• Decorated headpiece, at the beginning of the Psalter., Psalter

Decorated headpiece, at the beginning of the Psalter. 1 decorated headpiece (f. 2). Large initials in plain red. Psalter Inscription in Russian (f. 1).Inscribed 'Ex dono Will(hel)mi Skinner Armig(?)' (f. 1). Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician

• Detail of puzzle initial., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

extensions forming a partial border at the beginning of each book (f. 1, 6, 13, 23v, 32v). Simple initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. 1 marginal drawing of a face (f. 37). De Consolatione Philosophiae (index

• Decorated initial 'C'(um), and, in the lower margin, the initials 'R. R.' and arms of Roger Rotherham, azure, on a mount, three pointed, vert, a stag in full course or., Strategemata (index Strategematica, De re militari)

pasted to f. 1); 'Collegii Regale dictum The Kynges Hall' (paper fragment pasted to f. 62v).E. Kneuet (possibly a fellow-commoner of Corpus Christi in 1544): his name inscribed (f. 1) (see Watson 1979).Unidentified shelfmark, '38' (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st

• Detail of the lower margin, with initials 'R. R.' and arms of Roger Rotherham, azure, on a mount, three pointed, vert, a stag in full course or., Strategemata (index Strategematica, De re militari)

pasted to f. 1); 'Collegii Regale dictum The Kynges Hall' (paper fragment pasted to f. 62v).E. Kneuet (possibly a fellow-commoner of Corpus Christi in 1544): his name inscribed (f. 1) (see Watson 1979).Unidentified shelfmark, '38' (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st

• Initial 'R' with the arms of Henry Despenser, bishop of Norwich, in the upper margin the signature of 'William Howarde 1579', in the right margin an ink drawing of a lion rampant, and in the lower margin the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

Society of London. 1 full foliate bar border and large initial in colours and gold, with a quadruped (dragon) on the border and an unfinished drawing in the historiated initial of a seated man writing (f. 2v). 1 three-sided foliate

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

the same hand on ff. 69r-73v is a table of contents in Latin. Codex Parchment 270 190 mm Quires remounted. 1 12 , ff. 1-12v, catchword; 2 12 , ff. 13r-24v, catchword; 3 10 , ff. 25r-34v, catchword; 4 2

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

4733 s. xv med English Scribe 1: Scribal dialect: Worcestershire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 391 277, LP 7600 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 249). Scribe 2: Scribal dialect: Warwickshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 410 262, LP 4681 (McIntosh, Samuels

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

4, p. 244). The scribal dialect of ff. 152r-163v has been located to Norfolk (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, vol. 1, p. 113). The manuscript contains Latin theological and moral texts which are interspersed with English and some French verses.