• Genealogical diagram from Pierre de Poitiers's Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi., Aurora, with marginal gloss; Pierre de Poitiers' Compendium (ff. 1v-6v)

former: inherited and later sold the D’Ewes library to Robert Harley on 4 October 1705 for £450 (see Watson 1966).Inscribed 'John Anne ?W' in an ?18th-century hand (f. 1).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st

• Puzzle initials for prologues and beginning of Amos., Bible, including the Interpretation of Hebrew Names, imperfect

Puzzle initials for prologues and beginning of Amos. Includes the Interpretation of Hebrew Names at the end (part of the original campaign). Psalms incomplete (only Psalm 1 to the middle of Psalm 5 on f. 127v). Chapters start on

• Schematic plan of Jerusalem with the six gates, and within that 'habitationes' of various social strata, starting with the king and priests, and ending with the 'vulgus', from Pierre de Poitiers's Compendium., Aurora, with marginal gloss; Pierre de Poitiers' Compendium (ff. 1v-6v)

former: inherited and later sold the D’Ewes library to Robert Harley on 4 October 1705 for £450 (see Watson 1966).Inscribed 'John Anne ?W' in an ?18th-century hand (f. 1).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st

• Puzzle initial 'I'(nde) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 10., Metamorphoses (imperfect)

(f. 1).Isaac Vossius (b. 1618, d. 1689), philologist and author, librarian to Queen Christina of Sweden (1650), son of Gerard John Vossius (d. 1649), came to England in 1670 and became a canon of Windsor: owned from 1650 to ?1689

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) of a monk reading at a lectern., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking the beginning of Genesis. 2 historiated initials (f. 3: Ambrose writing for the prologue; f. 423: John preaching, for the beginning of John's Gospel). Numerous large initials in colours with foliate decoration, hybrid creatures, masks swallowing

• Text page with pen-flourished initials., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking the beginning of Genesis. 2 historiated initials (f. 3: Ambrose writing for the prologue; f. 423: John preaching, for the beginning of John's Gospel). Numerous large initials in colours with foliate decoration, hybrid creatures, masks swallowing

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus) with a crowing rooster at the base of the letter., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking the beginning of Genesis. 2 historiated initials (f. 3: Ambrose writing for the prologue; f. 423: John preaching, for the beginning of John's Gospel). Numerous large initials in colours with foliate decoration, hybrid creatures, masks swallowing

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus) with a running animal at the base of the letter., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking the beginning of Genesis. 2 historiated initials (f. 3: Ambrose writing for the prologue; f. 423: John preaching, for the beginning of John's Gospel). Numerous large initials in colours with foliate decoration, hybrid creatures, masks swallowing

• Detail of an historiated initial 'F'(rater) of a monk reading from a lectern., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking the beginning of Genesis. 2 historiated initials (f. 3: Ambrose writing for the prologue; f. 423: John preaching, for the beginning of John's Gospel). Numerous large initials in colours with foliate decoration, hybrid creatures, masks swallowing

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of a man preaching to a group of other men., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking the beginning of Genesis. 2 historiated initials (f. 3: Ambrose writing for the prologue; f. 423: John preaching, for the beginning of John's Gospel). Numerous large initials in colours with foliate decoration, hybrid creatures, masks swallowing

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of a man preaching to a group of other men., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking the beginning of Genesis. 2 historiated initials (f. 3: Ambrose writing for the prologue; f. 423: John preaching, for the beginning of John's Gospel). Numerous large initials in colours with foliate decoration, hybrid creatures, masks swallowing

• Detail of a decorated initial 'P'(aulus) with a crowing rooster at the base of the letter., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking the beginning of Genesis. 2 historiated initials (f. 3: Ambrose writing for the prologue; f. 423: John preaching, for the beginning of John's Gospel). Numerous large initials in colours with foliate decoration, hybrid creatures, masks swallowing

• Detail of a text page with pen-flourished initials., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

'Te igitur' (ff. 227-236v).Lacking the beginning of Genesis. 2 historiated initials (f. 3: Ambrose writing for the prologue; f. 423: John preaching, for the beginning of John's Gospel). Numerous large initials in colours with foliate decoration, hybrid creatures, masks swallowing

• Decorated initials 'P'(hebeo) and 'S'(epe), at the beginning of Claudian's In Rufinum, with ownership inscriptions in the upper margin., Works: In Rufinum (ff. 3-17v), De bello Gildonico (ff. 17v-25v), De bello Getico (ff. 25v-35v), Gigantomachia (ff. 36-37v), De consulatu Stilochonis (ff. 38-57), etc.

British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Inscribed with notes initialled by John Holmes ? (between 1800 and 1854) (f. 2v) and Frederic Madden (between 1828 and 1866) (f. 1v). Decorated initial

• null, Works: In Rufinum (ff. 3-17v), De bello Gildonico (ff. 17v-25v), De bello Getico (ff. 25v-35v), Gigantomachia (ff. 36-37v), De consulatu Stilochonis (ff. 38-57), etc.

British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Inscribed with notes initialled by John Holmes ? (between 1800 and 1854) (f. 2v) and Frederic Madden (between 1828 and 1866) (f. 1v). Detail Claudian

• Decorated initials at the beginning of Gratian's Decretum, with coloured rubrics and marginal headings, and a space left for a larger initial, and the signature of Sir Roger Twysden and the date 1638 in the upper right corner., Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229)

100, 115. Small initials in red or green (ff. 222-223). Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229) John de Herefeld ?, vicar of Plumstead, Kent, first half of the 14th century: his inscription: ‘Decreta de dono domini

• Historiated initial 'C' of a monk swinging a censer over the coffin of Gille, first wife of Rollo, first duke of Normandy., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in English (ff. 249v-250).

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C' of a monk swinging a censer over the coffin of Gille, first wife of Rollo, first duke of Normandy., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in English (ff. 249v-250).

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, at the beginning of Psalm 109, and an illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) with a dragon, at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 109., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, at the beginning of Psalm 109, and an illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) with a dragon, at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 109. Related to a set of biblical manuscripts, Royal 3 E

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of God and David in the water, at the beginning of Psalm 68, and a foliate initial 'S'(alvum) at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 68., Psalter with the commentary of Peter Lombard

Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of God and David in the water, at the beginning of Psalm 68, and a foliate initial 'S'(alvum) at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 68. Related to a set of biblical manuscripts, Royal 3