• Text page., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

Text page. Includes the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus (ff. 1-2v), an extract from Jerome's commentary to Matthew, 'Plures fuisse' (ff. 2v-3v), the Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus (ff. 3v-4v), a preface 'Sciendum etiam' (ff. 4v-5), and a table

• Historiated initial 'Q'([uonia]m) of Christ in Majesty in the bowl, with display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, at the beginning of Luke, with a sketch of a leaf in the lower margin., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

Historiated initial 'Q'([uonia]m) of Christ in Majesty in the bowl, with display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, at the beginning of Luke, with a sketch of a leaf in

• Detail of a note, in Anglo-Saxon, of the admission of Cnut (d. 1035), king of England, of Denmark, and of Norway, and his brother Harold into the confraternity, probably of Christ Church, Canterbury, certified by the names of brothers Ðorð, Kartoca, and Thuri., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

Detail of a note, in Anglo-Saxon, of the admission of Cnut (d. 1035), king of England, of Denmark, and of Norway, and his brother Harold into the confraternity, probably of Christ Church, Canterbury, certified by the names of brothers

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a prisoner seeking sanctuary from monks., 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

• null, 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

• Detail of a medallion of a saint holding a book and a cross, within a 'Winchester style' border, at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

Detail of a medallion of a saint holding a book and a cross, within a 'Winchester style' border, at the beginning of the Gospel of John. Includes the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus (ff. 1-2v), an extract from Jerome's

• Detail of a medallion of a saint holding a book and a cross, within a 'Winchester style' border, at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

Detail of a medallion of a saint holding a book and a cross, within a 'Winchester style' border, at the beginning of the Gospel of John. Includes the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus (ff. 1-2v), an extract from Jerome's

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'I'(n principio) with display script in gold, at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

Detail of an illuminated initial 'I'(n principio) with display script in gold, at the beginning of the Gospel of John. Includes the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus (ff. 1-2v), an extract from Jerome's commentary to Matthew, 'Plures fuisse' (ff.

• Detail of a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

Detail of a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, at the beginning of the Gospel of John. Includes the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus (ff. 1-2v), an extract from Jerome's commentary to Matthew, 'Plures fuisse' (ff.

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a castle flanked by grotesques., 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

• Detail of a miniature of a mermaid and merman with bow and arrow in the border of the folio., 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

• Detail of medallion scenes within the lower border of the folio., 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

• Initial 'I'(nitium) with interlace decoration and display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' foliate border with two medallions with saints holding books (Evangelists?), at the beginning of Mark., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

Initial 'I'(nitium) with interlace decoration and display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' foliate border with two medallions with saints holding books (Evangelists?), at the beginning of Mark. Includes the Epistle of Jerome to Damasus (ff. 1-2v),

• Note, in Anglo-Saxon, of the admission of Cnut (d. 1035), king of England, of Denmark, and of Norway, and his brother Harold into the confraternity, probably of Christ Church, Canterbury, certified by the names of brothers Ðorð, Kartoca, and Thuri., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

Note, in Anglo-Saxon, of the admission of Cnut (d. 1035), king of England, of Denmark, and of Norway, and his brother Harold into the confraternity, probably of Christ Church, Canterbury, certified by the names of brothers Ðorð, Kartoca, and

• Initial 'I'(n principio) with display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, and two medallions with saints holding books and a cross (Evangelists?), at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

Initial 'I'(n principio) with display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, and two medallions with saints holding books and a cross (Evangelists?), at the beginning of the Gospel of John.

• Zoomorphic initial made up of animal bodies and heads and interlace, in the last section concerning the community's practice during the different seasons of the year., Rule of St Benedict, with a calendar

Zoomorphic initial made up of animal bodies and heads and interlace, in the last section concerning the community's practice during the different seasons of the year. The initials are of Wormald's 'Type IIa' and Type I.Musical notation: Anglo-Saxon neumes,

• Decorated initial 'A'(nno) with animal heads at the beginning of a copy of a statute from the Lateran Palace in Rome, issued in 917, during the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV., Rule of St Benedict, with a calendar

Decorated initial 'A'(nno) with animal heads at the beginning of a copy of a statute from the Lateran Palace in Rome, issued in 917, during the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV. The initials are of Wormald's

• Initial 'L'(iber) with interlace decoration and display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, and four medallions with saints holding books and a cross (Evangelists?), at the beginning of Matthew. The name of the manuscript's owner, Lord Lumley, is inscribed in the lower margin., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

Initial 'L'(iber) with interlace decoration and display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, and four medallions with saints holding books and a cross (Evangelists?), at the beginning of Matthew. The

• A charter of Cnut, in Anglo-Saxon (promulgated probably c. 1017, when Cnut became king of all England), addressed to Archbishop Lyfing (1013-1020), Godwin, bishop of Rochester, Ælmær, abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury (1006-1022), and others, confirming the privileges of the church., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

A charter of Cnut, in Anglo-Saxon (promulgated probably c. 1017, when Cnut became king of all England), addressed to Archbishop Lyfing (1013-1020), Godwin, bishop of Rochester, Ælmær, abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury (1006-1022), and others, confirming the privileges of

• Illuminated initial 'R' with the arms of Henry Despenser, bishop of Norwich, and a partial border, and in the upper margin, the signature of 'William Howarde 1579'., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

'William Howarde 1579'. 1 full foliate bar border and large initial in colours and gold, with a quadruped (dragon) on the border and an unfinished drawing in the historiated initial of a seated man writing (f. 2v). 1 three-sided foliate