• 'Champ' initial 'A'(aron) at the beginning of the alphabetical subject index to Petrus Comestor's Sermones., Tables of contents and indexes added to Petrus Comestor's (index Peter Comestor) Sermones

a more detailed list of contents, see ~Catalogue~ 1808.ff. 1-2 is a bifolium with later inscription.f. 1 is a fragment.Petrus Comestor died in 1187.Space left blank on f. 159v.ff. 234 and 235 are parchment flyleaves.Peter Comestor died in 1178. Large

• Historiated miniature of the Apparition of Michael, with the saint and two other archangels plunging their lances into the devil's throat watched by Christ and the company of heaven. Historiated full-page border in colours and gold, of foliage, (lower left) the Miracle of Mount Gargano, and two lay figures, one of which is in a roundel. Beneath the miniature is a single four-line red stave, musical notation and a single line of text in gold capitals 'Exultando in Gesu'., Leaf of a Hymnal (index laudario), containing part of the hymn to Michael.

this cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 35254A-G. Add. 18196, f. 1 is another leaf from the hymnal of the Compagnia di Sant'Agnese.Musical notation. 1 historiated miniature in colours and gold, of the Apparition of Michael, with the

• Initial-word panel, ~Parashat yom shishi~ at the beginning of a weekly portion of the Torah for Passover (Num. (9:1-14) with gold letters, foliate, a bird, and the distorted figure of a man., Biblical readings and liturgical poems for Passover

Initial-word panel, ~Parashat yom shishi~ at the beginning of a weekly portion of the Torah for Passover (Num. (9:1-14) with gold letters, foliate, a bird, and the distorted figure of a man. The decoration is closely related to the

• Illustration of the vessels the princes of the tribes offer for the dedication of the altar (Numbers 7)., A large fragment of the Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos and ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Illustration of the vessels the princes of the tribes offer for the dedication of the altar (Numbers 7). Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. First quire (ff. 1-11) is an addition. Narkiss dates the manuscript

• Text page from the Book of Numbers., A large fragment of the Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos and ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Text page from the Book of Numbers. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. First quire (ff. 1-11) is an addition. Narkiss dates the manuscript to the 14th century (see Narkiss, 1984, 25). Numerous decorated ~parashah~

• Decorated initial 'U'(lpianus), at the beginning of book 1, 'De iustitia et iure'., Digestum Vetus, with pre-Accursian glosses

Kanonistische Abteilung, 69 (1983), 143-99).Catchwords and quire signatures; correction signs (e.g., f. 239v). 1 large foliate initial in colours, with display script, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 2). Initials in blue, red, and green with a foliate penwork

• null, Prayer book

and blue grounds. Prayer book Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: inscribed 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in

• null, Prayer book

and blue grounds. Prayer book Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: inscribed 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in

• Puzzle initial 'I'(sdem)., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

Middle Ages and over 200 manuscripts of the text survive. 13 very large puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 1, 4, 6v, 19, 20v, 28v, 31, 38, 38v, 40v, 41, 44, 50v). 35 smaller puzzle initials in red and

• Puzzle initial 'P'(hilippo)., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

Middle Ages and over 200 manuscripts of the text survive. 13 very large puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 1, 4, 6v, 19, 20v, 28v, 31, 38, 38v, 40v, 41, 44, 50v). 35 smaller puzzle initials in red and

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixerat) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Book 5 of Nicholas Trevet's Commentary on Boethius's De consolatione Philosophiae., Commentary on Boethius' De consolatione Philosophiae

5 large initials in blue, with elaborate predominantly red (with some blue) penwork infill and flourishing, forming partial borders (ff. 1, 18v, 30, 50, 67). Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or vice versa. Paraphs alternately blue or red.

• Decorated initial 'E'(xplanationem) at the beginning of Nicholas Trevet's Commentary on Boethius's De consolatione Philosophiae., Commentary on Boethius' De consolatione Philosophiae

5 large initials in blue, with elaborate predominantly red (with some blue) penwork infill and flourishing, forming partial borders (ff. 1, 18v, 30, 50, 67). Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or vice versa. Paraphs alternately blue or red.

• Diagram in the lower margin of Nicholas Trevet's Commentary on Boethius's De consolatione Philosophiae., Commentary on Boethius' De consolatione Philosophiae

5 large initials in blue, with elaborate predominantly red (with some blue) penwork infill and flourishing, forming partial borders (ff. 1, 18v, 30, 50, 67). Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or vice versa. Paraphs alternately blue or red.

• null, Psalter and Breviary, Use of Sarum

1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border including human heads, 2 medaillons in the corners of the lower margin and a bas-de-page scene (f. 7). 7 large historiated initials, accompanied by three-sided foliate borders, in colours and

• null, Psalter and Breviary, Use of Sarum

1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border including human heads, 2 medaillons in the corners of the lower margin and a bas-de-page scene (f. 7). 7 large historiated initials, accompanied by three-sided foliate borders, in colours and

• null, Psalter and Breviary, Use of Sarum

1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border including human heads, 2 medaillons in the corners of the lower margin and a bas-de-page scene (f. 7). 7 large historiated initials, accompanied by three-sided foliate borders, in colours and

• null, Psalter and Breviary, Use of Sarum

1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border including human heads, 2 medaillons in the corners of the lower margin and a bas-de-page scene (f. 7). 7 large historiated initials, accompanied by three-sided foliate borders, in colours and

• Detail of historiated initial 'C' with two monks, one holding an open book., Psalter and Breviary, Use of Sarum

two monks, one holding an open book. 1 small miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border including human heads, 2 medaillons in the corners of the lower margin and a bas-de-page scene (f. 7). 7 large historiated initials, accompanied by

• Decorated initial 'E'(xplanationem) at the beginning of Nicholas Trevet's Commentary on Boethius's De consolatione Philosophiae., Commentary on Boethius' De consolatione Philosophiae

5 large initials in blue, with elaborate predominantly red (with some blue) penwork infill and flourishing, forming partial borders (ff. 1, 18v, 30, 50, 67). Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or vice versa. Paraphs alternately blue or red.

• Diagram in the lower margin of Nicholas Trevet's Commentary on Boethius's De consolatione Philosophiae., Commentary on Boethius' De consolatione Philosophiae

5 large initials in blue, with elaborate predominantly red (with some blue) penwork infill and flourishing, forming partial borders (ff. 1, 18v, 30, 50, 67). Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or vice versa. Paraphs alternately blue or red.