• Initial 'D'(ifficiles) and puzzle initial 'A'(littera) at the beginning of William Brito's 'Expositiones vocabulorum Bibliae'., Expositiones vocabulorum Bibliae (ff. 2-127); Corrogationes Promethei (ff. 128-139)

the last leaf of the quire); leaf signatures (on the recto of the leaves of the first half of some quires: 'I'-'iiii'); catchwords.f. 1 is a medieval parchment flyleaf; remains of a lost parchment flyleaf is pasted on f. 1

• Two puzzle initials 'N'(e) and 'P'(astoralis) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Gregory the Great's De cura pastorali., Theological miscellany, including Gregory the Great, De cura pastorali (ff. 1-42v); Innocent III, De misera humanae conditionis (ff. 43-59) and Augustine, Retractationes, book 2 chapter 35 (59v); imperfect

from a 12th-century manuscript with musical notation, on four-line red staves.Leaf signatures (i, ii, iii, iiii, v) in crayon in quires 1-2; remains of catchwords. 2 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in both colours (f. 1).

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing., Glossed Digestum Vetus, in 24 books

ff. 70, 151 also only have gloss framing an empty space.All bifolios have been split into separate leaves so that quires can only be distinguished by catchwords and leaf signatures. Some leaves are significantly smaller (e.g., ff. 125-126).Parts of the

• Coloured initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Coloured initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51. Includes a 'Psalter romanum', with marginal glosses in Latin and interlinear Old English gloss, attributed to Aethelwold (ff. 8-171) (see Gretsch, 1999), 12 canticles (ff. 171v-186v) and a Gloria entitled

• Coloured initial 'B'(eatus) with display script, at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the pressmark of Christ Church, Canterbury 'r', and ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer and Lord Lumley., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Coloured initial 'B'(eatus) with display script, at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the pressmark of Christ Church, Canterbury 'r', and ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer and Lord Lumley. Includes a 'Psalter romanum', with marginal glosses in Latin and

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Moses and the Israelites passing through the Red Sea, at the beginning of Exodus., Genesis and Exodus, with the Glossa ordinaria

V, and 4 E VI, but not executed in the same workshop.Catchwords and corrector's signatures 'cor' at the end of quires, bifolium signatures. 2 historiated initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of each book (ff. 4, 125v). Foliate

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the Days of Creation, at the beginning of Genesis., Genesis and Exodus, with the Glossa ordinaria

V, and 4 E VI, but not executed in the same workshop.Catchwords and corrector's signatures 'cor' at the end of quires, bifolium signatures. 2 historiated initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of each book (ff. 4, 125v). Foliate

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

Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 22. Includes a 'Psalter romanum', with marginal glosses in Latin and interlinear Old English gloss, attributed to Aethelwold (ff. 8-171) (see Gretsch, 1999), 12 canticles (ff. 171v-186v) and a Gloria entitled

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

Initial 'D'(ixit) at the beginning of Psalm 109. Includes a 'Psalter romanum', with marginal glosses in Latin and interlinear Old English gloss, attributed to Aethelwold (ff. 8-171) (see Gretsch, 1999), 12 canticles (ff. 171v-186v) and a Gloria entitled 'Oratio

• 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

Initial 'Q'(omodo) with a human face, at the beginning of Psalm 118. Includes a 'Psalter romanum', with marginal glosses in Latin and interlinear Old English gloss, attributed to Aethelwold (ff. 8-171) (see Gretsch, 1999), 12 canticles (ff. 171v-186v) and

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

Initial 'Q'(uicumque) with a human face. Includes a 'Psalter romanum', with marginal glosses in Latin and interlinear Old English gloss, attributed to Aethelwold (ff. 8-171) (see Gretsch, 1999), 12 canticles (ff. 171v-186v) and a Gloria entitled 'Oratio pura cum

• Zoomorphic initial 'C'(onsummatis) with two hybrids and foliate motifs, at the beginning of the 8th of John Cassian's Collationes; three smaller initials 'G'(ermanus), 'S'(erenus) and 'D'(e) with penwork decoration; simple initials in the list of chapters., Collationes of the Fathers (ff. 1v-115); Rite for the consecration of bells (ff. 115v-116).

(a1-a4, b1-b4 etc.); quire marks (in centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires). 2 large zoomorphic initials with winged dragons, outlined in red, on green and blue grounds, with foliate motifs (ff.

• Decorated initial 'A'(rchidiaconus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of 'De officio archidiaconi et eius visitacione tractatus'., Constitutiones of bishop Peter Quivil (index Peter Quinil) at the 1287 Exeter Synod (ff. 4-48v), 'Summula Sinodi' (ff. 49-58v), 'De officio archidiaconi et eius visitacione tractatus' (ff. 59-70), 'Constitutio de pastore in viduatam ecclesiam (ff. 70v-71)

and 77 are former pastedowns. ff. 71v-[73a] are ruled leaves originally unwritten. ff. 1-3v and ff. 74-77 are medieval parchment quires with later additions. Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red

• Foliate initial 'C'(umque) at the beginning of the prologue., Genesis and Exodus, with the Glossa ordinaria

V, and 4 E VI, but not executed in the same workshop.Catchwords and corrector's signatures 'cor' at the end of quires, bifolium signatures. 2 historiated initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of each book (ff. 4, 125v). Foliate

• Ownership inscription of a Franciscan convent, Canterbury, reading 'Iste liber est de communitate fr[atru]m minorum Cantuarie', and a 16th-century note describing the manuscript as the first volume of a Bible in 8 volumes, and referring to the set of books, now Royal 3 E I-V, VII-VIII, reading 'In this Bible withe a glosse and Com[m]entairies are 8 volumes and / in them are contayned Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, / Deuteronomie, Esaye, Jeremye, Ezachiel, Daniel, Job, Psalmi / Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Cantica, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus, Osee, / Joel, Amos, abdias, Jonas, Micheas, Nahum, Abacuc, Sophonias, / Aggeus, Zacharye, Malachye, Machabees, Matheum, Marc, / Luke, John, Act. Apost., Epist. Ad Romanos 1, ad Cotinth. 2, ad Galat. 1,/ ad Ephes. 1, ad Philipp. 1, ad Colocess. 1, ad Thessal 2, ad Thimoth 2., /ad Titu[m] 1, ad Philemonem 1, ad Hebreos 1, Jacobi 1, Petri 2, Joh[ann]is 3, / Juda 1, Apocalipse. Mss these are bounde in redde lether prynted./ Memorandum that in an other sute of the same order bounde in white lether in / 7 volumes you maye supplye yor wante of these followinge Josue, Judic. / Esdras, Ruth, Tobias, Hester. (added) ved. 3 E I-VIII./ So you wante in bothe only the bookes of Kinges and Chronicles. / Wherefore I woulde wishe yt bothe these fortes be kepte whollye and entierely / togither, that the one maye supplie / the wante of the other.', Genesis and Exodus, with the Glossa ordinaria

V, and 4 E VI, but not executed in the same workshop.Catchwords and corrector's signatures 'cor' at the end of quires, bifolium signatures. 2 historiated initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of each book (ff. 4, 125v). Foliate