• Historiated initial 'E'(t) of two men with a book, at the beginning of the Book of Joshua., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

p[er]missio[n]e divina Bangorens[is] eps et Milladensis' (f. 184v).Thomas a Woode: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 507' (f. 1): included in the Inventory of the Upper Library at

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(t factum est) of two men with a book, perhaps Moses giving the book of the law to Joshua, at the beginning of Joshua., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

p[er]missio[n]e divina Bangorens[is] eps et Milladensis' (f. 184v).Thomas a Woode: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 507' (f. 1): included in the Inventory of the Upper Library at

• Inhabited initial 'T'(andem), at the beginning of the prologue to Joshua., Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rochester Bible')

p[er]missio[n]e divina Bangorens[is] eps et Milladensis' (f. 184v).Thomas a Woode: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 186v).The Old Royal Library (English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 507' (f. 1): included in the Inventory of the Upper Library at

• Text page with recipes in English compiled by Ricardus, prior of Coventry., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

with recipes in English compiled by Ricardus, prior of Coventry. The front flyleaves (ff. 1-4) contain recipes and the back flyleaves (ff. 223-226) a civil law text in an earlier hand.ff. 5-133 were copied at the beginning of the 14th

• Text page with note on Johannes de Grenborough, purchaser and compiler of this manuscript., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

(f. 133).Richard Crosby, prior of the Benedictine cathedral priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Coventry (1398-1437) compiled the recipes in English on ff. 219-222: the rubric states 'Ricardo [Crosby] priori Cou[entrie] anno regni regis Henrici viti octauo' [1429-1430]. Henry Fowler,

• Puzzle initial 'A' at the beginning of the Compendium, initials and inscriptions., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

(f. 133).Richard Crosby, prior of the Benedictine cathedral priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Coventry (1398-1437) compiled the recipes in English on ff. 219-222: the rubric states 'Ricardo [Crosby] priori Cou[entrie] anno regni regis Henrici viti octauo' [1429-1430]. Henry Fowler,

• Astrological tables concerning the moon and a diagram of four wheels, Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

(f. 133).Richard Crosby, prior of the Benedictine cathedral priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Coventry (1398-1437) compiled the recipes in English on ff. 219-222: the rubric states 'Ricardo [Crosby] priori Cou[entrie] anno regni regis Henrici viti octauo' [1429-1430]. Henry Fowler,

• Detail of ownership inscription., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine ff. 270-285v is an unilluminated text in English. William Romesey (d. 1501), fellow of Merton: inscription 'liber Willelmus Romesey quae fecit scribi' (f. 2v).All Souls College, in

• Detail of ownership inscription., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine ff. 270-285v is an unilluminated text in English. William Romesey (d. 1501), fellow of Merton: inscription 'liber Willelmus Romesey quae fecit scribi' (f. 2v).All Souls College, in

• Detail of puzzle initial., Medical miscellany, including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine

including John of Gaddesden's Rosa Anglica (ff. 9-262), and four tracts on urine ff. 270-285v is an unilluminated text in English. William Romesey (d. 1501), fellow of Merton: inscription 'liber Willelmus Romesey quae fecit scribi' (f. 2v).All Souls College, in

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit)' at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Jerome England, S. W. England, S. W. (Wessex, perhaps Winchester)

• Zoomorphic initial 'G'(regorius)., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(mos) with an animal head., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

with corrections in the hand of Patrick Young, 17th century (ff. 163-165). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Aldhelm Winchester England, S. (Winchester or Canterbury, Christ Church)

• Text pages, Theological works including De magistro

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8624).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text pages In the same hand as the colophon in Cotton Domitian 1A (f. 55v), (see Lendinara

• Text pages, Theological works including De magistro

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8624).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text pages In the same hand as the colophon in Cotton Domitian 1A (f. 55v), (see Lendinara

• Text pages with triangular-shaped text., Theological works including De magistro

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8624).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text pages In the same hand as the colophon in Cotton Domitian 1A (f. 55v), (see Lendinara

• Text pages, Theological works including De magistro

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8624).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text pages In the same hand as the colophon in Cotton Domitian 1A (f. 55v), (see Lendinara

• Text page., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Detail of a miniature of the enthroned Virgin and Child and a female suppliant., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'A'(ve) with a dragon forming part of the letter, in a prayer to the Virgin., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

(ff. 1r-1v). f. 9v has added text in Gothic cursive, and ff. 10-12, 178v-179 have added text in Gothic.Inscription in English, followed by the name 'Charlton' (f. 2).Inscription 'Wm Ablardi De Scendlebi [or Skendleby (?), Lincolnshire] ? 1612' (f. 2).