• Zoomorphic initial 'M'(agnitudo) in dark brown ink, red and green and some blue, with knot-work and foliate motifs, in the shape of a grotesque(s)., De mysteriis (ff. 1-4v); De sacramentis (ff. 4v-16v); Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini (serm. 17, ff. 16v-18v); Contra Iouinianum (ff. 18v-69v); Hypomnesticon (ff. 69v-90)

shape of a grotesque(s). Erased inscription on f. 2*v. In the manuscript 'De mysteriis' begins imperfectly (leaves lost before f. 1), 'Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini' is ascribed to Isidore of Seville and has the running header 'De Mysteriis'

• Zoomorphic initial 'I' in dark brown ink, red and green and some blue, with knot-work and foliate motifs, in the shape of a bird., De mysteriis (ff. 1-4v); De sacramentis (ff. 4v-16v); Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini (serm. 17, ff. 16v-18v); Contra Iouinianum (ff. 18v-69v); Hypomnesticon (ff. 69v-90)

shape of a bird. Erased inscription on f. 2*v. In the manuscript 'De mysteriis' begins imperfectly (leaves lost before f. 1), 'Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini' is ascribed to Isidore of Seville and has the running header 'De Mysteriis'

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

century (?) hand Initials in colours with penwork decoration at the beginning of 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

• 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.

signatures. 1 added coloured drawing of the Creation inserted within a blank space between the summaries of Genesis and the beginning of Genesis. The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed 'Biblioteca ecclesie Christi', 13th century (vol. II, Royal 1

• Coloured initial 'P'(rimus) at the beginning of notes on the compotus, and below, an added list of the archbishops of Canterbury., Treatise on the compotus, 'Ratio Gai cesaris de ordine anni', instructions for the discovery of the age of the moon, a table of moveable feasts, and other texts

'51' (f. 1).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: his 'Jupiter' sign (top righthand corner of f. 1); his annotations (ff. 60v-61). William Cecil (b. 1520/21, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister; his sale, 21 November

• Coloured initials in a text page of the chronicle., Chronicle, AD 1-1135 (ff. 34-61), with additions up to 1266 (ff. 61v-73)

Coloured initials in a text page of the chronicle. The life of Thomas Becket in verse was composed c. 1184. It is based on one by Robert of Cricklade (d. c. 1174), prior of St. Frideswide's, Oxford, now lost.

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'(auci) with grotesque and knot-work motifs, at the beginning of Jerome's 'Contra Iouinianum'., De mysteriis (ff. 1-4v); De sacramentis (ff. 4v-16v); Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini (serm. 17, ff. 16v-18v); Contra Iouinianum (ff. 18v-69v); Hypomnesticon (ff. 69v-90)

Erased inscription on f. 2*v. In the manuscript 'De mysteriis' begins imperfectly (leaves lost before f. 1), 'Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini' is ascribed to Isidore of Seville and has the running header 'De Mysteriis' and the 'Hypomnesticon' is

• Historiated initial with the Adoration of the Magi at Sext in the Hours of the Virgin, with a hybrid creature in the lower margin., Psalter-Hours

combined with a bar border with ivy on three or four sides (f. 13: David playing the harp, for Psalm 1, praying lady, hybrid creature in the border; f. 42: David pointing at his eye, for Psalm 26 (27), lady,

• Initial incorporating further letters ('Si virtutum') with knotwork and foliate motifs, followed by display script, at the beginning of Ambrose's 'De poenitentia'. In the outer margin, an ownership inscription of the late 12th or early 13th century in a decorated triangular frame with a mask. The same or a near contemporary hand also added the rubric to the text. In the margin are also notes in the hand of Heinrich Schupp, abbot of the Premonstratensian abbey of St Mary and St Nicholas in Arnstein in the 16th century., De officiis ministrorum; Sermo de resurrectione domini; De poenitentia

initials. Rubrics in red. De officiis ministrorum; Sermo de resurrectione domini; De poenitentia Parts 1 and 2 were together by the 12th century: in part 1, the scribe/illuminator of part 2 added red initials/letters (ff. 66v, 131v), replaced some text

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of the reading for Christmas Day from Matthew 1:1-18., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

neumes (with ~litterae significativae~), England (New Minster – Winchester), second quarter of the 11th century (f. 50-50v) 2 full-page and 1 half-page ink drawings with some colours and a wash of green, blue or red (ff. 6-7). Large and small

• Text pages with large and small coloured initials and numbers., Poeticon astronomicon, Description of the constellations; In Somnium Scipionis

Text pages with large and small coloured initials and numbers. The three parts were bound together by c. 1124 (according to unpublished notes of Michael Gullick).ff. 1-27 : The Poeticon astronimicon is written in two columns, the outer one

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(eptemtrionalis) of a dragon., Historia Langobardorum, in six books, each preceded by a table of contents, added hymn on the preservation of St. Bertin's abbey at St. Omer from destruction by fire (ff. 71v-72) (index Historia Longobardorum)

dragon. Ruled in hardpoint.ff. i*, 1, 73 are parchment flyleaves.Incipit: 'Septemtrionalis plaga'. The scribe is like, if not the same, as the scribe of Royal 13 A XXIII.Added on ff. 71v-72, in a smaller contemporary hand, is a hymn on

• Detail of a decorated initial 'P'., Theological texts

but mostly unfinished and left in different stages of execution (ff. 5-55v, 109), at the beginning of books and chapters. 1 space left for an initial (f. 41v) and numerous initials in red, brown or green, some with penwork decoration

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

(ff. 4-86v) and the Commentary on Tobit (ff. 86v-95) by Bede, with the 'nota' signs and tituli in the margins. 1 inhabited initial in colours at the beginning of Bede's commentary to James's Epistle (f. 2). 7 large initials in

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

(ff. 4-86v) and the Commentary on Tobit (ff. 86v-95) by Bede, with the 'nota' signs and tituli in the margins. 1 inhabited initial in colours at the beginning of Bede's commentary to James's Epistle (f. 2). 7 large initials in

• 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

(ff. 4-86v) and the Commentary on Tobit (ff. 86v-95) by Bede, with the 'nota' signs and tituli in the margins. 1 inhabited initial in colours at the beginning of Bede's commentary to James's Epistle (f. 2). 7 large initials in

• Decorated initial 'T'(enebrosa) with foliate patterns and highlighted display script at the beginning of Homily VI., In Ezechielem

Cantuarien[sis]' (f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 38 (see ~The Lumley Library~, 1956); passed to Henry, prince

• Initial 'M'(emoratis with zoomorphic and foliate decoration at the beginning of Homily V of the last ten homilies., In Ezechielem

Cantuarien[sis]' (f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 38 (see ~The Lumley Library~, 1956); passed to Henry, prince

• Decorated initials 'd'(ilectissimo) and 'D'(ei omnipotentis) at the beginning of Gregory's epistle to Marinium and Homily I., In Ezechielem

Cantuarien[sis]' (f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 38 (see ~The Lumley Library~, 1956); passed to Henry, prince

• Initial 'Q'(uia) with zoomorphic and foliate decoration at the beginning of Homily I of the last ten homilies., In Ezechielem

Cantuarien[sis]' (f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 38 (see ~The Lumley Library~, 1956); passed to Henry, prince