• Text page with the explicit of Matthew and the incipit of Mark in capitals, reading 'Evangelium /sec. mattheu. / explicit/ incip. evangl. / sec. marcum / feliciter'., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• Text page., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• Inscription in gold and silver on a purple background, beginning 'Hic HIS baptiza/tus est ab Iohan/ne', and relating to a lost miniature of the Baptism of Christ., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'Z'(acgarias), at the beginning of the list of capitula of Luke., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• Detail of an initial 'Q'(uoniam) from the incipit page, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• Detail of a miniature of an ox, the symbol of Luke, with God the Father above, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• Text page., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• Text page., Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible')

to Zacharias, now lost;Luke, with the first page missing, beginning with 1:5, 'Fuit in diebus Herodis' (ff. 45-67v);The capitula of John (f. 68);John, with the first and the last leaf missing, beginning with 1:6, 'Fuit homo missus', and ending with

• Historiated initial 'D' of a Benedictine monk praying, measuring 70 x 95 mm (upper right)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18196, ff. 2-90. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of John the Baptist (f. 46), a Benedictine monk (f. 47), God (ff. 48, 52), seated men (ff. 53, 62, 64),

• Historiated initial 'L' of God, measuring 100 x 85 mm (lower left)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18196, ff. 2-90. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of John the Baptist (f. 46), a Benedictine monk (f. 47), God (ff. 48, 52), seated men (ff. 53, 62, 64),

• Historiated initial 'S' of a man reading, measuring 60 x 60 mm (centre left)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18196, ff. 2-90. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of John the Baptist (f. 46), a Benedictine monk (f. 47), God (ff. 48, 52), seated men (ff. 53, 62, 64),

• Historiated initial 'D' of a saint, possibly Stephen, measuring 75 x 85 mm (centre right)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18196, ff. 2-90. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of John the Baptist (f. 46), a Benedictine monk (f. 47), God (ff. 48, 52), seated men (ff. 53, 62, 64),

• Historiated initial 'B' of a prophet holding a scroll inscribed 'Benedictus', measuring 75 x 75 mm (lower centre)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18196, ff. 2-90. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of John the Baptist (f. 46), a Benedictine monk (f. 47), God (ff. 48, 52), seated men (ff. 53, 62, 64),

• Historiated initial 'U' of Christ with the body of the letter of architectural elements and a putto, measuring 110 x 120 mm (upper centre)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18196, ff. 2-90. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of John the Baptist (f. 46), a Benedictine monk (f. 47), God (ff. 48, 52), seated men (ff. 53, 62, 64),

• Historiated initial 'O' of a seated man, measuring 85 x 80 mm (centre left)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18196, ff. 2-90. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of John the Baptist (f. 46), a Benedictine monk (f. 47), God (ff. 48, 52), seated men (ff. 53, 62, 64),

• Historiated initial 'S' of Christ and martyr saints, measuring 65 x 70 mm (centre right)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18196, ff. 2-90. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of John the Baptist (f. 46), a Benedictine monk (f. 47), God (ff. 48, 52), seated men (ff. 53, 62, 64),

• Historiated initial 'A' of a seated man, measuring 75 x 80 mm (lower centre)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18196, ff. 2-90. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of John the Baptist (f. 46), a Benedictine monk (f. 47), God (ff. 48, 52), seated men (ff. 53, 62, 64),

• Illuminated initials., Fragment of a monastic Breviary

or in red with brown penwork decoration. Highlighting of letters in red. Rubrics in red. Fragment of a monastic Breviary John Bagford: inscribed, probably by Frederic Madden, that this is 'A portion of Bagford's collection F. M.' (f. [iii]).Sir Hans

• Historiated initial 'C'(onfortatus) with a priest scourging king David at the beginning of II Chronicles (index II Paralipomenon)., Bible, without the Psalms, imperfect

(f. 495); an eagle, symbol of John, at John (f. 512), the conversion of Paul, with Paul falling from his horse, at Romans (f. 523); Peter, at I Peter (f. 557v); John, at I John (f. 560), Pentecost, at Acts

• Decorated line-fillers., Fragment of prayers, on parchment

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of