This manuscript contains a decorated copy of the Historia
Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the
English People) by Bede the Venerable (b. 672, d. 735). Sometimes
known as the 'Tiberius Bede', it was made in the south of England
in late 8th or early 9th century. In the 9th and 10th century, some
Latin and Old English glosses were added to the manuscript in ink
(ff. 5r-5v, 10v, 34v, 60v, 67r, 124v, 125r). Contents: ff. 3r-157v:
Bede the Venerable, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum ,
beginning: 'Gloriosissimo regi Ceoluulfo Beda famulus Christi et
presbyter historiam gentis Anglorum ecclesiasticam, quam nuper
edideram'. The original f. 1 and f. 158, containing leaves from a
14th-century Psalter, have been removed and placed in Royal MS 13 D
I*, ff. 27, 29Decoration: Several initials in red, green, and
yellow with interlace and beasts' heads (ff. 5v, 34v, 60v, 94r,
126r) at the beginning of each book; initials with penwork
(throughout).
