• Diagram showing the dignities of the planets., Astrological miscellany, including Messahala's Epistola (ff. 13v-15v); and De rebus occultis (ff. 84-88); Campanus's De dispositione aeris (f. 16r-v); Zael's Introductorium (ff. 31v-57)

the planets. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf. Large initials in red or brown, 1 with green penwork decoration (f. 10). Paraphs in red or green. Drawings in brown ink (f. 57). Diagrams in brown ink, 1 also with orange

• Text page., De notis antiquis (ff. 1-17); De urbis regionibus et vetustatibus opusculum (ff. 18-26)

collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth (see de la Mare, 1999). 1 large faceted initial in gold at the beginning of the first text (f. 1) and 1 smaller faceted initial in gold at the beginning of the second

• Decorated initial 'A'(nno) with foliate forms, in a cartulary of Chertsey abbey., Register of Chertsey abbey

1 unfoliated parchment leaf after each of ff. 26, 44, 72, 76, 82, 113, 123, 126, 134, 166, 198, 211, and 2 after f. 28.Guide letters.ff. 5-8 are parchment flyleaves. 1 full border in colours with faces (f. 9).

• null, Register of Chertsey abbey

1 unfoliated parchment leaf after each of ff. 26, 44, 72, 76, 82, 113, 123, 126, 134, 166, 198, 211, and 2 after f. 28.Guide letters.ff. 5-8 are parchment flyleaves. 1 full border in colours with faces (f. 9).

• null, Register of Chertsey abbey

1 unfoliated parchment leaf after each of ff. 26, 44, 72, 76, 82, 113, 123, 126, 134, 166, 198, 211, and 2 after f. 28.Guide letters.ff. 5-8 are parchment flyleaves. 1 full border in colours with faces (f. 9).

• Puzzle initial 'F' in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours., Papiae vocabularium et dictionarium (index Dictionary)

volumes with continuous foliation: vol. 1 (ff. 1-167v), and vol. 2 (ff. 168-336v).ff. 1-2v are originally blank parchment flyleaves with later inscriptions. ff. 2v, 165v-[165a]v and 167v are blank; ff. 161-165 are later additions.f. 1 is a former pastedown.ff. 166

• null, 16 homilies on Genesis (ff. 1v-51); 13 homilies on Exodus (ff. 51-90v)

inscribed ‘Iste e(st) fr(atru)m s(an)c(t)i B(e)n(e)d(ict)i ordi(ni)s [last word erased:] Camaldule(n)sis’ (f. 90v); traces of further erased ownership inscriptions (f. 1); cf. Egerton 3036 and Yates Thompson 40, both Camaldolese manuscripts).Mr White: his sale, 5 December 1814, lot 564, bought

• 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

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) in a collection of statutes., Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), and other texts

a collection of statutes. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 20v). Large initials in red with blue (and sometimes red) penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and in blue with red penwork decoration

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the statuta Westmonasterium secunda., Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), and other texts

beginning of the statuta Westmonasterium secunda. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 20v). Large initials in red with blue (and sometimes red) penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and in blue with red

• Heraldic arms surrounded by the garter, and on the right, an illuminated initial 'T'(he) at the beginning of the statutes and ordinances of the Order of the Garter., Statutes and ordinances of the Order of the Garter of St George

Garter. 2 full-page heraldic arms and crests, surrounded by the garter and motto of the Order of the Garter (ff. 1, 1v). Large initials in gold or silver on gold and coloured grounds. Statutes and ordinances of the Order of

• Detail of a puzzle initial 'P'(ost) in a collection of statutes., Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), and other texts

'P'(ost) in a collection of statutes. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 20v). Large initials in red with blue (and sometimes red) penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and in blue with red

• Detail of a decorated initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the statuta Westmonasterium secunda., Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), and other texts

the beginning of the statuta Westmonasterium secunda. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 20v). Large initials in red with blue (and sometimes red) penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and in blue with

• Decorated border and puzzle initial 'A(micum), the usual incipit of Platearius's text: 'Amicum induit qui amicorum precibus, with a bird and squirrels ? in the penwork decoration., Practica brevis (ff. 5-85v), with other short texts such as medical recipes

induit qui amicorum precibus, with a bird and squirrels ? in the penwork decoration. 1 large initial puzzle initial in blue and red, with blue and red penwork decoration including animals, and extending into a full border (f. 5). Large

• Miniature of knights, decorated initial 'L'(i) and partial border, at the beginning of the prologue of Jean de Meung's L'Art de Chivalry., L'Art de Chivalry

the prologue of Jean de Meung's L'Art de Chivalry. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 5 large decorated initials developing partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 2v, 23v, 43, 85). Smaller and small initials

• Miniatures of the Adoration of the Three Magi, the Three Magi seeing the star from Bethlehem, three knights bringing water to King David, and the throne of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, in the Speculum humanae salvationis., Speculum humanae salvationis (ends imperfectly)

1 large initial in red with simple pen-flourishing in red (f. 120). Small initials in plain red. Speculum humanae salvationis (ends imperfectly) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: inscribed 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana Min: 188' (f.

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam) at the beginning of Eberhard of Béthune's Graecismus., Graecismus with gloss

initial in brown and red, with brown and red penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with a green wash, or brown penwork decoration, and some with brown ink faces in the bowls. Paraphs in red. Graecismus with

• Large foliate initial 'O' in red, partly original and partly restored by Bartolomeo Sanvito., Epigrams (index Epigrammatum), imperfect

original and partly restored by Bartolomeo Sanvito. 1 blank parchment folio after f. 8 and 2 after f. 13.f. 1 is a parchment leaf with a Latin cursive inscription on the recto. 1 large foliate initial in red (f. 1v).

• Initial word with modest penwork decoration around its letters, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for the afternoon service of Rosh ha-Shanah (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 6823)., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot, Ashkenazi rite

223. 1 folio with text framed by an arcade in ink (f. 121v). 2 decorated initial words framed by an arcade in ink (f. 47v, 101). 6 decorated initial words, in ink (ff. 18v, 32v, 37, 84, 223, 310). 1

• Miniature of Adam and Eve in paradise, with a trompe l'oeil border with a portrait of Henry VIII with his royal arms, and illuminated initial 'I'(n principio), at the beginning of Genesis., Bible

Volume one of two: vol. II is Royal MS 1 C VI.Quire signatures, instructions for rubricator. Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing, 1 initial with two-sided pen-flourished border (f. 1). Small initials in red or blue. Running titles