• Historiated initial 'A'(d) with Aristotle and foliate border., De regimine principum (ff. 1-32); De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); Life of St Veridianus, etc. (ff. 55-57v); Variae (ff. 57v-67v), De anima (ff. 68-79v); Speculum (ff. 80-83v), Soliloquies (ff. 83v-128v), Pelagius' Liber de vita christiana (ff. 129-139v)

with a three-sided, the following with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 32v, 57v). 4 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 68, 80, 83v, 129). 10 smaller decorated

• Historiated initial 'D'(um) and foliate border., De regimine principum (ff. 1-32); De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); Life of St Veridianus, etc. (ff. 55-57v); Variae (ff. 57v-67v), De anima (ff. 68-79v); Speculum (ff. 80-83v), Soliloquies (ff. 83v-128v), Pelagius' Liber de vita christiana (ff. 129-139v)

a three-sided, the following with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 32v, 57v). 4 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 68, 80, 83v, 129). 10 smaller decorated foliate

• null, Speculum humanae salvationis; Register of the history of the Old Testatment

Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Highlighting of letters in red. Speculum humanae salvationis; Register of the history of the Old Testatment The Cistercian nunnery of St Mary and St Mauritius, Medingen, lower Saxony: inscription 'Liber sanctae

• Historiated initial of Giles of Rome blessing, holding a book., De regimine principum (ff. 1-32); De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); Life of St Veridianus, etc. (ff. 55-57v); Variae (ff. 57v-67v), De anima (ff. 68-79v); Speculum (ff. 80-83v), Soliloquies (ff. 83v-128v), Pelagius' Liber de vita christiana (ff. 129-139v)

first with a three-sided, the following with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 32v, 57v). 4 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 68, 80, 83v, 129). 10 smaller

• Decorated initial., De regimine principum (ff. 1-32); De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); Life of St Veridianus, etc. (ff. 55-57v); Variae (ff. 57v-67v), De anima (ff. 68-79v); Speculum (ff. 80-83v), Soliloquies (ff. 83v-128v), Pelagius' Liber de vita christiana (ff. 129-139v)

the following with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 32v, 57v). 4 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 68, 80, 83v, 129). 10 smaller decorated foliate initials, in

• Initial 'C'(um) with foliate motifs and a grotesque., Genesis and Exodus, glossed

colours with foliate motifs and one with a grotesque (ff. 2v, 107v). 1 large decorated initial in gold and colours with foliate motifs and a grotesque (f. 1). Small initials in red or blue with penwork decoration in the alternate

• Initial 'Q'(uoniam) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Raymond de Peñafort's Summa de penitentia., Summa de casibus poenitentiae

Initial 'Q'(uoniam) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Raymond de Peñafort's Summa de penitentia. 1 large initial in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing (f. 6). 1 small initial in green with red foliate penwork decoration (f. 6). Small initials in

• Decorated initial 'R'(es) at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum., Gesta regum Anglorum, imperfect

Decorated initial 'R'(es) at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum. 1 large red initial with green, red, blue, and brown foliate decoration (f. 1). 6 large initials in red (often oxidised) or green, mostly simple, but some

• Decorated initial 'D'(iu) and 'S'(uperiori) at the beginning of book 2 of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum., Gesta regum Anglorum, imperfect

at the beginning of book 2 of William of Malmesbury's Gesta regum Anglorum. 1 large red initial with green, red, blue, and brown foliate decoration (f. 1). 6 large initials in red (often oxidised) or green, mostly simple, but some

• Puzzle initial 'B'(onorum), at the beginning of Aristotle's De anima., De generatione et corruptione (ff. 1-23); De memoria et reminiscentia (ff. 23v-26v); De sensu et sensato (ff. 27-35v); De anima (ff. 36-73v); De causis (ff. 74-83); De doctrina spiritus et animae (ff. 83-89); De morte et vita (ff. 89-90v); De vigilia et somno (ff. 91-103); with glosses

