• Illuminated historiated initial 'A' of an apocryphal story added to the end of Daniel, in which Daniel is challenged by the king of Babylon to prove that a dragon, worshipped by many Babylonians as a god, is not a god. Daniel feeds a poison to the dragon, killing it, proving that it was mortal., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Illuminated historiated initial 'I' at the beginning of Zechariah, probably of a vision of two angels carrying an amphora containing a woman (Zechariah 5:9), with the woman interpreted as Christ (as indicated by his crossed halo)., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Illuminated historiated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of John, of four separate scenes: John with the head of his evangelist symbol, the Eagle; John resting against Christ at the Last Supper; John presenting a woman (the woman taken in adultery, or the woman of Samaria?) to Christ; and the Marriage Feast at Cana., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Carpet page of geometrical and foliate motifs., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Carpet page of geometrical and foliate motifs., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Full-page initial-word panel with penwork decoration., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Initial-word panel with penwork decoration., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Full-page chart for the calendar., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Miniature of The Trinity., Breviary, Dominican use (imperfect)

Miniature of The Trinity. Medieval leaf signatures show that the first two quires were 'f' and 'g'; final versos of quires marked 'Corr.' 1 small miniature with a partial foliate border including bas-de-page scenes, in colours and gold (f. 1).

• Historiated initial, Breviary, Dominican use (imperfect)

Historiated initial Medieval leaf signatures show that the first two quires were 'f' and 'g'; final versos of quires marked 'Corr.' 1 small miniature with a partial foliate border including bas-de-page scenes, in colours and gold (f. 1). 4 small

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Nectanebus., 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),

• Detail of a miniature of Darius, king of Persia ordering the chiselling of a marble slab in order to make a portrait of Alexander., 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),

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander and his soldiers fighting with crabs, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin., 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),

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander receiving tribute from the citizens of Babylon., 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),

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander sending letters to Olympias and Aristotle, mistakenly represented as a woman., 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),

• Detail of an initial-word panel with penwork decoration., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Pen-drawing of two hybrids in the margin., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah, Ashkenazi rite

hybrids in the margin. 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).

• Initial word ~melekh~ embedded into an architectural frame with an arch, three towers and a foliate scroll, inhabited by a dragon. There is a marginal drawing of a naked figure in the outer margin, probably added (for the poem, see Davidson, vol. 3, no. 1529)., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah, Ashkenazi rite

drawing of a naked figure in the outer margin, probably added (for the poem, see Davidson, vol. 3, no. 1529). Quires are numbered with Latin letters starting at the end of the codex with ‘a’. 8 unfinished initial words (ff.

• 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

• Detail of a miniature of Agamemnon dividing the spoils of Tenedos., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

with penwork decoration in white and ivy extensions Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation Inscription listing the number of quires (12,5) and miniatures (35): 'en cest livre sont xii caiers et demy et xxxv histoirez', 15th century (f. 100v).The