• Inhabited initial 'D'(ivinus) with a dog, in gold and colours., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes)

Inhabited initial 'D'(ivinus) with a dog, in gold and colours. The manuscript was mostly the work of one scribe who wrote the 2nd, 4th, and 6th texts, and all but the first page of the 1st, who is identifiable

• Inhabited initial 'R'(egu) with a dragon, in gold and colours., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes)

Inhabited initial 'R'(egu) with a dragon, in gold and colours. The manuscript was mostly the work of one scribe who wrote the 2nd, 4th, and 6th texts, and all but the first page of the 1st, who is identifiable

• Large decorated initial 'P'(oentissimus) in colours and gold with foliate decoration and acanthus leaves., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes)

Large decorated initial 'P'(oentissimus) in colours and gold with foliate decoration and acanthus leaves. The manuscript was mostly the work of one scribe who wrote the 2nd, 4th, and 6th texts, and all but the first page of the

• Text page with large initials; Latin and Anglo-Saxon script., Grammar

of Ælfric, Abbot of Ensham based on Priscian's Excerptiones. Imperfect at the end, breaking off (see Zupitza, 1880 p. 295, 1. 19) 'leoð craefte', but the remainder of the text (f.71) has been copied from Cambridge, University Library MS Hh

• Calendar with saints and table to calculate the date of Easter., Theological miscellany, including Meditations, prayers and letters; Poem on the ceremonial of the Mass; Sermons; theological works; calendar

of the Augustinian Priory of St Mary and St John, Llanthony (index Lanthony), Gloucestershire: inscribed 'Excepc[i]ones Rob[erti] de braci' (f. 1). In the catalogue of the New Priory c.1355-60.John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: included in the catalogue of

• Penwork initial 'E'(t) with foliate decoration., Theological miscellany, including Meditations, prayers and letters; Poem on the ceremonial of the Mass; Sermons; theological works; calendar

of the Augustinian Priory of St Mary and St John, Llanthony (index Lanthony), Gloucestershire: inscribed 'Excepc[i]ones Rob[erti] de braci' (f. 1). In the catalogue of the New Priory c.1355-60.John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: included in the catalogue of

• Decorated initial 'G'(lorisissimo), the ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of Saint Pater, Gloucester, and the Old Royal press-mark 'no. 965'., Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, with preface and tables of chapters, imperfect at the end

and the Old Royal press-mark 'no. 965'. On the fly-leaf at the beginning (f. 1) is a paragraph, in a 15th cent. hand, on the title 'Venerable' applied to Bede, to which is attached, in fainter ink, the note 'per

• Decorated initial 'I'(n) with geometric patterns, an animal head terminal, and marginal gesturing priest., Lives of Saints, imperfect (6 December to 17 January)

Decorated initial 'I'(n) with geometric patterns, an animal head terminal, and marginal gesturing priest. Musical notation (f. 52, added to the lower margin). Numerous large initials in brown with penwork decoration in brown and sometimes red, including interlace patterns,

• Decorated initial with bird and animal head., Lives of Saints, imperfect (6 December to 17 January)

Decorated initial with bird and animal head. Musical notation (f. 52, added to the lower margin). Numerous large initials in brown with penwork decoration in brown and sometimes red, including interlace patterns, animal or human heads, birds, and accompanying

• Diagrams of star signs., Treatise on the astrolabe

see Winstanley and Hunt.James Orchard Halliwell- [Phillipps] (b. 1820, d. 1889), antiquary and literary scholar: his stamp 'Bibliotheca Halliwelliana' (f. 1); catalogued for sale, 27 June 1840, lot 39, but withdrawn, along with the other manuscripts, all but one of

• Coloured initials 'S'(i), 'C'(um), and 'E'(adem)., Treatise on the astrolabe

see Winstanley and Hunt.James Orchard Halliwell- [Phillipps] (b. 1820, d. 1889), antiquary and literary scholar: his stamp 'Bibliotheca Halliwelliana' (f. 1); catalogued for sale, 27 June 1840, lot 39, but withdrawn, along with the other manuscripts, all but one of

• List of chapters and decorated iniitials., Collection of laws, including the Lex salica

II are book-plates affixed to the inside upper cover; f. 1 and 2 are paper flyleaves; ff. 6-7 and 10-11 are 17th-century folios.15 leaves originally from this manuscript are Egerton 269; a third part is Paris, BN latin MS 4633.

• Decorated initial with animal heads and interlace., The Pauline and Catholic Epistles (except III John and Jude), and Revelation, imperfect

of Hincmar (845-882) according to Bischoff.List of contents in pen, pasted onto f. [iii]. 1 full-page miniature in ink and colours (f. 71v). Large initial in brown and colours, with interlace and geometric patterns and often animal head decoration or

• Decorated initial 'P'(astoralis)., Various theological texts, sermons, and letters, including De pastoralis cura

and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘20 die mensis Januarii, A.D. 1721/22’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• 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

words in capital letters (now darkened to a silvery black, due to oxidisation). On the fly-leaf at the beginning (f. 1) is a paragraph, in a 15th cent. hand, on the title 'Venerable' applied to Bede, to which is attached,

• Decorated initial 'C'(onticuere)., Opera (Works)

collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian, Humfrey Wanley ‘11 die Martij, A.D. 1723/4’ (f. 1). Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime

• Text page of the beginning of Gregory the Great' 'De cura pastoral'.i, De cura pastorali, Libellus de dignitate sacerdotali, De Helia et ieiunio and other texts

Text page of the beginning of Gregory the Great' 'De cura pastoral'.i The manuscript includes:Gregory the Great, De cura pastorali (ff. 1-97);Ambrose, Libellus de dignitate sacerdotali (ff. 97v-106);Ambrose, De Helia et ieiunio (ff. 106v-13);Augustine, 'Sermo ad episcopos' (ff. 132-134);The

• Flourished initial 'Q'(ua)., Miscellany of historical and romantic works, including Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum), Apollonius of Tyre

decoration. Large and small initials in red, green, or brown, some with penwork decoration, one extending into the margin (f. 1). Highlighting of letters in red. Miscellany of historical and romantic works, including Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum), Apollonius

• Flourished initial 'F'(uit)., Miscellany of historical and romantic works, including Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum), Apollonius of Tyre

decoration. Large and small initials in red, green, or brown, some with penwork decoration, one extending into the margin (f. 1). Highlighting of letters in red. Miscellany of historical and romantic works, including Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum), Apollonius

• Drawing of Alexander the Great holding an orb and sceptre, with Philosophy holding a pot and brush, preceding the Historia Alexandri Magni., Historia Alexandri Magni; Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem de situ Indiae; Epistolae Alexandri; Recapitulatio

letters between Alexander and Dindimus, king of the Brahmins) (ff. 78v-94v);'Parva recapitulatio de eodem Alexandro et de suis' (ff. 94v-98). 1 full-page ink drawing in colours preceding the text (f. 1v). Initials in green, some with penwork decoration in red,