• Coloured initial, and inscriptions of later owners, including (upper margin) Thomas Dakombe (1496-c.1572), rector of St. Mary Colebrook at Winchester), and John, Lord Lumley., Life and miracles of St Swithun (external link no longer available)

Thomas Dakombe (1496-c.1572), rector of St. Mary Colebrook at Winchester), and John, Lord Lumley. This manuscript contains a variety of different works concerning St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester (d. 862), including a tract on miracles attributed to him; a hymn

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) with a human face., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus (external link no longer available)

laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus Added fragment of an ecclesiastical writ dated in 540, 16th century (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed

• Zoomorphic initial 'H'(anc)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus (external link no longer available)

laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus Added fragment of an ecclesiastical writ dated in 540, 16th century (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'(orro)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus (external link no longer available)

laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus Added fragment of an ecclesiastical writ dated in 540, 16th century (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'(rete)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus (external link no longer available)

laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus Added fragment of an ecclesiastical writ dated in 540, 16th century (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed

• Zoomorphic initial 'D'(omino)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus (external link no longer available)

laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus Added fragment of an ecclesiastical writ dated in 540, 16th century (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed

• Zoomorphic initial 'R'*everentissimis) with display script., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus (external link no longer available)

laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus Added fragment of an ecclesiastical writ dated in 540, 16th century (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'(rimitus)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus (external link no longer available)

laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus Added fragment of an ecclesiastical writ dated in 540, 16th century (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus (external link no longer available)

laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus Added fragment of an ecclesiastical writ dated in 540, 16th century (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed

• Decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphosisis., Metamorphoses, with commentary (external link no longer available)

Decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphosisis. f. 1 is a former pastedown and f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf.f. 197r-v was originally blank leaf with later additions.The decorated initials are executed in a Florentine style, and

• Illuminated initial 'S'(enior) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the commentary on III John., Expositio super Matthaeum (ff. 1-159v), Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas (ff. 165-217), and other texts (external link no longer available)

the beginning of the commentary on III John. 2 historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 165), each accompanied by a full border, the second incorporating miniatures in roundels. Large foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials alternately

• null, De machinis (ff. 1-9), De constructione bellicarum machinarum (ff. 9v-16) (external link no longer available)

machinarum (ff. 9v-16) Written in 1545: colophon ( f. 358).The monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai: inscription (f. 1). ? John Spencer Smith, minister plenipotentiary to Turkey: sale catalogue notices that the manuscript was 'collected by one of His Majesty's

• Text pages of the Aenigmata of Aldhelm., Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata (external link no longer available)

as 'Libri pronosticorum iiº. In altero sunt enigmata sancti Aldelmi vetusti' (see Medieval Libraries of Great Britain 1996); noted by John Leland in his list of books in Glastonbury abbey, before 1533, no. 24 (see Carley 1986), and ~Joannis Lelandi

• Decorated initials with the text of the Riddles of Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherbonne., Prognosticon futuri saeculi; Aenigmata (external link no longer available)

as 'Libri pronosticorum iiº. In altero sunt enigmata sancti Aldelmi vetusti' (see Medieval Libraries of Great Britain 1996); noted by John Leland in his list of books in Glastonbury abbey, before 1533, no. 24 (see Carley 1986), and ~Joannis Lelandi

• Coloured initial., Life and miracles of St Swithun (external link no longer available)

Coloured initial. This manuscript contains a variety of different works concerning St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester (d. 862), including a tract on miracles attributed to him; a hymn in which the first lines begin with the letters from A

• Coloured initials., Life and miracles of St Swithun (external link no longer available)

Coloured initials. This manuscript contains a variety of different works concerning St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester (d. 862), including a tract on miracles attributed to him; a hymn in which the first lines begin with the letters from A

• Coloured initials., Life and miracles of St Swithun (external link no longer available)

Coloured initials. This manuscript contains a variety of different works concerning St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester (d. 862), including a tract on miracles attributed to him; a hymn in which the first lines begin with the letters from A

• Coloured initial., Life and miracles of St Swithun (external link no longer available)

Coloured initial. This manuscript contains a variety of different works concerning St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester (d. 862), including a tract on miracles attributed to him; a hymn in which the first lines begin with the letters from A

• Coloured initial., Life and miracles of St Swithun (external link no longer available)

Coloured initial. This manuscript contains a variety of different works concerning St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester (d. 862), including a tract on miracles attributed to him; a hymn in which the first lines begin with the letters from A

• Text page with initials, marginal notes and ink drawing of a pitcher., De fide orthodoxa (external link no longer available)

Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 7888).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page John of Damascus, translated by Burgundio of Pisa England