• Decorated initial 'D'(omino), at the beginning of a letter to Ecgfrith, King of Northumbria (d. c. 685)., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

Rubrics in red. Numbers in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded

• Decorated initial 'R'(everentissimis), at the beginning of the treatise addressed to the abbess Hildelith, with interlinear glosses., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

Rubrics in red. Numbers in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded

• Decorated initial ' (H)elias' at the beginning of chapter 20., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

Rubrics in red. Numbers in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded

• Decorated initial 'E'(xpeltis) at the beginning of Chapter 39, 'the summary of masculine examples'., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

Rubrics in red. Numbers in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded

• Decorated initial., Epistolae; Epistulae VII (index Letters)

Epistulae VII (index Letters) Written at Saint-Denis, according to M. Bischoff (see Nebbiai-Della Guarda 1985).The cathedral church of St Peter, York: inscribed 'Ebor' (f. 119v).Marginal scribble in Anglo-Saxon, 10th- or 11th-century (f. 88); see Ker 1957.Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d.

• Decorated initial 'A'(sia), at the beginning of the entry for Asia., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

for Asia. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker

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

abstulerit aut titulu[m] deleu[er]it anathema sit. Am[en]', 13th century (f. 6).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal

• Decorated initials 'D'(omine) and 'V'(enite)., Book of Hours (Use of York) with calendar (ff. 1-6v) and litany (ff. 59-62v)

(ff. 69, 69v). Residual glue from prints that have been removed (ff. 46v, 122, 122v). Book of Hours (Use of York) with calendar (ff. 1-6v) and litany (ff. 59-62v) Henry Worsley (b. 1675, d. 1747), scholar and manuscript collector, envoy

• 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

of St. Augustine, Canterbury (see Ker 1964).Perhaps commissioned by Aelfric, archbishop of Canterbury: he bequeathed it to Wulfstan, archbishop of York in 1003 or 1004 (see discussion Le Grand Atelier 2007).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d.

• 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

of St. Augustine, Canterbury (see Ker 1964).Perhaps commissioned by Aelfric, archbishop of Canterbury: he bequeathed it to Wulfstan, archbishop of York in 1003 or 1004 (see discussion Le Grand Atelier 2007).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d.

• null, Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

of St. Augustine, Canterbury (see Ker 1964).Perhaps commissioned by Aelfric, archbishop of Canterbury: he bequeathed it to Wulfstan, archbishop of York in 1003 or 1004 (see discussion Le Grand Atelier 2007).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d.

• Miniature of pelicans., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The Roxburgh Club,

• Detail of a miniature of pelicans., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The Roxburgh

• Miniature of a nycticorax (a bird)., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The Roxburgh

• Detail of a miniature of a nycticorax (a bird)., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

bird). A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London:

• Miniature of a phoenix gathering leaves, and of a phoenix in flame, at the beginning of the entry for phoenix., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

beginning of the entry for phoenix. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~,

• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix gathering leaves, and of a phoenix in flame, at the beginning of the entry for phoenix., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

at the beginning of the entry for phoenix. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms.

• Text page with text relating to the phoenix., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The

• Text page with text relating to the dragon., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The

• Miniature of an elephant with a dragon on its back., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

back. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: