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Decorated headpiece and initials., Sticherarion (hymnal of the Greek Church), for Saint's days and festivals, with musical notation

99, 129v, 246v). Large initials in red with penwork decoration. Accents and rubrics in red. Sticherarion (hymnal of the Greek Church), for Saint's days and festivals, with musical notation Purchased at Sotheby's 16 February 1875 by the British Museum, using

Diagrams of hands, with signs of pricking visible, as if for pouncing. Gaps in the text, such as in the second line of text, are probably present because of the intended alternation in the colours of initials, but no green or other colour initials were executed. For example, a guide letter 'e' is visible in the margin adjacent to the final line, for which no initial was executed., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

Church, Canterbury: his note (f. 1v).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: formerly bound with Cotton Caligula A XV, ff. 120-153, the volume entitled 'Compotus Adelardi' in Prior Eastry's early 14th-century catalogue of books in the library of Christ

Drawing of hands. The rubric on this page states that the fingers of the hand, illustrated in the lower diagram, can be used for finding the date of Easter. Each joint or tip, from the base of the second finger to the top of the thumb, working down the fingers and up the thumb, is marked with numbers and letters. Those from the middle finger to the thumb represent all the possible dates of Easter that fall within March., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

Red initial 'S'(cribo), and a drawing of hands, in a treatise concerning calendrical computations using the joints and tips of the fingers of hands: it is illustrated with drawings of the hands, marked with numbers from 1 to 7 (i to vii) and letters from A to G, at these points., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

Drawing of hands. The hands here are marked with all the possible dates of Easter when it falls in April, working down the left-hand thumb, and then up the left-hand fingers, and up the first two fingers of the right hand., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

Coloured initials, and rubric before a list of contents: 'Here begins a summary of the charters which are in Reading church'. The first entry is 'a charter of King Henry, our founder, concerning the foundation and liberties of Reading church'., Cartulary of Reading abbey, with lists of the libraries at Reading and its cell at Leominster, and of relics and vestments at Reading

begins a summary of the charters which are in Reading church'. The first entry is 'a charter of King Henry, our founder, concerning the foundation and liberties of Reading church'. The charters show that the original compilation was done early

Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 22., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

century (ff. 9, 29v, 62v, 69).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: Christ Church pressmark 'r' with a title 'Psalteriu[m] s[anc]ti Jeronimi glosatu[m]', 12th century (f. 8) and Christ Church script, 11th century (ff. 197-198, according to Ker, 1957).Thomas Cranmer

Initial 'D'(ixit) at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Initial 'Q'(omodo) with a human face, at the beginning of Psalm 118., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Initial 'Q'(uicumque) with a human face., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Miniature of a church with two towers and a large censer in front of it, and decorated initial 'D'(eus) accompanying texts concerning the dedication of a church., Collectar ('The Ottobeuren Collectar')

Miniature of a church with two towers and a large censer in front of it, and decorated initial 'D'(eus) accompanying texts concerning the dedication of a church. 1 bifolium (ff. 19-22) has been misbound: f. 19 should follow f. 17,

Initial 'C'(onversione) decorated with foliate forms., Miscellaneous theological texts

Mary, Bohéries, Picardy (founded in 1141 from Foigny): the calendar (ff. 74-79v) has the added (13th century) dedication of the church at 15 October, highly graded with 12 lessons; use of the punctus flexus punctuation mark. Inscribed 'Ceste present liure

Initial 'N'(atura), table of chapters, and a circular diagram, with evidence of having been made using a compass., Miscellaneous theological texts

Circular diagram, with evidence of having been made using a compass., Miscellaneous theological texts

Initial 'C'(onversione) decorated with foliate forms., Miscellaneous theological texts

Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds in the upper register and the Adoration of the Magi in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban

Miniature of the Crucifixion in the upper register and the Holy Women at the empty tomb in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

Miniature of the martyrdom of Alban in the upper register, and of the martyrdom of Amphibaldus in the lower register; and a miniature of John the Baptist with John the Evangelist in the upper register, and an Archbishop and an abbot or bishop in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

Text page with pen-flourished initials and line-fillers., Psalter and Canticles

Detail of lines 4 - 8 of a column of the text., Psalter and Canticles

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