• Historiated initial 'L'(iber)with the Tree of Jesse at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel. Maiden and unicorn in the margin., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 208v-231v; imperfect) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 494-533), imperfect (starts in the middle of Exodus)

of Exodus) Concordance between the Gospels completed in a slightly later hand (f. 534r-534v, completed on ff. 535-537). John Clifton (perhaps John Clifton, Prior of Reading Abbey between 1486 and 1490): inscribed late 15th century 'Comes de aym[...] a d[?]no

• Text of two prayers written in Insular minuscule with decorated initials., Prayer book (the 'Royal Prayer Book'), including the apocryphal letter of Christ to Abgar, and Gospel readings

Manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Wigorniensis, Made in 1622-1623~, ed. by Ivor Atkins and N. Ker (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944), no. 309. John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary: inscribed with his name 'Ioannes Theyer', with a dated note of 1649 (f.

• Medieval binding of whittawed leather over oak boards with a flat spine and two projecting flaps, at the top and bottom. Fastened to a staple at the bottom of the front cover are three links of a chain. A white strap, secured by a decorated metal plate to the front cover, fits onto a pin in the middle of the back cover by means of a 16th-century metal loop. This is possibly a restoration of the original fastening, but previously two straps went from the front to the back, as is shown by the surviving sockets for them and their pins., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

note on the contents, beginning 'Liber sancti edmundi in quo continentur', c. 1375 (f. 1).? Possibly notes of 'the librarian', John of Boston 'Boston Buriensis', a monk of Bury St Edmunds (said to have fl. c. 1410) (ff. 1, 159);

• Inscription in English., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

Inscription in English. Copied, directly or indirectly, from Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 441, omitting some passages due to defects in the Bodley manuscript (Marc 16:14-20, Luke 16:14- 17:1, and 24: 51-53). The first and last omission was supplied with

• Initial 'P'(roxime), at the beginning of the prologue., Breviarium on the Psalms

Initial 'P'(roxime), at the beginning of the prologue. Originally in 3 volumes, each containing the commentary to 50 Psalms, now in 2 volumes, Royal 2 E XIII and Royal 2 E XIV bound together; the last volume containing Psalms

• Historiated initial 'P'(rincipia) of Peter Lombard holding a scroll with an inscription, 'Petrus Lombard', at the beginning to the prologue to Peter Lombard's Commentary on Epistles., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

Historiated initial 'P'(rincipia) of Peter Lombard holding a scroll with an inscription, 'Petrus Lombard', at the beginning to the prologue to Peter Lombard's Commentary on Epistles. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or red ink. Guide letters

• Inhabited initial 'I'(n principio) with lions, at the beginning of Diatessaron., Diatessaron (or Unum ex quatuor), with glosses

126v); included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 6v (see Carley 2000). The Old

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a scribe at work, in the upper left margin., Policraticus

Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8656; red seal of a ship (unfoliated parchment folio after f. [i]).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Scribe at work John of Salisbury England

• Text page., Policraticus

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8656; red seal of a ship (unfoliated parchment folio after f. [i]).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text John of Salisbury England

• Zoomorphic initial 'M'(ultiphariam) in the form of a dragon and two fish, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Hebrews, and an illuminated initial 'M'(ultiphariam) at the beginning of 1 Hebrews., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

Zoomorphic initial 'M'(ultiphariam) in the form of a dragon and two fish, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Hebrews, and an illuminated initial 'M'(ultiphariam) at the beginning of 1 Hebrews. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor'

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a book, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Ephesians, and a historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of a lion, at the beginning of Ephesians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a book, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Ephesians, and a historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of a lion, at the beginning of Ephesians. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of 1 Corinthians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Corinthians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of 1 Corinthians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Corinthians. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or red ink. Guide letters

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Philemon, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Philemon., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Philemon, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Philemon. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or red ink. Guide letters for initials.

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Timothy., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Timothy. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or red ink. Guide letters for initials. 14 historiated initials in colours and gold (ff. 1,

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of 2 Thessalonians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 2 Thessalonians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of 2 Thessalonians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 2 Thessalonians. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or red ink. Guide letters

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of 1 Thessalonians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Thessalonians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of 1 Thessalonians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Thessalonians. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or red ink. Guide letters

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Colossians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Colossians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Colossians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Colossians. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or red ink. Guide letters for initials.

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a scroll, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Philippians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Philippians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a scroll, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Philippians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Philippians. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or red ink. Guide

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Corinthians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Corinthians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Corinthians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Corinthians. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or red ink. Guide letters for initials.

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Romans, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Romans., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Romans, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Romans. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and notes 'cor' in brown or red ink. Guide letters for initials.