• Decorated initial 'A'(t) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Apuleius's Metamorphoses., Metamorphoses (index Metamorphoseon libri)

at the beginning of Apuleius's Metamorphoses. 1 large foliate initial, in colours (f. 2). Small initials alternately red with purple flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. Paraphs altenately red or blue. Metamorphoses (index Metamorphoseon libri) Partly palimpsest (e.g. ff. 26

• Illuminated headpiece decorated with a foliate pattern on a gold ground, (the right hand portion replaced with a similar pattern in red) and illuminated initial 'E'(n) at the beginning of the Gospel of John, with a marginal inscription in Ottoman Turkish., Gospel Lectionary for the liturgical year starting from the lesson for Easter Sunday

Ottoman Turkish. 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

• Decorated initials 'T'(acuinum) and partial borders, at the beginning of the Tacuinum sanitatis., De conservatione vitae humanae (ff. 1-61); Tacuinum sanitatis (ff. 61v-110v)

many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 3v, 61v (x2)). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate extensions into the margins (f.

• null, Metamorphoses (index Metamorphoseon libri)

1 large foliate initial, in colours (f. 2). Small initials alternately red with purple flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. Paraphs altenately red or blue. Metamorphoses (index Metamorphoseon libri) Partly palimpsest (e.g. ff. 26 and 33): under ultra-violet light

• null, De conservatione vitae humanae (ff. 1-61); Tacuinum sanitatis (ff. 61v-110v)

many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 3v, 61v (x2)). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate extensions into the margins (f.

• null, De conservatione vitae humanae (ff. 1-61); Tacuinum sanitatis (ff. 61v-110v)

many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 3v, 61v (x2)). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate extensions into the margins (f.

• null, De conservatione vitae humanae (ff. 1-61); Tacuinum sanitatis (ff. 61v-110v)

many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 3v, 61v (x2)). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate extensions into the margins (f.

• null, De conservatione vitae humanae (ff. 1-61); Tacuinum sanitatis (ff. 61v-110v)

many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 3v, 61v (x2)). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate extensions into the margins (f.

• White vine initial 'H'(unc), at the beginning of book 6., Cyropaedia

in colours and gold, at the beginning of the preface and of the books (ff. 1, 7, 38, 57v, 78, 99v, 127v, 147v, 172). Cyropaedia The translation was finished in 1467.Signed by the scribe 'Pet I excripsit' (f. 210).Antonius Clava

• Puzzle initial 'K'(arissimo), at the beginning of Guillelmus de Monte Lauduno's Sacramentale., Miscellany of legal texts

(ff. 1, 5v, 9v, 13v, 16). Large and small initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in blue or red. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Miscellany of legal texts Inscribed 'Z 123', in a 17th(?)-century hand (f. 1);

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit), at the beginning of Psalm 109., Old Testament

Decorated initial 'D'(ixit), at the beginning of Psalm 109. 1 large initial, only drawing, not executed in colours (f. 1). 2 large initials in red with brown penwork decoration (ff. 301, 326). Large and small initials mostely in plain red,

• Micrography at the beginning of ~parashat Bo~ (Exodus 10:1-13:16)., Pentateuch (the 'London Catalan Pentateuch') (ff. 1v-171v), ~Haftarot~ (ff. 172-225), and Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 225-246) with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

and sometimes pricking are visible. Numerous micrographical designs. Numerous decorated ~parashah~ signs, in ink. Pen drawing of a castle (f. 1). Pentateuch (the 'London Catalan Pentateuch') (ff. 1v-171v), ~Haftarot~ (ff. 172-225), and Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 225-246) with ~masorah

• Text page at the beginning of the ~haftarah~ for the first day of Passover (Joshua 3:5-–7; 5:2–6:1 and 27)., Pentateuch (the 'Coburg Pentateuch') with the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), ~Haftarot~, and grammatical treatises

(ff. 55, 73, 96v, 170). 1 initial word inhabited by hybrids and animals (f. 190). 4 decorated initial words (ff. 119v, 121v, 124, 128). 1 decoration embedded into the body of the text (f. 72), 1 marginal drawing depicting a

• Decorated initial 'C'(oment) with pen-flourishing and line-fillers at the beginning of the statutes., Nova statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III (ff. 30-115) to 17 Richard II (ff. 116-171v)

29v and 115v are blank. Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour including foliate motifs (ff. 1, 20, 30, 30v, 32v, etc.). Line-fillers in red and blue. Paraphs in red and/or blue. Some catchwords decorated with

• Detail of an illuminated white vine-stem initial 'Q'(uamquam), and display script in alternating colours in the style of Felice Feliciano of Verona, at the beginning of Cicero's De Imperio Cn. Pompei., Orations and letters (ff. 1-147); Invectivum in Ciceronem (ff. 147v-149)

Cicero's De Imperio Cn. Pompei. 1 large white vine initial and a full white vine border, incorporating heraldry, in colours and gold (f. 1). 14 large white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 30v, 37, 44v, 53v, 69v,

• Detail of an illuminated white vine-stem border and initial 'C'(redo) of strapwork, at the beginning of Cicero's Pro Roscio Amerino., Orations and letters (ff. 1-147); Invectivum in Ciceronem (ff. 147v-149)

of Cicero's Pro Roscio Amerino. 1 large white vine initial and a full white vine border, incorporating heraldry, in colours and gold (f. 1). 14 large white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 30v, 37, 44v, 53v, 69v,

• Large initial 'B' with penwork decoration in the form of leaves., Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50

17v). Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50 The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 946 ' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 and in the catalogue of

• Large puzzle initial 'P' with penwork decoration in the form of leaves., Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50

17v). Enarrationes in Psalmos 1-50 The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 946 ' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the Upper Library at Westminster of 1542 and in the catalogue of

• Decorated scribal formula at the end of Tractate Neziqim., Fragment of the commentary on Seder Nashim of the Mishnah

Decorated scribal formula at the end of Tractate Neziqim. Numerous drawings of geometric motifs at the end of the sections, in black ink. Decorated initial words at the beginning of chapters, in colours (ff. 6, 10). Fragment of the

• Heraldic device with angels., Grant of nobililty from Philip II to Andres Gomez Marocho, of Xeres de la Frontera

armorial book-plate (inside upper cover [f. 1]).Bought by the British Museum from Chas Lowe, 9 March 1894 (note on f. 1), using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin