• Coloured drawing of Scorpio, in Albumazar's Treatise on astrology., Treatise on astrology

Coloured drawing of Scorpio, in Albumazar's 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

• Coloured drawings in horizontal rows, in Albumazar's Treatise on astrology, including blacksmiths with a stylised blast furnace, with bellows., Treatise on astrology

Coloured drawings in horizontal rows, in Albumazar's Treatise on astrology, including blacksmiths with a stylised blast furnace, with bellows. ff. 9-11 misbound, originally after f. 23. Numerous coloured drawings throughout. Treatise on astrology Inscribed, 16th-century(?): 'Ex libris Eustachij Wiltheim'

• Miniature of the Harrowing of Hell and the Holy Women at the Tomb, as part of a cycle of Christological images., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Miniature of the Martyrdom of John the Baptist and the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, as part of a cycle of Christological images., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Miniature of the Wedding at Cana and the Expulsion of the Moneychangers, as part of a cycle of Christological images., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Miniature of the Second and the Third Temptations of Christ, as part of a cycle of Christological images., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Miniature of the Baptism of Christ and the First Temptation of Christ., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Miniature of the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Calendar page for August arranged in two columns between pillars and capitals, with Virgo and a man harvesting wheat with a scythe in arches above., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

above. This manuscript is 381, article 1. Article 2 (kept separately) contains the Sarum Breviary, imperfect, and is foliated continuing with 12-76. It contains a table of contents for the whole volume (f. 1), and also shows evidence of a

• Miniature in two registers, with the Annunciation above, and Moses and Gideon in armour with a shield below. Each figure holds a scroll, as do four prophets ? in the corners., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

corners. This manuscript is 381, article 1. Article 2 (kept separately) contains the Sarum Breviary, imperfect, and is foliated continuing with 12-76. It contains a table of contents for the whole volume (f. 1), and also shows evidence of a

• Miniature of the Crucifixion flanked by Mary and John holding a book, with Henry the Lion and Matilda below holding scrolls, and personifications of the sun and moon above., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

above. This manuscript is 381, article 1. Article 2 (kept separately) contains the Sarum Breviary, imperfect, and is foliated continuing with 12-76. It contains a table of contents for the whole volume (f. 1), and also shows evidence of a

• Zoomorphic initial 'M'(ecenas) composed of two birds drinking from a chalice., Odes (ff. 1-31v), Epodes (ff. 31v-36v), Carmen saeculare (ff. 36v-37), Ars poetica (ff. 37-42v), Epistolae (ff. 42v-60), and Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 60-83v)

to the rubricator survive.We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in brown and red inks (f. 1). 2 large initials, in red (f. 37) or in red and other colours (f.

• Decorated initial 'P'(rim[a]) at the beginning of Horace's Epistolae., Odes (ff. 1-31v), Epodes (ff. 31v-36v), Carmen saeculare (ff. 36v-37), Ars poetica (ff. 37-42v), Epistolae (ff. 42v-60), and Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 60-83v)

to the rubricator survive.We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large zoomorphic initial, in brown and red inks (f. 1). 2 large initials, in red (f. 37) or in red and other colours (f.

• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 11-90), preceded by a chapter list (ff. 4-10v)

paper leaves with 18th-century notes in English on Orosius, perhaps in the hand of Anthony Askew. 1 large historiated initial with partial border, in colours and gold (f. 4). Large puzzle initials in red and blue, with red and mauve

• Drawing of a siege engine as described by Biton in De constructione bellicarum machinarum., De machinis (ff. 1-9), De constructione bellicarum machinarum (ff. 9v-16)

a woven pattern (ff. 1, 99). Small red or brown initials. De machinis (ff. 1-9), De constructione bellicarum machinarum (ff. 9v-16) Written in 1545: colophon ( f. 358).The monastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai: inscription (f. 1). ? John Spencer

• Miniature of the Descent of the Holy Spirit and the Christ in Majesty, as part of a cycle of Christological images., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Calendar images for February, a man warming his feet for winter, and Pisces, the sign of the zodiac for late February, noted in red, 'Sol in pisce'., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uemadmodum) with a man holding a scroll and the deer, at the beginning of Psalm 42., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uid) with Doeg beheading the priests, at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with the Temptation of Christ, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,