• Detail of the upper cover of the ivory binding, with David receiving the sword of Goliath from Ahimelech the priest., Former binding, now kept separately, with two ivory panels, separated ivory panel backings, and embroidered silk spine

the office of the dead is the use of Bayeux, according to Dondi 2004 p. 64.Unfoliated paper leaves after ff. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-12, 23, 46, 60, 74, 89, 106, 122, 139, 202, 204-210. Two ivory panels, of scenes from

• Detail of the upper cover of the ivory binding, with David and Goliath., Former binding, now kept separately, with two ivory panels, separated ivory panel backings, and embroidered silk spine

the office of the dead is the use of Bayeux, according to Dondi 2004 p. 64.Unfoliated paper leaves after ff. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-12, 23, 46, 60, 74, 89, 106, 122, 139, 202, 204-210. Two ivory panels, of scenes from

• Detail of the upper cover of the ivory binding, with David kneeling before an altar., Former binding, now kept separately, with two ivory panels, separated ivory panel backings, and embroidered silk spine

the office of the dead is the use of Bayeux, according to Dondi 2004 p. 64.Unfoliated paper leaves after ff. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-12, 23, 46, 60, 74, 89, 106, 122, 139, 202, 204-210. Two ivory panels, of scenes from

• Detail of the lower right hand roundel on the lower cover of the ivory binding, with the act of mercy of visitng the imprisoned, with the inscription: 'In carcere eram et venistis ad me (Matthew 25: 36)., Former binding, now kept separately, with two ivory panels, separated ivory panel backings, and embroidered silk spine

the office of the dead is the use of Bayeux, according to Dondi 2004 p. 64.Unfoliated paper leaves after ff. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-12, 23, 46, 60, 74, 89, 106, 122, 139, 202, 204-210. Two ivory panels, of scenes from

• Detail of the lower left hand roundel on the lower cover of the ivory binding, with the act of mercy of visiting the sick, with the inscription: 'infirmus et visitastis me' (Mathew 25: 36)., Former binding, now kept separately, with two ivory panels, separated ivory panel backings, and embroidered silk spine

the office of the dead is the use of Bayeux, according to Dondi 2004 p. 64.Unfoliated paper leaves after ff. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-12, 23, 46, 60, 74, 89, 106, 122, 139, 202, 204-210. Two ivory panels, of scenes from

• Detail of the middle left hand roundel on the lower cover of the ivory binding, with the act of mercy of housing the stranger, with the inscription: 'hospes eram et collegistis me' (Mathew 25: 35)., Former binding, now kept separately, with two ivory panels, separated ivory panel backings, and embroidered silk spine

the office of the dead is the use of Bayeux, according to Dondi 2004 p. 64.Unfoliated paper leaves after ff. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-12, 23, 46, 60, 74, 89, 106, 122, 139, 202, 204-210. Two ivory panels, of scenes from

• Detail of the upper left hand roundel on the lower cover of the ivory binding, with the act of mercy of giving food to the hungry, with the inscription: 'Esurivi et dedistis mihi manducare' (Mathew 25: 35)., Former binding, now kept separately, with two ivory panels, separated ivory panel backings, and embroidered silk spine

the office of the dead is the use of Bayeux, according to Dondi 2004 p. 64.Unfoliated paper leaves after ff. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-12, 23, 46, 60, 74, 89, 106, 122, 139, 202, 204-210. Two ivory panels, of scenes from

• Detail of a roundel of the lower cover with the act of mercy of clothing the naked, with the inscription 'nudus et cooperuistis me' (Matthew 25:36)., Former binding, now kept separately, with two ivory panels, separated ivory panel backings, and embroidered silk spine

the office of the dead is the use of Bayeux, according to Dondi 2004 p. 64.Unfoliated paper leaves after ff. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-12, 23, 46, 60, 74, 89, 106, 122, 139, 202, 204-210. Two ivory panels, of scenes from

