• Historiated initial 'E'(x Cassiodoro) with the author Cassiodorus pointing at an open book, and a foliated tendril extending into the margin; the body of the letter contains a blue figure. Smaller historiated initial 'C'(um) with the head of a bishop., Miscellany including William of Malmesbury's De dictis et factis memorabilibus philosophorum (Polyhistor) (ff. 3- 40v), Cassiodorus' De orthographia (ff. 41-52), Marbod's Lapidarium, with gloss (ff. 106-123), Priscianus' Solutiones ad Chosroem [regem Persarum] (ff. 139v-160v), Nemesius' De natura hominis (ff. 168-196), Albericus' Flores Rhetorici (ff. 196-206), John of Salisbury's De septem septenis (ff. 206v-215v), Joachim of Fiore's Praephatio super Apocalypsim (ff. 216-224), imperfect; De praesagiis tempestatum (f. 224r-v), imperfect

106-123), Priscianus' Solutiones ad Chosroem [regem Persarum] (ff. 139v-160v), Nemesius' De natura hominis (ff. 168-196), Albericus' Flores Rhetorici (ff. 196-206), John of Salisbury's De septem septenis (ff. 206v-215v), Joachim of Fiore's Praephatio super Apocalypsim (ff. 216-224), imperfect; De praesagiis tempestatum

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(n principio) with an Evangelist portrait of John., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Job to Revelation), including the Psalms in three versions in three columns, and diagrams, including of the monstrous races (f. 243)

principio) with an Evangelist portrait of John. The first volume of this Bible is Harley 2798.A part of the annals that used to be part of the Arnstein Bible has been rediscovered at Darmstadt, Hessische Landesbibliothek, Ms. 4128.Decorated quire signatures.

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) depicting Jerome and Damasus (above), and Jerome and Ambrose (below), with the ownership inscriptions of Abbot Robert de Bello at the top of the page and under the feet of the peacock., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought

• Added miniature of the Virgin Mary, her mother Anne, and the infant Christ., Missal

notation.Ruled in black ink.Marginal annotations. 1 full-page miniature in colours and gold of the Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist, with a full border inhabited by birds and flowers, and, in the lower margin, a jewelled cross

• Text page with coloured initials., Gemma animae sive De divinis officis

Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] H.mo[nachi]', 14th century (f.1); added part of an indenture between Rochester Priory and John Bacher, infirmarer from Strood, dated 3 October of the second year of the reign of Henry V (1414), (f.

• Coloured initials., Gemma animae sive De divinis officis

Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] H.mo[nachi]', 14th century (f.1); added part of an indenture between Rochester Priory and John Bacher, infirmarer from Strood, dated 3 October of the second year of the reign of Henry V (1414), (f.

• Text page with coloured initials, with a partially erased inscription, reading 'Hic est liber [erased] et q[u]icu[m]q[ue] furat[us] fuerit hunc libru[m] / anatematizat[us] est et cu[m] daton et Abiron co[m]mendat[us] est. Fiat, Fiat, Amen,' in the lower margin.', Gemma animae sive De divinis officis

Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] H.mo[nachi]', 14th century (f.1); added part of an indenture between Rochester Priory and John Bacher, infirmarer from Strood, dated 3 October of the second year of the reign of Henry V (1414), (f.

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(eterni) formed of two dragons interlaced with two other animals, at the beginning of the text; with an ownership inscription of he cathedral priory of St. Andrew, Rochester, reading 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] H.mo[nachi]', in the lower margin., Gemma animae sive De divinis officis

Andrew, Rochester: inscribed 'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i] H.mo[nachi]', 14th century (f.1); added part of an indenture between Rochester Priory and John Bacher, infirmarer from Strood, dated 3 October of the second year of the reign of Henry V (1414), (f.

