• Music to Kyrie Eleison and St Godric's Hymns in English., Epistola and Apologia

and St Godric's Hymns in English. Includes works of Bernard of Clairvaux:'Epistola ad Adam monachum'; imperfect (ff. 2-3v); 'Apologia Bernardi ad Willelmum' (ff. 3v-8v);Epistolae: to Thomas [Prior of Beverley] (ff. 8v-10); to Peter, Cardinal-deacon (ff. 10-11); to G[aufridus], Abbot of

• Ownership inscription 'Iste liber est sororis anne ffelbrygge ad terminum vite post cuius decessum pertinebit conventui minorissarum de Brusyerde' (This book is Sister Anne Felbrygge's until the end of her life, after whose death it will belong to the convent of Minoresses [Franciscan nuns, also called Poor Clares] of Brusyerd)., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Calendar page for January, with illuminated 'KL' initial and roundel of Aquarius., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Calendar page for June, with illuminated 'KL' initial and roundel of a man with a scythe., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David harping at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with king David pointing to his eye at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with king David pointing to his eye at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Illuminated initial 'E(xurgat) with a man holding a raised club and a shield with a small dog sitting on top on the initial, at the beginning of Psalm 67., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultate) with king David playing bells, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with Christ blessing holding an open book, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known, according to Foot 1986 p. 53. Calendar roundels, in colours on gold grounds, many excised (ff.

• Decorated initial 'A'(d te levavi)., Troper and Gradual, imperfect

'Regina celi letare', 15th century (f. 194v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.Small printed square with '123' pasted into the corner of f. 1. Decorated initial St Albans England, S.

• Decorated initials 'G'(loria) and 'L'(audemus), at the beginning of phrased Glorias., Troper and Gradual, imperfect

'Regina celi letare', 15th century (f. 194v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.Small printed square with '123' pasted into the corner of f. 1. Decorated initials St Albans England, S.

• Decorated initial 'G'(audeamus)., Troper and Gradual, imperfect

'Regina celi letare', 15th century (f. 194v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.Small printed square with '123' pasted into the corner of f. 1. Decorated initial St Albans England, S.

• Decorated initial 'T[e]' (supplices) at the beginning of the sequence of phrased Kyries., Troper and Gradual, imperfect

'Regina celi letare', 15th century (f. 194v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.Small printed square with '123' pasted into the corner of f. 1. Decorated initial St Albans England, S.

• Decorated initials 'G'(loria) and 'L'(audemus), at the beginning of phrased Glorias., Troper and Gradual, imperfect

'Regina celi letare', 15th century (f. 194v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.Small printed square with '123' pasted into the corner of f. 1. Decorated initials St Albans England, S.

• Illuminated miniatures of the plants Cole (Brasica Silvatica), which could be used, mixed with old fat, for the treatment of swellings and gout; and Carrying Adderwort (Basilica) with animal heads, which the text advises protected from several kinds of snakes., Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis (ff. 49v-73); Sextus Placitus, De medicina ex animalibus

Silvatica), which could be used, mixed with old fat, for the treatment of swellings and gout; and Carrying Adderwort (Basilica) with animal heads, which the text advises protected from several kinds of snakes. Minta 2003 p. 205 suggests that this

• Miniature of Ecgfrith, king of the English, along with his bishop Trumwine, visiting Cuthbert at Lindisfarne, from Chapter 24 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

king of the English, along with his bishop Trumwine, visiting Cuthbert at Lindisfarne, from Chapter 24 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert. This manuscript was formerly Additional 39943.f. 20 should follow f. 21.A duplicate copy of the volume, but

• Marginal painting of a king of England in armour, holding a shield with arms of three crowns., Chronicle of the Kings of England from Brut to 1420, i.e. Henry V (index Chronica regum Angliae), followed by a text relating to Oxford and Cambridge universities (ff. 79r-v)

interfecere dignum duxi' (f. 79). 5 marginal drawings of knights in armour with armorial shields representing Julius Caesar and 4 English kings in colours (ff. 5v, 8v, 11v, 18v, 20v). Large initial in gold with penwork decoration in blue and

• Coloured initials in red, blue, and green, with foliate decoration., Fragment of a leaf from an early 13th century English Missal containing the Masses for St Chrysostom, St Catherin, St Saturninus, St Andrew (f. 81) St. John (f. 81v).

on four-lines red staves (C, D, round and square B clefs). Fragment of a leaf from an early 13th century English Missal containing the Masses for St Chrysostom, St Catherin, St Saturninus, St Andrew (f. 81) St. John (f. 81v).

• Coloured initial 'B'(eatus) in green, with pen-flourished decoration and music staves., Fragment of a leaf from an English early 13th century Breviary containing the Office for St Nicholas.

red. Musical notation: late neumes on four-line red staves (B, C and F clefs). Fragment of a leaf from an English early 13th century Breviary containing the Office for St Nicholas. John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller and antiquary: