• Decorated initials., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

the beginning of each Psalm alternately in red or blue, some with penwork decoration. Plain initials at the beginning of each verse alternately plain red or blue. Diagrams in red and blue. Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded

• Coloured initial 'M'., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

the beginning of each Psalm alternately in red or blue, some with penwork decoration. Plain initials at the beginning of each verse alternately plain red or blue. Diagrams in red and blue. Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded

• Decorated initial 'D'(omine) with decorated borders, at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

the beginning of each Psalm alternately in red or blue, some with penwork decoration. Plain initials at the beginning of each verse alternately plain red or blue. Diagrams in red and blue. Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded

• Coloured initials., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

the beginning of each Psalm alternately in red or blue, some with penwork decoration. Plain initials at the beginning of each verse alternately plain red or blue. Diagrams in red and blue. Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with a man and David and decorated border, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

the beginning of each Psalm alternately in red or blue, some with penwork decoration. Plain initials at the beginning of each verse alternately plain red or blue. Diagrams in red and blue. Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with dragons and an animal head, display capitals, and full border, at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded by a calendar and compotus material (ff. 1-12), and followed by canticles and litany (ff. 119-132v), and prayers (ff. 143-148v)

the beginning of each Psalm alternately in red or blue, some with penwork decoration. Plain initials at the beginning of each verse alternately plain red or blue. Diagrams in red and blue. Psalter with Old English gloss, the Psalms preceded

• Decorated initials and borders, with angels supporting heraldic arms., Account of the Norman noblemen who accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066; a treatise on Elizabethan heraldry and genealogy; and an account on the Court of Queen Elizabeth

large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 32). Smaller and small decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials also in gold on red or blue grounds. Line fillers decorated in gold on red, blue, or green grounds,

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a prisoner seeking sanctuary from monks., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

ebginning of each book. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Initials in red with pen-flourished decoration in purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Line-fillers in brown ink

• null, Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

ebginning of each book. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Initials in red with pen-flourished decoration in purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Line-fillers in brown ink

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a castle flanked by grotesques., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

ebginning of each book. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Initials in red with pen-flourished decoration in purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Line-fillers in brown ink

• Detail of a miniature of a mermaid and merman with bow and arrow in the border of the folio., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

ebginning of each book. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Initials in red with pen-flourished decoration in purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Line-fillers in brown ink

• Detail of medallion scenes within the lower border of the folio., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

ebginning of each book. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Initials in red with pen-flourished decoration in purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Line-fillers in brown ink

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) combined with a full foliate bar border including interlace at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, imperfect

beginning of Psalm 1. Beginning with a calendar (ff. 1-5v, lacking the end) including in blue: Judoci (9 Jan.), in gold: Valentini (14 Feb.), Barnabe (11 June), Grimbaldi and his translation (8 July, and 3 Sept. in red), translatio reliquiarum

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

beginning of Psalm 38. Beginning with a calendar (ff. 1-5v, lacking the end) including in blue: Judoci (9 Jan.), in gold: Valentini (14 Feb.), Barnabe (11 June), Grimbaldi and his translation (8 July, and 3 Sept. in red), translatio reliquiarum

• Detail of decorated initial., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated in green and/or red (ff. 35v, 43v, 56v, 88, 88v, 95v, 104). Small initials in plain red, green or blue, sometimes with ornamental

• Detail of decorated initial., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated in green and/or red (ff. 35v, 43v, 56v, 88, 88v, 95v, 104). Small initials in plain red, green or blue, sometimes with ornamental

• Diagrams., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated in green and/or red (ff. 35v, 43v, 56v, 88, 88v, 95v, 104). Small initials in plain red, green or blue, sometimes with ornamental

• Diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated in green and/or red (ff. 35v, 43v, 56v, 88, 88v, 95v, 104). Small initials in plain red, green or blue, sometimes with ornamental

• Decorated initials 'Q'(uattuor) and 'B'(ello) at the beginning of the text., Antiquitates iudaicae

the prologue and the five books (ff. 1, 22, 30v, 40, 49). 3 small initials in red and one in blue (ff. 49, 53, 64, 66). Rubrics in red. Antiquitates iudaicae The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): probably

• Text page., Part leaf of a noted Missal with part of the text for Holy Saturday including the Canticle of Moses

Text page. ff. 69-72 are fragments from the same manuscript as Stowe 1061 f. 125. Musical notation in many fragments.Mostly removed from bindings.ff. 1-21v; 24-47v; 51-57v; 61-63v; 65; 67-68v; 73 are various fragments, including of the Laws of Alfred