• 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

• Initial 'P'(ater) with penwork decoration., Theological works (imperfect), including Soliloquia, De immortalitate animae, De XII abusivis saeculi, De gratia et libero arbitrio and Sermons

Initial 'P'(ater) with penwork decoration. Running headers; quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires); catchwords; ae caudatas. Leaves missing before f. 1 and after f. 207. Full

• Inhabited initial 'I'(acobi) with three dragons, a human head, and a devil's mask, at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of James., 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. Inhabited initial Bede England

• Decorated initial 'M'(ultum) at the beginning of the 'De fide ad Donatum' of Fulgentius of Ruspe., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

and 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 Fulgentius of Ruspe, Augustine, Paulinus of Aquileia, Gennadius England

• Inscription recording that the book was given in 1503 by Edmund Carter to the 'royal collegiate' probably to be identified with the collegiate church of St. Mary, Southwell, reading 'Ex dono mag[ist]ri Edmu[n]di Carter quonda[m] vicarii. / Et nu[n]c cano[ni]ci huius colegii regii xxviimo die oct[obris] / A[nn]o X[rist]i m d tercio et a[nn]o r[egni] r[egi]s Henrici VIImi xixº.', Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

11698 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. Inscription Bede England

• Decorated initial 'L'(ocutus) at the beginning of Augustine's De disciplina christiana., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

and 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 Fulgentius of Ruspe, Augustine, Paulinus of Aquileia, Gennadius England

• Decorated initial 'O'(mi) at the beginning of the Liber exhortationis of Paulinus of Aquileia., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

and 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 Fulgentius of Ruspe, Augustine, Paulinus of Aquileia, Gennadius England

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Augustine's De decem cordis., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

and 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 Fulgentius of Ruspe, Augustine, Paulinus of Aquileia, Gennadius England

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) at the beginning of Augustine's Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam., De fide ad Donatum and De fide ad Petrum trinitatis; Sermo de utilitate agendi penitentiam, De disciplina christiana, and De decem cordis; Liber exhortationis; Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum

and 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 Fulgentius of Ruspe, Augustine, Paulinus of Aquileia, Gennadius England

• Decorated initial 'P'(rimo)., Commentary on the Song of Songs, followed by other texts (ff. 2-104v); Commentary on Acts of the Apostles (ff. 105-152v); Commentary on Catholic Epistles (ff. 153-222); Homiliae (ff. 223-251); Commentary on Tobit (ff. 252-258)

Decorated initial 'P'(rimo). 1 leaf between ff. 222-223, and 1 leaf between ff. 251-252 are unfoliated; both are blank, apart from one quire mark. Threaded book-mark (f. 133). Underdrawing in plummet and crayon for initials on ff. 9v, 196.

• Decorated initial 'S'(e) with grotesques and foliate motif at the beginning of Cicero's 'De inventione'; next to it the St Alban's press-mark 'D.II.5.l'., De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 1-47v); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 47v-85)

Decorated initial 'S'(e) with grotesques and foliate motif at the beginning of Cicero's 'De inventione'; next to it the St Alban's press-mark 'D.II.5.l'. Leaf marks (vertical or horizontal strokes, 'i'-'iiii', on rectos of leaves 1-4, 'x' on 5th leaf

• Initial 'A'(udiens) with foliate decoration., Gesta Normannorum ducum

on 31 August 1115: the roll is therefore datable to between September 1115 and 1117 and is the earliest datable English obituary roll known; the present fragment bears ten ~tituli~ or subscriptions, including those from St Mary's and St Vincent's