• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with a bust of Christ in a star, at the beginning of Psalm 109., 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

• Zoomorphic initial with interlace at the beginning of John 18., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Decorated initial at the beginning of the prayer against poison., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Decorated initial at the beginning of the Lorica of Laidcenn., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Text pages with rubrics and initials with colour wash., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Historiated initial 'H'(enricus) enclosing the imperial falcon of Anne Boleyn against a background of the royal colours., Patents granted to Anne Boleyn as Marquess of Pembroke

she became queen in March 1533: her heraldic device of an imperial falcon (f. 1); see Carley 2000 and 2004).The Old Royal Library: 1542 Westminster inventory no. 99 (f. 1).Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and

• Drawing of Alexander the Great holding an orb and sceptre, with Philosophy holding a pot and brush, preceding the Historia Alexandri Magni., Historia Alexandri Magni; Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem de situ Indiae; Epistolae Alexandri; Recapitulatio

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8524).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Alexander the Great and Philosophy Written by two hands: A (ff. 2-78) and B (ff.78v-98v). According to

• Decorated initial 'S'(emper) with display script, at the beginning of the Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem de situ Indiae., Historia Alexandri Magni; Epistola Alexandri ad Aristotelem de situ Indiae; Epistolae Alexandri; Recapitulatio

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8524).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Written by two hands: A (ff. 2-78) and B (ff.78v-98v). According to unpublished notes by

• Initials with colour wash, surrounded by dots in Mark 14:61., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Text page with added stamp of Roscarrock of Cornwall arms., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Zoomorphic initial 'D' at the beginning of a prayer attributed to Pope Gregory the Great., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Decorated initial with spirals and interlace at the beginning of an extract from Luke 24., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).

• Capitals and initials with colour wash at the end of Mark and the beginning of Luke., Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster')

feminine word endings. The Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary's, Nunnaminster, Winchester, founded by Ealhswith: late 9th- or 10th-century inscriptions in English, including of the land boundaries of the nunnery (f. 40v). Added early 10th-century prayers, with feminine endings (f. 41).