• Diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated in green and/or red (ff. 35v, 43v, 56v, 88, 88v, 95v, 104). Small initials in plain red, green or blue, sometimes with ornamental

• Decorated initials 'Q'(uattuor) and 'B'(ello) at the beginning of the text., Antiquitates iudaicae

the prologue and the five books (ff. 1, 22, 30v, 40, 49). 3 small initials in red and one in blue (ff. 49, 53, 64, 66). Rubrics in red. Antiquitates iudaicae The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): probably

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

alternately in red or blue, with predominantly blue or red flourishing and marginal extensions, respectively. Line-fillers in red and blue, sometimes in the form of fish. Chapter numbers and running titles in alternate red and blue characters, with flourishes. Guide-letters

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

alternately in red or blue, with predominantly blue or red flourishing and marginal extensions, respectively. Line-fillers in red and blue, sometimes in the form of fish. Chapter numbers and running titles in alternate red and blue characters, with flourishes. Guide-letters

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

alternately in red or blue, with predominantly blue or red flourishing and marginal extensions, respectively. Line-fillers in red and blue, sometimes in the form of fish. Chapter numbers and running titles in alternate red and blue characters, with flourishes. Guide-letters

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

alternately in red or blue, with predominantly blue or red flourishing and marginal extensions, respectively. Line-fillers in red and blue, sometimes in the form of fish. Chapter numbers and running titles in alternate red and blue characters, with flourishes. Guide-letters

• Text page., Part leaf of a noted Missal with part of the text for Holy Saturday including the Canticle of Moses

Text page. ff. 69-72 are fragments from the same manuscript as Stowe 1061 f. 125. Musical notation in many fragments.Mostly removed from bindings.ff. 1-21v; 24-47v; 51-57v; 61-63v; 65; 67-68v; 73 are various fragments, including of the Laws of Alfred

• Initials 'R'(es) and 'A'(nno) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's 'Gesta regum Anglorum'., Gesta regum Anglorum (ff. 4-103v); Gesta pontificum Anglorum (ff. 108-167); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatorio S. Patricii (ff. 167v-175)

blue with penwork decoration in red or blue (ff. 58v, 73, 93). Some large and numerous smaller initials in red, green, blue or, rarely, in light brown, occasionally and after f. 108 frequently with penwork decoration in red and/or

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) with Creation scenes, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

in silver with blue and red penwork decoration (ff. 248v, 288v, 294), or in gold and silver with red penwork (f. 300). Coloured initials in blue, red, or brown (only f. 19v). Rubrics in red or blue. Bible, from Genesis

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) with Pharaoh addressing Moses and Aaron, at the beginning of Exodus., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

in silver with blue and red penwork decoration (ff. 248v, 288v, 294), or in gold and silver with red penwork (f. 300). Coloured initials in blue, red, or brown (only f. 19v). Rubrics in red or blue. Bible, from Genesis

• Historiated initial 'L'(ocutusque) with Moses in prayer before ?God, at the beginning of Numbers., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

in silver with blue and red penwork decoration (ff. 248v, 288v, 294), or in gold and silver with red penwork (f. 300). Coloured initials in blue, red, or brown (only f. 19v). Rubrics in red or blue. Bible, from Genesis

• Historiated initial 'E'(t factum) with God speaking to Joshua, at the beginning of Joshua., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

in silver with blue and red penwork decoration (ff. 248v, 288v, 294), or in gold and silver with red penwork (f. 300). Coloured initials in blue, red, or brown (only f. 19v). Rubrics in red or blue. Bible, from Genesis

• Historiated initial 'I'(n diebus) with Ruth standing, at the beginning of Ruth., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

in silver with blue and red penwork decoration (ff. 248v, 288v, 294), or in gold and silver with red penwork (f. 300). Coloured initials in blue, red, or brown (only f. 19v). Rubrics in red or blue. Bible, from Genesis

• Decorated initial 'U'(iginti) at the beginnning of the prologue to I Kings (I Samuel)., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

in silver with blue and red penwork decoration (ff. 248v, 288v, 294), or in gold and silver with red penwork (f. 300). Coloured initials in blue, red, or brown (only f. 19v). Rubrics in red or blue. Bible, from Genesis

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of David and Goliath, at the beginning of I Kings (I Samuel)., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

in silver with blue and red penwork decoration (ff. 248v, 288v, 294), or in gold and silver with red penwork (f. 300). Coloured initials in blue, red, or brown (only f. 19v). Rubrics in red or blue. Bible, from Genesis

• Historiated initial 'U'(isio) of Isaiah writing, at the beginning of Isaiah., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

in silver with blue and red penwork decoration (ff. 248v, 288v, 294), or in gold and silver with red penwork (f. 300). Coloured initials in blue, red, or brown (only f. 19v). Rubrics in red or blue. Bible, from Genesis

• Historiated initial 'U'(erbum) with a man lying in bed with a lady by his side and God above, at the beginning of Hosea., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

in silver with blue and red penwork decoration (ff. 248v, 288v, 294), or in gold and silver with red penwork (f. 300). Coloured initials in blue, red, or brown (only f. 19v). Rubrics in red or blue. Bible, from Genesis

• Historiated initial 'U'(ir) of Job on the dungheap, visited by his friends, at the beginning of Job., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

in silver with blue and red penwork decoration (ff. 248v, 288v, 294), or in gold and silver with red penwork (f. 300). Coloured initials in blue, red, or brown (only f. 19v). Rubrics in red or blue. Bible, from Genesis

• Inhabited initial 'P'(ost) with foliate tendrils, interlace and naked figures at the beginning of Judges., Bible, from Genesis to Job, vol. 1

in silver with blue and red penwork decoration (ff. 248v, 288v, 294), or in gold and silver with red penwork (f. 300). Coloured initials in blue, red, or brown (only f. 19v). Rubrics in red or blue. Bible, from Genesis

• Historiated initial 'E'(x Cassiodoro) with the author Cassiodorus pointing at an open book, and a foliated tendril extending into the margin; the body of the letter contains a blue figure. Smaller historiated initial 'C'(um) with the head of a bishop., Miscellany including William of Malmesbury's De dictis et factis memorabilibus philosophorum (Polyhistor) (ff. 3- 40v), Cassiodorus' De orthographia (ff. 41-52), Marbod's Lapidarium, with gloss (ff. 106-123), Priscianus' Solutiones ad Chosroem [regem Persarum] (ff. 139v-160v), Nemesius' De natura hominis (ff. 168-196), Albericus' Flores Rhetorici (ff. 196-206), John of Salisbury's De septem septenis (ff. 206v-215v), Joachim of Fiore's Praephatio super Apocalypsim (ff. 216-224), imperfect; De praesagiis tempestatum (f. 224r-v), imperfect

and blue with purple and red pen-flourishing (ff. 77v, 106), or with brown and red pen-flourishing (f. 225). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs. Capitals marked in red or in yellow. Paraphs in red or blue. Space