• Catchword included into an two-tailed mermaid. The facial features of the mermaid are erased., ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 1-277); two short halakhical (legal) treatises (ff. 278-280)

originally not part of the manuscript but added later. 7 decorated catchwords (ff. 5v, 13v, 21v, 29v, 118v, 134v, 142v). 1 marginal drawing, in ink (f. 117v). ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 1-277); two short halakhical (legal) treatises

• Catchword is decorated with a fish-human hybrid., ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 1-277); two short halakhical (legal) treatises (ff. 278-280)

part of the manuscript but added later. 7 decorated catchwords (ff. 5v, 13v, 21v, 29v, 118v, 134v, 142v). 1 marginal drawing, in ink (f. 117v). ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 1-277); two short halakhical (legal) treatises (ff. 278-280)

• Miniatures showing the allegorical figures of (1) Haine and (2) Feloniye with Vilenie., Roman de la Rose

the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 large miniature, followed by a small miniature and a large decorated initial, with full foliate borders, in colours and gold (f. 1). 85 small miniatures, partly coloured pen drawings (ff.

• Miniatures showing the allegorical figures of (1) Convoitise and (2) Avarice., Roman de la Rose

the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 large miniature, followed by a small miniature and a large decorated initial, with full foliate borders, in colours and gold (f. 1). 85 small miniatures, partly coloured pen drawings (ff.

• Miniatures showing (1) a dance in the walled garden and (2) a kiss., Roman de la Rose

the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 large miniature, followed by a small miniature and a large decorated initial, with full foliate borders, in colours and gold (f. 1). 85 small miniatures, partly coloured pen drawings (ff.

• Miniatures showing (1) Franchise and Pitie speaking with Dangier and (2) Franchise sending Bel-acueil to the Lover., Roman de la Rose

the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 large miniature, followed by a small miniature and a large decorated initial, with full foliate borders, in colours and gold (f. 1). 85 small miniatures, partly coloured pen drawings (ff.

• Miniatures showing (1) Peur speaking to Honte and (2) Peur and Honte waking up Dangier., Roman de la Rose

the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 large miniature, followed by a small miniature and a large decorated initial, with full foliate borders, in colours and gold (f. 1). 85 small miniatures, partly coloured pen drawings (ff.

• Two miniatures showing (1) La Vieille revealing good news to the Lover and (2) La Vieille showing the Lover how to get into the castle., Roman de la Rose

the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. 1 large miniature, followed by a small miniature and a large decorated initial, with full foliate borders, in colours and gold (f. 1). 85 small miniatures, partly coloured pen drawings (ff.

• Decorated initials., Leaf of an unidentified text

13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square notation on four-line red staves. 1 large decorated initial, in colours and gold. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in blue with red

• Detail of decorated initials., Leaf of an unidentified text

13th century English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square notation on four-line red staves. 1 large decorated initial, in colours and gold. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in blue with red

• Text page., Fragment of Homily XI, Homilies on the Evangelists, book 1, on Matthew 13:44-52

notation: square notation on four-line red staves. 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initial in blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Fragment of Homily XI, Homilies on the Evangelists, book 1, on Matthew 13:44-52 f. 2: from

• Large historiated initial 'T'(his) enclosing the arms of Henry VII, king of England supported by a dragon and a greyhound combined with a full panel border in colours and gold with acanthus leaves and the emblems of the king., Quadripartite indenture made between Henry VII, John Islip, abbot of Westminster, the abbot of St Albans and the mayor and commonalty of London in 20 Henry VII (r. 1489-1509)

Robert Harley on 4 October 1705 for £450 (see Watson 1966).Inscribed in pencil, 'Four Tomes Tome 1' (f. [iv]), and pressmark 'N. 28' (f. 1), ?18th century. The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl

• Decorated cadels with faces and decorated descender, in the text for the celebration of All Saints day (1 November)., Cistercian statutes (consuetudinarium), with a calendar (ff. 4-16) and lunar and planetary tables (ff. 16v-18v)

the text for the celebration of All Saints day (1 November). Musical notation, the second a late 15th-century addition (ff. 1-3, 110r-110v). 'KL' letters in gold on blue grounds with white filigree and gold balls (ff. 4-15). Initials in gold,

• Puzzle initial 'C'(omo) with pen-flourishing including a J-border at the beginning of the text., Laws of the city of Avignon

by i-xiv). Catchwords.End damaged.Reference to the date of 1251 (f. 1). Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours, with some purple ink (ff. 1). Numerous large red initials with purple pen-flourishing or blue with

• Decorated initial 'P'(riori) with stems, foliate motifs and human heads., Lives of Saints (imperfect)

and human heads. Leaves lost before f. 1 and after 147.f. 148 is from a different ?mid-12th century liturgical manuscript with red and blue penwork initials. Catchwords.f. 1* is a paper flyleaf, f. 148 is a medieval parchment flyleaf.This manuscript

• Coloured initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red and blue., Fragment of a leaf from a second half of the 13th century English Troper-Proser containing ‘Gloria’ trope and sequences for the first, second and third Advent Sundays.

of the foundation collections of the British Library.Inscribed with notes relating to the removal of printed specimen (Nos. 1-185, 244, 246, 247, 266) for tranfer to the Department of Printed Books in 1814 and 1891 (f. 1). Decorated initials England

• Coloured initials 'Imperator' and pen-flourished dragon in the lower margin., Codex in 9 books, with partial gloss (index Corpus Jurus Civilis)

illuminator of c. 1250-1260. 1 miniature in colours and gold, at the beginning of Book 6, of an enthroned king and his servants who are subduing an ox (f. 143). The subject relates to Title 1: 'Concerning fugitive and municipal

• Historiated initial 'P'(unctus) with a portrait of Euclid in academic dress and several geometric diagrams in the margins., Elements (index Liber geometriae, Elementa geometriae)

outlining geometric principles. A round map of the world (mappa mundi) (f. 128v). 1 large initial in colours and silver with a portrait of Euclid (f. 1). 7 large initials in colours with birds or animals dressed in academic robes

• Puzzle initial 'H'(eri) with penwork decoration., Eligantiae (with an alphabetical list of words, ff. 73-87) (index Elegantiolae)

with various inscriptions. 2 large initials in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 1, 7). Paraphs in blue. Capitals marked in yellow. Marginal notes in red. Eligantiae (with an alphabetical list of words, ff. 73-87) (index Elegantiolae) Giles Grene: sixteenth-century

• Miniature of the image of Christ from Veronica's veil (Sudarium), at the beginning of a prayer., Prayer

is the earliest richly illuminated manuscript with fairly definite evidence of having been made in Oxford, according to Morgan 1982. 1 half-page miniature at the beginning of a prayer to the Holy Face, or Veronica image, in colours and gold