• Detail of illuminated initial 'L'(ibrum) at the beginning of the preface to Esther., Bible, from Proverbs to Revelation, vol. 2

Detail of illuminated initial 'L'(ibrum) at the beginning of the preface to Esther. Volume 1 is Harley 2833. Quire marks (Roman numerals on the verso of the last leaf of the quire).The lower margin of f. 217 has been

• Detail of illuminated initial 'I'(n diebus) at the beginning of Esther., Bible, from Proverbs to Revelation, vol. 2

Detail of illuminated initial 'I'(n diebus) at the beginning of Esther. Volume 1 is Harley 2833. Quire marks (Roman numerals on the verso of the last leaf of the quire).The lower margin of f. 217 has been excised. Canon

• Canon table., Bible, from Proverbs to Revelation, vol. 2

Canon table. Volume 1 is Harley 2833. Quire marks (Roman numerals on the verso of the last leaf of the quire).The lower margin of f. 217 has been excised. Canon tables framed by arches preceding the Gospels (ff. 139-140).

• Decorated initial 'A'(usculta) at the beginning of the Regula Sancti Benedicti., Martyrology

Decorated initial 'A'(usculta) at the beginning of the Regula Sancti Benedicti. Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a monk of S. Germain, with local additions for Christ Church, Canterbury (ff. 2-73v);Rule of St Benedict (ff. 74-93v);Themes for homilies on

• Decorated initial 'K'(alende)., Martyrology

Decorated initial 'K'(alende). Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a monk of S. Germain, with local additions for Christ Church, Canterbury (ff. 2-73v);Rule of St Benedict (ff. 74-93v);Themes for homilies on the Gospels de tempore and de sanctis (ff.

• Decorated initials 'R'(ome) and 'C'(ommemoratio)., Martyrology

Decorated initials 'R'(ome) and 'C'(ommemoratio). Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a monk of S. Germain, with local additions for Christ Church, Canterbury (ff. 2-73v);Rule of St Benedict (ff. 74-93v);Themes for homilies on the Gospels de tempore and de

• Text page with readings for ferials in the spring in the left column, and for a Saturday and Sunday in the octave of Easter, including a reading on Alphege, archbishop of Canterbury., Martyrology

Text page with readings for ferials in the spring in the left column, and for a Saturday and Sunday in the octave of Easter, including a reading on Alphege, archbishop of Canterbury. Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a

• Decorated initial 'K'(alende)., Martyrology

Decorated initial 'K'(alende). Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a monk of S. Germain, with local additions for Christ Church, Canterbury (ff. 2-73v);Rule of St Benedict (ff. 74-93v);Themes for homilies on the Gospels de tempore and de sanctis (ff.

• Decorated initial 'K'(alende)., Martyrology

Decorated initial 'K'(alende). Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a monk of S. Germain, with local additions for Christ Church, Canterbury (ff. 2-73v);Rule of St Benedict (ff. 74-93v);Themes for homilies on the Gospels de tempore and de sanctis (ff.

• Decorated initial 'K'(alende)., Martyrology

Decorated initial 'K'(alende). Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a monk of S. Germain, with local additions for Christ Church, Canterbury (ff. 2-73v);Rule of St Benedict (ff. 74-93v);Themes for homilies on the Gospels de tempore and de sanctis (ff.

• Zoomorphic initial 'U' at the beginning of Luke 24 in the form of a frontal creature or human with large eyes. Running diagonally across the page from upper left to lower right is a line which marks where one piece of parchment has been stuck to another, to compensate for the uneven edge of the smaller piece., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

in 1707 by Aymon.Jean Aymon (b. 1661, d. 1720), priest and writer: taken to Holland where it was examined by John Toland, who advised Robert Harley to purchase it (see Henry and Marsh-Micheli 1962 p. 149).The Harley Collection, formed by

• Colophon at the end of the Gospel of Luke, giving the name and age of the scribe: 'Or(ait) do Maelbrigte q(u)i scr(i)bsit h(unc) l(ibrum) in xx viii anno aetatis suae . . .' (Pray for Maelbrigte, who wrote this book in his 28th year . . .)., Gospels of Maelbrigte (the 'Armagh Gospels'; 'Marelbrid Gospels'), with glosses

in 1707 by Aymon.Jean Aymon (b. 1661, d. 1720), priest and writer: taken to Holland where it was examined by John Toland, who advised Robert Harley to purchase it (see Henry and Marsh-Micheli 1962 p. 149).The Harley Collection, formed by