• Detail of an inhabited initial 'T'(enentes), with beasts interlaced with foliage., Antiquitates iudaicae

Scribe A, working in St Albans; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115.Quire signatures. 1 historiated initial of Creation, in colours, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 3). 14 outline

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'A'(ntipatro) with foliate decoration, a lion, and a bird, at the beginning of book 17., Antiquitates iudaicae (books XV-XX), De bello iudaico

Scribe A, working in St Albans; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115. 1 inhabited initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of book 15 (f. 1). 13 outline initials,

• Text page., Antiquitates iudaicae (books XV-XX), De bello iudaico

Scribe A, working in St Albans; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115. 1 inhabited initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of book 15 (f. 1). 13 outline initials,

• Deatil of a decorated initial 'D'(avid)., Antiquitates iudaicae

Scribe A, working in St Albans; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115.Quire signatures. 1 historiated initial of Creation, in colours, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 3). 14 outline

• Detail of a decorated initial 'T'., Antiquitates iudaicae (books XV-XX), De bello iudaico

Scribe A, working in St Albans; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115. 1 inhabited initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of book 15 (f. 1). 13 outline initials,

• Text page., De fide, De spiritu sanctu, De incarnationis dominicae sacramento

numbered continuously.The text is related to two Christ Church manuscripts: Cambridge, St John's College Library, A. 5 and Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 827. Large initials in red or green, some with foliate or penwork decoration in the same or both

• Puzzle initial 'A'(d), at the beginning of book 3., Comedies; Etymologiae (lib. 1: 21)

3 attributed to the cathedral scriptorium of Salisbury on stylistic grounds (see Thomson 1986 and Webber 1992)Part 2: the Cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: probably to be identified with no. 79 in Patrick Young's catalogue of the cathedral library,

• Text pages., Comedies; Etymologiae (lib. 1: 21)

3 attributed to the cathedral scriptorium of Salisbury on stylistic grounds (see Thomson 1986 and Webber 1992)Part 2: the Cathedral church of St Mary, Salisbury: probably to be identified with no. 79 in Patrick Young's catalogue of the cathedral library,

• Decorated initial 'P'(etrus) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Peter., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

and Tobit (ff. 23v, 43v, 56, 80, 81, 82v, 86v). Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit The collegiate church of St. Mary, Southwell? (founded by king Edgar, according to 16th century tradition, see Ker 1964), given in 1503

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Jude., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

and Tobit (ff. 23v, 43v, 56, 80, 81, 82v, 86v). Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit The collegiate church of St. Mary, Southwell? (founded by king Edgar, according to 16th century tradition, see Ker 1964), given in 1503

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the first Epistle of John., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

and Tobit (ff. 23v, 43v, 56, 80, 81, 82v, 86v). Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit The collegiate church of St. Mary, Southwell? (founded by king Edgar, according to 16th century tradition, see Ker 1964), given in 1503

• Text page., Leaf from Augustine's 'In Johannis ad epistolam ad Parthos', tractatus V

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Coloured initials., Leaf from 'Vita Sancte Marie Magdalene', cropped

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Text page., Bifolium from Aelfric's 'Grammar', cropped

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Text page., Leaf from Justinus's 'Epitome historiarum Trogi Pompeii', cropped

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Text page., Leaf from Aelfric's 'Catholic Homelies', I.xx and xxviii, cropped

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Coloured initial., Leaf from an unidentified Biblical Chronicle (?)

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) with a human face., 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. Decorated initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Zoomorphic initial 'H'(anc)., 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 'P'(orro)., 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)