• Miniature of Cuthbert at a dining table, having a vision of a man whose soul was carried to heaven, from Chapter 34 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

miniatures, was produced at Durham around the same time and is Cambridge, Trinity College MS O.1.64.St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D' with interlace and animal heads, at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, imperfect

or a hand (ff. 87v, 90v, 95v, 96, 168v). Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, imperfect The Benedictine abbey of New Minster, Winchester: written by the same scribe as in three other manuscripts

• Detail of a decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with a dragon and animal head, at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, imperfect

or a hand (ff. 87v, 90v, 95v, 96, 168v). Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, imperfect The Benedictine abbey of New Minster, Winchester: written by the same scribe as in three other manuscripts

• Decorated initial 'S'(anctissimo) at the beginning of Bede's Life of Cuthbert, with the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London in the lower margin., Prose Vita sancti Cuthberti (ff. 1-34v), two miracles from the Historia ecclesiastica, De gestis pontificum Anglorum, the miracles of Andrew

Royal Society of London in the lower margin. Numerous 17th and 18th-century marginal inscriptions.St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born in Northumbria

• Coloured initials 'P'(rima) at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's De gestis pontificum Anglorum., Prose Vita sancti Cuthberti (ff. 1-34v), two miracles from the Historia ecclesiastica, De gestis pontificum Anglorum, the miracles of Andrew

pontificum Anglorum. Numerous 17th and 18th-century marginal inscriptions.St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born in Northumbria around 635, he entered the monastery

• Decorated initial 'S'(anctissimo) at the beginning of Bede's life of Cuthbert., Prose Vita sancti Cuthberti (ff. 1-34v), two miracles from the Historia ecclesiastica, De gestis pontificum Anglorum, the miracles of Andrew

Cuthbert. Numerous 17th and 18th-century marginal inscriptions.St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born in Northumbria around 635, he entered the monastery of

• Decorated initials 'D'(ilecto) and 'G'(loriosi) in Aelred of Rievaulx's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum., Epistola Cuthberti, Ecclesiastica historia; Aelred's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum (ff. 118-149), and other theological works

Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum. St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born in Northumbria around 635, he entered the monastery of Melrose

• Decorated initials 'U'(t) and 'S'(uccessit) at the beginning of book 5 of Bede's Ecclesiastica historia., Epistola Cuthberti, Ecclesiastica historia; Aelred's Vita sancti Edwardi regis Anglorum (ff. 118-149), and other theological works

5 of Bede's Ecclesiastica historia. St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born in Northumbria around 635, he entered the monastery of Melrose

• Decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Hymns for the vigils of the Ascension ('Eterne rex altissime'), Katherine ('Disputando vicit virgo'), and Nicholas ('Sospitate dedit egros')

dedit egros') Miscellaneous notes and records of various dates, mainly relating to the business of the Exchequer in Latin and English (ff. 3-9;13-19v 83-90v).Additions to the calendar include various last quarter of the 14th-century and 15th-century events, including a note

• Inhabited initial 'P'(lures) in outline drawing, at the beginning of the Gospel Prologue, with a man fighting with a dragon., Gospels

England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Inhabited initial England, S. E. England, S. E. (Canterbury)

• Detail of an initial 'M'(atheus) of the archangel Michael killing a dragon, at the beginning of an 'argumentum' to Matthew., Gospels

of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Michael England, S. E. England, S. E. (Canterbury)

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'M', formed of two dragons., Gospels

of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Dragons England, S. E. England, S. E. (Canterbury)

• Decorated initial 'U'(niversis), at the beginning of the prologue to the commentary on Malachi of Gervase of Chichester., Commentary on Malachi and Homilies

the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8181).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Gervase of Chichester England

• Diagram with decorated bands., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Diagram Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II) France

• Text page with table and marginal drawing., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with marginal gloss., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with diagram of astrolabe., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page with diagram Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index

• Text page with diagram., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with diagram of astrolabe., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)

• Text page with geometrical diagrams., De institutione musica; a miscellany of works on geometry, astronomy and mathematics

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. Text page Boethius; Hermannus Contractus (index Hermann of Reichenau, Hermannus Augiensis), Gerbert of Aurillac (index Sylvester II)