• Initial and musical notation in Anglo-Saxon neumes., Leaves from a Gradual

Anglo-Saxon neumes (with ~litterae significativae~ S and L), England (Old Minster – Winchester ?), mid-11th century (ff. 1r-v, 56r-v)Initials of Wormald's Type II (a) of thick black interlace with heads, with the body of the letter split by white. Large

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, including material for determining hours of daylight, a calendar, Canticles and hymns, and creed (ff. 139v-141v), litany and prayers

obit of Hugh Actor of the hospital (d. 1464).The Derham and Crimplesham (Crumpilsham) families: added 15th-century notes in Latin and English of births and deaths of members of the family in the calendar, e.g., 'The birth of Baudewyn son of

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 26, with dragons, leaves, and faces., Psalter, including material for determining hours of daylight, a calendar, Canticles and hymns, and creed (ff. 139v-141v), litany and prayers

obit of Hugh Actor of the hospital (d. 1464).The Derham and Crimplesham (Crumpilsham) families: added 15th-century notes in Latin and English of births and deaths of members of the family in the calendar, e.g., 'The birth of Baudewyn son of

• Historiated initial 'Q'([uonia]m) of Christ in Majesty in the bowl, with display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, at the beginning of Luke., 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,

• Text page., 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. Text page Eadwig [Eadui] Basan (fl. c.1020) (added confirmation of privileges) Eadui Basan Canterbury, Christ Church England,

• Text page., 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. Text page Eadwig [Eadui] Basan (fl. c.1020) (added confirmation of privileges) Eadui Basan Canterbury, Christ Church England,

• Historiated initial 'Q'([uonia]m) of Christ in Majesty in the bowl, with display script in gold, framed by a 'Winchester style' border with foliage intertwined with gold bars, at the beginning of Luke, with a sketch of a leaf 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,

• Detail of a 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

• Detail of a medallion of a saint holding a book and a cross, within a 'Winchester style' border, 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. Saint Eadwig [Eadui] Basan (fl. c.1020) (added confirmation of privileges) Eadui Basan Canterbury, Christ Church England, S.

• Detail of a medallion of a saint holding a book and a cross, within a 'Winchester style' border, 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. Saint Eadwig [Eadui] Basan (fl. c.1020) (added confirmation of privileges) Eadui Basan Canterbury, Christ Church England, S.

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'I'(n principio) with display script in gold, 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. Display script Eadwig [Eadui] Basan (fl. c.1020) (added confirmation of privileges) Eadui Basan Canterbury, Christ Church England,

• 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,

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of Psalm 1 opening the breviary, and two smaller initials with penwork decoration: 'Q'(uare) and 'D'(omine), at the beginings of Psalms 2 and 3., Breviary

his name, 16th century (ff. 1, 220).Wallyngfforthe, inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 220). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial St Albans England, S. (St Albans)

• Calendar page, with an ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans, reading 'Hic est lib[er] s[an]cti Albani que qui abstulerit aut / titulum deleverit anathema sit. Amem', with a note reading 'De armariolo in choro.', Breviary

with his name, 16th century (ff. 1, 220).Wallyngfforthe, inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 220). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. January St Albans England, S. (St Albans)

• Calendar page with an added obit of 'fr[ater] Willelmus de Hextanton apud Lugdunum'., Breviary

his name, 16th century (ff. 1, 220).Wallyngfforthe, inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 220). Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calendar page St Albans England, S. (St Albans)

• Interlace initial 'D'(omino) with animal heads at the beginning of Bede's prologue to the life of Cuthbert, in the form of a letter written to Eadfrith, to whom he dedicated the work., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born

• Title page for the first section of Bede's prose Life of Cuthbert with the title in capital letters, and a rectangular border., Lives of Cuthbert in prose (ff. 2-42v) and verse (ff. 45-62v), with services for Cuthbert, Benedict and Guthlac with musical notation (ff. 43-44; 63-66)

acanthus foliage.Musical notation: Breton neumes, England (Christ Church – Canterbury ?), 11th century (ff. 43-44; 63-66v).St Cuthbert was a seventh-century, English Christian leader, renowned for his ascetic practices and the miracles attributed to him during his lifetime and posthumously. Born