• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a king with hounds visiting a hairy hermit in his cave., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a woman bringing an infant to a hairy hermit., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ixerat) at the beginning of book 5 of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

extensions forming a partial border at the beginning of each book (f. 1, 6, 13, 23v, 32v). Simple initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. 1 marginal drawing of a face (f. 37). De Consolatione Philosophiae (index

• Decorated zoomorphic initial 'E'(cclesiasticam) with two animal heads., 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,

• Miniature of Boniface VIII delivering the Liber Sextus, at the beginning of Liber Sextus Decretalium., Liber Sextus Decretalium and Extravagantes with Apparatus ad Sextum

Includes three separately written parts:1. Iohannes Andreae (b. c. 1270-1275, d. 1348), Apparatus ad Sextum (ff. 1 - 113v);2. Liber Sextus Decretalium (ff. 115-204v), a canonical collection compiled under order of Boniface VIII by Guillaume de Mandagot, bishop of Embrun,

• Full-page miniature of Moses and Aaron negotiating with Pharaoh seated on his throne (Ex. 9:1)., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah')

(ff. 62v-93v), and 2 full-page miniatures at the beginning and at the end of the text of the Haggadah (ff. 1, 35v). 5 textual illustrations (ff. 9v, 20v, 21, 22, 22v). Numerous decorated initial-word panels with gold letters. Embellished vertical

• Diagrams of the eclipses of the moon, from Nicholas of Lynn's Kalendarium., Kalendarium

Diagrams of the eclipses of the moon, from Nicholas of Lynn's Kalendarium. Large initials in red, blue, or brown. Numerous tables and charts. Kalendarium Unilluminated between 1474 and 1599 additions of astrological directions for each month (ff. 34v-36v).Inscribed '111'

• Calligraphic specimens with decorated initial 'O' signed by Petruccio Ubaldini, dated 1550, and dedicated to Edward VI (in the fourth year of his reign)., Specimens of Calligraphy

brown ink (f. 48). Specimens of Calligraphy Written in London by Petruccio Ubaldini; signed and dated 20 July 1550 (ff. 1, 21, 42).Edward VI (b. 1537, d.1553), king of England and Ireland, king from 1547: apparently intended for him (ff.

• Full-page miniature of a Seder table, in an architectural frame., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah')

(ff. 62v-93v), and 2 full-page miniatures at the beginning and at the end of the text of the Haggadah (ff. 1, 35v). 5 textual illustrations (ff. 9v, 20v, 21, 22, 22v). Numerous decorated initial-word panels with gold letters. Embellished vertical

• Full-page miniature of the plague of the locusts, in an architectural frame., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah')

(ff. 62v-93v), and 2 full-page miniatures at the beginning and at the end of the text of the Haggadah (ff. 1, 35v). 5 textual illustrations (ff. 9v, 20v, 21, 22, 22v). Numerous decorated initial-word panels with gold letters. Embellished vertical

• Full-page miniature of the plague of lice, in an architectural frame., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah')

(ff. 62v-93v), and 2 full-page miniatures at the beginning and at the end of the text of the Haggadah (ff. 1, 35v). 5 textual illustrations (ff. 9v, 20v, 21, 22, 22v). Numerous decorated initial-word panels with gold letters. Embellished vertical

• Decorated initial: ~R~, the abbreviation of 'rabbi' (Rabbi Eliezer)., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah')

62v-93v), and 2 full-page miniatures at the beginning and at the end of the text of the Haggadah (ff. 1, 35v). 5 textual illustrations (ff. 9v, 20v, 21, 22, 22v). Numerous decorated initial-word panels with gold letters. Embellished vertical band

• Decorated initial-word panel in foliate frame., Haggadah for Passover (the 'Hispano-Moresque Haggadah')

and 2 full-page miniatures at the beginning and at the end of the text of the Haggadah (ff. 1, 35v). 5 textual illustrations (ff. 9v, 20v, 21, 22, 22v). Numerous decorated initial-word panels with gold letters. Embellished vertical band with

• Detail of a historiated initial 'H'(enricus) enclosing the imperial falcon of Anne Boleyn against a background of the royal colours., Patents granted to Anne Boleyn as Marquess of Pembroke

Henry VIII, after she was created Marquess of Pembroke on 1 September 1532, but before she became queen in March 1533: her heraldic device of an imperial falcon (f. 1); see Carley 2000 and 2004).The Old Royal Library: 1542 Westminster

• Puzzle initial ''R'(everendo) and smaller decorated initials, at the beginning of Guillelmus Duranti's Repertorium juris canonici. ., Legal miscellany, including Summa decreti, Quaestiones dominicales et veneriales, Repertorium juris canonici

apud Linc., 1318 (ff. 300-304). 10 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing extending into the margin (ff. 1, 1v, 39v, 189, 224, 236, 248v, 261, 273, 275v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, and initials in red

• Text page, with small decorated initials and the pecia mark 'xvii p' in the right margin., Legal miscellany, including Summa decreti, Quaestiones dominicales et veneriales, Repertorium juris canonici

apud Linc., 1318 (ff. 300-304). 10 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing extending into the margin (ff. 1, 1v, 39v, 189, 224, 236, 248v, 261, 273, 275v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, and initials in red

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' of Arthur drawing the sword from the stone., Joseph d'Arimathie (ff. 1-18), Le Livre de Merlin (ff. 18v-74), Suite de Merlin (ff. 74-226), ('the Huth Manuscript')

from Amiens, France: his inscription on f. 1 (see Delcourt 2009).Jacques Joseph Guillaume Pierre, Comte de Corbière (1766-1853), academic and bibliophile, French minister of the interior: his notes and inscription on f. 1. Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne, Paris publisher and bookseller, acquired

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' with image of King Arthur setting infants adrift in a boat., Joseph d'Arimathie (ff. 1-18), Le Livre de Merlin (ff. 18v-74), Suite de Merlin (ff. 74-226), ('the Huth Manuscript')

from Amiens, France: his inscription on f. 1 (see Delcourt 2009).Jacques Joseph Guillaume Pierre, Comte de Corbière (1766-1853), academic and bibliophile, French minister of the interior: his notes and inscription on f. 1. Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne, Paris publisher and bookseller, acquired

• Gold text, in Luke 3:33-4:45., Gospels, with capitula (ff. 163-175)

Gold text, in Luke 3:33-4:45. Full-page canon tables in gold and red, within frames of gold and/or silver and colours (ff. 1-6v). Very large initials in colours and gold with interlace patterns within full-page rectangular frames of gold and

• Historiated initial 'U' with an angel holding a book, a knight with a shield and spear, a crouching man, and a dragon's head forming part of the letter., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

crouching man, and a dragon's head forming part of the letter. 2 historiated initials in colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green, or blue. Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan The Benedictine cathedral priory