• null, Register of Chertsey abbey

1 unfoliated parchment leaf after each of ff. 26, 44, 72, 76, 82, 113, 123, 126, 134, 166, 198, 211, and 2 after f. 28.Guide letters.ff. 5-8 are parchment flyleaves. 1 full border in colours with faces (f. 9).

• Puzzle initial 'F' in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours., Papiae vocabularium et dictionarium (index Dictionary)

volumes with continuous foliation: vol. 1 (ff. 1-167v), and vol. 2 (ff. 168-336v).ff. 1-2v are originally blank parchment flyleaves with later inscriptions. ff. 2v, 165v-[165a]v and 167v are blank; ff. 161-165 are later additions.f. 1 is a former pastedown.ff. 166

• null, 16 homilies on Genesis (ff. 1v-51); 13 homilies on Exodus (ff. 51-90v)

inscribed ‘Iste e(st) fr(atru)m s(an)c(t)i B(e)n(e)d(ict)i ordi(ni)s [last word erased:] Camaldule(n)sis’ (f. 90v); traces of further erased ownership inscriptions (f. 1); cf. Egerton 3036 and Yates Thompson 40, both Camaldolese manuscripts).Mr White: his sale, 5 December 1814, lot 564, bought

• Heraldic device with angels., Grant of nobililty from Philip II to Andres Gomez Marocho, of Xeres de la Frontera

armorial book-plate (inside upper cover [f. 1]).Bought by the British Museum from Chas Lowe, 9 March 1894 (note on f. 1), using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) in a collection of statutes., Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), and other texts

a collection of statutes. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 20v). Large initials in red with blue (and sometimes red) penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and in blue with red penwork decoration

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the statuta Westmonasterium secunda., Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), and other texts

beginning of the statuta Westmonasterium secunda. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 20v). Large initials in red with blue (and sometimes red) penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and in blue with red

• Heraldic arms surrounded by the garter, and on the right, an illuminated initial 'T'(he) at the beginning of the statutes and ordinances of the Order of the Garter., Statutes and ordinances of the Order of the Garter of St George

Garter. 2 full-page heraldic arms and crests, surrounded by the garter and motto of the Order of the Garter (ff. 1, 1v). Large initials in gold or silver on gold and coloured grounds. Statutes and ordinances of the Order of

• Detail of a puzzle initial 'P'(ost) in a collection of statutes., Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), and other texts

'P'(ost) in a collection of statutes. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 20v). Large initials in red with blue (and sometimes red) penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and in blue with red

• Detail of a decorated initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the statuta Westmonasterium secunda., Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), and other texts

the beginning of the statuta Westmonasterium secunda. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 20v). Large initials in red with blue (and sometimes red) penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and in blue with

• Decorated border and puzzle initial 'A(micum), the usual incipit of Platearius's text: 'Amicum induit qui amicorum precibus, with a bird and squirrels ? in the penwork decoration., Practica brevis (ff. 5-85v), with other short texts such as medical recipes

induit qui amicorum precibus, with a bird and squirrels ? in the penwork decoration. 1 large initial puzzle initial in blue and red, with blue and red penwork decoration including animals, and extending into a full border (f. 5). Large

• Miniature of knights, decorated initial 'L'(i) and partial border, at the beginning of the prologue of Jean de Meung's L'Art de Chivalry., L'Art de Chivalry

the prologue of Jean de Meung's L'Art de Chivalry. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 5 large decorated initials developing partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 2v, 23v, 43, 85). Smaller and small initials

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam) at the beginning of Eberhard of Béthune's Graecismus., Graecismus with gloss

initial in brown and red, with brown and red penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with a green wash, or brown penwork decoration, and some with brown ink faces in the bowls. Paraphs in red. Graecismus with

• Initial word with modest penwork decoration around its letters, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for the afternoon service of Rosh ha-Shanah (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 6823)., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot, Ashkenazi rite

223. 1 folio with text framed by an arcade in ink (f. 121v). 2 decorated initial words framed by an arcade in ink (f. 47v, 101). 6 decorated initial words, in ink (ff. 18v, 32v, 37, 84, 223, 310). 1

• Miniature of Adam and Eve in paradise, with a trompe l'oeil border with a portrait of Henry VIII with his royal arms, and illuminated initial 'I'(n principio), at the beginning of 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 Adam and Eve in paradise, at the beginning of 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

• Historiated ~bas-de-page~ in colours and gold, of two saints in quatrefoils flanking a foliate motif framed within a patterned border (at centre of image)., Cutting from a liturgical manuscript

to its old folio number. To see this cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 1-7 [box 1]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album (Post-1600. Gold tooled dark blue ?morocco with on the spine: 'Italian / Miniatures

• An engraved foliate full-page border, with the text excised, illuminated in colours and gold, of acanthus leaves, flowers, cherabim and gems., Cutting from a printed Missal, containing text from the Canon of the Mass

to their old folio number. To see these cutting in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 21412, ff. 1-7 [box 1]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album (Post-1600. Gold tooled dark blue ?morocco with on the spine: 'Italian / Miniatures

• Illuminated initials 'V'(olucris) and 'Q'(uid) with foliate decoration., Moralia in Job

copy of the Moralia in Job written by the same hand (ff. 297, 298).Instructions for rubrics. Catchwords and bifolium signatures 1 historiated initial of Gregory the Great with two clerics, in colours and gold, with a full bar border, at

• Historiated initial 'R'(everentissimo) of pope Greogy the Great, with a full bar-border with dogs and rabbits in the lower margin., Moralia in Job

copy of the Moralia in Job written by the same hand (ff. 297, 298).Instructions for rubrics. Catchwords and bifolium signatures 1 historiated initial of Gregory the Great with two clerics, in colours and gold, with a full bar border, at

• Puzzle initial 'D'(omino) with a partial border, at the beginning of the Secretum Secretorum., Secretum Secretorum, Historia destructionis Troiae, and other texts

bifolium signatures 2 puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing and penwork partial border in red and blue (ff. 1, 38). Initials in red with blue or purple pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing throughout the text. Secretum