• 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 'P'(lures) in outline drawing, at the beginning of the Gospel Prologue, with a man fighting with a dragon., Gospels

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Inhabited initial England, S. E. England, S. E. (Canterbury)

• Detail of an initial 'M'(atheus) of the archangel Michael killing a dragon, at the beginning of an 'argumentum' to Matthew., Gospels

of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Michael England, S. E. England, S. E. (Canterbury)

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'M', formed of two dragons., Gospels

of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Dragons England, S. E. England, S. E. (Canterbury)

• Full page miniature of the Royal arms of England with the devise, 'HONNY. SOIT QVI. MAL. Y. PENSE.', preceding a dedication to Edward VI., Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon, in verse, with dedications to Edward VI

/ Et me, et sacrata suscipe carmina.' (f. 4); with the royal arms of England (f. 3).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Royal Arms of England Martinus Brionaeus England

• Diagram with decorated bands., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Diagram Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II) France

• Text page with table and marginal drawing., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with marginal gloss., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with diagram of astrolabe., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page with diagram Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index

• Text page with diagram., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with diagram of astrolabe., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with geometrical diagrams., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with mathematical diagrams., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with diagrams of the astrolabe., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with diagram of astrolabe containing a human head., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with diagrams of astrolabe., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Decorated initial 'S'(pes) at the beginning of the Sermo de pastoribus of Augustine, with the list of contents (f. 1v)., Sermo de pastoribus, Sermo de ouibus, De baptismo contra Donatistas, De baptismo parvulorum, Epistola ad Marcellinum, De unico baptismo, De spiritu et littera

(b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Augustine Bath England, W. (Bath)

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uamvis) at the beginning of Augustine's De baptismo parvulorum., Sermo de pastoribus, Sermo de ouibus, De baptismo contra Donatistas, De baptismo parvulorum, Epistola ad Marcellinum, De unico baptismo, De spiritu et littera

(b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Augustine Bath England, W. (Bath)