• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the days of Creation, at the beginning of book 1., Antiquitates iudaicae

Scribe A, working in St Albans; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115.Quire signatures. 1 historiated initial of Creation, in colours, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 3). 14 outline

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'T'(enentes), with beasts interlaced with foliage., Antiquitates iudaicae

Scribe A, working in St Albans; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115.Quire signatures. 1 historiated initial of Creation, in colours, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 3). 14 outline

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'A'(ntipatro) with foliate decoration, a lion, and a bird, at the beginning of book 17., Antiquitates iudaicae (books XV-XX), De bello iudaico

Scribe A, working in St Albans; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115. 1 inhabited initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of book 15 (f. 1). 13 outline initials,

• Text page., Antiquitates iudaicae (books XV-XX), De bello iudaico

Scribe A, working in St Albans; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115. 1 inhabited initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of book 15 (f. 1). 13 outline initials,

• Deatil of a decorated initial 'D'(avid)., Antiquitates iudaicae

Scribe A, working in St Albans; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115.Quire signatures. 1 historiated initial of Creation, in colours, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 3). 14 outline

• Detail of a decorated initial 'T'., Antiquitates iudaicae (books XV-XX), De bello iudaico

Scribe A, working in St Albans; other manuscripts attributed to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115. 1 inhabited initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of book 15 (f. 1). 13 outline initials,

• Text page., De fide, De spiritu sanctu, De incarnationis dominicae sacramento

numbered continuously.The text is related to two Christ Church manuscripts: Cambridge, St John's College Library, A. 5 and Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 827. Large initials in red or green, some with foliate or penwork decoration in the same or both

• Decorated initial 'P'(etrus) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Peter., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

and Tobit (ff. 23v, 43v, 56, 80, 81, 82v, 86v). Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit The collegiate church of St. Mary, Southwell? (founded by king Edgar, according to 16th century tradition, see Ker 1964), given in 1503

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Jude., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

and Tobit (ff. 23v, 43v, 56, 80, 81, 82v, 86v). Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit The collegiate church of St. Mary, Southwell? (founded by king Edgar, according to 16th century tradition, see Ker 1964), given in 1503

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the first Epistle of John., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

and Tobit (ff. 23v, 43v, 56, 80, 81, 82v, 86v). Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit The collegiate church of St. Mary, Southwell? (founded by king Edgar, according to 16th century tradition, see Ker 1964), given in 1503

• Text page., Leaf from Augustine's 'In Johannis ad epistolam ad Parthos', tractatus V

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Coloured initials., Leaf from 'Vita Sancte Marie Magdalene', cropped

[part 4]: Originally part of a manuscript corpus of Augustine's works written by Eadmer, (d. c. 1130), monk at Christ Church, Canterbury, in the late 1080s (see Gullick 1998).f. 25 [part 12]:? Hew Herte, possibly identifiable with Hugh Herte (d.

• Text page., De vita contemplativa et activa (f.1); Liber scintillarum (f. 46); Excerpts from Ecclesiasticus and Sententiae (f. 113); Collationes (f. 116)

torn.The excerpts from Ecclesiasticus and Isidore follow one another in Royal 7 C iv (beginning of the 11th century, Christ Church) and Royal 8 A xxi (13th century) 5 large initials in colours, 3 with zoomorphic and foliate decoration (ff.

• Initial with penwork decoration., De vita contemplativa et activa (f.1); Liber scintillarum (f. 46); Excerpts from Ecclesiasticus and Sententiae (f. 113); Collationes (f. 116)

torn.The excerpts from Ecclesiasticus and Isidore follow one another in Royal 7 C iv (beginning of the 11th century, Christ Church) and Royal 8 A xxi (13th century) 5 large initials in colours, 3 with zoomorphic and foliate decoration (ff.

• Inhabited initial D with centaur holding bow; decorated initial 'B'., De vita contemplativa et activa (f.1); Liber scintillarum (f. 46); Excerpts from Ecclesiasticus and Sententiae (f. 113); Collationes (f. 116)

torn.The excerpts from Ecclesiasticus and Isidore follow one another in Royal 7 C iv (beginning of the 11th century, Christ Church) and Royal 8 A xxi (13th century) 5 large initials in colours, 3 with zoomorphic and foliate decoration (ff.

• Coloured initial 'P'(rima)., Computistica, De temporibus

Benedectine abbey of St Albans: perhaps copied from Royal MS. 12 D. iv, which was written c. 1100 at Christ Church, Canterbury; contains a distinctive St Albans form of the table of contents (f. 1v) (see Thomson 1982); St Albans

• Coloured initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the text, with an ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans, reading 'H[ic] est liber s[an]c[t]i Albani q[ue]m q[u]i ei abstulerit aut titulum delev[er]it anathema sit. Am[en]', and the monogram of cardinal Thomas Wolsey., Computistica, De temporibus

Benedectine abbey of St Albans: perhaps copied from Royal MS. 12 D. iv, which was written c. 1100 at Christ Church, Canterbury; contains a distinctive St Albans form of the table of contents (f. 1v) (see Thomson 1982); St Albans

• Coloured initial 'A'(nnus) at the beginning of book 1., Computistica, De temporibus

Benedectine abbey of St Albans: perhaps copied from Royal MS. 12 D. iv, which was written c. 1100 at Christ Church, Canterbury; contains a distinctive St Albans form of the table of contents (f. 1v) (see Thomson 1982); St Albans

• Decorated initial 'D'(e), at the beginning of the prologue of Bede's treatise 'De temporibus'., Computistica, De temporibus

Benedectine abbey of St Albans: perhaps copied from Royal MS. 12 D. iv, which was written c. 1100 at Christ Church, Canterbury; contains a distinctive St Albans form of the table of contents (f. 1v) (see Thomson 1982); St Albans

• Coloured initial 'T'(empora) and letters in Greek., Computistica, De temporibus

Benedectine abbey of St Albans: perhaps copied from Royal MS. 12 D. iv, which was written c. 1100 at Christ Church, Canterbury; contains a distinctive St Albans form of the table of contents (f. 1v) (see Thomson 1982); St Albans