• null, Added drawings

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• null, Added drawings

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• Decorated initial 'V'(etus), at the beginning of book 4., De universo seu De rerum naturis

'Etymologies' of Isidore, of Rabanus Maurus (b. c. 776, d. 856), abbot of Fulda and later archbishop of Mainz (ff. 6-282v), preceded by the letters to Louis the Germanic, king of Germany (843-876) (ff. 1-2), and to Haymo, bishop of

• Historiated initial (dating, like the text, from the 1st half of the 11th century) and added drawing illustrating a Psalm (2nd quarter of the 12th century)., Added drawings

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• Added drawing illustrating a Psalm (2nd quarter of the 12th century), the text was written in the 1st half of the 11th century., Added drawings

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• Initials 'P'(rima), 'Q'(uatuor), 'N'(on), 'T'(abernaculum) with penwork decoration., Liber Exceptionum, Part II (ff. 1-55v); sermons, and other texts (see Notes for contents)

for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initials Richardof Saint-Victor Rochester England, S.

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulierem) at the beginning of Proverbs 31:10. In the upper margin a librarian has marked it with a title., Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97)

of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial Written by two scribes, including Symeon of Durham Symeon

• Initial 'P'(arabolae) with foliate decoration., Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97)

of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial Written by two scribes, including Symeon of Durham Symeon

• Decorated initial 'P'(arabolae) at the beginning of the commentary on Proverbs 10., Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97)

of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Decorated initial Written by two scribes, including Symeon of Durham Symeon

• Decorated initial 'A'(pud) at the beginning of the Commentary on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus)., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with display script., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Decorated initial 'D'(omine)., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Decorated initial 'A'(lleluia), at the beginning of book 5., Commentary on Psalms

beginning of book 5. Contains a commentary on the Psalms attributed to Richardof St. Victor in a 12th/13th-century note (f. 2): 'Expositio huius Psalterii fuit Magister Ric[ardus] de s[an]c[t]o victore ut creditur'; perhaps to be attributed to Robert of

• Table of virtues and vices., Commentary on Psalms

of virtues and vices. Contains a commentary on the Psalms attributed to Richardof St. Victor in a 12th/13th-century note (f. 2): 'Expositio huius Psalterii fuit Magister Ric[ardus] de s[an]c[t]o victore ut creditur'; perhaps to be attributed to Robert

• Text page., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus), at the beginning of book 3., Commentary on Psalms

beginning of book 3. Contains a commentary on the Psalms attributed to Richardof St. Victor in a 12th/13th-century note (f. 2): 'Expositio huius Psalterii fuit Magister Ric[ardus] de s[an]c[t]o victore ut creditur'; perhaps to be attributed to Robert of

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with display script., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Decorated initial 'A'(quibusdam)., Commentary on Psalms

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 3v; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Text page., De emendatione vitae (ff. 2-26v, begins imperfectly); Treatise in nine chapters (ff. 27-47v, begins imperfectly); De cognitione verae vitae (ff. 47v-76v); Dialogus inter quandum vere penetentem et suum bonum angelum (ff. 77-81)

books at Evans's on 18 February, 1833, and published a detailed catalogue of the manuscripts in 1835. According to Frederic Madden's annotations in the Department of Manuscripts copies of the catalogues, the manuscripts were bought by the booksellers Baynes &