• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• null, Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• 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

• 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')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Marginal painting of a king of England in armour, holding a shield with arms of three crowns., Chronicle of the Kings of England from Brut to 1420, i.e. Henry V (index Chronica regum Angliae), followed by a text relating to Oxford and Cambridge universities (ff. 79r-v)

interfecere dignum duxi' (f. 79). 5 marginal drawings of knights in armour with armorial shields representing Julius Caesar and 4 English kings in colours (ff. 5v, 8v, 11v, 18v, 20v). Large initial in gold with penwork decoration in blue and

• Miniature of a bust of Henry VII, framed within architectural arch., Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York, including its ordinances

15 large miniatures in colours, of heraldry and portrait busts of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) with additions of various dates, including some added on panels, of sovereigns to George

• Historiated initial with David and full border at the beginning of Psalm 1., Bilingual Psalter, in the later Wycliffite translation, with the Canticles, and the Athanasian Creed

Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, or in red with brown penwork decoration. Latin text in red and English text in brown. Bilingual Psalter, in the later Wycliffite translation, with the Canticles, and the Athanasian Creed Sir Henry

• Puzzle initial 'P'(arabole) with flourished extension, at the beginning of the parabol., Bible with prologues, and Interpretation of Hebrew names (ff. 488-525v)

century: erased inscription (f. 526v).Unidentified owner, c. 1440-1500: inscription in humanistic book script (ff. 401-402).Unidentified owner, 16th century: inscription in English (f. 368v).Unidentified owner, 16th century?: inscribed with a motto(?) 'Timor meus spes mea' (ff. 3v, 526v). This motto appears

• Zoomorphic initial 'V'(erba) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Jeremiah., Jeremiah and Daniel with the Glossa Ordinaria

king of England, Scotland, and 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. Zoomorphic initial England, Central England, Central (Worcester?)

• Inhabited initial 'P'(er) of a double headed eagle, at the beginning of the Sententia de libro retractationum and an inhabited initial 'I'(nter) with double headed eagles and white lions, at the beginning of Book 1 of the De consensu evangelistarum., De consensu evangelistarum

1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and 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. Inhabited initials Augustine England, S.

• 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

St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Peter Lombard Peter Lombard England

• Ownership inscriptions of John Theyer reading 'Liber Ioh[ann]is Theyer de Cowpers in Com. Civil. Glouc[ester]: 2º Iulii 1640', and of the Benedictine abbey of the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist, Reading, reading 'Hic est liber sancte Marie de Rading[ia]. Que[m] qui celav[er]it / vel fraude[m] de eo fec[er]it anathema sit.', Commentary on Lamentations

England, Scotland, and 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. Ownership inscriptions Paschasius Radbertus England, S. England, S. (Reading)

• Decorated initial 'S'(icut) at the beginning of Pascahasius Radbertus's Commentary on Lamentations., Commentary on Lamentations

England, Scotland, and 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 Paschasius Radbertus England, S. England, S. (Reading)

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of Daniel., Jeremiah and Daniel with the Glossa Ordinaria

king of England, Scotland, and 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. Zoomorphic initial England, Central England, Central (Worcester?)

• 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

St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Zoomorphic initial Peter Lombard England

• 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

of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard England

• 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

of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard England

• 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

of St James's Palace (see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 7732, 7734, 7782, or 7980.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Paul Peter Lombard England