwords; ae caudatas. Leaves missing before f. 1 and after f. 207. Full

• Zoomorphic initial with interlace at the beginning of John 18., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Decorated initial at the beginning of the prayer against poison., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).