• Coloured drawing of the map of Lancashire dated and signed by William Smith., 'The Visitacion of Lancashire' (index Visitation of Lancashire) (unfinished)

Coloured drawing of the map of Lancashire dated and signed by William Smith. f. 1* is a small inscribed piece of parchment.The visitation was made in 1567, but transcribed and augmented in 1598 by William Smith (f. 2*).Contains an

• Decorated initial and diagram of the earth., Etymologiae, and De natura rerum (ff. 33-48v), with letters between Isidore and Braulio (ff. 1v-3)

rerum (ff. 33-48v), with letters between Isidore and Braulio (ff. 1v-3) Inscribed on a small parchment fragment affixed to f. 1 'Anno dominice incarnationis .m.c.xxxvi.' (f. 1).Added diagram in a 15th-century hand (f. 41v). Charles Spencer (b. 1674, d. 1722),

• Illuminated initials 'P'(linius) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the Vita Plini Secundi and letter 11., Vita Plinii, epistola 11; Historia naturalis (index Natural history) (books 1-18), imperfect

in colours, many with heads, masks, dragons, hybrids, and/or animals, including a bird and a dog, most with gold (ff. 1, 2, 22v, 26v, 32, 38, 45v, 56, 66, 85v, 94v, 107, 113, 118v, 124v, 130v, 141v). In several instances

• Illuminated zoomorphic initial 'S'(equitur) made up of a hybrid creature with a bird or dragon's (?) body and a horned human head, at the beginning of book 10 of Pliny's Historia naturalis., Vita Plinii, epistola 11; Historia naturalis (index Natural history) (books 1-18), imperfect

in colours, many with heads, masks, dragons, hybrids, and/or animals, including a bird and a dog, most with gold (ff. 1, 2, 22v, 26v, 32, 38, 45v, 56, 66, 85v, 94v, 107, 113, 118v, 124v, 130v, 141v). In several instances

• Puzzle initial 'C'(irca) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Maurice of Ireland's Distinctiones., Distinctiones

Ireland's Distinctiones. Another leaf from the calendar of Part 1 is Sloane 1044 f. 78. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 5). 1 small initial in red with blue pen-flourishing (f.

• Coloured letters., De trinitate (excerpts) (ff. 9-85v); De doctrina christiana (excerpts) (f. 8r-v); De rerum naturis (ff. 9-35v); calendar (ff. 1v-7v)

Coloured letters. 1 decorated initial in gold on a blue wash background (f. 9). 'KL' letters in red and green. 2 initials in red with green penwork decoration (ff. 16, 50v). 1 large initial in green, with simple penwork decoration

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(aulus) with white lions interlaced with a foliate scroll and an attached portrait of Peter Lombard writing the first words of his commentary, 'hunc epistola[m] / s/cribit / ap[osto]l[us]s roma/nos'., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

indicating the length of a citation.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 3 initials with foliate and/or zoomorphic decoration (f. 3, 170), including 1 with an author portrait attached to the initial (f. 4), in colours and gold, at the beginning of Peter

• Coloured initials., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with penwork decoration in green. 1 full-page diagram in colours (f. 107v), and 2

• Detail of a circular diagram representing a map of the world (a so-called 'T-O' map)., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with penwork decoration in green. 1 full-page diagram in colours (f. 107v), and 2

• Historiated initial 'D'(omino) of Isidore, at the beginning of the prefatory letter from Isidore of Seville to Braulio, bishop of Saragossa., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with penwork decoration in green. 1 full-page diagram in colours (f. 107v), and 2

• Decorated initials 'M'(undus) and 'A'(thomos) at the beginning of sections concerning the physical world, starting with a passage on the world, and followed by one on atoms., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with penwork decoration in green. 1 full-page diagram in colours (f. 107v), and 2

• Decorated initial., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with penwork decoration in green. 1 full-page diagram in colours (f. 107v), and 2

• Coloured initials, and marginal diagram is next to passages concerning the course of the sun through the sky, and the light of the moon, Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with penwork decoration in green. 1 full-page diagram in colours (f. 107v), and 2

• Decorated initials., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with penwork decoration in green. 1 full-page diagram in colours (f. 107v), and 2

• Text page., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with penwork decoration in green. 1 full-page diagram in colours (f. 107v), and 2

• Zoomorphic initial, with a bird body., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with penwork decoration in green. 1 full-page diagram in colours (f. 107v), and 2

• Circular diagram representing a map of the world (a so-called 'T-O' map)., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with penwork decoration in green. 1 full-page diagram in colours (f. 107v), and 2

• Detail of historiated initial 'D'(ixim[us]) of Dunstan, seated at a forge, pinching the devil's nose with a pair of tongs., Canterbury Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect, including a life of Dunstan and of Anselm of Canterbury

added texts of the 13th and 14th centuries (~jocalia~) with no decorative elements. 1 large historiated initial in colours of Dunstan pinching the devil's nose (f. 15v). 1 smaller initial in colours with foliate and zoomorphic motifs (f. 21v). Small

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixim[us]) of Dunstan, seated at a forge, pinching the devil's nose with a pair of tongs., Canterbury Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect, including a life of Dunstan and of Anselm of Canterbury

added texts of the 13th and 14th centuries (~jocalia~) with no decorative elements. 1 large historiated initial in colours of Dunstan pinching the devil's nose (f. 15v). 1 smaller initial in colours with foliate and zoomorphic motifs (f. 21v). Small

• Detail of decorated initial 'D'(efuncto) at the beginning of Book II of Eadmer's Life of Anselm of Canterbury., Canterbury Passionale (Lives of the Saints), imperfect, including a life of Dunstan and of Anselm of Canterbury

added texts of the 13th and 14th centuries (~jocalia~) with no decorative elements. 1 large historiated initial in colours of Dunstan pinching the devil's nose (f. 15v). 1 smaller initial in colours with foliate and zoomorphic motifs (f. 21v). Small