• Decorated initial 'D' in Bede's letter to Ecgbert, Bishop of York (died 766)., Commentary on Proverbs, Letter to Ecgberht of York (ff. 89-97)

letter to Ecgbert, Bishop of York (died 766). One of three manuscripts containing this letter, according to ~The Making of England: Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900~, 1991.f. 1 is a parchment fragment with various inscriptions.f. 98 is a parchment

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

both colours. Epistolae ex Ponto Written in Northumbria, possibly at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary, York, according to Lawrence 1994 p. 466 and Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 124.Unidentified owner, 13th century?: ‘hic est | bu(?) | Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f.

• Initial 'N'(aso) and inscription of Roger Twysden, at the beginning of Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

green, red, or both colours. Epistolae ex Ponto Written in Northumbria, possibly at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary, York, according to Lawrence 1994 p. 466 and Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 124.Unidentified owner, 13th century?: ‘hic est | bu(?) | Walteri

• Decorated initial 'R'(edditus) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

both colours. Epistolae ex Ponto Written in Northumbria, possibly at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary, York, according to Lawrence 1994 p. 466 and Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 124.Unidentified owner, 13th century?: ‘hic est | bu(?) | Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f.

• Decorated initial 'R'(edditus) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

both colours. Epistolae ex Ponto Written in Northumbria, possibly at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary, York, according to Lawrence 1994 p. 466 and Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 124.Unidentified owner, 13th century?: ‘hic est | bu(?) | Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f.

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

both colours. Epistolae ex Ponto Written in Northumbria, possibly at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary, York, according to Lawrence 1994 p. 466 and Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 124.Unidentified owner, 13th century?: ‘hic est | bu(?) | Walteri | [..?]eff’ (f.

• Puzzle initial 'U'(erbum) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of Hosea., Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss

blue. Minor Prophets and Job, with gloss The Benedictine cathedral priory of St. Mary, Worcester: inscribed by William Thornhill of York, c. 1528 (see a dated inscription by him in Royal 2 D. XXVI), 'Liber ecclesiae beatae Mariae Wigorne[nsis] /

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

Clericalis of Petrus Alphonsi, 14th century (f. 1).The Benedictine cathedral priory of St. Mary, Worcester: inscribed by William Thornhill of York, c. 1528 (see a dated inscription by him in Royal 2 D XXVI): inscribed 'Liber Ecclesiae beatae Mariae Wigorne[nsis]

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'S'(osius) with foliate decoration and two lions., Antiquitates iudaicae (books XV-XX), De bello iudaico

commiserit aut titulum delev[er]it anathema sit. Am[en]', 12th-13th century (f.1). Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal

• Miniature of a centaur holding a snake; below, hedgehogs collecting grapes on their spines., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

on their spines. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas

• Miniature of a swallow, at the beginning of the entry for swallow., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

for swallow. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker

• Miniature of two serpents fighting, at the beginning of the entry for 'vipera'., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

entry for 'vipera'. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'A'(ntipatro) with foliate decoration, a lion, and a bird, at the beginning of book 17., Antiquitates iudaicae (books XV-XX), De bello iudaico

commiserit aut titulum delev[er]it anathema sit. Am[en]', 12th-13th century (f.1). Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal

• Text page., Antiquitates iudaicae (books XV-XX), De bello iudaico

commiserit aut titulum delev[er]it anathema sit. Am[en]', 12th-13th century (f.1). Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal

• Miniatures of a two goats and a bull., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The

• Detail of a miniature of vultures., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The Roxburgh

• Detail of a miniature of a swan., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The

• Detail of a miniature of cranes., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The Roxburgh

• Miniature of cranes., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker (London: The Roxburgh Club,

• Miniature of doves, including one on a nest in a bird house., Bestiary, and various theological texts, e.g., Isidore of Seville, Imago Mundi

bird house. A direct copy of the Worksop Bestiary, New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 81 (see ~Two East Anglian Picture Books : A Facsimile of the Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary and Bodleian Ms. Ashmole 1504~, ed. by Nicholas Barker