• Detail of a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Winchester border Eadwig [Eadui] Basan (fl. c.1020) (added confirmation of privileges) Eadui Basan Canterbury, Christ Church England,

• Initial 'I'(nitium) with interlace decoration and display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' foliate border with two medallions with saints holding books (Evangelists?), at the beginning of Mark., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Incipit page Eadwig [Eadui] Basan (fl. c.1020) (added confirmation of privileges) Eadui Basan Canterbury, Christ Church England,

• Note, in Anglo-Saxon, of the admission of Cnut (d. 1035), king of England, of Denmark, and of Norway, and his brother Harold into the confraternity, probably of Christ Church, Canterbury, certified by the names of brothers Ðorð, Kartoca, and Thuri., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Note in Anglo-Saxon Eadwig [Eadui] Basan (fl. c.1020) (added confirmation of privileges) Eadui Basan Canterbury, Christ Church

• Initial 'I'(n principio) with display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, and two medallions with saints holding books and a cross (Evangelists?), at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Incipit page Eadwig [Eadui] Basan (fl. c.1020) (added confirmation of privileges) Eadui Basan Canterbury, Christ Church England,

• Initial 'L'(iber) with interlace decoration and display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, and four medallions with saints holding books and a cross (Evangelists?), at the beginning of Matthew. The name of the manuscript's owner, Lord Lumley, is inscribed in the lower margin., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Incipit page Eadwig [Eadui] Basan (fl. c.1020) (added confirmation of privileges) Eadui Basan Canterbury, Christ Church England,

• A charter of Cnut, in Anglo-Saxon (promulgated probably c. 1017, when Cnut became king of all England), addressed to Archbishop Lyfing (1013-1020), Godwin, bishop of Rochester, Ælmær, abbot of St Augustine's, Canterbury (1006-1022), and others, confirming the privileges of the church., Gospels (the 'Cnut Gospels')

collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Charter of Cnut Eadwig [Eadui] Basan (fl. c.1020) (added confirmation of privileges) Eadui Basan Canterbury, Christ Church