• Decorated initial and border., Commission from Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice, appointing Aloysio Zeno ~capitano~ of Ravenna

Decorated initial and border. 1 large decorated foliate initial with a full foliate border including medaillons with the lion of Venice, a bishop, and heraldic arms in front of a landscape with a rabbit (f. 1). Commission from Leonardo Loredan,

• Ownership inscriptions: at the very top is the 18th-century acquisition note of the Harley collection; below this is the 13th-century ownership note and anathema of St. Mary's abbey, Abingdon; below this is a list of contents; and finally ownership notes of the monastery of Val St.-Martin at Louvain, and its prior, Johannes Vlimmerius., Theological miscellany, including Paschasius Radbertus, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De sacramento altaris (sermon 52); Lanfranc, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De purgatorio igne

Albendone . . .' wth anathema (f. 1). 14th-century list of contents (f. 1). Ownership notes of the Augustinian priory of Val St.-Martin, at Leuven (index Louvain), and its prior, Johannes Vlimmerius (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Ink drawing of a monk with a tonsure and a halo writing at a writing-desk with an elaborate ink-pot holder. On the open page in front of him are the first words ('Dilectissimo filio &') of the work which follows. He must therefore be intended as a representation of the author, Paschasius Radbertus, who died c. 860 at the monastery of Corbie, in France., Theological miscellany, including Paschasius Radbertus, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De sacramento altaris (sermon 52); Lanfranc, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De purgatorio igne

Albendone . . .' wth anathema (f. 1). 14th-century list of contents (f. 1). Ownership notes of the Augustinian priory of Val St.-Martin, at Leuven (index Louvain), and its prior, Johannes Vlimmerius (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• List of chapters, followed by a decorated initial 'D'(ilectissimo filio &') at the begiinning of the preface, which also appear in the author portrait at the beginning of the volume., Theological miscellany, including Paschasius Radbertus, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De sacramento altaris (sermon 52); Lanfranc, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De purgatorio igne

Albendone . . .' wth anathema (f. 1). 14th-century list of contents (f. 1). Ownership notes of the Augustinian priory of Val St.-Martin, at Leuven (index Louvain), and its prior, Johannes Vlimmerius (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Decorated initials in Lanfranc's treatise on 'The Body and Blood of the Lord', which is directed against the heretical views of Berengar of Tours (d. 1088). The rubrics 'Beringerius' and 'Lanfrancus' introduce Berengar's opinions and Lanfranc's refutations of them., Theological miscellany, including Paschasius Radbertus, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De sacramento altaris (sermon 52); Lanfranc, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De purgatorio igne

Albendone . . .' wth anathema (f. 1). 14th-century list of contents (f. 1). Ownership notes of the Augustinian priory of Val St.-Martin, at Leuven (index Louvain), and its prior, Johannes Vlimmerius (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• null, Collectanea rerum memorabilium (index De mirabilibus mundi), preceded by a preface (f. 1) and prologue (f. 1r-1v)

Initials in plain red, partly oxidised (ff. 1, 9). Unfinished: spaces left for all other initials. Collectanea rerum memorabilium (index De mirabilibus mundi), preceded by a preface (f. 1) and prologue (f. 1r-1v) Signed by one of the scribes: 'Explicit

• Decorated initial 'U'(t) with display script, at the beginning of the Expositio psalmorum., Expositio psalmorum

England (Bath?). Quire signatures in the form of letters. Guide letters. 1 large foliate initial in colours with display script, at the beginning of the text (f. 2), and 1 smaller initial with foliate penwork decoration, at the beginning of

• Decorated initial 'P'(recedente) at the beginning of book 8 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

(f. 1), probably to be identified with 'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uam) with a fish, at the beginning of part 3 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

(f. 1), probably to be identified with 'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included

• Detail of a foliate initial 'V'(ir), at the beginning of Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

(f. 1), probably to be identified with 'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'S'(ervata) formed of a dog, with an interlaced decoration, at the beginning of part 2 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

(f. 1), probably to be identified with 'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included

• Foliate initial 'V'(ir), at the beginning of Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

(f. 1), probably to be identified with 'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(ervata) formed of a dog, with an interlaced decoration, at the beginning of part 2 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

(f. 1), probably to be identified with 'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included

• Text page., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

part of a larger volume: quire signatures starting with a number 27. 1 decorated Initial in red and brown ink, at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms (f. 1), and smaller initials in brown ink, at the beginning of chapters.

• Text page of a charm against wens in Anglo-Saxon., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

part of a larger volume: quire signatures starting with a number 27. 1 decorated Initial in red and brown ink, at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms (f. 1), and smaller initials in brown ink, at the beginning of chapters.

• Text page., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

part of a larger volume: quire signatures starting with a number 27. 1 decorated Initial in red and brown ink, at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms (f. 1), and smaller initials in brown ink, at the beginning of chapters.

• Text page., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

part of a larger volume: quire signatures starting with a number 27. 1 decorated Initial in red and brown ink, at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms (f. 1), and smaller initials in brown ink, at the beginning of chapters.

• Decorated initial 'G'(loriosis) at the beginning of book 1., De civitate Dei

the beginning of book 1. Chapter numbers in red in the margins. Quire signatures in the form of letters. Numerous pointing hands (maniculae). Large initials with penwork, arabesque decoration in green, red or blue, with display script in green and

• null, Treatise on astrology

ff. 9-11 misbound, originally after f. 23. Numerous coloured drawings throughout. Treatise on astrology Inscribed, 16th-century(?): 'Ex libris Eustachij Wiltheim' (f. 1*).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection

• Drawings, including of a man in a boat., Treatise on astrology

Drawings, including of a man in a boat. ff. 9-11 misbound, originally after f. 23. Numerous coloured drawings throughout. Treatise on astrology Inscribed, 16th-century(?): 'Ex libris Eustachij Wiltheim' (f. 1*).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and