• Detail of the upper right hand roundel on the lower cover of the ivory binding, with the act of mercy of giving drink to the thirsty, with the inscription: 'Sitivi et dedistis mihi bibere' (Mathew 25: 35)., Former binding, now kept separately, with two ivory panels, separated ivory panel backings, and embroidered silk spine

the office of the dead is the use of Bayeux, according to Dondi 2004 p. 64.Unfoliated paper leaves after ff. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-12, 23, 46, 60, 74, 89, 106, 122, 139, 202, 204-210. Two ivory panels, of scenes from

• Upper cover of the ivory binding, with David and musicians., Former binding, now kept separately, with two ivory panels, separated ivory panel backings, and embroidered silk spine

the office of the dead is the use of Bayeux, according to Dondi 2004 p. 64.Unfoliated paper leaves after ff. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-12, 23, 46, 60, 74, 89, 106, 122, 139, 202, 204-210. Two ivory panels, of scenes from

• Upper cover of the ivory binding, scenes from the life of David., Former binding, now kept separately, with two ivory panels, separated ivory panel backings, and embroidered silk spine

the office of the dead is the use of Bayeux, according to Dondi 2004 p. 64.Unfoliated paper leaves after ff. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-12, 23, 46, 60, 74, 89, 106, 122, 139, 202, 204-210. Two ivory panels, of scenes from

• Miniature of Jacqueline Macheco, in prayer before James, and with empress Helena standing behind her with the Cross; decorated initial 'O'(lax) including her coat of arms, and foliate borders, at the beginning of the suffrage to James., Inserted leaf with the beginning of a suffrage to Jacobus

suffrage to James. We thank François Avril for the localisation, and for the identification of the heraldry in this manuscript. 1 full page miniature with a decorated initial including the coat of arms of Jacqueline Macheco, and full foliate borders

• Marginal diagram., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

orditur epactarum' (f. 145v); 'Epistola Bede presbiteri ad Victedam [Wicredum] presbiterum' (ff. 146-148v);Verses on the seven liberal arts (ff. 149-149v). 1 explanatory drawing of methods of calculation of the Computus (f. 33v). Series of ink drawings of the constellations slightly

• Marginal diagram with an inscription 'Thule insula'., Miscellany works on Computus and astrology

orditur epactarum' (f. 145v); 'Epistola Bede presbiteri ad Victedam [Wicredum] presbiterum' (ff. 146-148v);Verses on the seven liberal arts (ff. 149-149v). 1 explanatory drawing of methods of calculation of the Computus (f. 33v). Series of ink drawings of the constellations slightly

• Coloured initial 'O'(peris huius)., Antapodosis (Liber regum et principium partis Europae), with a table of contents at the beginning of each book

Coloured initial 'O'(peris huius). For the text, see Liudprand of Cremona, ~The Complete Works of Luidprand of Cremona~, ed. and trans. by Paolo Squatriti (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2007).Ruled in hard point.Numerous folios have been trimmed

• null, Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a woman setting a windmill on fire; the miller peeps out from his doorway., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix

• Decorated initial 'P'(revaricatus) in column 2 at the beginning of IV Kings., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘16 January 1720/21' (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• German glosses on the Isidore text., Etymologies; De natura rerum (ff. 154-166), and other short texts

of Trier: 12th-century inscription 'Liber Sancte Marie Sanctique Nycholay in Arinstein / quem nobis monasterienses restituerunt pro pastorali cura' (f. 1); possibly identifiable with a copy of Isidore's Etymologiae listed among the 'Libri communes' of the abbey in Harley 3045

• Text with diagrams., Etymologies; De natura rerum (ff. 154-166), and other short texts

of Trier: 12th-century inscription 'Liber Sancte Marie Sanctique Nycholay in Arinstein / quem nobis monasterienses restituerunt pro pastorali cura' (f. 1); possibly identifiable with a copy of Isidore's Etymologiae listed among the 'Libri communes' of the abbey in Harley 3045