• Detail of a decorated initial 'O'(bsculta), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the preface and the text., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Initials in red, blue or green. Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed [under erasure] 'Liber Ricardi ...ham monachi' and 'ecc[lesi]e xp[ist]I cantuar[ie]', with a title 'Expo[s]it[i]o s[anc]ti du[n]stani sup[er]

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 22., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

century (ff. 9, 29v, 62v, 69).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: Christ Church pressmark 'r' with a title 'Psalteriu[m] s[anc]ti Jeronimi glosatu[m]', 12th century (f. 8) and Christ Church script, 11th century (ff. 197-198, according to Ker, 1957).Thomas Cranmer

• Initial 'D'(ixit) at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

century (ff. 9, 29v, 62v, 69).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: Christ Church pressmark 'r' with a title 'Psalteriu[m] s[anc]ti Jeronimi glosatu[m]', 12th century (f. 8) and Christ Church script, 11th century (ff. 197-198, according to Ker, 1957).Thomas Cranmer

• Initial 'Q'(omodo) with a human face, at the beginning of Psalm 118., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

century (ff. 9, 29v, 62v, 69).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: Christ Church pressmark 'r' with a title 'Psalteriu[m] s[anc]ti Jeronimi glosatu[m]', 12th century (f. 8) and Christ Church script, 11th century (ff. 197-198, according to Ker, 1957).Thomas Cranmer

• Initial 'Q'(uicumque) with a human face., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

century (ff. 9, 29v, 62v, 69).The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: Christ Church pressmark 'r' with a title 'Psalteriu[m] s[anc]ti Jeronimi glosatu[m]', 12th century (f. 8) and Christ Church script, 11th century (ff. 197-198, according to Ker, 1957).Thomas Cranmer

• Miniature of a church with two towers and a large censer in front of it, and decorated initial 'D'(eus) accompanying texts concerning the dedication of a church., Collectar ('The Ottobeuren Collectar')

Miniature of a church with two towers and a large censer in front of it, and decorated initial 'D'(eus) accompanying texts concerning the dedication of a church. 1 bifolium (ff. 19-22) has been misbound: f. 19 should follow f. 17,

• Initial 'S' with decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

penwork decoration in colours. Small initials and rubrics in red. Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews The Cathedral Church of St Mary, Salisbury: probably to be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral

• Initial 'Q' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

penwork decoration in colours. Small initials and rubrics in red. Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews The Cathedral Church of St Mary, Salisbury: probably to be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral

• Puzzle initial 'H' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

penwork decoration in colours. Small initials and rubrics in red. Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews The Cathedral Church of St Mary, Salisbury: probably to be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral

• Puzzle initial 'H' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

penwork decoration in colours. Small initials and rubrics in red. Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews The Cathedral Church of St Mary, Salisbury: probably to be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral

• Puzzle initial 'U' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

penwork decoration in colours. Small initials and rubrics in red. Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews The Cathedral Church of St Mary, Salisbury: probably to be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral

• Initial 'S' with foliate decoration., Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews

penwork decoration in colours. Small initials and rubrics in red. Epistolae, Opera; Moralis Philosophia; Dialogue against the Jews The Cathedral Church of St Mary, Salisbury: probably to be identified with no. 154 in Patrick Young's 1622 catalogue of the cathedral

• Initial 'C'(onversione) decorated with foliate forms., Miscellaneous theological texts

Mary, Bohéries, Picardy (founded in 1141 from Foigny): the calendar (ff. 74-79v) has the added (13th century) dedication of the church at 15 October, highly graded with 12 lessons; use of the punctus flexus punctuation mark. Inscribed 'Ceste present liure

• Initial 'N'(atura), table of chapters, and a circular diagram, with evidence of having been made using a compass., Miscellaneous theological texts

Mary, Bohéries, Picardy (founded in 1141 from Foigny): the calendar (ff. 74-79v) has the added (13th century) dedication of the church at 15 October, highly graded with 12 lessons; use of the punctus flexus punctuation mark. Inscribed 'Ceste present liure

• Circular diagram, with evidence of having been made using a compass., Miscellaneous theological texts

Mary, Bohéries, Picardy (founded in 1141 from Foigny): the calendar (ff. 74-79v) has the added (13th century) dedication of the church at 15 October, highly graded with 12 lessons; use of the punctus flexus punctuation mark. Inscribed 'Ceste present liure

• Initial 'C'(onversione) decorated with foliate forms., Miscellaneous theological texts

Mary, Bohéries, Picardy (founded in 1141 from Foigny): the calendar (ff. 74-79v) has the added (13th century) dedication of the church at 15 October, highly graded with 12 lessons; use of the punctus flexus punctuation mark. Inscribed 'Ceste present liure

• Puzzle-initial 'T'(ranscriptum) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Robert Grosseteste's translation of Tertullian, 'Testamentum XII patriarcharum'., Testamentum XII patriarcharum (ff. 1-15); Beniamin minor, in verse (ff. 15-20); Elucidarius (ff. 20v-34v)

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uod) and pen-flourished initial 'D'(e)., Compendium of theological truths in seven books with an alphabetical index (ff. 128-135v) (index Compendium theologiae veritatis)

church of the Holy Cross, Crediton, Devon, 14th century (see Wright 1972).William Mugg, 16th century: his 'ex libris' and an ownership inscription recording his gift of the manuscript to Gerorge Mason (f. 1).George Mason, last dean of the Collegiate

• Inscription of a title reading, 'Expositio su[per] Reg[u]lam beati Benedicti. nova' with a reference sign repeated at the beginning of the text (f. 3), a shelfmark, 'D. III. g. XII, an ownership inscription of John Lumley, and an offset of a miniature from leaf 2v., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Initials in red, blue or green. Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed [under erasure] 'Liber Ricardi ...ham monachi' and 'ecc[lesi]e xp[ist]I cantuar[ie]', with a title 'Expo[s]it[i]o s[anc]ti du[n]stani sup[er]

• Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds in the upper register and the Adoration of the Magi in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

1246, 16th November, ff. 7, 153v); for St. Albans use: the calendar includes: the octave of the dedication of the church of St. Albans (4th January, f. 2), 'Festivitas reliquiarum' in gold (27th January, f. 2), the passion of Alban