• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit) combined with a full foliate bar border including interlace at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter, imperfect

is blank and ruled. Large initials in colours and gold combined with a full foliate bar border including interlace (Psalm 1 (f. 8), Psalm 26 (f. 39v), Psalm 38 (f. 59), Psalm 52 (f. 78), Psalm 80 (f. 118v), Psalm

• Drawing of God over the circle of the world with two long trumpets issuing from his mouth (the breath of God), holding a scale, and the Holy Spirit over the waters, enclosed within a hemisphere, at the beginning of Genesis.

signatures. 1 added coloured drawing of the Creation inserted within a blank space between the summaries of Genesis and the beginning of Genesis. The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed 'Biblioteca ecclesie Christi', 13th century (vol. II, Royal 1

• Detail of a drawing of God over the circle of the world with two long trumpets issuing from his mouth (the breath of God), holding a scale, and the Holy Spirit over the waters, enclosed within a hemisphere, at the beginning of Genesis.

signatures. 1 added coloured drawing of the Creation inserted within a blank space between the summaries of Genesis and the beginning of Genesis. The Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed 'Biblioteca ecclesie Christi', 13th century (vol. II, Royal 1

• Coloured initial 'P'(rimus) at the beginning of notes on the compotus, and below, an added list of the archbishops of Canterbury., Treatise on the compotus, 'Ratio Gai cesaris de ordine anni', instructions for the discovery of the age of the moon, a table of moveable feasts, and other texts

'51' (f. 1).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: his 'Jupiter' sign (top righthand corner of f. 1); his annotations (ff. 60v-61). William Cecil (b. 1520/21, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister; his sale, 21 November

• Initial incorporating further letters ('Si virtutum') with knotwork and foliate motifs, followed by display script, at the beginning of Ambrose's 'De poenitentia'. In the outer margin, an ownership inscription of the late 12th or early 13th century in a decorated triangular frame with a mask. The same or a near contemporary hand also added the rubric to the text. In the margin are also notes in the hand of Heinrich Schupp, abbot of the Premonstratensian abbey of St Mary and St Nicholas in Arnstein in the 16th century., De officiis ministrorum; Sermo de resurrectione domini; De poenitentia

initials. Rubrics in red. De officiis ministrorum; Sermo de resurrectione domini; De poenitentia Parts 1 and 2 were together by the 12th century: in part 1, the scribe/illuminator of part 2 added red initials/letters (ff. 66v, 131v), replaced some text

• Large initials, some with zoomorphic pen-flourishing, and a marginal drawing of a dog? and a human half-bust figure, in the Sermones de quadragesima., Sermones de quadragesima (imperfect)

Large initials, some with zoomorphic pen-flourishing, and a marginal drawing of a dog? and a human half-bust figure, in the Sermones de quadragesima. Large initials (2 lines) in brown, mostly with (zoomorphic) pen-flourishing in brown, with red infill. Capital

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

Cantuarien[sis]' (f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 38 (see ~The Lumley Library~, 1956); passed to Henry, prince

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

Cantuarien[sis]' (f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 38 (see ~The Lumley Library~, 1956); passed to Henry, prince

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

Cantuarien[sis]' (f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 38 (see ~The Lumley Library~, 1956); passed to Henry, prince

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

Cantuarien[sis]' (f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 38 (see ~The Lumley Library~, 1956); passed to Henry, prince

• Coloured initials., Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany for the use of Exeter, prayers, and offices (The 'Leofric Psalter')

1918). Initials in blue, red, green, and brown. Decorated line-fillers in brown. Unfinished, with spaces left for initials, for Psalm 1 filled in with an added puzzle initial and rubrics in brown and red. Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany

• Coloured initials in the litany., Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany for the use of Exeter, prayers, and offices (The 'Leofric Psalter')

1918). Initials in blue, red, green, and brown. Decorated line-fillers in brown. Unfinished, with spaces left for initials, for Psalm 1 filled in with an added puzzle initial and rubrics in brown and red. Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany

• Historiated initial with squatting atlantis holding the initial with a woman emerging from her coffin, and in the lower margin a quire signature., Dialogues

parchment flyleaf. 2 miniatures of standing figures in brown ink with orange, one on a green ground (ff. 18v, 61). 1 large historiated initial in brown ink, with green and orange (f. 2). 3 small historiated initials in red or

• Historiated initial 'Q' with a standing saint holding a book., Dialogues

parchment flyleaf. 2 miniatures of standing figures in brown ink with orange, one on a green ground (ff. 18v, 61). 1 large historiated initial in brown ink, with green and orange (f. 2). 3 small historiated initials in red or

• null, Dialogues

flyleaf. 2 miniatures of standing figures in brown ink with orange, one on a green ground (ff. 18v, 61). 1 large historiated initial in brown ink, with green and orange (f. 2). 3 small historiated initials in red or brown

• Coloured initials, and added 12th-century decorated initial 'B'(eatus), at the beginning of the Psalter., Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany for the use of Exeter, prayers, and offices (The 'Leofric Psalter')

1918). Initials in blue, red, green, and brown. Decorated line-fillers in brown. Unfinished, with spaces left for initials, for Psalm 1 filled in with an added puzzle initial and rubrics in brown and red. Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany

• Coloured initials and musical notation of Anglo-Saxon neumes at the beginning of Psalm 50., Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany for the use of Exeter, prayers, and offices (The 'Leofric Psalter')

1918). Initials in blue, red, green, and brown. Decorated line-fillers in brown. Unfinished, with spaces left for initials, for Psalm 1 filled in with an added puzzle initial and rubrics in brown and red. Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany

• Text page with coloured initials., Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany for the use of Exeter, prayers, and offices (The 'Leofric Psalter')

1918). Initials in blue, red, green, and brown. Decorated line-fillers in brown. Unfinished, with spaces left for initials, for Psalm 1 filled in with an added puzzle initial and rubrics in brown and red. Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany

• Coloured initials and display script., Miscellany, including the 'Tribal Hidage', or assessment list, Aelfric's treatise on Latin grammar, compotus notes, glossary material, and De initio creaturae (ff.128v-129), dated 1034

William Fleetwood [Fletewoode] (b. c.1525, d.1594), lawyer and antiquary: erased inscription of his name (ff. 3*verso and f. 129v); no. 1 of the manuscripts at Missenden abbey, the home of the Fleetwood family: see Ker 1957.18th-century ? inscription '111 A

• Calendar page for February, with coloured letters., Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany for the use of Exeter, prayers, and offices (The 'Leofric Psalter')

1918). Initials in blue, red, green, and brown. Decorated line-fillers in brown. Unfinished, with spaces left for initials, for Psalm 1 filled in with an added puzzle initial and rubrics in brown and red. Psalter, with canticles (ff. 99-108), litany