• Decorated initial 'U'(t) with display script, at the beginning of the Expositio psalmorum., Expositio psalmorum (external link no longer available)

Decorated initial 'U'(t) with display script, at the beginning of the Expositio psalmorum. Includes the commentaries on Psalms 50-100.According to unpublished notes by Michael Gullick this manuscript was made in the same scriptorium as Royal 4 C.IX, Royal 6

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uedam) of an animal biting its back., Lives of the Egyptian monks, Lives of various male and female saints (including Johannes Eleemosynarius), Paradisus, and a book on visions, with a table of contents (ff. 1v-2v), imperfect at the end (external link no longer available)

(including Johannes Eleemosynarius), Paradisus, and a book on visions, with a table of contents (ff. 1v-2v), imperfect at the end John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer; sold to Harley on 22 June 1726(see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by

• Decorated initial 'V'(eteris) and rubric., De institutis coenobiorum (external link no longer available)

James’s Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7886.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Waller scribe 3 John Cassian England, S.E. (Rochester)

• Decorated initial 'D'(uplici) and coloured initials., De institutis coenobiorum (external link no longer available)

James’s Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7886.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Waller scribe 3 John Cassian England, S.E. (Rochester)

• Text page with large initials; Latin and Anglo-Saxon script., Grammar (external link no longer available)

Text page with large initials; Latin and Anglo-Saxon script. Greek numerals and alphabets (ff. 2v-3)'Excerptiones de arte grammatica Anglice': the Latin Grammar, in Anglo-Saxon, of Ælfric, Abbot of Ensham based on Priscian's Excerptiones. Imperfect at the end, breaking off

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(eptemtrionalis) of a dragon., Historia Langobardorum, in six books, each preceded by a table of contents, added hymn on the preservation of St. Bertin's abbey at St. Omer from destruction by fire (ff. 71v-72) (index Historia Longobardorum) (external link no longer available)

is said to have occurred in the time of abbot Odbert (1000-1012); see also the Chronicle of S. Bertin by John of Ypres, cap. 34 (Edmund Martène and Ursin Durand, ~Thesaurus novus anecdotorum~, 5 vols (Paris, 1717), III, p. 569).Incipit:

• Detail of a decorated initial 'P'., Theological texts (external link no longer available)

Detail of a decorated initial 'P'. Includes Ambrose, Commentary on Luke (ff. 2-105v), Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermones, attributed here to Anselm of Canterbury, imperfect (ff. 105-108), Honorius Augustodunensis, Gemme animae sive De divinis officiis (ff. 109-173v) and Tractatus de

• Decorated initial 'P'(etrus) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Peter., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit (external link no longer available)

Decorated initial 'P'(etrus) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Peter. Includes the Commentary on Catholic Epistles (ff. 4-86v) and the Commentary on Tobit (ff. 86v-95) by Bede, with the 'nota' signs and tituli in the

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Jude., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit (external link no longer available)

Decorated initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Jude. Includes the Commentary on Catholic Epistles (ff. 4-86v) and the Commentary on Tobit (ff. 86v-95) by Bede, with the 'nota' signs and tituli in the

• Display script at the beginning at the commentary to Psalm 101., Enarrationes in Psalmos 101-150, with a summary of contents (external link no longer available)

Display script at the beginning at the commentary to Psalm 101. Prefixed by a summary of contents (ff. 1v-5v).In the catalogue of the Lumley Library considered as a second volume of a set of two manuscripts; the first volume

• Inhabited initial with a display script at the beginning at the commentary to Psalm 101, and the ownership inscription of Thomas Cranmer, reading 'Thomas Cantuaren[sis]'., Enarrationes in Psalmos 101-150, with a summary of contents (external link no longer available)

Inhabited initial with a display script at the beginning at the commentary to Psalm 101, and the ownership inscription of Thomas Cranmer, reading 'Thomas Cantuaren[sis]'. Prefixed by a summary of contents (ff. 1v-5v).In the catalogue of the Lumley Library

• Initials 'P'(salmos) and 'M'(agnus)., Enarrationes in Psalmos 101-150, with a summary of contents (external link no longer available)

Initials 'P'(salmos) and 'M'(agnus). Prefixed by a summary of contents (ff. 1v-5v).In the catalogue of the Lumley Library considered as a second volume of a set of two manuscripts; the first volume is Royal 5 D IV.Quire signatures. Instructions

• Decorated initial 'G'(loriosis) at the beginning of book 1., De civitate Dei (external link no longer available)

Decorated initial 'G'(loriosis) at the beginning of book 1. Chapter numbers in red in the margins. Quire signatures in the form of letters. Numerous pointing hands (maniculae). Large initials with penwork, arabesque decoration in green, red or blue, with

• Decorated initial 'D'(iligentius) at the beginning of book 7., De civitate Dei (external link no longer available)

Decorated initial 'D'(iligentius) at the beginning of book 7. Chapter numbers in red in the margins. Quire signatures in the form of letters. Numerous pointing hands (maniculae). Large initials with penwork, arabesque decoration in green, red or blue, with

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of book 16., De civitate Dei (external link no longer available)

Decorated initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of book 16. Chapter numbers in red in the margins. Quire signatures in the form of letters. Numerous pointing hands (maniculae). Large initials with penwork, arabesque decoration in green, red or blue, with

• Decorated initial 'N'(unc), at the beginning of book 8., De civitate Dei (external link no longer available)

Decorated initial 'N'(unc), at the beginning of book 8. Chapter numbers in red in the margins. Quire signatures in the form of letters. Numerous pointing hands (maniculae). Large initials with penwork, arabesque decoration in green, red or blue, with

• Initial 'M' with penwork decoration in leaf patterns and capitals on coloured grounds., Symbolum fidei, Registrum; Recantation of 1079 (external link no longer available)

Initial 'M' with penwork decoration in leaf patterns and capitals on coloured grounds. An addition in a later hand of the mid-12th century contains a narrative of the schism in the papacy, 1159, and the peace of Venice by

• Text page., Symbolum fidei, Registrum; Recantation of 1079 (external link no longer available)

Text page. An addition in a later hand of the mid-12th century contains a narrative of the schism in the papacy, 1159, and the peace of Venice by which Pope Alexander III and the Emperor Frederick I were reconciled

• Large initial 'V' with penwork decoration (incomplete)., Symbolum fidei, Registrum; Recantation of 1079 (external link no longer available)

Large initial 'V' with penwork decoration (incomplete). An addition in a later hand of the mid-12th century contains a narrative of the schism in the papacy, 1159, and the peace of Venice by which Pope Alexander III and the

• Decorated initial with animal heads and interlace., The Pauline and Catholic Epistles (except III John and Jude), and Revelation, imperfect (external link no longer available)

on red or yellow backgrounds. Text in red, sometimes with a yellow wash. The Pauline and Catholic Epistles (except III John and Jude), and Revelation, imperfect Inscribed in runes 'Ego Iusueus Hac/si indignus diacon[us]/ [h]anc librum quem / ad opus