• Text page with marginal diagram of the tomb of Oda of Canterbury., Life of Dunstan, ending imperfectly in chapter 16

tomb of Oda of Canterbury. ae caudatas.f. 1 is a flyleaf with 12th-century text in two columns, with rubrics in red.f. 26 is a parchment leaf with various inscriptions. Large initial with penwork decoration in red, purple and green (f.

• Illuminated miniature of Mathew before the beginning of his Gospel, depicted nimbed, seated, and holding an open book in his left hand and a pen in his right, with a lectern and writing implements in front of him., Gospels

Andrés, 1968). The monastery San Lorenzo el Real, El Escorial, in 1809: inscription 'San Lorenzo el R. del Escorial' (f. 1) (see also Andrés, 1968). Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part

• 'Historical' annals of the six ages of the world, up to 1099 in English, added as a final leaf to the manuscript., The Six Ages of the World (recto), and a list of the bishops of Winchester from Birinus to Walkelin (verso) 1070-1090

'Historical' annals of the six ages of the world, up to 1099 in English, added as a final leaf to the manuscript. Unilluminated. The Six Ages of the World (recto), and a list of the bishops of Winchester from

• List of the names of the bishops of the west Saxons, in both Latin and Old English, added as the last leaf of the manuscript., The Six Ages of the World (recto), and a list of the bishops of Winchester from Birinus to Walkelin (verso) 1070-1090

List of the names of the bishops of the west Saxons, in both Latin and Old English, added as the last leaf of the manuscript. Unilluminated. The Six Ages of the World (recto), and a list of the bishops

• Simple headpiece and intial 'T'(on) in an extract from Cyril of Scythopolis's Life of Euthymius of Palestine., Theological extracts and various letters

Simple headpiece and intial 'T'(on) in an extract from Cyril of Scythopolis's Life of Euthymius of Palestine. A palimpsest, re-using at least five older manuscripts. The principal manuscript re-used was a liturgical book written in a small minuscule, perhaps

• Simple headpiece and intial 'T'(on) in an extract from Cyril of Scythopolis's Life of Euthymius of Palestine., Theological extracts and various letters

Simple headpiece and intial 'T'(on) in an extract from Cyril of Scythopolis's Life of Euthymius of Palestine. A palimpsest, re-using at least five older manuscripts. The principal manuscript re-used was a liturgical book written in a small minuscule, perhaps

• Historiated initial 'H'(omo) with a physician bleeding a man, and a full foliate border including a grotesque, a bird, and heraldic arms, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber de Flora., Medical treatises, including works of Bernard de Gordon

Historiated initial 'H'(omo) with a physician bleeding a man, and a full foliate border including a grotesque, a bird, and heraldic arms, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber de Flora. Musical notation. 3 large historiated initials, except

• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) with a lecturer holding a urine flask before students, and a full foliate border with animals, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber urinarum., Medical treatises, including works of Bernard de Gordon

Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) with a lecturer holding a urine flask before students, and a full foliate border with animals, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber urinarum. Musical notation. 3 large historiated initials, except the second with full

• Inhabited initial 'I'(acobi) with three dragons, a human head, and a devil's mask, at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of James., 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 'M'(ultum) at the beginning of the 'De fide ad Donatum' of Fulgentius of Ruspe., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

Gennadius (ff. 81-87v). 4 large decorated initials in green, red and brown, at the beginning of major text divisions (ff. 1, 30, 48, 59v). Initials in red, brown or green, some with penwork decoration. De fide ad Donatum and De

• Headpiece with geometric and foliate decoration and inscribed with title in display capitals, and illuminated initial., Gospel lectionary with Menologion and Gospels for special services (Covel Gospel)

of Antiquaries, London (see Heyworth 1989, frontispiece).Additional leaves on paper added by Covel probably in the late 17th century (ff. 1, 2, 377-38w). Headpieces with geometric and foliate decoration in gold and colours and inscribed with titles in display capitals

• Historiated initial 'F'(errum) of the Agnus Dei, at the beginning of the prologue to the Corrogationes Promethei of Alexander Nequam., Corrogationes Promethei; Hypomnesticon contra pelagianos et caelestianos; miscellaneous works of Augustine; sermons attributed to Caesarius

Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1229', and Henrician title 'Opuscula quidam D. Augustini' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542.Presented to the British Museum by

• Inscription recording that the book was given in 1503 by Edmund Carter to the 'royal collegiate' probably to be identified with the collegiate church of St. Mary, Southwell, reading 'Ex dono mag[ist]ri Edmu[n]di Carter quonda[m] vicarii. / Et nu[n]c cano[ni]ci huius colegii regii xxviimo die oct[obris] / A[nn]o X[rist]i m d tercio et a[nn]o r[egni] r[egi]s Henrici VIImi xixº.', 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'(ocutus) at the beginning of Augustine's De disciplina christiana., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

Gennadius (ff. 81-87v). 4 large decorated initials in green, red and brown, at the beginning of major text divisions (ff. 1, 30, 48, 59v). Initials in red, brown or green, some with penwork decoration. De fide ad Donatum and De

• Decorated initial 'O'(mi) at the beginning of the Liber exhortationis of Paulinus of Aquileia., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

Gennadius (ff. 81-87v). 4 large decorated initials in green, red and brown, at the beginning of major text divisions (ff. 1, 30, 48, 59v). Initials in red, brown or green, some with penwork decoration. De fide ad Donatum and De

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Augustine's De decem cordis., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

Gennadius (ff. 81-87v). 4 large decorated initials in green, red and brown, at the beginning of major text divisions (ff. 1, 30, 48, 59v). Initials in red, brown or green, some with penwork decoration. De fide ad Donatum and De

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) at the beginning of Augustine's Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

Gennadius (ff. 81-87v). 4 large decorated initials in green, red and brown, at the beginning of major text divisions (ff. 1, 30, 48, 59v). Initials in red, brown or green, some with penwork decoration. De fide ad Donatum and De

• Decorated initial 'S'(ummum) at the beginning of the Sententiae., Epistola, Sententiae (f. 4); Formula honestae vitae (f. 84); Admonitio ad filium spiritualem (f. 87v); De virtutibus et vitiis (f. 97)

of the Sententiae. The front flyleaf (f. 1) has a large hole in the centre. A 13th-century musical fragment on a half folio inserted after the front flyleaf is part of a Sequentiale or Troparium. ff. 25, 50, 88 and

• Initial 'O'(mnis) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the second book of the Sententiae., Epistola, Sententiae (f. 4); Formula honestae vitae (f. 84); Admonitio ad filium spiritualem (f. 87v); De virtutibus et vitiis (f. 97)

the second book of the Sententiae. The front flyleaf (f. 1) has a large hole in the centre. A 13th-century musical fragment on a half folio inserted after the front flyleaf is part of a Sequentiale or Troparium. ff. 25,

• Initial 'A'(udi) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the Admonitio., Epistola, Sententiae (f. 4); Formula honestae vitae (f. 84); Admonitio ad filium spiritualem (f. 87v); De virtutibus et vitiis (f. 97)

beginning of the Admonitio. The front flyleaf (f. 1) has a large hole in the centre. A 13th-century musical fragment on a half folio inserted after the front flyleaf is part of a Sequentiale or Troparium. ff. 25, 50, 88