• Unfinished initial word., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah, Ashkenazi rite

initial word. Quires are numbered with Latin letters starting at the end of the codex with ‘a’. 8 unfinished initial words (ff. 1v, 32v, 62v, 73v, 78, 97, 155v, 159v). 1 decorated initial word in ink (f. 22). 1 marginal

• Initial-word panel decorated with a mask and pen-flourishing inhabited by a lion., Pentateuch (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch')

lion. Ruling is visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Quires start with flesh side. On the dating, see Pasternak, 2009. 5 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold accompanied by partial foliate borders at the beginnings of the

• Initial-word panel decorated with a mask and pen-flourishing inhabited by a deer., Pentateuch (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch')

deer. Ruling is visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Quires start with flesh side. On the dating, see Pasternak, 2009. 5 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold accompanied by partial foliate borders at the beginnings of the

• Initial-word panel decorated with a mask and pen-flourishing inhabited by a rabbit., Pentateuch (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch')

rabbit. Ruling is visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Quires start with flesh side. On the dating, see Pasternak, 2009. 5 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold accompanied by partial foliate borders at the beginnings of the

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uo) and catchword., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

Decorated initial 'Q'(uo) and catchword. Piece of paper pasted onto f. 1 with Seneca's epitaph, apparently written in the same hand as the rest of the manuscript.ff. 1-[2a] are medieval flyleaves.Watermark visible (f. 2).Quires numbered in the top right

• Initial-word panel decorated with a mask and pen-flourishing inhabited by a male torso and a rabbit., Pentateuch (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch')

and a rabbit. Ruling is visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Quires start with flesh side. On the dating, see Pasternak, 2009. 5 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold accompanied by partial foliate borders at the beginnings

• Decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of Augustine's Sermones., Various texts including Augustine's Sermones (index Sermons)(ff. 1-107); 'Vitis mystica' (ff. 108-152v); 'De septem columpnis' (ff. 153-159), and Griselda (index Decameron)(ff. 223-228v)

Decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of Augustine's Sermones. The whole manuscript, although written in different hands, is contemporary with its first part which is dated 1407 (see Provenance). Catchwords written horizontally, not only at the end of quires.Numerous

• Decorated initial 'C'(oment) with pen-flourishing and line-fillers at the beginning of the statutes., Nova statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III (ff. 30-115) to 17 Richard II (ff. 116-171v)

first leaf of each quire provides the number of the quire in the following form: 'xi q[uaderna?] fol. P[rim]us'. The quires onto which 20 Richard II and 1-6 Henry IV have been added have the same numbering system as the

• Coloured initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Coloured initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of Psalm 101. Includes a 'Psalter romanum', with marginal glosses in Latin and interlinear Old English gloss, attributed to Aethelwold (ff. 8-171) (see Gretsch, 1999), 12 canticles (ff. 171v-186v) and a Gloria entitled

• Penwork initial 'H'(ec) with the head of a black man wearing a mitre, at the beginning of the table of contents., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

beginning of the table of contents. Leaves numbered in red ink in the upper margin; quires numbered in red ink in the lower margins of first rectos. Ownership inscription in the form of a large circular design, in red and

• Circular design, inscribed 'Liber sancte marie virginis in monasterio Eberbacensi'., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Eberbacensi'. Leaves numbered in red ink in the upper margin; quires numbered in red ink in the lower margins of first rectos. Ownership inscription in the form of a large circular design, in red and blue, with pen-flourishing in red

• Puzzle initial 'F'(undamentum) and three-sided border with an Agnus dei and heraldic arms, at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

the beginning of the prologue. Leaves numbered in red ink in the upper margin; quires numbered in red ink in the lower margins of first rectos. Ownership inscription in the form of a large circular design, in red and blue,

• Circular design, inscribed 'Liber sancte marie virginis in monasterio Eberbacensi'., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Eberbacensi'. Leaves numbered in red ink in the upper margin; quires numbered in red ink in the lower margins of first rectos. Ownership inscription in the form of a large circular design, in red and blue, with pen-flourishing in red

• Puzzle initial 'F'(undamentum), at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

Leaves numbered in red ink in the upper margin; quires numbered in red ink in the lower margins of first rectos. Ownership inscription in the form of a large circular design, in red and blue, with pen-flourishing in red with

• Part of the border with an Agnus dei, at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

of the prologue. Leaves numbered in red ink in the upper margin; quires numbered in red ink in the lower margins of first rectos. Ownership inscription in the form of a large circular design, in red and blue, with pen-flourishing

• Part of the border with the arms of the Rotenhan family of Bamberg, at the beginning of the prologue., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

the beginning of the prologue. Leaves numbered in red ink in the upper margin; quires numbered in red ink in the lower margins of first rectos. Ownership inscription in the form of a large circular design, in red and blue,

• Penwork initial 'H'(ec) with the head of a black man wearing a mitre, at the beginning of the table of contents., Vita Christi (chapters 1-60)

beginning of the table of contents. Leaves numbered in red ink in the upper margin; quires numbered in red ink in the lower margins of first rectos. Ownership inscription in the form of a large circular design, in red and

• Miniature of the battle of the Khan and the men of Mien., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Miniature of the golden and silver towers of the town of Mien., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Miniature of traitors being beheaded by the Khan's orders., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),