• Marginal drawing of travellers, speaking In English, in the margin of Jacobus de Voragine's life of Cecila., Legenda aurea (index Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints; Golden Legend)

travellers, speaking In English, in the margin of Jacobus de Voragine's life of Cecila. Rust-stains from a chain-staple (?) at the lower edge of the front flyleaves (ff. [iii-]iv]). 4 large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and

• Text page., Fragments of a philosophical work

of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), pp. 240, 242).All parts:Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page England

• Detail of a text page., Fragments of a philosophical work

of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), pp. 240, 242).All parts:Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page England

• Anthropomorphic initial 'S'(ancti), formed of two monks, at the beginning of the prologue to the De fide catholica of Isidore., De fide catholica

St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7922, 7923).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Anthropomorphic initial Isidore Canterbury England, S. E. (Canterbury?)

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(udei) with an animal head., De fide catholica

St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7922, 7923).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Isidore Canterbury England, S. E. (Canterbury?)

• Illuminated headpiece decorated with geometric patterns, and initial 'A'(ndres) at the beginning of Gregory Nazianzus' De pauperum amore (Oratio 14)., In patrem tacentem (ff. 1-3); De pauperum amore (ff. 3v-18v), both imperfect

Illuminated headpiece decorated with geometric patterns, and initial 'A'(ndres) at the beginning of Gregory Nazianzus' De pauperum amore (Oratio 14). f. 20r-v formerly used as a pastedown.Old pagination on ff. 1-18v of 481-516.ff. 1-18 were formerly gatherings 31-33 of

• Detail of headpiece., In patrem tacentem (ff. 1-3); De pauperum amore (ff. 3v-18v), both imperfect

Detail of headpiece. f. 20r-v formerly used as a pastedown.Old pagination on ff. 1-18v of 481-516.ff. 1-18 were formerly gatherings 31-33 of a larger volume. Headpiece decorated with geometric patterns in colours and gold. Large gold and blue initial

• 'Reserve' initial 'E'(piphaniam) in brown with foliate decoration in green and red., Fragment of a leaf from a late 12th century English Sequentiary containing sequences for the Circumcision and the Epiphany

square B clefs). The original recto has been misplaced as verso. Fragment of a leaf from a late 12th century English Sequentiary containing sequences for the Circumcision and the Epiphany John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller and antiquary: part

• Decorated initial with a hybrid creature and foliage., Commentary on the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John

Decorated initial with a hybrid creature and foliage. f. 1 is a small parchment fragment of a charter or deed in English.The first leaf of this manuscript is bound in Harley 5958, f. 87. 1 large initial in red

• Decorated initial 'P'(raeterea)., 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.

• List of chapters in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower margin is an early 15th-century inscription., List of chapters to Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum

List of chapters in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower margin is an early 15th-century inscription. Leaf marks in crayon ('ai'-'aiiii' to 'zi'-'ziiii', followed by symbols, lines, letters), catchwords in crayon and ink, quire marks in dark

• Initial 'H'(omo) with penwork decoration., Homilies

reserved line. Rubrics in red. Abstract and foliate motifs in crayon (f. 62). Homilies Added folio from a late-11th century English Missal (f. 207r-v).Added text, ?13th century (f. 206v). Added folio from a Continental manuscript of the 1st half of

• Decorated initial 'D'(ivinarum)., Chronicle with lists of patriarchs, popes, rulers and geographical features, including mountains, rivers, islands and cities

with lists of patriarchs, popes, rulers and geographical features, including mountains, rivers, islands and cities Added text in a cursive English hand, c. 1300; a memorandum on king Edward the martyr (b. 962, d. 978) (f. 1).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) with display capitals, at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

brown. Spaces for coloured initials left blank after f. 90. Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v) Unidentified English owner, 13th century: with annotations in leadpoint throughout.The benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, 14th century: its characteristic title

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) at Matthew 1:18., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

brown. Spaces for coloured initials left blank after f. 90. Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v) Unidentified English owner, 13th century: with annotations in leadpoint throughout.The benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, 14th century: its characteristic title

• Decorated initial 'U'(t) with display script, at the beginning of the Expositio psalmorum., Expositio psalmorum

James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7896).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Cassiodorus Senator England, W.

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit)' at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

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 Jerome England, S. W. England, S. W. (Wessex, perhaps Winchester)

• Zoomorphic initial 'G'(regorius)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(mos) with an animal head., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Text pages, Theological works including De magistro

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8624).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text pages In the same hand as the colophon in Cotton Domitian 1A (f. 55v), (see Lendinara