• Text page., 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. Text page Jerome England, S. W. England, S. W. (Wessex, perhaps Winchester)

• Display script at the beginning at the commentary to Psalm 101., Enarrationes in Psalmos 101-150, with a summary of contents

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?) no. 8644.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Display script Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Inhabited initial with a display script at the beginning at the commentary to Psalm 101, and the ownership inscription of Thomas Cranmer, reading 'Thomas Cantuaren[sis]'., Enarrationes in Psalmos 101-150, with a summary of contents

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?) no. 8644.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Inhabited initial Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Initials 'P'(salmos) and 'M'(agnus)., Enarrationes in Psalmos 101-150, with a summary of contents

Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?) no. 8644.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Initials Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Decorated initial 'G'(loriosis) at the beginning of book 1., De civitate Dei

(see [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 initial Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Decorated initial 'D'(iligentius) at the beginning of book 7., De civitate Dei

(see [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 initial Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of book 16., De civitate Dei

(see [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 initial Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Decorated initial 'N'(unc), at the beginning of book 8., De civitate Dei

(see [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 initial Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Contents list with decorated initials., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Contents list Jerome England

• Puzzle initial 'L'(iber) with extension and foliate decoration., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial Jerome England

• Puzzle initial 'J'(ohannes) with penwork decoration and display script., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial Jerome England

• Puzzle initial 'H'(ortaris) with penwork decoration and display script., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Puzzle initial Jerome England

• Framed initial 'S'(imon) with foliate decoration., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Framed initial Jerome England

• Initial 'P'(lures) with extension and foliate decoration., Gospels of Matthew and Mark (f. 1), Gospel commentaries (f. 32), De uiris illustribus (f. 141v), De decem tentationibus populi Israel in deserto (f. 157v)

(b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with another 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

• Zoomorphic initial formed of a dragon and foliage. The inscription in reddish ink in the lower margin states that it is from Glastonbury Abbey, and names 'Robertus Wottone', one of its monks., Homiliary

or green. Homiliary The Benedictine abbey of St Mary, Glastonbury, Somerset: probably listed in its 1247/48 catalogue, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); 16th-century inscription 'Ex Abbatia Glasconiensis nam scripseret quidem folio finali: Roberto Wottone M. Glasconis (f. 1);

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost), with later underlining and marginal notations., Homiliary

or green. Homiliary The Benedictine abbey of St Mary, Glastonbury, Somerset: probably listed in its 1247/48 catalogue, no. 39 (see English Benedictine Libraries 1996); 16th-century inscription 'Ex Abbatia Glasconiensis nam scripseret quidem folio finali: Roberto Wottone M. Glasconis (f. 1);

• Decorated initial 'B'(ritannia) at the beginning of Bede's text., 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.

• Decorated initial 'H'(is) at the beginning of Book II., 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.

• Decorated initial 'S'(uccessit) at the beginning of Book V. The roman numeral 'xvii' at the lower edge of the page is a quire signature., 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.

• Ownership inscription: 'Liber sancti Andree Roffensis ecclesie' (book of the church of St. Andrew, Rochester). The inscription above ('5 die Novembris A.D. 1723') was written by Humfrey Wanley, librarian of Robert and Edward Harley, 1st and 2nd earls of Oxford., 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.