• null, Liturgy of Basil of Caesarea

Basilio', f. 1).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818 (inscription 'E Libri Caroli Parr Burney 1818', f. 1). Detail Eastern Mediterranean

• Detail of illuminated initial., Ab urbe condita, first decade, imperfect (ff. 5-108v); preceded (ff. 1-4v) by a table of chapters

Detail of illuminated initial. 1 large foliate initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldry (f. 1). 8 large foliate initials in colours and gold with partial borders at the beginning of books (ff. 13, 30, 41v,

• Detail of lower border., Ab urbe condita, first decade, imperfect (ff. 5-108v); preceded (ff. 1-4v) by a table of chapters

Detail of lower border. 1 large foliate initial, in colours and gold, with a partial border incorporating heraldry (f. 1). 8 large foliate initials in colours and gold with partial borders at the beginning of books (ff. 13, 30, 41v,

• null, Le Régime du corps, imperfect

1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 58). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, and in red with blue pen-flourishing. Small simple initials in blue. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red.

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uod)., Medical text, with incipit 'Quod imprimis coegit'

2.We thank François Avril for the localisation of this manuscript. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red and blue penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Large initials in red with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with red penwork

• Miniatures of the Crucifixion, Nebuchadnezzar seeing a tree in a dream, King Codrus griving himself to his destruction for his people, and Eleazar stabbing the elephant and being crushed by it, 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.

• Initial 'S' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Alchemical treatises., Alchemical treatises

the beginning of the Alchemical treatises. 1 large initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Small initials in plain red. Diagrams. Alchemical treatises Inscription, 15th century, and the number 'XV.B' (f. 1).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician:

• Flourished initials, in Petrus de Riga's Aurora., Aurora

used for 'A Thrteenth-century Foreward' for the critical edition. 1 large (f. 2) and small initials in blue with red (foliate) pen-flourishing. Aurora Franciscan convent, Cambridge: inscription (f. 1).Inscription in English, 15th- or 16th-century: 'Thomas …' (f. 117).Sir Hans Sloane

• Decorated initial 'T'(empo), at the beginning of a Manual on heraldry., Manual on Heraldry

Manual on heraldry. Only the illuminated part is described. 1 large decorated initial in brown ink with red and yellow infill, with red penwork decoration, preceeded by heraldic arms (f. 2v). 1 small initial in red with brown pen-flourishing (f.

• Puzzle initial 'C'(um)., Medical miscellany

Puzzle initial 'C'(um). Only the illuminated parts are described. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 1). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Medical miscellany

• Puzzle initial 'A', at the beginning of Guilelmus Britonis's Vocabularius biblicus., Vocabularius biblicus

'A', at the beginning of Guilelmus Britonis's Vocabularius biblicus. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, and decorated extension in red and blue (f. 1). Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or

• Detail of a decorated panel with foliate scroll and geometric design, at the end of ~parashat mishpatim~ (Ex. 21:1-24:18)., Portions from the Exodus with Arabic translation and commentary

Detail of a decorated panel with foliate scroll and geometric design, at the end of ~parashat mishpatim~ (Ex. 21:1-24:18). Incomplete at the beginning, and several lacunae. Ruling is visible. Numerous decorated panels inserted into the body of the text,

• Inhabited initial 'B'(eatus) with 'white lions', at the beginning of the treatise on Psalm 1., Flores Psalterii

3 foliate, zoomorphic, or inhabited initials in colours, at the beginning of the prologues and the treatise on Psalm 1 (ff. 1, 3). 2 large initials in red or blue with foliate penwork decoration in green, blue, and brown, at

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(anctus) formed of a dragon, with foliate decoration, display script, and pen-flourishing in the margin, at the beginning of the prologue to the commentary on Psalms., Commentary on Psalms 1-50

to the commentary on Psalms. Quire and bifolium signatures. 1 zoomorphic initial in colours with display script and pen-flourishing in red and blue, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 1). 4 large puzzle initials in red and blue with

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of Gregory the Great writing, at the beginning of homily 1., Homiliae In Ezechielem, book 2, with Ezekiel 40: 1-47

historiated initials in outline drawing, with display script, at the beginning of Ezekilel 40, and of Gregory's homily 1 on Ezekiel (ff. 1, 4v). Large puzzle initials with penwork decoration in red and green, at the beginning of other homilies

• Text page of the end of chapter 158 and the beginning of the chapter 159 of book 4, with a decorated chapter number., De Concordia Evangelistarum (or Explanatio in Unum ex Quatuor)

with penwork decoration in blue, red and green, at the beginning of the prologue and books 1, 3, 4 (ff. 11, 20, 96, 162). 1 puzzle initial in red, at the beginning of book 2 (f. 57). Small initials in

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the days of Creation, at the beginning of book 1., Antiquitates iudaicae

to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115.Quire signatures. 1 historiated initial of Creation, in colours, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 3). 14 outline initials, some with foliate decoration interlaced with human figures,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the days of Creation, at the beginning of book 1., Antiquitates iudaicae

to him are: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 752 and Oxford, Christ Church 115.Quire signatures. 1 historiated initial of Creation, in colours, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 3). 14 outline initials, some with foliate decoration interlaced with human figures,

• Decorated initial word ~Wa-yiqra~ (And [the Lord] called) in brown ink, at the beginning of Leviticus., Commentary on the Pentateuch with the ~Haftarot~ (ff. 1-240) on the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 240v-270), and on the ~Haftarot~ for festivals (ff. 270-287v)

Parallel Hebrew foliation (ff. 1-70). 1 textual illustration, in brown ink (f. 101), 2 diagrams of the Holy Land (ff. 198-199), 2 decorated initial words, in brown ink (ff. 1, 126), 1 marginal illustration (f. 1). Commentary on the Pentateuch

• Miniature divided in two compartments: 1. Moses receiving the tablets of the law from God and Moses breaking the tablets of the law; and 2. The worship of the golden calf; with two foliate initials 'L'(e premier) and 'C'(hoses), at the beginning of the text of La somme le roi., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

de France, fr. 241) (quires 2, 4-8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 21, 26, 28).Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large (f. 1) and 23 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning of books (ff. 3v, 5, 16v, 26v,