• Puzzle initial 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of the text., 'Breviarium Bartholomei', with glosses and recipes by John Dee

of eye-sight, added in his hand, dated 1590 (ff. 302v-303). Added Latin medical terms translated into English: later hand (f. 303v).Possible traces of old ownership notes: under a parchment fragment with Latin text pasted onto the lower margin (f. 3)

• Text page., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Drawing of Mark's symbol of the lion, before the beginning of his Gospel., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Decorated letters 'In'(itium) with an animal head, a clawed foot, and a heart-shaped 'tail' at the beginning of the Gospel of Mark. A later reader has added a title at the top of the page ('Marcus') and numbered the chapters ('.1.' in the right-hand margin)., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Decorated initial 'Q'([uonia]m) with an animal head at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Text page., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Below the end of the prologue to John is a drawing of his evangelist symbol, the eagle. A later medieval reader has added John's name above the eagle's head: 'Ioh(ann)es'., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Decorated letters 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of John's Gospel, with a bird-like head and claw., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Text page at the end of John., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Text page., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Historiated initial 'H'(omo) with a physician bleeding a man, and a full foliate border including a grotesque, a bird, and heraldic arms, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber de Flora., Medical treatises, including works of Bernard de Gordon

marks in plain red or blue. Medical treatises, including works of Bernard de Gordon Unidentified owner: arms (f. 270).Inscription in English, 16th-century(?) (f. 372v).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: inscribed 'Bern. 113.' (f. 1*).Sir Hans Sloane (b.

• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) with a lecturer holding a urine flask before students, and a full foliate border with animals, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber urinarum., Medical treatises, including works of Bernard de Gordon

marks in plain red or blue. Medical treatises, including works of Bernard de Gordon Unidentified owner: arms (f. 270).Inscription in English, 16th-century(?) (f. 372v).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: inscribed 'Bern. 113.' (f. 1*).Sir Hans Sloane (b.

• Text page., Fragments of a philosophical work

of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), pp. 240, 242).All parts:Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page England

• Detail of a text page., Fragments of a philosophical work

of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), pp. 240, 242).All parts:Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page England

• Decorated initial 'P'(raeterea)., Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect

or purple. Numbers in red. Historia Ecclesiastica; Epistola de obitu venerabilis Bedae (ff. 173v-175v); tract on the resting places of English saints, imperfect The cathedral priority of St Andrew, Rochester: 12th or 13th-century inscription 'Liber Sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesiae' (f.

• List of chapters in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower margin is an early 15th-century inscription., List of chapters to Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum

List of chapters in Alexander Nequam's De naturis rerum; in the lower margin is an early 15th-century inscription. Leaf marks in crayon ('ai'-'aiiii' to 'zi'-'ziiii', followed by symbols, lines, letters), catchwords in crayon and ink, quire marks in dark

• Decorated initial 'U'(t) with display script, at the beginning of the Expositio psalmorum., Expositio psalmorum

James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7896).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Cassiodorus Senator England, W.

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit)' at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

Ireland: purchased from Scott together 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. Decorated initial Jerome England, S. W. England, S. W. (Wessex, perhaps Winchester)

• Decorated initial 'P'(etrus) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Peter., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7909).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Bede England

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Jude., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7909).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Bede England