• Puzzle initial 'P'(rimum) with pen-flourishing and display script., Acts of the Apostles, with glossa ordinaria

II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial England

• Text page with decorated initials and ownership inscription., Acts of the Apostles, with glossa ordinaria

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Initials and inscription England

• Decorated initial 'F'(uit in diebus Herodis regis), with foliate and zoomorphic motifs, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels, Acts, Epistles, Apocalypse with the Glossa ordinaria

catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7731.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial 'F'(uit). England

• Decorated initial 'P'(rimum), with foliate and zoomorphic motifs, at the beginning of Acts., Gospels, Acts, Epistles, Apocalypse with the Glossa ordinaria

catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7731.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial 'P'(rimum) England

• Puzzle initial 'N'(emo) at the beginning of Jerome's prologue to Isaiah, with John Lumley's ownership inscription in the lower margin., Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel with Jerome's prologues and the Glossa ordinaria

catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7731.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial 'N'(emo) England

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of an account of Thomas Becket's martyrdom in Canterbury Cathedral., Theological miscellany of saints lives and sermons, including the life of Becket, and De Gesta Pontificum

'Historia de Gestis Pontificum Anglorum. Constat monasterii beate Marie de Thornton super Humbream' (parchment rectangle pasted on to f. 1*).The Old Royal library: collected by Henry VIII's agents; passages dealing with councils, the authority of bishops and the Pope, and

• The pale rectangle of vellum now affixed to this flyleaf, which would formerly have been on the outside cover of the binding, underneath a piece of transparent polished horn held in place by nails at the corners. Two copper-stained nail-holes are still visible., Theological miscellany of saints lives and sermons, including the life of Becket, and De Gesta Pontificum

'Historia de Gestis Pontificum Anglorum. Constat monasterii beate Marie de Thornton super Humbream' (parchment rectangle pasted on to f. 1*).The Old Royal library: collected by Henry VIII's agents; passages dealing with councils, the authority of bishops and the Pope, and

• Decorated initial ''V'(idens), with a rubric introducing the section describing Thomas Becket's martyrdom in Canterbury Cathedral. The red letters in the margin, found sporadically throughout the text, are the initials of the biographers who wrote accounts of Thomas's life and death, including John of Salisbury ('I'), Herbert of Bosham ('H'), William of Canterbury ('W'), Benedict of Peterborough ('B'), and Alan of Tewkesbury ('A')., Theological miscellany of saints lives and sermons, including the life of Becket, and De Gesta Pontificum

'Historia de Gestis Pontificum Anglorum. Constat monasterii beate Marie de Thornton super Humbream' (parchment rectangle pasted on to f. 1*).The Old Royal library: collected by Henry VIII's agents; passages dealing with councils, the authority of bishops and the Pope, and

• Decorated initials 'H'(ec) and 'S'(aepe)., Liber Pastoralis Curae (ff. 1-39), Verbum Abbreviatum (abridged selections) (ff. 41-87), Conference on the Vices from Galand's Parabolarium (ff. 88-92), Allegories of the Old and New Testaments (some from Pseudo-Hugh of St. Victor's Allegoriae in Evangelia) (ff. 114-137), Summa metrica and various notes for priests (ff. 143-144), chart of the Virtues and Vices (f. 144v)

(ff. 1-39), Verbum Abbreviatum (abridged selections) (ff. 41-87), Conference on the Vices from Galand's Parabolarium (ff. 88-92), Allegories of the Old and New Testaments (some from Pseudo-Hugh of St. Victor's Allegoriae in Evangelia) (ff. 114-137), Summa metrica and various notes

• Decorated initial 'H'(ec) with foliage and white lions., Book of Deuteronomy, with gloss (index Old Testament), ending imperfectly

lions (f. 1). Coloured initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Book of Deuteronomy, with gloss (index Old Testament), ending imperfectly Inscribed, ?15th century, 'chasteau ?Sid' (ff. 2, 121). Added inscription, medieval (f. 123).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681,

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David paying the harp, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) of the Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels of Matthew and Mark, with the Glossa ordinaria (index New Testament, Bible)

child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Tree of Jesse Vie de Saint Denis workshop Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul sitting at a desk and writing his Epistle, at the beginning of Romans., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7981).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul England or France

• Initial 'P' with foliate decoration; rubrics and small initials., De civitate Dei

d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and 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 Augustine England, W (?)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David paying the harp, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. David Paris France, Central (Paris)

• Beginning of the genealogy text, with the beginning of a genealogical tree., Miscellany including works on heraldry and genealogy, a bestiary and book of birds, historical annals of St David's and Llandaff, an English translation of Christine de Pisan's the Epistle of Othea to Hector (Epistre de Othea) (ff. 67-91v), and the Prophecy of Merlin (ff. 92-93v)

including works on heraldry and genealogy, a bestiary and book of birds, historical annals of St David's and Llandaff, an English translation of Christine de Pisan's the Epistle of Othea to Hector (Epistre de Othea) (ff. 67-91v), and the Prophecy

• Detail of historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of king David and a fool, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter (the 'Suneson Psalter'), for Danish use, with calendar, prayers and litany

Sueorum', Ingerdis, Queen of Sweden, and Queen Rikiza of Sweden: see Franks 1881 p. 247.The calendar and litany have many English saints, e.g., Oswald, Cuthbert, Dunstan, Botulf, Wilfrid, Ethedreda, Sexburga, and Withburga, as well as Cnut and Olav.Inscription 'An 1613

• Detail of historiated initial of the Trinity., Psalter (the 'Suneson Psalter'), for Danish use, with calendar, prayers and litany

Sueorum', Ingerdis, Queen of Sweden, and Queen Rikiza of Sweden: see Franks 1881 p. 247.The calendar and litany have many English saints, e.g., Oswald, Cuthbert, Dunstan, Botulf, Wilfrid, Ethedreda, Sexburga, and Withburga, as well as Cnut and Olav.Inscription 'An 1613

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) with Creation scenes followed by display script at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, from Genesis to the Psalms

83, 101v, 118, 128v, 129v). Rubrics in red. Bible, from Genesis to the Psalms Added marginal notes in Latin and English (e.g. on f. 6) in several ?15th/16th century hand. Added marginal drawings, ?16th century, which repeat features of historiated

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) enclosing a flower, with foliate feathering extending into the margin, at the beginning of the text., Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 1-31v); De vita christiana ad sororem suam (ff. 32-46v); Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 47-72v)

later inscriptions.Eusebius' Homiliae X ad monachos are complete and do not omit homilies 7 and 10 as was frequent in English copies of this text. 3 large initials in colours and gold enclosing a flower or acanthus leaves, with foliate