• Detail of an illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate and interlace patterns at the beginning of Psalm 1., Bible (the 'Worms Bible'), Psalms-Acts 16:17, imperfect

[inceptus est liber] ?' (f. 1): see Cohen-Mushlin 1990.The Augustinian monastery of St Mary, outside of Worms: 17th-century inscription 'Hic liber pertinet ad Ecclesiam Beatae Mariae Virginis in Suburbio Wormatiensis', signed 'J. G.' (f. 1). J. G. might be Joannes

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David harping at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter ('The Felbrigge Psalter'), with a calendar, imperfect (lacking July and August), canticles, litany, and prayers

harping at the beginning of Psalm 1. For the Felbrigg familly see generally R. W. Ketton-Cremer, ~Felbrigg: The Story of a House~ (London: Century, 1962), esp. p. 20 with reference to the manuscript.This is the earliest English embroidered binding known,

• Decorated initials 'D'(ilecto) and 'G'(loriosi) in Aelred of Rievaulx's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum., Epistola Cuthberti, Ecclesiastica historia; Aelred's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum (ff. 118-149), and other theological works

notes, 15th century.Erased ownership ? inscription (f. 1, upper margin.Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of books and manuscripts: inscribed 'Ex Bibliotheca Thomae Astlei Arm' in his facsimile of f. 1 (Stowe 1061, f. 98).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b.

• Decorated initials 'U'(t) and 'S'(uccessit) at the beginning of book 5 of Bede's Ecclesiastica historia., Epistola Cuthberti, Ecclesiastica historia; Aelred's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum (ff. 118-149), and other theological works

notes, 15th century.Erased ownership ? inscription (f. 1, upper margin.Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of books and manuscripts: inscribed 'Ex Bibliotheca Thomae Astlei Arm' in his facsimile of f. 1 (Stowe 1061, f. 98).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b.

• Detail of illuminated historiated initial 'D'(omine exaudi orationem meam) depicting David, on foot, fleeing from Absalom and two companions on horseback, with upraised swords., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die mensis Augusti A. D. 1724' (f. 1); and 'Horum Psalmorum Veersio, stille quae dicitur B. Hioronymi GALLICANA' (f. 9).Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eati) with Christ lowering a scroll to three apostles seated below, at the beginning of Psalm 118., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die mensis Augusti A. D. 1724' (f. 1); and 'Horum Psalmorum Veersio, stille quae dicitur B. Hioronymi GALLICANA' (f. 9).Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow,

• Diagrams of hands, with signs of pricking visible, as if for pouncing. Gaps in the text, such as in the second line of text, are probably present because of the intended alternation in the colours of initials, but no green or other colour initials were executed. For example, a guide letter 'e' is visible in the margin adjacent to the final line, for which no initial was executed., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

'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

• Drawing of hands. The rubric on this page states that the fingers of the hand, illustrated in the lower diagram, can be used for finding the date of Easter. Each joint or tip, from the base of the second finger to the top of the thumb, working down the fingers and up the thumb, is marked with numbers and letters. Those from the middle finger to the thumb represent all the possible dates of Easter that fall within March., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

'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

• Drawing of hands. The hands here are marked with all the possible dates of Easter when it falls in April, working down the left-hand thumb, and then up the left-hand fingers, and up the first two fingers of the right hand., 'Quomodo inueniri possint concurrentes et data cuiuslibet anni per manum'

'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

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultabo) with Christ surrounded by the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit in the form of seven doves at the beginning of Psalm 144., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die mensis Augusti A. D. 1724' (f. 1); and 'Horum Psalmorum Veersio, stille quae dicitur B. Hioronymi GALLICANA' (f. 9).Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow,

• Initial with penwork decoration., Decretum, a collection of peciae

a collection of peciae This copy of Gratian's Decretum is a collection of pecia manuscripts bound in 2 volumes. Volume 1 mainly contains a late 12th-century copy, imperfect, with many 13th- and 14th-century additions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127,

• Text page., Decretum, a collection of peciae

a collection of peciae This copy of Gratian's Decretum is a collection of pecia manuscripts bound in 2 volumes. Volume 1 mainly contains a late 12th-century copy, imperfect, with many 13th- and 14th-century additions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127,

• Initial with penwork decoration., 'Liber poenitentialis', imperfect at the end (ff. 37-49v), preceded by a table of contents (ff. 36 r-v)

1972; Roberts and Watson 1990): bought ff. 1-8 in Louvain in 1549, his name and acquisition date 'I.D. 1549' (f. 1), his MS. 19 in 1556 and MS. 55 in 1583 (see James 1921, Watson 1958; Roberts and Watson 1990);

• Historiated initial 'B'(eati) with Christ lowering a scroll to three apostles seated below, at the beginning of Psalm 118. Coloured initials with pen decoration., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die mensis Augusti A. D. 1724' (f. 1); and 'Horum Psalmorum Veersio, stille quae dicitur B. Hioronymi GALLICANA' (f. 9).Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow,

• Detail of illuminated historiated initial 'D'(omine exaudi orationem meam) depicting David, on foot, fleeing from Absalom and two companions on horseback, with upraised swords., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley '13 die mensis Augusti A. D. 1724' (f. 1); and 'Horum Psalmorum Veersio, stille quae dicitur B. Hioronymi GALLICANA' (f. 9).Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow,

• Detail of a drawing including frogs., Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae

small ink drawings mostly with washes in colours (ff. 1, 2, 2v, 4, 4v, 5, 6, 6v, 7, 7v, 8, 8v, 9, 10, 11, 11v, 12, 12v, 13, 13v, 14, 15, 16v, 17, 18v, 19, 19v-20, 20v, 21, 22, 23,

• Detail of the sun., Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae

ink drawings mostly with washes in colours (ff. 1, 2, 2v, 4, 4v, 5, 6, 6v, 7, 7v, 8, 8v, 9, 10, 11, 11v, 12, 12v, 13, 13v, 14, 15, 16v, 17, 18v, 19, 19v-20, 20v, 21, 22, 23, 26,

• null, Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae

mostly with washes in colours (ff. 1, 2, 2v, 4, 4v, 5, 6, 6v, 7, 7v, 8, 8v, 9, 10, 11, 11v, 12, 12v, 13, 13v, 14, 15, 16v, 17, 18v, 19, 19v-20, 20v, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 34,

• Zoomorphic initial 'V'(erba) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Jeremiah., Jeremiah and Daniel with the Glossa Ordinaria

2 zoomorphic initials with foliate decoration in colours and gold, at the beginning of Jeremiah and Daniel (ff. 4, 85). 1 initial in red with penwork decoration in green (f. 106). Jeremiah and Daniel with the Glossa Ordinaria Originally included

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a scribe at work, in the upper left margin., Policraticus

red or green. Policraticus The cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Lib[er] de claustro Roffen[si] p[er] Jerardu[m] mon[achum]' (f. 1); included in the Rochester library catalogue of 1202, among the books of Robert, prior of the Rochester cell at