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, with decorated extensions (ff. 1, 23v, 27, 36, 48, 66, 74, 83, 89, 91). Marginal drawings (e.g. f. 62). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rosodia), at the beginning of Johannes Balbus's Catholicon., Catholicon

Puzzle initial 'P'(rosodia), at the beginning of Johannes Balbus's Catholicon. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue, with reserved designs, with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 26 smaller puzzle initials in red and blue, some with reserved designs, with pen-flourishing

• Marginal drawings of half-length figures, as part of a series of half-length figures always placed in the centre of the lower margin, in Johannes Balbus's Catholicon., Catholicon

placed in the centre of the lower margin, in Johannes Balbus's Catholicon. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue, with reserved designs, with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). 26 smaller puzzle initials in red and blue, some with reserved designs,

• Initial 'Q'(uoniam) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Raymond de Peñafort's Summa de penitentia., Summa de casibus poenitentiae

Initial 'Q'(uoniam) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Raymond de Peñafort's Summa de penitentia. 1 large initial in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing (f. 6). 1 small initial in green with red foliate penwork decoration (f. 6). Small initials in

• Initial with penwork decoration., Meteororum

scholar: inscriptions 'J. O. Halliwell July 3, 1838' (f. [vi]); 'James Orchard Halliwell No. 126' (f. 1); his ink stamp 'Bibliotheca Halliwellana' (ff. 1; 118v); catalogued for sale, 27 June 1840, lot 112, but withdrawn, along with the other manuscripts,

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) with clerics chanting at the beginning of Psalm 97, combined with a foliate bar border with a bird in the margin., Psalter

and gold of king David playing the harp combined with a full foliate bar border at the beginning of Psalm 1, and a dog pursuing a hare in the margin (f. 7). Large historiated initials in colours and gold and

• Historiated initial 'D' of Christ blessing (upper centre)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

were formerly pasted into The Samuel Rogers Album framed by Add. 21412, ff. 1 and 2, and foliated with their respective frames as Add. 21412, ff. 1 and 2. In 1989 they were lifted from the album, remounted and stored

• Historiated initial 'D' of Christ blessing (centre)., Cuttings from a liturgical manuscript

were formerly pasted into The Samuel Rogers Album framed by Add. 21412, ff. 1 and 2, and foliated with their respective frames as Add. 21412, ff. 1 and 2. In 1989 they were lifted from the album, remounted and stored

• Historiated initial 'J'(ohannes) of a lawyer holding a book, with a partial border, at the beginning of the preface (the introductory bull of John XXII), and a foliate initial 'J'(ohannes), at the beginning of the gloss; with birds and a hybrid grotesque in the margin., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

in 1336 (ff. 1-112);John XXII, three decretals from the Extravagantes: 'Suscepti regiminis' (tit. I, cap. 2), 'Execrabilis' (tit. III, cap. 1), and 'Sedes apostolica' (tit. IV, cap. I) (ff. 112-114);Nicholas III, a decretal on Franciscans of 1279 (ff. 114-120);Guilelmus de

• Two illuminated initial 'I'(mperator) with border extensions, including birds, at the beginning of the Glossa ordinaria to the Institutiones., Glossa ordinaria to the Institutiones and Glossa ordinaria to the Tres libri

anathema] sit. Amen' (f. 1) (see Warner and Gilson).Added list of contents of the Tres libri, 14th-century English hand (ff. 264-265) .The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1356' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Historiated initial 'M'(agnifice) of Guilelmus de Monte Lauduno presenting his book to the pope, at the beginning of the Lectura super Clementinis., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

in 1336 (ff. 1-112);John XXII, three decretals from the Extravagantes: 'Suscepti regiminis' (tit. I, cap. 2), 'Execrabilis' (tit. III, cap. 1), and 'Sedes apostolica' (tit. IV, cap. I) (ff. 112-114);Nicholas III, a decretal on Franciscans of 1279 (ff. 114-120);Guilelmus de