• Decorated and coloured initials 'N'(atura) and 'H'(omo)., De universo seu De rerum naturis

'Etymologies' of Isidore, of Rabanus Maurus (b. c. 776, d. 856), abbot of Fulda and later archbishop of Mainz (ff. 6-282v), preceded by the letters to Louis the Germanic, king of Germany (843-876) (ff. 1-2), and to Haymo, bishop of

• Text page in the table of contents., De universo seu De rerum naturis

'Etymologies' of Isidore, of Rabanus Maurus (b. c. 776, d. 856), abbot of Fulda and later archbishop of Mainz (ff. 6-282v), preceded by the letters to Louis the Germanic, king of Germany (843-876) (ff. 1-2), and to Haymo, bishop of

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

~A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the King’s Library~ (London, 1734)).Inscribed 'Liber Petri Alfusi', referred to the Disciplina Clericalis of Petrus Alphonsi, 14th century (f. 1).The Benedictine cathedral priory of St. Mary, Worcester: inscribed by William Thornhill ofYork, c.

• Coloured initial 'P'(rima)., Computistica, De temporibus

by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; Included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 20; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Coloured initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the text, with an ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans, reading 'H[ic] est liber s[an]c[t]i Albani q[ue]m q[u]i ei abstulerit aut titulum delev[er]it anathema sit. Am[en]', and the monogram of cardinal Thomas Wolsey., Computistica, De temporibus

at the beginning of the text, with an ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans, reading 'H[ic] est liber s[an]c[t]i Albani q[ue]m q[u]i ei abstulerit aut titulum delev[er]it anathema sit. Am[en]', and the monogram of cardinal Thomas Wolsey.

• Coloured initial 'A'(nnus) at the beginning of book 1., Computistica, De temporibus

by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; Included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 20; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Decorated initial 'D'(e), at the beginning of the prologue of Bede's treatise 'De temporibus'., Computistica, De temporibus

by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; Included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 20; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Coloured initial 'T'(empora) and letters in Greek., Computistica, De temporibus

by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; Included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 20; and in the 1698 catalogue of the library of St James's Palace (see [Edward Bernard], ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum

• Zoomorphic initial 'F'(ecit) at the beginning of the prologue to the Gospels., Glossed Matthew and Mark

in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Zoomorphic initial England

• Illuminated initial 'M('atheus) at the beginning of the prologue to Matthew., Glossed Matthew and Mark

in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial England

• Illuminated initial 'L'(iber) at the beginning of Matthew, with acanthus leaf decoration., Glossed Matthew and Mark

in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial England

• Illuminated initial 'M'(arcus) at the beginning of the prologue to Mark, with foliate decoration., Glossed Matthew and Mark

in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial England

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nitium) at the beginning of Mark, with acanthus leaf decoration., Glossed Matthew and Mark

in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initial England

• Historiated initial (dating, like the text, from the 1st half of the 11th century) and added drawing illustrating a Psalm (2nd quarter of the 12th century)., Added drawings

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• Detail of pen drawings illustrating Psalm 53, with a decorated letter 'D'(eus in nomine tuo)., Added drawings

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• Added drawing illustrating a Psalm (2nd quarter of the 12th century), the text was written in the 1st half of the 11th century., Added drawings

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• null, Added drawings

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• null, Added drawings

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• null, Added drawings

Christ Church Canterbury: evidence of an initial with an archbishop wearing a pallium (f. 2); and by the script of one of the scribes (ff. 28-49v), identified by T. A. M. Bishop as being that of Eadui Basan, a Christ

• Decorated initial 'V'(etus), at the beginning of book 4., De universo seu De rerum naturis

'Etymologies' of Isidore, of Rabanus Maurus (b. c. 776, d. 856), abbot of Fulda and later archbishop of Mainz (ff. 6-282v), preceded by the letters to Louis the Germanic, king of Germany (843-876) (ff. 1-2), and to Haymo, bishop of