• Coloured initial 'I' in the will of King Alfred the Great in Anglo-Saxon, which contains material relating to the foundations of Winchester, and is the earliest English royal will (See ~The Making of England~ 1991)., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

which contains material relating to the foundations of Winchester, and is the earliest English royal will (See ~The Making of England~ 1991). According to Wormald 1963, the manuscript was almost certainly kept on the high altar.This manuscript was formerly Stowe

• Coloured initial 'I' in the will of King Alfred the Great in Anglo-Saxon, which contains material relating to the foundations of Winchester, and is the earliest English royal will (See ~The Making of England~ 1991)., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

which contains material relating to the foundations of Winchester, and is the earliest English royal will (See ~The Making of England~ 1991). According to Wormald 1963, the manuscript was almost certainly kept on the high altar.This manuscript was formerly Stowe

• Drawing of God over the circle of the world with two long trumpets issuing from his mouth (the breath of God), holding a scale, and the Holy Spirit over the waters, enclosed within a hemisphere, at the beginning of Genesis.

library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no . 7723).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Creation Canterbury England (Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII giving the manuscript to a group of monks, with full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

the Westminster palace after the dissolution of the monastery in 1540. Stored in the little study next to the king's old bed chamber: listed as 'Item a booke of Kynge Henry the viith his foundacion of his chappell at Westminster'

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII giving the manuscript to a group of monks, with full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

the Westminster palace after the dissolution of the monastery in 1540. Stored in the little study next to the king's old bed chamber: listed as 'Item a booke of Kynge Henry the viith his foundacion of his chappell at Westminster'

• Detail of a drawing of God over the circle of the world with two long trumpets issuing from his mouth (the breath of God), holding a scale, and the Holy Spirit over the waters, enclosed within a hemisphere, at the beginning of Genesis.

library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no . 7723).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Creation Canterbury England (Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Coloured initials 'I'(ncipit) and 'S' (acre) in an account of the building of the old abbey in Winchester from its intended establishment by Alfred the Great to its consecration by Dunstan., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

an account of the building of the old abbey in Winchester from its intended establishment by Alfred the Great to its consecration by Dunstan. According to Wormald 1963, the manuscript was almost certainly kept on the high altar.This manuscript was

• Text page with Latin and Old English glosses., Alphabetical glossary of rare Latin words (imperfect)

and OldEnglish glosses. This portion of a glossary contains Latin words from 'a' to 'fu'. Most words are glossed in Latin, with some OldEnglish glosses as explanations of the Latin glosses and some words having OldEnglish glosses

• Text pages of the beginning of chapter 4 of the De laudibus virginitatis of Aldhelm., De laudibus virginitatis

laudibus virginitatis Added Latin and OldEnglish glosses, 1st quarter and middle of the 11th century (See Ker 1957).Added leaves (ff. 116-118); substituted for the original folios, 11th century.Added drawing of Aldhelm, 13th century?The English Royal Library: included in the

• Drawing of Aldhelm standing at a lectern with a book opened on the first words of his treatise 'Iam / dudu[m] / ad pon/tifica/le pro/ficisce[n]s', with an inscription 'S. ALDELM[US] EPC'., De laudibus virginitatis

laudibus virginitatis Added Latin and OldEnglish glosses, 1st quarter and middle of the 11th century (See Ker 1957).Added leaves (ff. 116-118); substituted for the original folios, 11th century.Added drawing of Aldhelm, 13th century?The English Royal Library: included in the

• Decorated initial 'R'(everentissimis) with animal heads and interlace decoration, at the beginning of the prologue to the De laudibus virginitatis of Aldhelm., De laudibus virginitatis

laudibus virginitatis Added Latin and OldEnglish glosses, 1st quarter and middle of the 11th century (See Ker 1957).Added leaves (ff. 116-118); substituted for the original folios, 11th century.Added drawing of Aldhelm, 13th century?The English Royal Library: included in the

• Decorated initial 'I'(am) with animal heads and interlace decoration, at the beginning of the De laudibus virginitatis of Aldhelm., De laudibus virginitatis

laudibus virginitatis Added Latin and OldEnglish glosses, 1st quarter and middle of the 11th century (See Ker 1957).Added leaves (ff. 116-118); substituted for the original folios, 11th century.Added drawing of Aldhelm, 13th century?The English Royal Library: included in the

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

de vitiis et peccatis' (ff. 100v-106), with continuous interlinear gloss in Old English.Numerous margins excised. Large initials in red and green. Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with OldEnglish glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church,

• Coloured initial 'D'(ominus) with display script, at the beginning of the Liber scintillarum., Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with Old English glosses

de vitiis et peccatis' (ff. 100v-106), with continuous interlinear gloss in Old English.Numerous margins excised. Large initials in red and green. Liber scintillarum and other theological collections, with OldEnglish glosses The Benedictine priory of Holy Trinity, or Christ Church,

• Text page with entries for the letter 'A'., Alphabetical glossary of rare Latin words (imperfect)

words from 'a' to 'fu'. Most words are glossed in Latin, with some OldEnglish glosses as explanations of the Latin glosses and some words having OldEnglish glosses only. The contents are related to glossaries in Epinal, Bibliotheque Municipale

• Text page., Alphabetical glossary of rare Latin words (imperfect)

words from 'a' to 'fu'. Most words are glossed in Latin, with some OldEnglish glosses as explanations of the Latin glosses and some words having OldEnglish glosses only. The contents are related to glossaries in Epinal, Bibliotheque Municipale

• Text pages of the Aenigmata of Aldhelm., Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 OldEnglish gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 OldEnglish glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii' (ff.

• Decorated initials with the text of the Riddles of Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherbonne., Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 OldEnglish gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 OldEnglish glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii' (ff.

• null, Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 OldEnglish gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 OldEnglish glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii' (ff.

• null, Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata

Prognosticon futuri saeculi, with interlinear Latin glosses and 1 OldEnglish gloss on f. 69 (ff. 1v-79v);Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne (c. 705-709), Aenigmata, with interlinear and marginal Latin and 75 OldEnglish glosses (ff. 79v-103v);Caelius Firmianus Symposius, 'Enigmata Simphosii' (ff.