• Historiated initial 'Q'(uadam) of Gregory the Great writing at his desk, at the beginning of the text, with the ownership inscription of the cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rocheste, reading 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] p[er] H. cantor[em].', Dialogi

priory of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed, 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] p[er] H. cantor[em]', early 14th century (f. 1)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 266' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Puzzle initial 'F'(uit) at the beginning of book 2., Dialogi

priory of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed, 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] p[er] H. cantor[em]', early 14th century (f. 1)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 266' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ostquam) at the beginning of book 4., Dialogi

priory of St. Andrew, Rochester: inscribed, 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] p[er] H. cantor[em]', early 14th century (f. 1)The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 266' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Text page with decorated initial 'D'(omine) and rubric., Opera; Catalogue of the library of Lobbes Abbey (ff. 120v-124)

f. 2.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 2) but not in the 17th century catalogues.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal

• Text page with decorated initial 'O'(portuit) and rubric., Opera; Catalogue of the library of Lobbes Abbey (ff. 120v-124)

f. 2.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 2) but not in the 17th century catalogues.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal

• Text page with rubric at the beginning of catalogue of Lobbes Abbey library., Opera; Catalogue of the library of Lobbes Abbey (ff. 120v-124)

f. 2.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 2) but not in the 17th century catalogues.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal

• Text page with inscription, press marks and royal seal., Opera; Catalogue of the library of Lobbes Abbey (ff. 120v-124)

f. 2.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 2) but not in the 17th century catalogues.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal

• Text page with initials, marginal notes and ink drawing of a pitcher., De fide orthodoxa

1424) and in a list of books taken by a monk to Oxford in c.1438 (see Ker 1964).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 246 '; included in the inventory of books in the Upper

• Preface and beginning of Luke's gospel with decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam) enclosing a flower., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

of a man's head in profile (f. 75). Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in OldEnglish and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141) The Benedictine (later Augustinian) priory

• Decorated initial 'T'(enebrosa) with foliate patterns and highlighted display script at the beginning of Homily VI., In Ezechielem

librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7821).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial and display script Gregory the Great England, S. W. (Bath)

• Initial 'M'(emoratis with zoomorphic and foliate decoration at the beginning of Homily V of the last ten homilies., In Ezechielem

[Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7821).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Gregory the Great England, S. W. (Bath)

• Decorated initials 'd'(ilectissimo) and 'D'(ei omnipotentis) at the beginning of Gregory's epistle to Marinium and Homily I., In Ezechielem

[Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7821).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initials Gregory the Great England, S. W. (Bath)

• Initial 'Q'(uia) with zoomorphic and foliate decoration at the beginning of Homily I of the last ten homilies., In Ezechielem

[Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7821).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Gregory the Great England, S. W. (Bath)

• Coloured initial 'I' in the will of King Alfred the Great in Anglo-Saxon, which contains material relating to the foundations of Winchester, and is the earliest English royal will (See ~The Making of England~ 1991)., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

which contains material relating to the foundations of Winchester, and is the earliest English royal will (See ~The Making of England~ 1991). According to Wormald 1963, the manuscript was almost certainly kept on the high altar.This manuscript was formerly Stowe

• Coloured initial 'I' in the will of King Alfred the Great in Anglo-Saxon, which contains material relating to the foundations of Winchester, and is the earliest English royal will (See ~The Making of England~ 1991)., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

which contains material relating to the foundations of Winchester, and is the earliest English royal will (See ~The Making of England~ 1991). According to Wormald 1963, the manuscript was almost certainly kept on the high altar.This manuscript was formerly Stowe

• Historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII giving the manuscript to a group of monks, with full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

the Westminster palace after the dissolution of the monastery in 1540. Stored in the little study next to the king's old bed chamber: listed as 'Item a booke of Kynge Henry the viith his foundacion of his chappell at Westminster'

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII giving the manuscript to a group of monks, with full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

the Westminster palace after the dissolution of the monastery in 1540. Stored in the little study next to the king's old bed chamber: listed as 'Item a booke of Kynge Henry the viith his foundacion of his chappell at Westminster'

• Coloured initials 'I'(ncipit) and 'S' (acre) in an account of the building of the old abbey in Winchester from its intended establishment by Alfred the Great to its consecration by Dunstan., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

an account of the building of the old abbey in Winchester from its intended establishment by Alfred the Great to its consecration by Dunstan. According to Wormald 1963, the manuscript was almost certainly kept on the high altar.This manuscript was

• Text page with Latin and Old English glosses., Alphabetical glossary of rare Latin words (imperfect)

and OldEnglish glosses. This portion of a glossary contains Latin words from 'a' to 'fu'. Most words are glossed in Latin, with some OldEnglish glosses as explanations of the Latin glosses and some words having OldEnglish glosses

• Text page with entries for the letter 'A'., Alphabetical glossary of rare Latin words (imperfect)

words from 'a' to 'fu'. Most words are glossed in Latin, with some OldEnglish glosses as explanations of the Latin glosses and some words having OldEnglish glosses only. The contents are related to glossaries in Epinal, Bibliotheque Municipale