• Text page., Etymologiae

[Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8603).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Written probably by three scribes Isidore England

• Detail of a diagram of a 'T-O' map of the inhabited world, showing the relative positions of the three continents., Etymologiae

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8603).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Map Written probably by three scribes Isidore England

• Symbols highlighted in green, in the chapter 'De notis sententiarum.', Etymologiae

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8603).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Symbols Written probably by three scribes Isidore England

• Text page with figures highlighted in green, in the chapter 3, 'De figuris'., Etymologiae

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8603).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Figures Written probably by three scribes Isidore England

• Diagram of affinity., Etymologiae

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8603).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Diagram Written probably by three scribes Isidore England

• Diagram of a 'T-O' map of the inhabited world, showing the relative positions of the three continents., Etymologiae

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8603).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Map Written probably by three scribes Isidore England

• Diagram of the positions of the moon and drawings of the forms of the moon., Etymologiae

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8603).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Diagram and forms of the moon Written probably by three scribes Isidore England

• Decorated initial 'I'(n), at the beginning of the book Ezra., Job and Ezra, with prologues

sketch of Christ on the Cross, 12th century (back flyleaf). Job and Ezra, with prologues Re-written and restored by an English hand, of the Canterbury type, in the second half of the 10th century, according to Gameson.? Thomas Howard (b.

• Heading in display capitals, and the first word 'Vir' in colours, at the beginning of the book of Job., Job and Ezra, with prologues

sketch of Christ on the Cross, 12th century (back flyleaf). Job and Ezra, with prologues Re-written and restored by an English hand, of the Canterbury type, in the second half of the 10th century, according to Gameson.? Thomas Howard (b.

• Marginal drawing of travellers, speaking In English, in the margin of Jacobus de Voragine's life of Cecila., Legenda aurea (index Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints; Golden Legend)

travellers, speaking In English, in the margin of Jacobus de Voragine's life of Cecila. Rust-stains from a chain-staple (?) at the lower edge of the front flyleaves (ff. [iii-]iv]). 4 large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and

• Text page with large initials; Latin and Anglo-Saxon script., Grammar

eldest child of James I (see ~The Lumley Library~, 1956: pp. 14-17): his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Large initials Aelfric England

• Calendar with saints and table to calculate the date of Easter., Theological miscellany, including Meditations, prayers and letters; Poem on the ceremonial of the Mass; Sermons; theological works; calendar

Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calendar Anselm; Hildebert; Ivo; Gregory, Augustine and others England, Gloucestershire

• Penwork initial 'E'(t) with foliate decoration., Theological miscellany, including Meditations, prayers and letters; Poem on the ceremonial of the Mass; Sermons; theological works; calendar

and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Penwork initial Anselm; Hildebert; Ivo; Gregory, Augustine and others England, Gloucestershire

• Detail of a decorated initial 'P'., Theological texts

of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7855).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial England, S. (Gloucester?)

• Initial 'M' with penwork decoration in leaf patterns and capitals on coloured grounds., Symbolum fidei, Registrum; Recantation of 1079

~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no 7929).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Gregory; Berengar of Tours England, S (Bury St Edmunds)

• Text page., Symbolum fidei, Registrum; Recantation of 1079

~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no 7929).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Gregory; Berengar of Tours England, S (Bury St Edmunds)

• Large initial 'V' with penwork decoration (incomplete)., Symbolum fidei, Registrum; Recantation of 1079

~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no 7929).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Gregory; Berengar of Tours England, S (Bury St Edmunds)

• Decorated initials 'L'(iber), 'F'(uit), and 'H'(abuit)., Historia Scholastica, imperfect; and chronological digest (ff. 267-272v)

1791), 2nd Earl Verney, politician, Palmer’s cousin: bookplate with his arms (inside upper cover).Unidentified owner: 18th-century inscription 'Texts of the Old + New Testaments M S wrote in the 11th Cent' inscribed with a price code (f. 1).Effaced price code?

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with a bust of Christ in a star, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter, including material for determining hours of daylight, a calendar, Canticles and hymns, and creed (ff. 139v-141v), litany and prayers

obit of Hugh Actor of the hospital (d. 1464).The Derham and Crimplesham (Crumpilsham) families: added 15th-century notes in Latin and English of births and deaths of members of the family in the calendar, e.g., 'The birth of Baudewyn son of

• Zoomorphic initial with interlace at the beginning of John 18., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).