• Coloured drawings of the Last Judgement and Creation of Eve., Speculum humanae salvationis

Coloured drawings of the Last Judgement and Creation of Eve. Beginning with a list of contents, prohemium and prologue (ff. 1-3v). Quire marks.f. 1* is a paper fragment pasted onto f. [iv].f. 47 is a ruled leaf with later

• Coloured drawing of the Temptation of Eve by the serpent., Speculum humanae salvationis

Coloured drawing of the Temptation of Eve by the serpent. Beginning with a list of contents, prohemium and prologue (ff. 1-3v). Quire marks.f. 1* is a paper fragment pasted onto f. [iv].f. 47 is a ruled leaf with later

• Coloured drawings of Adam and Eve at work, and Noah's Ark., Speculum humanae salvationis

Coloured drawings of Adam and Eve at work, and Noah's Ark. Beginning with a list of contents, prohemium and prologue (ff. 1-3v). Quire marks.f. 1* is a paper fragment pasted onto f. [iv].f. 47 is a ruled leaf with

• Decorated initial 'H'(oc) with reserved designs and penwork decoration including arabesque motifs., Diadema monachorum

occasionally with script in later medieval hands.The manuscript has been intensely used.Ampersands. 1 large puzzle initial in red and green with penwork decoration in red (f. 1).1 large initial in blue with reserved designs and penwork decoration including arabesque

• Decorated intials 'D'(e) and 'E'(cclesia)., Speculum ecclesiae

Samuel Knott (d. 1687), rector of Combe Raleigh, Devon (1661-1668), antiquary and collector of manuscripts: inscribed with his name (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and

• Coloured initial 'Q'(uare), from Psalm 1., Psalter ('The Camaldoli Psalter'), with partial gloss (index The Fontebuono Psalter)

Coloured initial 'Q'(uare), from Psalm 1.1 large full-page miniature, in colours and gold (f. 178). 1 large decorated full-page initial, in colours and gold (f. 9v). Large and smaller decorated initials with white vine ornament, geometric and figural decoration,

• Inhabited vine-stem initial 'B'(eatus), with a naked man amongst foliage, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter ('The Camaldoli Psalter'), with partial gloss (index The Fontebuono Psalter)

vine-stem initial 'B'(eatus), with a naked man amongst foliage, at the beginning of Psalm 1.1 large full-page miniature, in colours and gold (f. 178). 1 large decorated full-page initial, in colours and gold (f. 9v). Large and smaller decorated

• Decorated initial 'P'(receptis), and the Pinelli number '7899' in the upper left-hand corner., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

Decorated initial 'P'(receptis), and the Pinelli number '7899' in the upper left-hand corner. 1 large puzzle initial (f. 1). Small initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of

• Decorated initials 'N'(eminem) and 'R'(ex); the lower margin with a note stating that from the creation of the world (5199 years before the birth of Christ) to the present is 6,434 years., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

creation of the world (5199 years before the birth of Christ) to the present is 6,434 years. 1 large puzzle initial (f. 1). Small initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(cribere) in the form of a dragon, at the beginning of Seneca's De clementia; with an erased inscription in the upper margin., De clementia (ff. 1-9), and other short texts

the Celestine monastery of Ste-Croix d’Offémont is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 10898. 1 large zoomorphic initial in red, green, silver, and gold (f. 1). 4 large foliate initials (ff. 6v, 17, 25v, 64v), and simpler initials, in red,

• Decorated initial 'U'(t) at the start of Book 2 of Seneca's De clementia, and a decorative run-over symbol in the lower margin., De clementia (ff. 1-9), and other short texts

the Celestine monastery of Ste-Croix d’Offémont is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 10898. 1 large zoomorphic initial in red, green, silver, and gold (f. 1). 4 large foliate initials (ff. 6v, 17, 25v, 64v), and simpler initials, in red,

• Initial 'I'(n) in the form of a dragon, and 'B'(eatus) with two bishops with crosiers, the lower with a closed book;and the ownership inscription: 'Liber Sancte Trinitatis de Kirkham' in the lower margin., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

pp. 74-77. 1 historiated initial of two bishops in green, red, and brown on a blue ground (f. 1). 2 large initials with animals or animals heads in red, green, and brown, or also with blue (ff. 1, 18v). Simple

• initial 'P'(etisa) and three pairs of busts men and women, labelled Ioachim and Anna, Ioseph and Sancte Maria, and Alpheus and [Mary] Cleophe., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

pp. 74-77. 1 historiated initial of two bishops in green, red, and brown on a blue ground (f. 1). 2 large initials with animals or animals heads in red, green, and brown, or also with blue (ff. 1, 18v). Simple

• null, De clementia (ff. 1-9), and other short texts

the Celestine monastery of Ste-Croix d’Offémont is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 10898. 1 large zoomorphic initial in red, green, silver, and gold (f. 1). 4 large foliate initials (ff. 6v, 17, 25v, 64v), and simpler initials, in red,

• null, De clementia (ff. 1-9), and other short texts

the Celestine monastery of Ste-Croix d’Offémont is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 10898. 1 large zoomorphic initial in red, green, silver, and gold (f. 1). 4 large foliate initials (ff. 6v, 17, 25v, 64v), and simpler initials, in red,

• Detail of a coloured initial 'Q'(uare), from Psalm 1., Psalter ('The Camaldoli Psalter'), with partial gloss (index The Fontebuono Psalter)

Detail of a coloured initial 'Q'(uare), from Psalm 1.1 large full-page miniature, in colours and gold (f. 178). 1 large decorated full-page initial, in colours and gold (f. 9v). Large and smaller decorated initials with white vine ornament, geometric

• Detail of an inhabited vine-stem initial 'B'(eatus), with a naked man amongst foliage, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter ('The Camaldoli Psalter'), with partial gloss (index The Fontebuono Psalter)

vine-stem initial 'B'(eatus), with a naked man amongst foliage, at the beginning of Psalm 1.1 large full-page miniature, in colours and gold (f. 178). 1 large decorated full-page initial, in colours and gold (f. 9v). Large and smaller decorated

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnis) with geometric pattern and foliage, at the beginning of the prologue to Hypognosticon., Hypognosticon

geometric pattern and foliage, at the beginning of the prologue to Hypognosticon. 1 foliate initial in colours, at the beginning of the prologue Hypognosticon (f. 2) and 1 large puzzle initial with penwork decoration in green, blue and red, at

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a scroll inscribed with the title of his Epistle ‘Ad Corinthos’, at the beginning of Second Corinthians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

102v, 117, 129v, 138v, 146, 152, 155v, 164v, 170, 172v). 1 foliate initial with white lions in colours and gold, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 1), and 1 initial with dragons in colours and gold, at the beginning

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul enthroned, with a scroll reading ‘Ad Galatias’., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

102v, 117, 129v, 138v, 146, 152, 155v, 164v, 170, 172v). 1 foliate initial with white lions in colours and gold, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 1), and 1 initial with dragons in colours and gold, at the beginning