• null, De machinis (ff. 1-9), De constructione bellicarum machinarum (ff. 9v-16)

a woven pattern (ff. 1, 99). Small red or brown initials. De machinis (ff. 1-9), De constructione bellicarum machinarum (ff. 9v-16) Written in 1545: colophon ( f. 358).The monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai: inscription (f. 1). ? John Spencer

• Text pages of the beginning of chapter 4 of the De laudibus virginitatis of Aldhelm., De laudibus virginitatis

of Aldhelm. Includes capitula written by a different hand (ff. 3-7). The flyleaves, ff. 1, 120 are two leaves of the original manuscript substituted in the 11th century with ff. 116-117. 2 large initials in colours with zoomorphic and interlace

• Drawing of Aldhelm standing at a lectern with a book opened on the first words of his treatise 'Iam / dudu[m] / ad pon/tifica/le pro/ficisce[n]s', with an inscription 'S. ALDELM[US] EPC'., De laudibus virginitatis

pon/tifica/le pro/ficisce[n]s', with an inscription 'S. ALDELM[US] EPC'. Includes capitula written by a different hand (ff. 3-7). The flyleaves, ff. 1, 120 are two leaves of the original manuscript substituted in the 11th century with ff. 116-117. 2 large initials

• Decorated initial 'R'(everentissimis) with animal heads and interlace decoration, at the beginning of the prologue to the De laudibus virginitatis of Aldhelm., De laudibus virginitatis

De laudibus virginitatis of Aldhelm. Includes capitula written by a different hand (ff. 3-7). The flyleaves, ff. 1, 120 are two leaves of the original manuscript substituted in the 11th century with ff. 116-117. 2 large initials in colours with

• Decorated initial 'I'(am) with animal heads and interlace decoration, at the beginning of the De laudibus virginitatis of Aldhelm., De laudibus virginitatis

laudibus virginitatis of Aldhelm. Includes capitula written by a different hand (ff. 3-7). The flyleaves, ff. 1, 120 are two leaves of the original manuscript substituted in the 11th century with ff. 116-117. 2 large initials in colours with zoomorphic

• Inhabited initial 'B'(eatissimo), with animals and grotesques, at the beginning of the Life of St. Gregory., Life of St Gregory

the form of red letters in the alphabet order, in the lower margin of each first folio of the quire. 1 zoomorphic initial in brown and red of Wormald's type I with a large mask head and interlace decoration, at

• Initial 'W' decorated with the zoomorphic motif of a dragon., Medical miscellany in Old English, including the translations of the Pseudo-Apuleius's 'Herbarium', imperfect (ff. 1-66v), the Pseudo-Dioscorides's 'De herbis femininis' and 'Curae herbarum' (ff. 66v-101v), Sextus Placitus's 'Liber medicinae ex animalibus' (ff. 106v-114v), and 'Lacnunga' (ff. 130-193)

of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: owned in the early 18th century, his inscription 'Liber Humphredi Wanley' (f. 1); given by him to Robert Harley.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of

• Initial 'W' decorated with the image of Agnus Dei (index lamb in glory)., Medical miscellany in Old English, including the translations of the Pseudo-Apuleius's 'Herbarium', imperfect (ff. 1-66v), the Pseudo-Dioscorides's 'De herbis femininis' and 'Curae herbarum' (ff. 66v-101v), Sextus Placitus's 'Liber medicinae ex animalibus' (ff. 106v-114v), and 'Lacnunga' (ff. 130-193)

of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: owned in the early 18th century, his inscription 'Liber Humphredi Wanley' (f. 1); given by him to Robert Harley.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of

• Initial 'W'' decorated with zoomorphic motifs of snakes., Medical miscellany in Old English, including the translations of the Pseudo-Apuleius's 'Herbarium', imperfect (ff. 1-66v), the Pseudo-Dioscorides's 'De herbis femininis' and 'Curae herbarum' (ff. 66v-101v), Sextus Placitus's 'Liber medicinae ex animalibus' (ff. 106v-114v), and 'Lacnunga' (ff. 130-193)

of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: owned in the early 18th century, his inscription 'Liber Humphredi Wanley' (f. 1); given by him to Robert Harley.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of

• Text page., Medical miscellany in Old English, including the translations of the Pseudo-Apuleius's 'Herbarium', imperfect (ff. 1-66v), the Pseudo-Dioscorides's 'De herbis femininis' and 'Curae herbarum' (ff. 66v-101v), Sextus Placitus's 'Liber medicinae ex animalibus' (ff. 106v-114v), and 'Lacnunga' (ff. 130-193)

of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: owned in the early 18th century, his inscription 'Liber Humphredi Wanley' (f. 1); given by him to Robert Harley.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of

• Decorated initial 'P'., Medical miscellany in Old English, including the translations of the Pseudo-Apuleius's 'Herbarium', imperfect (ff. 1-66v), the Pseudo-Dioscorides's 'De herbis femininis' and 'Curae herbarum' (ff. 66v-101v), Sextus Placitus's 'Liber medicinae ex animalibus' (ff. 106v-114v), and 'Lacnunga' (ff. 130-193)

of Robert and Edward Harley, earls of Oxford: owned in the early 18th century, his inscription 'Liber Humphredi Wanley' (f. 1); given by him to Robert Harley.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of

• Text page., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

of 12th/13th century (e.g., f. 125v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 139 ', (f. 1) and included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f.26).Presented to the British

• Text page., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

of 12th/13th century (e.g., f. 125v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 139 ', (f. 1) and included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f.26).Presented to the British

• Text page with four decorated initials., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

of 12th/13th century (e.g., f. 125v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 139 ', (f. 1) and included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f.26).Presented to the British

• Text page with two decorated intials., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

of 12th/13th century (e.g., f. 125v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 139 ', (f. 1) and included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f.26).Presented to the British

• Text page with 2 decorated initials of Anglo-Saxon 'wynn'., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

of 12th/13th century (e.g., f. 125v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 139 ', (f. 1) and included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f.26).Presented to the British

• Text page., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

of 12th/13th century (e.g., f. 125v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 139 ', (f. 1) and included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f.26).Presented to the British

• Text page with marginalia., Collection of charms and remedies (a copy of 'Bald's Leechbook')

of 12th/13th century (e.g., f. 125v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 139 ', (f. 1) and included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 (f.26).Presented to the British

• Decorated initial 'Q'(ui) with a foliate motif., Symbolum fidei (f. 1), and Registrum epistolarum beati Gregorii in 14 books (ff. 1-198v), imperfect at the end (missing two epistles) (index Letters of Pope Gregory the Great)

a foliate motif. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf with an added partial table of contents.f. 199 is a parchment flyleaf.The Registrum epistolarum is a collection of Gregory's letters in 14 books, one for each year of his pontificate. It

• Decorated initial 'P'(ervenit) with foliate motifs., Symbolum fidei (f. 1), and Registrum epistolarum beati Gregorii in 14 books (ff. 1-198v), imperfect at the end (missing two epistles) (index Letters of Pope Gregory the Great)

with foliate motifs. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf with an added partial table of contents.f. 199 is a parchment flyleaf.The Registrum epistolarum is a collection of Gregory's letters in 14 books, one for each year of his pontificate. It