• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

1 large puzzle initial (f. 1). Small initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235:

• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

1 large puzzle initial (f. 1). Small initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235:

• Decorated initial 'P'(receptis), and the Pinelli number '7899' in the upper left-hand corner., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

Decorated initial 'P'(receptis), and the Pinelli number '7899' in the upper left-hand corner. 1 large puzzle initial (f. 1). Small initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of

• Decorated initials 'N'(eminem) and 'R'(ex); the lower margin with a note stating that from the creation of the world (5199 years before the birth of Christ) to the present is 6,434 years., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

creation of the world (5199 years before the birth of Christ) to the present is 6,434 years. 1 large puzzle initial (f. 1). Small initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and

• Decorated initial 'P'(rima), at the beginning of Horace's Epistolae., Odes (ff. 3-42), Epodes (ff. 42-50), Carmen saeculare (ff. 50-51), Ars poetica (ff. 51-57), Epistolae (ff. 57-76), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 76-101v)

Decorated initial 'P'(rima), at the beginning of Horace's Epistolae. Large and small initials alternately red with blue flourishing (as far as f. 25v), or vice versa; those on ff. 3 and 76 with penwork in both colours. Line-fillers. Odes

• Decorated initial 'Q'(ui), at the beginning of Horace's Sermones., Odes (ff. 3-42), Epodes (ff. 42-50), Carmen saeculare (ff. 50-51), Ars poetica (ff. 51-57), Epistolae (ff. 57-76), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 76-101v)

Decorated initial 'Q'(ui), at the beginning of Horace's Sermones. Large and small initials alternately red with blue flourishing (as far as f. 25v), or vice versa; those on ff. 3 and 76 with penwork in both colours. Line-fillers. Odes

• Text page from Annals for the years 1041 to 1080, with a list of emperors and kings., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

134); and another list of popes ends with Innocent IV (1243-54) (f. 117v) (see Watson).Includes the punctus flexus punctuation mark. 1 large miniature in brown ink and red, green and blue (f. 16v). 10 large marginal or interlinear drawings in

• Puzzle initial 'D'(e) at the beginning of Bede's De temporibus, preceded by a list of its chapters and an added ownership inscription dated 1578., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

134); and another list of popes ends with Innocent IV (1243-54) (f. 117v) (see Watson).Includes the punctus flexus punctuation mark. 1 large miniature in brown ink and red, green and blue (f. 16v). 10 large marginal or interlinear drawings in

• Decorated border around a concordance of the months of the year in which the equivalent hours are of equal length; for example, in February and November, the 1st and 11th hours are of equal length., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

134); and another list of popes ends with Innocent IV (1243-54) (f. 117v) (see Watson).Includes the punctus flexus punctuation mark. 1 large miniature in brown ink and red, green and blue (f. 16v). 10 large marginal or interlinear drawings in

• Diagram of the Sun (Sol), Moon (luna) and Earth (Terra); with captions of the distances between them; and the known planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

134); and another list of popes ends with Innocent IV (1243-54) (f. 117v) (see Watson).Includes the punctus flexus punctuation mark. 1 large miniature in brown ink and red, green and blue (f. 16v). 10 large marginal or interlinear drawings in

• Diagram of the five zones of the earth, with the uninhabitably cold Arctic and Antarctic zones bounding three temperate, habitable, zones., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

134); and another list of popes ends with Innocent IV (1243-54) (f. 117v) (see Watson).Includes the punctus flexus punctuation mark. 1 large miniature in brown ink and red, green and blue (f. 16v). 10 large marginal or interlinear drawings in

• Table in a micro-architectural frame of differing systems of recording time., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

134); and another list of popes ends with Innocent IV (1243-54) (f. 117v) (see Watson).Includes the punctus flexus punctuation mark. 1 large miniature in brown ink and red, green and blue (f. 16v). 10 large marginal or interlinear drawings in

• Text from an Annals for the years 1121 to 1165: the central columns contain calendrical material, including the year 'anno domini' (A.D.) with notes on emperors and kings to the left; and popes, archbishops, bishops, abbots, and saints to the right., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

134); and another list of popes ends with Innocent IV (1243-54) (f. 117v) (see Watson).Includes the punctus flexus punctuation mark. 1 large miniature in brown ink and red, green and blue (f. 16v). 10 large marginal or interlinear drawings in

• Miniature of Aries (the ram), Gemini (the twins), Taurus (the bull), and Cancer (the crab), in Bede's De temporibus., Treatises on the Compotus; Of Natural Things, chronicles of Robert Losinga, Bishop of Hereford, and of Hugh of St Victor; and annals of Dore Abbey

134); and another list of popes ends with Innocent IV (1243-54) (f. 117v) (see Watson).Includes the punctus flexus punctuation mark. 1 large miniature in brown ink and red, green and blue (f. 16v). 10 large marginal or interlinear drawings in

• Decorated initial 'R'(emedium), in the Liber de venenis., Miscellany, including the Liber de venenis (ff. 1- 32)

Decorated initial 'R'(emedium), in the Liber de venenis. 1 large initial in red with pen-flourishing in red and brown (f. 1). Large initials in plain red or blue some with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in blue or red, some decorated

• null, Centum proverbia (ff. 1-39v); De situ orbis (ff. 40-86v)

in colours and gold (ff. 1, 40). Smaller initials in plain red. Centum proverbia (ff. 1-39v); De situ orbis (ff. 40-86v) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from

• Decorated initial 'S'(ecundus) at the beginning of the second book, in which Haymo comments on Isaiah 6, the prophet's vision of the Lord surrounded by chanting seraphim and the cleansing of his lips with a burning coal. The marks in the margin indicate citation of Isaiah., Commentary on Isaiah

decoration (ff. 1, 14), and in blue with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 1). Initials in red. Commentary on Isaiah The Benedictinne abbey of St Edmund, King and Martyr, Bury St Edmunds: its pressmark 'H.1' (f. 1); inscription 'Haymo

• Detail of puzzle initial., Etymologiae, Liber XII: De animalibus

puzzle initial. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue (f. 12). Small initials alternately in blue or red (green or red on f. 12). Spaces, perhaps for illustrations, remain blank. Marginal ink drawing of fantastic creature (f. 35v). Etymologiae,

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rofessores) with foliate penwork decoration, at the beginning of Edward Grim's Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis, with the ink-stamp of the Royal Society in the lower margin., Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis; epistolae, and related texts, imperfect

a larger volume: foliated from ff. 145-190 in a 16th-century (?) hand. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue foliate penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red or blue, many with penwork decoration in the

• Decorated initials 'I'(nter), 'R'(ex), and 'D'(esiderio), and later, possibly seventeenth-century marginal notations., Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis; epistolae, and related texts, imperfect

a larger volume: foliated from ff. 145-190 in a 16th-century (?) hand. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue foliate penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red or blue, many with penwork decoration in the