• Detail of decorated initial 'P'(aulus), from a fragment of a 12th-century copy of 1 Thessalonians., Fragments of a glossed Bible of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:3 (f. 50); 5:2-5:15 (f. 51); 5:17-2 Thessalonians 1:3 (f. 52); Philippians 2:22-3:5.

inscribed, 16th/17th century: 'Philemon Holland / John Barone(?), and 'RB'.f. 125: inscribed, 16th century: 'Thomas baulle'(?) and John Dean'.f. 137: inscribed, 16th century: 'James Collard'.f. 149: inscribed, 16th century: 'Statutes April 1581' and 'John Wallsall'.f. 175: inscribed, 17th century: 'Edmund(?)

• Foliate initial 'P' (second row, right)., Cuttings from a choir book

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'S' (second row, left)., Cuttings from a choir book

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'I' (second row, centre)., Cuttings from a choir book

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'G' (third row, right)., Cuttings from a choir book

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'A' (fourth row, left)., Cuttings from a choir book

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'Q' (fourth row, centre)., Cuttings from a choir book

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'P' (fourth row, right)., Cuttings from a choir book

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'B' (fifth row, left)., Cuttings from a choir book

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'B' (fifth row, centre)., Cuttings from a choir book

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'G' (fifth row, right)., Cuttings from a choir book

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'G' (sixth row, left)., Cuttings from a choir book

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'M' (sixth row, centre)., Cuttings from a choir book

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Foliate initial 'A' (sixth row, right)., Cuttings from a choir book

red stave lines visible to sides of cuttings. 21 foliate initials in colours and gold. Cuttings from a choir book John Matthew Gutch (b. 1776, d. 1861), journalist and author: his sale, 16 March 1858, lot 1831: purchased by the

• Puzzle initial 'R'(elegamus) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of book 7., Commentary on Leviticus

blue. Omitted text written in the margins in red frames. Commentary on Leviticus The Carthusian priory of St. Mary, St. John the Baptist and All Saints, Henton, Somerset (founded 1235): inscribed 'Explanat[i]o d[omi]ni Rad[u]l/phii Flaviacens[is] monachi / sup[er] librum Leviticum

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uod) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of book 20., Commentary on Leviticus

blue. Omitted text written in the margins in red frames. Commentary on Leviticus The Carthusian priory of St. Mary, St. John the Baptist and All Saints, Henton, Somerset (founded 1235): inscribed 'Explanat[i]o d[omi]ni Rad[u]l/phii Flaviacens[is] monachi / sup[er] librum Leviticum

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf with John 14:17-18:16

numbers in blue and red. Leaf incorrectly bound with the original recto as verso and vice versa. Leaf with John 14:17-18:16 John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller and antiquary: part of the Bagford fragments, sold to Edward Harley after

• Coloured initials, rubrics, and paraphs in red., Leaf from Augustine's commentary on John

Initials, rubrics and paraphs in red. This is a detached leaf from Harley 1916. Leaf from Augustine's commentary on JohnJohn Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716), bookseller and antiquary: part of the Bagford fragments sold to Edward Harley after his

• Historiated initial 'O' (intemerata) with John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a prayer to the Virgin and John the Evangelist., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

Historiated initial 'O' (intemerata) with John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a prayer to the Virgin and John the Evangelist. The Veronica image is the earliest in Western art, according to Lewis 1987 p. 127.This is the earliest richly

• Puzzle initial 'N' at the beginning of a chronicle., Chronicle from Noah to Henry IV, and a list of kings from William I to Henry VI (f. 71r-v)

the list of kings (f. 71r-v) apparently by the same scribe, ends with Henry VI (1422-1471).John Benson: late 15th-century inscription 'John Benson' (f. 71v).William Vagger of Sussex: inscribed in the late 15th century 'Constat Willelmo Vagger de Sussex' (f. 1v).John