• Detail: decorated catchword., Prayers for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'London Days of Awe Mahzor')

visible. 1 initial-word panel inhabited by birds, dragons, and hybrids in ink (f. 1). 2 initial words decorated with geometrical motifs/inhabited by hybrids and dragons in brown ink (ff. 28v, 48v). 8 marginal decorations in brown ink (ff. 1, 2,

• Text page from Genesis., Bible

Volume one of two: vol. II is Royal MS 1 C VI.Quire signatures, instructions for rubricator. Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing, 1 initial with two-sided pen-flourished border (f. 1). Small initials in red or blue. Running titles

• Detail of a miniature of a fox (vulpes) playing dead in order to catch two birds (aves), who swoop down to feed on its carcass., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

down to feed on its carcass. 1 full-page diagram with frame and central roundel in colours and gold (f. 2v). Numerous large miniatures in colours (29 of the aviarium; 24 of the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and

• Detail of a miniature of an eagle., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

of a miniature of an eagle. 1 full-page diagram with frame and central roundel in colours and gold (f. 2v). Numerous large miniatures in colours (29 of the aviarium; 24 of the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and

• Decorated zoomorphic initial 'E'(cclesiasticam) with two animal heads., Chronographia tripertita, with preface

is a change of scribe at f. 64; the first uses quire signatures, the second uses catchwords. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 7v). 1 small iniital with zoomorphic features (f. 2). Added marginal drawings, 13th century (ff. 6v, 20, 85v,

• Decorated initial 'L'(ibrum), and full border, at the beginning of Marco Polo's Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum. The margin with the rampant lion of William Howard., Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum

first with a full border, the others a partial border, in colours (ff. 1, 2, 15, 28, 38v). Small initials in blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red. 1 marginal hybrid in red (f. 30v). Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum ?

• Decorated initial 'P'(ars), and partial border, at the beginning of book 3 of Marco Polo's Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum., Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum

first with a full border, the others a partial border, in colours (ff. 1, 2, 15, 28, 38v). Small initials in blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red. 1 marginal hybrid in red (f. 30v). Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum ?

• Puzzle initial 'P'(io) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum. The margin with the rampant lion of William Howard., Gesta Normannorum ducum

the beginning of the prologue and the books (ff. 1, 1v, 5, 8, 11, 18, 23v, 27). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. 1 run-over figure climbing on rocks (f. 13v). Gesta Normannorum

• Decorated initial 'M'(ulier) and a partial border with many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, at the beginning of chapter 1 of Bernardus de Gordonio's De conservatione vitae humanae., De conservatione vitae humanae (ff. 1-61); Tacuinum sanitatis (ff. 61v-110v)

chapter 1 of Bernardus de Gordonio's De conservatione vitae humanae. 4 large decorated initials, developing partial borders, the second with many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 3v,

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus)., Miscellany, including the Chronicon, and lives of English saints including Osgythe (ff. 29v-30), imperfect (the 'Romsey Legendary')

small simple initials in blue, green, or red, 1 with penwork decoration brown (f. 4). Circles around names in blue, brown, pink, or red, some connected by straight lines. From f. 5v, large puzzle initials in blue and red with

• Marginal hybrid, Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum

first with a full border, the others a partial border, in colours (ff. 1, 2, 15, 28, 38v). Small initials in blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red. 1 marginal hybrid in red (f. 30v). Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum ?

• Decorated initial 'L'(ibrum), and upper half of the full border, at the beginning of Marco Polo's Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum., Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum

first with a full border, the others a partial border, in colours (ff. 1, 2, 15, 28, 38v). Small initials in blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red. 1 marginal hybrid in red (f. 30v). Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum ?

• Decorated initial 'P'(ars), and partial border, at the beginning of book 3 of Marco Polo's Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum., Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum

first with a full border, the others a partial border, in colours (ff. 1, 2, 15, 28, 38v). Small initials in blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red. 1 marginal hybrid in red (f. 30v). Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum ?

• Detail of interlace initial 'E'(cclesiasticam)., Chronographia tripertita, with preface

is a change of scribe at f. 64; the first uses quire signatures, the second uses catchwords. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 7v). 1 small iniital with zoomorphic features (f. 2). Added marginal drawings, 13th century (ff. 6v, 20, 85v,

• Zoomorphic initial 'P'(ompelus) with three quadrupeds., Chronographia tripertita, with preface

is a change of scribe at f. 64; the first uses quire signatures, the second uses catchwords. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 7v). 1 small iniital with zoomorphic features (f. 2). Added marginal drawings, 13th century (ff. 6v, 20, 85v,

• null, Miscellany, including the Chronicon, and lives of English saints including Osgythe (ff. 29v-30), imperfect (the 'Romsey Legendary')

simple initials in blue, green, or red, 1 with penwork decoration brown (f. 4). Circles around names in blue, brown, pink, or red, some connected by straight lines. From f. 5v, large puzzle initials in blue and red with red

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lexander), at the beginning of Aristoteles's Epistola Ypocratis ad Alexandrum., Epistola Ypocratis ad Alexandrum (ends imperfectly)

initial 'A'(lexander), at the beginning of Aristoteles's Epistola Ypocratis ad Alexandrum. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with penwork decoration in red and blue (f. 1).1 smaller initial with reserved designs (f. 4). Small initials in plain

• Detail of decorated initial 'U'., Mainly scientific and grammatic miscellany, including the Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 100-108v; 109-34), the Mirror of Light (ff. 155-168); Cistercian statuta and ordinationes (ff. 200-220); De sphaera (ff. 59-75); algorismus with commentary (ff. 26-43)

with a large initial in brown with interlace and foliage (f. 1). f. 221 is a paper leaf. Large diagrams of hands in brown ink (ff. 131v-134v, 169, 198). 1 large initial in red with blue and red penwork decoration

• Decorated initial., Gerinus (ff. 1-12v); Ilias Minor (ff. 13-32v)

Decorated initial. ff. 1-12v: 1 large decorated initial with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials in red with brown pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing.ff. 13-32v: Spaces left for initials. Gerinus (ff.

• Decorated panel with foliate scroll and geometric design, at the end of ~parashat mishpatim~ (Ex. 21:1-24:18)., Portions from the Exodus with Arabic translation and commentary

Decorated panel with foliate scroll and geometric design, at the end of ~parashat mishpatim~ (Ex. 21:1-24:18). Incomplete at the beginning, and several lacunae. Ruling is visible. Numerous decorated panels inserted into the body of the text, in colours and