• Detail of a text page., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

Highlighting of initials in brown or red. Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc. The Benedictine abbey of Hyde (New Minster): presentation miniature of King

• Detail of a text page., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

Highlighting of initials in brown or red. Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc. The Benedictine abbey of Hyde (New Minster): presentation miniature of King

• Coloured initial 'I' in the will of King Alfred the Great in Anglo-Saxon, which contains material relating to the foundations of Winchester, and is the earliest English royal will (See ~The Making of England~ 1991)., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

Highlighting of initials in brown or red. Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc. The Benedictine abbey of Hyde (New Minster): presentation miniature of King

• Text page., Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc.

Highlighting of initials in brown or red. Liber Vitae of Newminster and Hyde, with register, charters, customs, the will of Alfred the Great, benedictions and order of Mass, etc. The Benedictine abbey of Hyde (New Minster): presentation miniature of King

• Text page., Leaf from Isidore's 'Differentiarum sive de proprietate sermonum', book II: 'De differentiis rerum', xviii-xxxix

Text page. The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled by the bookseller and antiquary

• Coloured initial and rubric in display capitals., End of 'Contra mendacium' followed by the beginning of 'De cura pro mortuis gerenda', cropped leaf

Coloured initial and rubric in display capitals. The volume is a collection of fragments from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts and printed books, including maps and drawings, assembled

• Detail of pen drawings illustrating Psalm 2, with an historiated initial 'B'(eatus vir)., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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 an historiated initial 'B'(eatus vir), with a figure of Christ in a mandorla., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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 a pen drawing illustrating Psalm 9., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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 12., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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 a pen drawing illustrating Psalm 12., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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 a pen drawing illustrating Psalm 19., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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 a pen drawing illustrating Psalm 23., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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 14., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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 26, with a decorated initial 'D'(ominus inluminatis mea)., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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

• Pen drawing illustrating Psalm 28., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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

• Text page., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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 a pen drawing illustrating Psalm 38., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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. Detail of a pen drawing illustrating Psalm

• Detail of a pen drawing illustrating Psalm 39., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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 a drawing illustrating a Psalm., Psalter, in the Roman version, imperfect, ending in Psalm 143 (the 'Harley Psalter')

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