• Ownership inscription of a Franciscan convent, Canterbury, reading 'Iste liber est de communitate fr[atru]m minorum Cantuarie', and a 16th-century note describing the manuscript as the first volume of a Bible in 8 volumes, and referring to the set of books, now Royal 3 E I-V, VII-VIII, reading 'In this Bible withe a glosse and Com[m]entairies are 8 volumes and / in them are contayned Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, / Deuteronomie, Esaye, Jeremye, Ezachiel, Daniel, Job, Psalmi / Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Cantica, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus, Osee, / Joel, Amos, abdias, Jonas, Micheas, Nahum, Abacuc, Sophonias, / Aggeus, Zacharye, Malachye, Machabees, Matheum, Marc, / Luke, John, Act. Apost., Epist. Ad Romanos 1, ad Cotinth. 2, ad Galat. 1,/ ad Ephes. 1, ad Philipp. 1, ad Colocess. 1, ad Thessal 2, ad Thimoth 2., /ad Titu[m] 1, ad Philemonem 1, ad Hebreos 1, Jacobi 1, Petri 2, Joh[ann]is 3, / Juda 1, Apocalipse. Mss these are bounde in redde lether prynted./ Memorandum that in an other sute of the same order bounde in white lether in / 7 volumes you maye supplye yor wante of these followinge Josue, Judic. / Esdras, Ruth, Tobias, Hester. (added) ved. 3 E I-VIII./ So you wante in bothe only the bookes of Kinges and Chronicles. / Wherefore I woulde wishe yt bothe these fortes be kepte whollye and entierely / togither, that the one maye supplie / the wante of the other.', Genesis and Exodus, with the Glossa ordinaria

1, ad Cotinth. 2, ad Galat. 1,/ ad Ephes. 1, ad Philipp. 1, ad Colocess. 1, ad Thessal 2, ad Thimoth 2., /ad Titu[m] 1, ad Philemonem 1, ad Hebreos 1, Jacobi 1, Petri 2, Joh[ann]is 3, / Juda

• Detail of puzzle initial., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Detail of puzzle initial. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Extension of descenders into the margin on

• Detail of inscription., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Detail of inscription. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Extension of descenders into the margin on the

• Decorated initials 'C'(onvenuit) and 'O'(mnis) with several pointing hands or maniculae in the margins., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Decorated initials 'C'(onvenuit) and 'O'(mnis) with several pointing hands or maniculae in the margins. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ixerat) at the beginning of book 5 of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

extensions forming a partial border at the beginning of each book (f. 1, 6, 13, 23v, 32v). Simple initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. 1 marginal drawing of a face (f. 37). De Consolatione Philosophiae (index

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uod)., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Puzzle initial 'Q'(uod). 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Extension of descenders into the margin on the

• Detail of decorated initial., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Detail of decorated initial. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Extension of descenders into the margin on

• Marginal image of a pennant on a wheeled base, the stand surmounted by a cross, and the decorated initials 'A'(nno) and 'P'(roceres)., Annales

and 'P'(roceres). 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue pen-flourishing (f. 1). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, and in blue with red pen-flourishing. 1 large marginal image of a pennant (f. 41v). 1 diagram in

• Display script and border., Commission from Giovanni Cornaro, Doge of Venice, to Benedetto Ciurano, as Proveditor and Captain of the Island of Corfu

Display script and border. 1 title page with display script and a three-sided foliate border, in gold and blue (f. 1). Commission from Giovanni Cornaro, Doge of Venice, to Benedetto Ciurano, as Proveditor and Captain of the Island of Corfu

• null, Gospel Lectionary for the liturgical year starting from the lesson for Easter Sunday

Marginal notes in Ottoman Turkish (ff. 1, 49, 149). Headpiece with vine scroll decoration in colours on a gold ground, partially mutilated, with title and initial in gold (f. 1). Subsequent headpieces decorated in red ink. Large and small red

• Drawing of Gabriel., Miscellany of tracts on magic, including The Divine Seal of Solomon (ff. 127v-137v)

Drawing of Gabriel. f. 1 is a list of contents in Enlgish and Latin in an 18th-century (?) hand. 7 full-page drawings of angels in ink with a yellow or blue wash on parchment (ff. 124-127). 1 full-page drawing in

• Decorated foliate initial 'Q'(uoniam) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of Petrus Crescentius Bononiensis's Epistola ad magistrum ordinis predicatorum., Liber Ruralium Commodorum

beginning of Petrus Crescentius Bononiensis's Epistola ad magistrum ordinis predicatorum. 1 large decorated foliate initial, accompanied by a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 7v). Large and smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate

• Detail: decorated catchword., Prayers for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'London Days of Awe Mahzor')

visible. 1 initial-word panel inhabited by birds, dragons, and hybrids in ink (f. 1). 2 initial words decorated with geometrical motifs/inhabited by hybrids and dragons in brown ink (ff. 28v, 48v). 8 marginal decorations in brown ink (ff. 1, 2,

• Miniature illustrating the Code of Justinian, Book V.1: Concerning betrothals, betrothal pledges, and betrothal negotiations: A woman betrothed to a man may renounce the betrothal and marry another. An initial 'A'(lii) with foliate extension and display script for the textual opening of letters and zoomorphic and foliate line-fillers., Leaves of the Code of Justinian (index Codex Justiniani), containing the beginnings of Books II, V and VIII, glossed.

Reading Room order Add. 23144. 3 miniatures in colours, illustrating the opening of Books II, V and VIII (ff. 4-6). 1 anthropomorphic initial 'I' (f. 6) and 2 foliate initials (ff. 4 and 5) in colours, with display script for

• Decorated initials., Glossed Liber Sextus Decretalium

Decorated initials. Spaces for 1 large miniature and 1 large illuminated initial (f. 1). Spaces for smaller illuminated initials. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, in the text and the glosses. Paraph marks

• Detail of decorated initials., Glossed Liber Sextus Decretalium

Detail of decorated initials. Spaces for 1 large miniature and 1 large illuminated initial (f. 1). Spaces for smaller illuminated initials. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, in the text and the glosses.

• Detail of pecia mark., Glossed Liber Sextus Decretalium

Detail of pecia mark. Spaces for 1 large miniature and 1 large illuminated initial (f. 1). Spaces for smaller illuminated initials. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, in the text and the glosses.

• null, Miscellany, including a Psalter, prayers, litany and canticles, and hymns (ff. 1-68v); Ci commence Avicennes (ff. 69-142v); the Lettre d'Hippocrate (ff. 143-147v); prayers to Margaret (ff. 146v-147) and Psalms

and gold (ff. 1, 8, 12v, 16, 20, 29, 33, 48). 9 large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration and dragons or animal heads, at the Psalter divisions and the start of texts (ff. 1, 8, 12v, 16,

• Detail of a miniature of a fox (vulpes) playing dead in order to catch two birds (aves), who swoop down to feed on its carcass., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

down to feed on its carcass. 1 full-page diagram with frame and central roundel in colours and gold (f. 2v). Numerous large miniatures in colours (29 of the aviarium; 24 of the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and

• Detail of a miniature of an eagle., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

of a miniature of an eagle. 1 full-page diagram with frame and central roundel in colours and gold (f. 2v). Numerous large miniatures in colours (29 of the aviarium; 24 of the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and