• Historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII giving the manuscript to a group of monks, with full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

od St Peter, Westminster, agreement between Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and John Islipp, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, and the monks of Westminster Abbey, made on 16 July 1504: the beginning of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(his) of Henry VII giving the manuscript to a group of monks, with full bar border with the arms of England., Quadripartite Indenture for Henry VII's Chapel

od St Peter, Westminster, agreement between Henry VII (b. 1457, d. 1509), king of England and lord of Ireland, and John Islipp, Abbot of Westminster Abbey, and the monks of Westminster Abbey, made on 16 July 1504: the beginning of

• Decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of the readings for Christmas Day from John 1., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

of the readings for Christmas Day from John 1. According to Wormald 1963, the manuscript was almost certainly kept on the high altar.This manuscript was formerly Stowe 960.Added notated Exultet (f. 50-50v).Anglo-Saxon neumes (with ~litterae significativae~), England (New Minster –

• Decorated initial 'T'(enebrosa) with foliate patterns and highlighted display script at the beginning of Homily VI., In Ezechielem

Decorated initial 'T'(enebrosa) with foliate patterns and highlighted display script at the beginning of Homily VI. From f. 103v onwards the decorated initials are unfinished.An excerpt from Quaestiones in vetus testamentum by Isidore of Seville is on the last

• Initial 'M'(emoratis with zoomorphic and foliate decoration at the beginning of Homily V of the last ten homilies., In Ezechielem

Initial 'M'(emoratis with zoomorphic and foliate decoration at the beginning of Homily V of the last ten homilies. From f. 103v onwards the decorated initials are unfinished.An excerpt from Quaestiones in vetus testamentum by Isidore of Seville is on

• Decorated initials 'd'(ilectissimo) and 'D'(ei omnipotentis) at the beginning of Gregory's epistle to Marinium and Homily I., In Ezechielem

Decorated initials 'd'(ilectissimo) and 'D'(ei omnipotentis) at the beginning of Gregory's epistle to Marinium and Homily I. From f. 103v onwards the decorated initials are unfinished.An excerpt from Quaestiones in vetus testamentum by Isidore of Seville is on the

• Initial 'Q'(uia) with zoomorphic and foliate decoration at the beginning of Homily I of the last ten homilies., In Ezechielem

Initial 'Q'(uia) with zoomorphic and foliate decoration at the beginning of Homily I of the last ten homilies. From f. 103v onwards the decorated initials are unfinished.An excerpt from Quaestiones in vetus testamentum by Isidore of Seville is on

• Coloured initials., Fragment from a Missal, on parchment, which was possibly a gift of bishop Leofric according to unpublished notes of Michael Gullick

of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled in 64 volumes by the bookseller and antiquary John Bagford (b. 1650/51, d. 1716). 159 fragments from printed books were transferred from this volume to the Department of

• Text page with initials, marginal notes and ink drawing of a pitcher., De fide orthodoxa

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