• Decorated initial 'O'(mi) at the beginning of the Liber exhortationis of Paulinus of Aquileia., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

and Ireland: purchased from Scott together 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. Decorated initial Fulgentius of Ruspe, Augustine, Paulinus of Aquileia, Gennadius England

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Augustine's De decem cordis., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

and Ireland: purchased from Scott together 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. Decorated initial Fulgentius of Ruspe, Augustine, Paulinus of Aquileia, Gennadius England

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) at the beginning of Augustine's Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

and Ireland: purchased from Scott together 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. Decorated initial Fulgentius of Ruspe, Augustine, Paulinus of Aquileia, Gennadius England

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of Psalm 1 opening the breviary, and two smaller initials with penwork decoration: 'Q'(uare) and 'D'(omine), at the beginings of Psalms 2 and 3., Breviary

his name, 16th century (ff. 1, 220).Wallyngfforthe, inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 220). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial St Albans England, S. (St Albans)

• Calendar page, with an ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans, reading 'Hic est lib[er] s[an]cti Albani que qui abstulerit aut / titulum deleverit anathema sit. Amem', with a note reading 'De armariolo in choro.', Breviary

with his name, 16th century (ff. 1, 220).Wallyngfforthe, inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 220). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. January St Albans England, S. (St Albans)

• Calendar page with an added obit of 'fr[ater] Willelmus de Hextanton apud Lugdunum'., Breviary

his name, 16th century (ff. 1, 220).Wallyngfforthe, inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 220). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calendar page St Albans England, S. (St Albans)

• Interlace initial 'D'(omino) with animal heads at the beginning of Bede's prologue to the life of Cuthbert, in the form of a letter written to Eadfrith, to whom he dedicated the work., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born

• Title page for the first section of Bede's prose Life of Cuthbert with the title in capital letters, and a rectangular border., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born

• Interlace initial 'P'(rincipium) with animal heads at the beginning of Bede's prose life of Cuthbert., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born

• Interlace initials 'D'([omi]no' and 'M'(ulta) at the beginning of Bede's prologue to his verse Life of Cuthbert, addressing a priest named John, who was setting out on a pilgrimage to Rome., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born

• Title page and interlace initial 'P'(rincipium) with animal heads and mask., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born

• Coloured initials., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born in Northumbria around 635,

• Coloured and decorated initials., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born in Northumbria around

• Diagram., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born in Northumbria around 635,

• Decorated initial 'P'(rimo)., Commentary on the Song of Songs, followed by other texts (ff. 2-104v); Commentary on Acts of the Apostles (ff. 105-152v); Commentary on Catholic Epistles (ff. 153-222); Homiliae (ff. 223-251); Commentary on Tobit (ff. 252-258)

Decorated initial 'P'(rimo). 1 leaf between ff. 222-223, and 1 leaf between ff. 251-252 are unfoliated; both are blank, apart from one quire mark. Threaded book-mark (f. 133). Underdrawing in plummet and crayon for initials on ff. 9v, 196.

• Decorated initial 'S'(e) with grotesques and foliate motif at the beginning of Cicero's 'De inventione'; next to it the St Alban's press-mark 'D.II.5.l'., De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 1-47v); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 47v-85)

Decorated initial 'S'(e) with grotesques and foliate motif at the beginning of Cicero's 'De inventione'; next to it the St Alban's press-mark 'D.II.5.l'. Leaf marks (vertical or horizontal strokes, 'i'-'iiii', on rectos of leaves 1-4, 'x' on 5th leaf

• Initial 'A'(udiens) with foliate decoration., Gesta Normannorum ducum

on 31 August 1115: the roll is therefore datable to between September 1115 and 1117 and is the earliest datable English obituary roll known; the present fragment bears ten ~tituli~ or subscriptions, including those from St Mary's and St Vincent's

• Initials with colour wash, surrounded by dots in Mark 14:61., 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).

• Text page with added stamp of Roscarrock of Cornwall arms., 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).

• Zoomorphic initial 'D' at the beginning of a prayer attributed to Pope Gregory the Great., 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).