• Detail of puzzle initial., 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 initial 'C'(um), and, in the lower margin, the initials 'R. R.' and arms of Roger Rotherham, azure, on a mount, three pointed, vert, a stag in full course or., Strategemata (index Strategematica, De re militari)

pasted to f. 1); 'Collegii Regale dictum The Kynges Hall' (paper fragment pasted to f. 62v).E. Kneuet (possibly a fellow-commoner of Corpus Christi in 1544): his name inscribed (f. 1) (see Watson 1979).Unidentified shelfmark, '38' (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st

• Detail of the lower margin, with initials 'R. R.' and arms of Roger Rotherham, azure, on a mount, three pointed, vert, a stag in full course or., Strategemata (index Strategematica, De re militari)

pasted to f. 1); 'Collegii Regale dictum The Kynges Hall' (paper fragment pasted to f. 62v).E. Kneuet (possibly a fellow-commoner of Corpus Christi in 1544): his name inscribed (f. 1) (see Watson 1979).Unidentified shelfmark, '38' (f. 1). John Lumley, 1st

• Detail of zoomorphic initial., De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium

Detail of zoomorphic initial. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 1). 2 large decorated initials (ff. 45, 78). Decorated descenders, one including a Crucifixion (f. 182v). De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium Written not earlier than 1549: the text is by

• Illuminated initial 'H'(istoria) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with gold (ff. 2, 12v, 23v, 33v, 44, 55v,

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'H'(istoria) with interlace motifs and a smaller initial with penwork decoration., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

decoration. Horizontal catchwords. 3 large initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with gold (ff. 2,

• Partial border with a large initial 'C'(um) with a series of faces in profile and thirteen smaller initials with penwork decoration., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

initials with penwork decoration. Horizontal catchwords. 3 large initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with

• Detail of illuminated initials 'Q'(uatuor) and 'B'(ello) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

3 large initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with gold (ff. 2, 12v, 23v, 33v,

• Illuminated initials 'Q'(uatuor) and 'B'(ello) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

large initials in colours on gold grounds with interlace motifs (ff. 1, 223 (x 2)). 21 partial borders with very large initials in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing, some with gold (ff. 2, 12v, 23v, 33v, 44,

• Detail of decorated initial., Sermons and excerpts

highlighted with red. Guide letters. Sermons and excerpts The Carthusians of Mainz: inscribed' . . . ad carth[usiensium] prope', f. 1; 'Iste liber e(st) Carthusien(sium) p(ro)pe Mogunciam (f. 105v).Inscribed 'Z2341 (f. 116v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl

• Puzzle initial 'V'(alerii), and fifteenth-century ownership inscription and pressmark of the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier., Commentarius in Valerium Maximum; Facta et dicta memorabilia

and pressmark of the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 9 smaller blue and red puzzle initials with red pen-flourishing (ff. 2, 54v,

• Detail of a miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and decorated in different hands (change particularly noticeable from f. 91, for instance). 1 miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea,

• Detail of a white vine initial 'M'., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and decorated in different hands (change particularly noticeable from f. 91, for instance). 1 miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea,

• Detail of arms from the lower border of the folio., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and decorated in different hands (change particularly noticeable from f. 91, for instance). 1 miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea,

• Detail of a marginal drawing of David and Goliath., Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to Job

[inceptus est liber] ?' (f. 1): see Cohen-Mushlin 1990.The Augustinian monastery of St Mary, outside of Worms: 17th-century inscription 'Hic liber pertinet ad Ecclesiam Beatae Mariae Virginis in Suburbio Wormatiensis', signed 'J. G.' (f. 1). J. G. might be Joannes

• Miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea, sun and moon; text with a decorative initial 'M', and decorated borders with a coat of arms., Historia naturalis (index Natural history)

Library, Oxford.Leaf signatures. Catchwords.Written by two scribes and decorated in different hands (change particularly noticeable from f. 91, for instance). 1 miniature in colours and gold showing Pliny writing in his study and a landscape with animals, rivers, the sea,

• Astonomical diagram, Calendar, Computus, Alphonsine tables, Tractatus de arte numerandi (Algorismus), and Astronomical tables

Astonomical diagram 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves after f. 1*.3 blank unfoliated leaves after f. 115. Numerous astronomical diagrams in red and/or brown ink, including one with a vovelle (f. 53v). Large initials and headings in red. 'KL' initials in

• Detail of historiated initial., Miscellany, including Liber Hermetis de alchimia (ff. 155-157); Liber triginta verborum (ff. 164-166); De duodecim aquis (ff. 166v-167v); and De naturis colorum iuxta Aristotelem 70 preceptorum (ff. 185v-186).

no. 11798 (dated 1457 to Würzburg). 1 large red initial with a human face (f. 84). Large and small initials in red, green, blue, or brown, two decorated with patterns. Paraphs in red. Marginalia. 1 table (f. 121). Blank spaces

• Detail of puzzle initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

red (and blue), with reserved designs, with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 19v, 40, 60v, 82v, 105v, 125v, 142v, 162v). Smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with brown pen-flourishing or penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue with brown

• Partial border with foliate motifs, gold besants, red and blue penstems, and illuminated initial 'V'(os)., Vita Terentii (ff. 1-3); Comoediae (index Comedies) (ff. 5-130v)

Partial border with foliate motifs, gold besants, red and blue penstems, and illuminated initial 'V'(os). f. 4 is a ruled parchment leaf.The same scribe wrote Florence, Laurenziana Ashburnham 1117 and Vatican, MS Urb. lat. 460.Horizontal catchwords. Partial border and