• Foliate initial 'S'(i diligenter) with a partial bar border, at the beginning of Peter of Limoges's Oculus moralis., Dicta CXLVII and other works

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1239' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(icut) in the form of a dragon, with foliate decoration and a full bar border, at the beginning of Robert Grosseteste's De decem mandatis., Dicta CXLVII and other works

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1239' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(mor) of Robert Grosseteste, with a bishop's mitre and crozier, at the beginning of the dicta., Dicta CXLVII and other works

York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii), 16th century (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1239' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after

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Joh[ann]is Wykwon Abb[at]is / Mon[asteri] Evesh[a]mie in festo s[anc]ti Aug[ustini] doctoris Anno d[omi]ni m° cccc° lviii' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1220' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

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Joh[ann]is Wykwon Abb[at]is / Mon[asteri] Evesh[a]mie in festo s[anc]ti Aug[ustini] doctoris Anno d[omi]ni m° cccc° lviii' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1220' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

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Joh[ann]is Wykwon Abb[at]is / Mon[asteri] Evesh[a]mie in festo s[anc]ti Aug[ustini] doctoris Anno d[omi]ni m° cccc° lviii' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1220' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

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Joh[ann]is Wykwon Abb[at]is / Mon[asteri] Evesh[a]mie in festo s[anc]ti Aug[ustini] doctoris Anno d[omi]ni m° cccc° lviii' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1220' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Illuminated initial 'D'(a michi), with a full border, at the beginning of the prologue., Commentary on Unum ex quatuor

Joh[ann]is Wykwon Abb[at]is / Mon[asteri] Evesh[a]mie in festo s[anc]ti Aug[ustini] doctoris Anno d[omi]ni m° cccc° lviii' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1220' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

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Joh[ann]is Wykwon Abb[at]is / Mon[asteri] Evesh[a]mie in festo s[anc]ti Aug[ustini] doctoris Anno d[omi]ni m° cccc° lviii' (f. 1).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1220' (f. 1), included in the inventory of books in the

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lphica), at the beginning of the Catalogus medicam., Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200)

initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200) Inscription, 15th-century: 'Richard Flint' (f. 207).Inscription, 15th-century: 'John …(?)' (f. 207).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753),

• Flourished initials, in the Catalogus medicam., Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200)

initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200) Inscription, 15th-century: 'Richard Flint' (f. 207).Inscription, 15th-century: 'John …(?)' (f. 207).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753),

• 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

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n), developing three-sided extensions, at the beginning of Oon of foure, John Wycliffe's English translation of Clement of Llanthony's Harmony of the Gospels., New Testament in the later Wycliffe version (ends imperfect), including Oon of foure (ff. 19-86)

the beginning of Oon of foure, John Wycliffe's English translation of Clement of Llanthony's Harmony of the Gospels. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing in purple and red, developing three-sided extensions in red and blue

• Heraldic arms and decorated initial 'T'(he), at the beginning of 'The statutys and ordynaunscys of the moste noble ordre of Satynte George named the Garter, refourmed explayned declared and renewed by the mooste high moste excellent and mooste puyssant prynce Henry the VIIIth'., Statutes and ordinances of the Order of the Garter of St George

ordinances of the Order of the Garter of St George The order of the Garter: their arms together with the English arms, the Garter with the motto 'Hony soit qui mal y pense', surmounted by a crown (f. 1v).Inscription, 15th-century:

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n), and part of the three-sided extensions, at the beginning of Oon of foure, John Wycliffe's English translation of Clement of Llanthony's Harmony of the Gospels., New Testament in the later Wycliffe version (ends imperfect), including Oon of foure (ff. 19-86)

at the beginning of Oon of foure, John Wycliffe's English translation of Clement of Llanthony's Harmony of the Gospels. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing in purple and red, developing three-sided extensions in red and

• Decorated initial 'D'(omino) with a human head, at the beginning of the text., Epistolae

1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Augustine Bath England S. W. (Bath)

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

and small initials mostely in plain red, some in plain blue (e.g. ff. 180v-181). Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in red. Old Testament ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Large initials in red., Compilation of classical texts

in red. Old list of contents on slip glued onto f. 1.Old foliation '1-62' in the centre of the lower margin of rectos (ff. 2-63).Watermark of two circles (f. 92) similar to C. M. Briquet, ~Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire historique des

• Historiated initial 'O' of Romauld enthroned with a bishop saint (probably Augustine) and monastic saints John Gualbert (top right), Maurus and Placidus in Camaldolese habits., Cutting from a Gradual

was most likely completed by 1374, in time for use in the officiation of the monastery's new choir. Anonymous 19th-century English owner: inscribed on mount; 'Puccio Capanna', and 'Tommaso Giottinese b. 1324 dies 1356 / Puccio Capanna Pl CXII A...'.Walter

• Text page with coloured initial words., Guide of the Perplexed in Judeo-Arabic

Text page with coloured initial words. The earliest known complete copy of the work in Judeo-Arabic original. Parallel foliation in Hebrew characters. Blank leaves (ff. 61@, 115@). Numerous initial words in colours. Guide of the Perplexed in Judeo-Arabic Shalom