• Page from the 'Exultet' with musical neumes., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'L'(iber) with a display script, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'P'(ater) at the beginning of 'Pater Noster' prayer., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'H'(ic) with a display script., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Canon table., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Display script., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Initial 'E'(t hic) with a display script, at the beginning of John., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (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

• Following the numbered list of chapters (some of the numbers are visible through the parchment in the right-hand column), the start of the main text is introduced by a large red initial 'B' and opening words in capital letters (now darkened to a silvery black, due to oxidisation)., Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, with preface and tables of chapters, imperfect at the end

abbey of St. Peter, Gloucester: inscribed in the 14th century: 'Liber monasterii S. Petri Glouc.' (f. 2). The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 965' (f. 2), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• The first canon table decorated with human faces at the bases of each column, and animal heads at each end of the main arch., Gospels

'Text[us] de ecc[lesi]a Roffen[si] p[er] Godam comitissam. III' (f. 9).Added 'Exultet' with musical neums, 12th century (ff. 7v-8).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 200' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Decorated initial 'I'(n illo tempore) with interlace and foliate motifs., Homiliary, temporal (from Septuagesima to Easter Eve) (index Homiliae). At the end are added in a 12th-century hand, two pieces in verse, 'De Corpore et Sanguine Domini', beginning, 'Mysterio magno legali vescimur agno' (f. 170v), and 'Crimina deploret sua sic peccator et oret', beginning, 'Quo pius et pietas Deus a te pulsus abibo' (f. 171).

in fraudem deleverit anathema sit. Amen' (f. 172, early 14th century); a similar inscription, 15th century (f. 5).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 383' (f. 5), included in the inventory of books in the

• 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

• Added drawings of the symbols of the four Evangelists, leaf and scroll ornament, labelled 'vinea Domini', part of a Latin alphabet and runes., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

part of a Latin alphabet and runes. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek,

• Text page at the beginning of the list of chapter headings., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

beginning of the list of chapter headings. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek,

• Marginal drawing of pointed and circular shapes., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

Marginal drawing of pointed and circular shapes. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek,

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(C) at the beginning of Book V, Chapter i., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

the beginning of Book V, Chapter i. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek,

• Text page with marginal geometric drawings., Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius')

Text page with marginal geometric drawings. Composed by an anonymous West Saxon author between 870 and 930, the OldEnglish version of Orosius's history was adapted from the Latin text (possibly a glossed copy such as St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod.