• null, Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

script, 15th century, perhaps by Jean Lebègue. 2 large initials in gold with red, blue, and green foliate decoration (ff. 1, 53). 2 similar large foliate initials in blue, red, and green (ff. 21, 59v). Small initials alternately red with

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Psalm 109, with an Anglo-Norman French translation written above the Latin text., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

large gold initials with foliate decoration in colours on a blue wash background (f. 7, 54v, 100v, 114v) at Psalms 1, 51, 101, and 109. Large initials in red, blue, yellow, or green, most with foliate and other patterned decoration

• The beginning of the litany, which includes the Peterborough saints Cyniburg, Cyneswith, and Tibba. Note that Peter ('PETRE') is written in capitals, and has a double invocation, as does Oswald 'Oswalde'), founder of the abbey at Ramsey, south of Peterborough., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

large gold initials with foliate decoration in colours on a blue wash background (f. 7, 54v, 100v, 114v) at Psalms 1, 51, 101, and 109. Large initials in red, blue, yellow, or green, most with foliate and other patterned decoration

• null, Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

script, 15th century, perhaps by Jean Lebègue. 2 large initials in gold with red, blue, and green foliate decoration (ff. 1, 53). 2 similar large foliate initials in blue, red, and green (ff. 21, 59v). Small initials alternately red with

• Detail of a decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of 1 Kings., Bible (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Bible') with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

of a decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of 1 Kings. Unfoliated blank leaves after ff. 12 (ff. [12a], [12b]), 448.Hebrew foliation from f. 13 starting with alef, that is, 1 until f. 124 (Hebrew fol. 113). Hebrew foliation restarts

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(gitur) with heads of saints and foliate decoration., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero

• Detail of a decorated initial 'I'(gitur), with geometric and foliate motifs., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'O'(rtaris) with fish, faces, animal heads and hybrid creatures at the beginning of the prologue to the life of Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, identified by the title in red., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(emporibus) with hybrids, a portrait bust (emperor Julian or his minister?), and mask, at the beginning of the life of Gordian, and catchword 'presbiter' ('priest') in the lower margin., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'B'(eatus) with heads and hybrid creatures wrestling at the beginning of the life of the early Christian martyr Germanus., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(emporibus) with Michael the Archangel, who holds the scales to weigh the souls at the Last Judgement and spears a dragon below his feet, at the beginning of the life of Alexis, celebrated on the 17th calends of July., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero

• Full page diagram of a cross outlined in red and inscribed in blue: Rex, Lex, Pax, and Lux., Gospel lectionary with collects and a calendar

99v). 6 large zoomorphic or historiated initials in colours (ff. 77v, 80v, 81, 85, 92v, 93v). 1 very large initial in red (f. 153). 1 smaller initial in red (f. 105v). 4 large initials in red and/or blue (ff. 100v,

• Illuminated initial 'E'(xcita) in colours, gold and silver, with foliate and geometric motifs., Gospel lectionary with collects and a calendar

99v). 6 large zoomorphic or historiated initials in colours (ff. 77v, 80v, 81, 85, 92v, 93v). 1 very large initial in red (f. 153). 1 smaller initial in red (f. 105v). 4 large initials in red and/or blue (ff. 100v,

• Detail of marginal drawing of a woman., Commentary on Cicero's De inventione (index Rhetorica), ending imperfect

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Print and miniature of Doge Franciscus Molino., Commission of Doge Franciscus Molino to Giovanni Semitecolo

of Doge Franciscus Molino. 1 full-page miniature, in colours and gold (f. 3), preceeded by a printed version of the composition (f. 2v). Chrysography. Display script. Commission of Doge Franciscus Molino to Giovanni Semitecolo Giovanni Semitecolo: his appointment, inscribed 'Nos

• Medieval binding of whittawed leather over oak boards with a flat spine and two projecting flaps, at the top and bottom. Fastened to a staple at the bottom of the front cover are three links of a chain. A white strap, secured by a decorated metal plate to the front cover, fits onto a pin in the middle of the back cover by means of a 16th-century metal loop. This is possibly a restoration of the original fastening, but previously two straps went from the front to the back, as is shown by the surviving sockets for them and their pins., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

Boston 'Boston Buriensis', a monk of Bury St Edmunds (said to have fl. c. 1410) (ff. 1, 159); early 15th-century inscription 'Johannes Bury' (f. 1 and f. iii (the back cover)), . ? Sir Nicholas Bacon, the Lord Keeper: Redgrave

• Zoomorphic initial 'O'(rtaris) with fish, faces, animal heads and hybrid creatures at the beginning of the prologue to the life of Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, identified by the title in red. The small word 'incipit' in the page's lower right corner is a note of the first word on the next page made to help assemble the pages of the book when it was made., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero

• Historiated initial 'T'(emporibus) with hybrids, a portrait bust (emperor Julian or his minister?), and mask, at the beginning of the life of Gordian, and catchword 'presbiter' ('priest') in the lower margin. The rubric also gives the date on which Gordian was commemorated, on the 6th in the ides of May (6 May)., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero

• Historiated initial 'T'(emporibus) with Michael the Archangel, who holds the scales to weigh the souls at the Last Judgement and spears a dragon below his feet, at the beginning of the life of Alexis, celebrated on the 17th calends of July., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero

• Inhabited initial 'B'(eatus) with heads and hybrid creatures wrestling at the beginning of the life of the early Christian martyr Germanus., Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect

title-page to the 12th-century manuscript (part 1), added by Sir Simonds d'Ewes.f. 84 has been vertically cut in half. f. 99* is a parchment strip with added 17th-century letters 'PAS'.ff. 145v-146 are blank.Part 1 was originally bound with Cotton Nero