• Miniature illustrating the Code of Justinian, Book V.1: Concerning betrothals, betrothal pledges, and betrothal negotiations: A woman betrothed to a man may renounce the betrothal and marry another. An initial 'A'(lii) with foliate extension and display script for the textual opening of letters and zoomorphic and foliate line-fillers., Leaves of the Code of Justinian (index Codex Justiniani), containing the beginnings of Books II, V and VIII, glossed.

Reading Room order Add. 23144. 3 miniatures in colours, illustrating the opening of Books II, V and VIII (ff. 4-6). 1 anthropomorphic initial 'I' (f. 6) and 2 foliate initials (ff. 4 and 5) in colours, with display script for

• Decorated initials., Glossed Liber Sextus Decretalium

Decorated initials. Spaces for 1 large miniature and 1 large illuminated initial (f. 1). Spaces for smaller illuminated initials. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, in the text and the glosses. Paraph marks

• Detail of decorated initials., Glossed Liber Sextus Decretalium

Detail of decorated initials. Spaces for 1 large miniature and 1 large illuminated initial (f. 1). Spaces for smaller illuminated initials. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, in the text and the glosses.

• Detail of pecia mark., Glossed Liber Sextus Decretalium

Detail of pecia mark. Spaces for 1 large miniature and 1 large illuminated initial (f. 1). Spaces for smaller illuminated initials. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, in the text and the glosses.

• null, Miscellany, including a Psalter, prayers, litany and canticles, and hymns (ff. 1-68v); Ci commence Avicennes (ff. 69-142v); the Lettre d'Hippocrate (ff. 143-147v); prayers to Margaret (ff. 146v-147) and Psalms

and gold (ff. 1, 8, 12v, 16, 20, 29, 33, 48). 9 large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration and dragons or animal heads, at the Psalter divisions and the start of texts (ff. 1, 8, 12v, 16,

• Detail of a miniature of a fox (vulpes) playing dead in order to catch two birds (aves), who swoop down to feed on its carcass., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

down to feed on its carcass. 1 full-page diagram with frame and central roundel in colours and gold (f. 2v). Numerous large miniatures in colours (29 of the aviarium; 24 of the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and

• Detail of a miniature of an eagle., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

of a miniature of an eagle. 1 full-page diagram with frame and central roundel in colours and gold (f. 2v). Numerous large miniatures in colours (29 of the aviarium; 24 of the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and

• Text page with the explicit of Vincent of Beauvais's In laude beate Virginis., Liber de laudibus beatissime Virginis Marie (ff. 1-97) and De Johannis evangelio (ff. 97-111v)

large decorated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 97v). Small initials (2 lines) in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Small initials (1 line) in plain red or blue. Line-fillers decorated

• Decorated initial 'L'(ibrum), and full border, at the beginning of Marco Polo's Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum. The margin with the rampant lion of William Howard., Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum

first with a full border, the others a partial border, in colours (ff. 1, 2, 15, 28, 38v). Small initials in blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red. 1 marginal hybrid in red (f. 30v). Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum ?

• Decorated initial 'P'(ars), and partial border, at the beginning of book 3 of Marco Polo's Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum., Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum

first with a full border, the others a partial border, in colours (ff. 1, 2, 15, 28, 38v). Small initials in blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red. 1 marginal hybrid in red (f. 30v). Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum ?

• Puzzle initial 'P'(io) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum. The margin with the rampant lion of William Howard., Gesta Normannorum ducum

the beginning of the prologue and the books (ff. 1, 1v, 5, 8, 11, 18, 23v, 27). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. 1 run-over figure climbing on rocks (f. 13v). Gesta Normannorum

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with John the Evangelist, at the beginning of De Johannis evangelio., Liber de laudibus beatissime Virginis Marie (ff. 1-97) and De Johannis evangelio (ff. 97-111v)

large decorated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 97v). Small initials (2 lines) in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Small initials (1 line) in plain red or blue. Line-fillers decorated

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus)., Miscellany, including the Chronicon, and lives of English saints including Osgythe (ff. 29v-30), imperfect (the 'Romsey Legendary')

small simple initials in blue, green, or red, 1 with penwork decoration brown (f. 4). Circles around names in blue, brown, pink, or red, some connected by straight lines. From f. 5v, large puzzle initials in blue and red with

• Marginal hybrid, Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum

first with a full border, the others a partial border, in colours (ff. 1, 2, 15, 28, 38v). Small initials in blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red. 1 marginal hybrid in red (f. 30v). Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum ?

• Decorated initial 'L'(ibrum), and upper half of the full border, at the beginning of Marco Polo's Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum., Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum

first with a full border, the others a partial border, in colours (ff. 1, 2, 15, 28, 38v). Small initials in blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red. 1 marginal hybrid in red (f. 30v). Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum ?

• Decorated initial 'P'(ars), and partial border, at the beginning of book 3 of Marco Polo's Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum., Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum

first with a full border, the others a partial border, in colours (ff. 1, 2, 15, 28, 38v). Small initials in blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red. 1 marginal hybrid in red (f. 30v). Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum ?

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n), formed by a peacock., Unum ex quatuor

1v, 13v). 1 small initial in plain red (f. 1v); blank spaces for others. Added marginal drawings including human figures. Unum ex quatuor The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Magu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. f.

• Zoomorphic initial 'D'(e) formed by a quadruped, foliage, and an animal head., Unum ex quatuor

1v, 13v). 1 small initial in plain red (f. 1v); blank spaces for others. Added marginal drawings including human figures. Unum ex quatuor The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Magu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. f.

• Detail of interlace initial 'E'(cclesiasticam)., Chronographia tripertita, with preface

is a change of scribe at f. 64; the first uses quire signatures, the second uses catchwords. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 7v). 1 small iniital with zoomorphic features (f. 2). Added marginal drawings, 13th century (ff. 6v, 20, 85v,

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'(ompelus) with three quadrupeds., Chronographia tripertita, with preface

is a change of scribe at f. 64; the first uses quire signatures, the second uses catchwords. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 7v). 1 small iniital with zoomorphic features (f. 2). Added marginal drawings, 13th century (ff. 6v, 20, 85v,