• Text pages with rubrics and initials with colour wash., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

Text pages with rubrics and initials with colour wash. One of a group of Southumbrian prayerbooks of the "Tiberius" group, the others being Harley 7653, and Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Ll.1.10 (Book of Cerne). All, except Cerne, exhibit

• Miniature of Emperor Constantine the Great., Chronicle of the Byzantine emperors, beginning with Constantine the Great (ff. 3-492); Last vision of Daniel (f. 494-496v)

Miniature of Emperor Constantine the Great. Watermark of an anchor similar to Charles M. Briquet, ~Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire historique des marques du papier dès leur apparition vers 1282 jusqu'en 1600, A Facsimile of the 1907 edition with supplementary material~,

• Illuminated initial 'M'(ecenas) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Horace's Odes, with the cipher of Jean Lebègue in the lower right-hand corner., Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

Illuminated initial 'M'(ecenas) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Horace's Odes, with the cipher of Jean Lebègue in the lower right-hand corner. ff. 6, 17, 19-20, 23-4, 31, 38-9, 41, 55-8, 70, 86-7 have been replaced by leaves

• Illuminated initial 'H'(umano) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Horace's Ars poetica., Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

Illuminated initial 'H'(umano) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Horace's Ars poetica. ff. 6, 17, 19-20, 23-4, 31, 38-9, 41, 55-8, 70, 86-7 have been replaced by leaves written in bastard secretary script, and ff. 83, 99-100, 102-3,

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• Initial 'N'(aso) and inscription of Roger Twysden, at the beginning of Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• Ownership inscriptions of monks of St. Mary, York., Epistolae ex Ponto

Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• Decorated initial 'R'(edditus) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• Decorated initial 'R'(edditus) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• null, Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

ff. 6, 17, 19-20, 23-4, 31, 38-9, 41, 55-8, 70, 86-7 have been replaced by leaves written in bastard secretary script, and ff. 83, 99-100, 102-3, and 106 in humanistic book script, 15th century, perhaps by Jean Lebègue. 2

• null, Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

ff. 6, 17, 19-20, 23-4, 31, 38-9, 41, 55-8, 70, 86-7 have been replaced by leaves written in bastard secretary script, and ff. 83, 99-100, 102-3, and 106 in humanistic book script, 15th century, perhaps by Jean Lebègue. 2

• Ownership inscription of William Smart, written at right-angles to the page, stating that it previously belonged to the Augustinian abbey of St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. Osyth, at St. Osyth (Essex): 'Hic liber quondam sancte Osithe nunc Willelmi Smarte'., Glossed Gospel of Mark

the Abbey of Chck in Essex which was dedicated to S. Osith (f. 1).William Smarte: above-cited ownership inscription (f. 100v).? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: 1738 note written by James West that it once

• Original binding with a flat spine (without raised bands); a semi-circular tab at the head (that at the tail is missing); square-edged booden boards, flush with the leaves; and a strap-and-pin fastening, with traces of the original pink staining. The number '10' on the spine is a later addition., De consensu evangelistarum

127v). On the inside covers is the offsett of a legal text in Hebrew, in Ashkenazi script, dating before c.1400.? John Woodward: 15th-16th century inscription 'per me Johanne Wodwarde' (f. 1v).? Anthony Dunstan, monk of Westminster, afterwards Kitchin, later Prior

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Psalm 1; the psalm with an Ango-Norman French translation written above the Latin text., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Psalm 109, with an Anglo-Norman French translation written above the Latin text., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• The beginning of the litany, which includes the Peterborough saints Cyniburg, Cyneswith, and Tibba. Note that Peter ('PETRE') is written in capitals, and has a double invocation, as does Oswald 'Oswalde'), founder of the abbey at Ramsey, south of Peterborough., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• null, Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

ff. 6, 17, 19-20, 23-4, 31, 38-9, 41, 55-8, 70, 86-7 have been replaced by leaves written in bastard secretary script, and ff. 83, 99-100, 102-3, and 106 in humanistic book script, 15th century, perhaps by Jean Lebègue. 2

• 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

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• 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

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of