• Decorated initials 'H'(ic) and 'U'(nde)., Miscellany, including Experimentarius, with preface; Documentum experimenti retrograde (f. 22); Prognostica, quorum iudices sunt septem planetae et duodecim signa zodiaci (ff. 23-30v)

usually with blue penwork decoration. Paraphs in blue. Running headers in red. Diagram and charts in brown and/or red (ff. 1, 2v, 22v). Miscellany, including Experimentarius, with preface; Documentum experimenti retrograde (f. 22); Prognostica, quorum iudices sunt septem planetae et

• null, Miscellany, including Experimentarius, with preface; Documentum experimenti retrograde (f. 22); Prognostica, quorum iudices sunt septem planetae et duodecim signa zodiaci (ff. 23-30v)

usually with blue penwork decoration. Paraphs in blue. Running headers in red. Diagram and charts in brown and/or red (ff. 1, 2v, 22v). Miscellany, including Experimentarius, with preface; Documentum experimenti retrograde (f. 22); Prognostica, quorum iudices sunt septem planetae et

• Decorated initial 'H'(enrico) at the beginning of Peter of Blois's Compendium super Job., Compendium super Job, De conversatione sancti Pauli, De transfiguratione Domini, ending imperfectly

Decorated initial 'H'(enrico) at the beginning of Peter of Blois's Compendium super Job. Large initials in green with red penwork decoration, and in red with green penwork decoration. Large initials in red. Compendium super Job, De conversatione sancti Pauli,

• Decorated initial 'y'(e) at the beginning of the Prick of Conscience., Prick of Conscience

the dialect of central Staffordshire, according to Lewis and MacIntosh 1982 p. 69. 1 three-sided border of red pen-flourishing with foliate forms (f. 2). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Highlighting of letters in red. Prick

• The ownership inscription of Sir Henry Spelman, historian and antiquary, and of 'Jhon boyce'., Prick of Conscience

In the dialect of central Staffordshire, according to Lewis and MacIntosh 1982 p. 69. 1 three-sided border of red pen-flourishing with foliate forms (f. 2). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Highlighting of letters in red.

• Decorated initials., Theological miscellany

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIII.29’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Miniature of the Nativity, at the beginning of a prayer to the Virgin., Prayer book

and blue grounds. Prayer book Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: inscribed 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in

• Historiated initials 'I'(n principio) of God enthroned in the upper register and God blessing in the lower register, at the beginning of Genesis, with 6 medallions of the days of Creation in the lower margin., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

guide running titles and guide chapter numbers, pricking. Numerous pointing hands. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold and 6 medallions of Creation, at the beginning of Genesis (f. 1). 21 historiated initials in colours, sometimes with pen-flourished decoration (ff.

• Inhabited initials 'H'(ec sunt) with white lions, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

claustro Roffen[se] que[m] qui inde alienav[er]it / alienatu[m]ve celav[er]it exco[mun]icatus sit', and 'per Radu[l]fum d[e] Ros p[ri]orem', 14th century (f. 1), included in the addition to the Rochester library catalogue of 1202, associated with the name of Walter de Maidestane

• Text page., Theological miscellany of saints lives and sermons, including the life of Becket, and De Gesta Pontificum

Text page. f. 1* verso is a 14th-century list of contents.f. 288 is a portion of a parchment leaf with various inscriptions. Initials in blue with penwork decoration in red, or in red with penwork decoration in blue, or

• Two puzzle initials and decorated initials., Theological miscellany, including Proverbs; Architrenius; Poem on the Story of Troy; The Metrical Life of St Hugh

Two puzzle initials and decorated initials. Contents of part 1:Treatise on rhetoric (ff. 1-8)Metrical life of Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln (ff. 9-22)Poems on the Story of Troy (ff. 22v-23v and 76-81v)Elegaic poem on words (f. 24)Architrenius (ff. 25-75v)Poem and

• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix biting a branch., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix burning, illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again from the ashes., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Detail of a miniature of a dragon attacking an elephant., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Historiated initial representing Ban falling from his horse, and the Lady of the Lake holding Lancelot as a baby., Lancelot-Grail

for 1st person pl., use of 'w' ). Historiated initial in colours and gold of episodes from Lancelot's infancy (f. 1). Large puzzle initial with pen-flourishing and with the letters of the first three words of the text arranged vertically

• Text page with coloured initials., Lancelot-Grail

for 1st person pl., use of 'w' ). Historiated initial in colours and gold of episodes from Lancelot's infancy (f. 1). Large puzzle initial with pen-flourishing and with the letters of the first three words of the text arranged vertically

• Drawings of doves in roundels at the beginning of the Aviarium., Theological distinctiones, notes, commonplaces, sermons, an abridged Aviarium, beginning, ''Si dormiatis inter medios' (ff. 150-159v) epigrams, and excerpts from the moralised bestiary (ff. 215-216)

Peter, Paul, and Oswald at Bardney, Lincolnshire: inscribed, 'Constat liber iste monasterio de Bardenay' (f. 211v); inscribed 'Bardenay' (ff. [i], 1); included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by

• Detail of a miniature of hunters spearing a bonnacon, and protecting themselves from its burning dung with a shield., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Detail of a miniature of a mother ape climbing a tree, attempting to escape from hunters, with one baby in front and a second on her back., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts

• Detail of a miniature of a unicorn being held by a woman and pursued by three men, one of whom spears it with a lance, and another with a sword., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

the beginning.Crossed tironian ets. Numerous (106) miniatures in colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts