• Text page., Gospel Book, imperfect, with glosses in Irish and Latin

'The Gospels of Mael Brigte' (Harley 1802), which was written in Armagh in 1138.Corrections in an English 12th-century hand in the margins.Additions in an English 15th-century hand of page headings to the first two Gospels and chapter numeration.Edward Stillingfleet (b.

• Historiated initial 'H'(omo) with a physician bleeding a man, and a full foliate border including a grotesque, a bird, and heraldic arms, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber de Flora., Medical treatises, including works of Bernard de Gordon

marks in plain red or blue. Medical treatises, including works of Bernard de Gordon Unidentified owner: arms (f. 270).Inscription in English, 16th-century(?) (f. 372v).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: inscribed 'Bern. 113.' (f. 1*).Sir Hans Sloane (b.

• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) with a lecturer holding a urine flask before students, and a full foliate border with animals, at the beginning of Bernard de Gordon's Liber urinarum., Medical treatises, including works of Bernard de Gordon

marks in plain red or blue. Medical treatises, including works of Bernard de Gordon Unidentified owner: arms (f. 270).Inscription in English, 16th-century(?) (f. 372v).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: inscribed 'Bern. 113.' (f. 1*).Sir Hans Sloane (b.

• Text page., Fragments of a philosophical work

of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), pp. 240, 242).All parts:Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page England

• Detail of a text page., Fragments of a philosophical work

of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), pp. 240, 242).All parts:Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page England

• Initials 'R'(es) and 'A'(nno) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's 'Gesta regum Anglorum'., Gesta regum Anglorum (ff. 4-103v); Gesta pontificum Anglorum (ff. 108-167); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatorio S. Patricii (ff. 167v-175)

Initials 'R'(es) and 'A'(nno) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's 'Gesta regum Anglorum'. Part 2 of this manuscript is Harley 23.Two sets of quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso

• Initials 'P'(rima), 'Q'(uatuor), 'N'(on), 'T'(abernaculum) with penwork decoration., Liber Exceptionum, Part II (ff. 1-55v); sermons, and other texts (see Notes for contents)

Initials 'P'(rima), 'Q'(uatuor), 'N'(on), 'T'(abernaculum) with penwork decoration. Also contains:Sermo de offendiculis mundi (ff. 55v-56v);Richard of St-Victor, Sermo de omnibus sanctis (ff. 56v-58);Ego sum pastor bonus (ff. 58r-v);Modicum et iam non videbitis me (ff. 58v)Uncrossed tironian ets. Quire marks

• Decorated initial 'U'(t) with display script, at the beginning of the Expositio psalmorum., Expositio psalmorum

James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7896).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Cassiodorus Senator England, W.

• 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)

• Decorated initial 'P'(etrus) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Peter., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7909).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Bede England

• Decorated initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the Epistle of Jude., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7909).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Bede England

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of Bede's commentary on the first Epistle of John., Commentary on Catholic Epistles and Commentary on Tobit

catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7909).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Bede England

• Text page., 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. Text page Jerome England, S. W. England, S. W. (Wessex, perhaps Winchester)

• Text page of a charm against wens in Anglo-Saxon., 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. Text page Jerome England, S. W. England, S. W. (Wessex, perhaps Winchester)

• Text page., 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. Text page Jerome England, S. W. England, S. W. (Wessex, perhaps Winchester)

• Text page., 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. Text page Jerome England, S. W. England, S. W. (Wessex, perhaps Winchester)

• Display script at the beginning at the commentary to Psalm 101., Enarrationes in Psalmos 101-150, with a summary of contents

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?) no. 8644.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Display script Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Inhabited initial with a display script at the beginning at the commentary to Psalm 101, and the ownership inscription of Thomas Cranmer, reading 'Thomas Cantuaren[sis]'., Enarrationes in Psalmos 101-150, with a summary of contents

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?) no. 8644.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Inhabited initial Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Initials 'P'(salmos) and 'M'(agnus)., Enarrationes in Psalmos 101-150, with a summary of contents

Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?) no. 8644.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Initials Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)

• Decorated initial 'G'(loriosis) at the beginning of book 1., De civitate Dei

(see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 7821).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Augustine Bath England, S. W. (Bath)