• Decorated initials 'D'(e) and 'H'(ec) with faces in the bowl of the letters, in Eberhard of Béthune's Graecismus., Graecismus with gloss

of Béthune's Graecismus. Puzzle 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

• Pen-flourished initials., De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ, in five books, imperfect

noted in a modern cursive hand on ff. 60v, 62. 1 very large puzzle initial in blue and gold with a partial bar border in red, blue and gold (f. 1). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing and in blue

• Historiated initial 'V'(erba mea auribus percipe Domine) at Psalm 5., Office of the Dead (Officium defunctorum)

and corrections in a modern hand ff. 16, 28v, 29v. 1 very large initial in red and brown with the face of a bearded man or demon 'V'(erba) (f. 1). Plain initials in red, some large, some small. Rubrics in

• Ownership inscription of the benedictine abbey of Camaldoli, near Poppi in Arezzo province: ‘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’., 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

• Text page with quire signature and catchword, and a space left for the initial 'M', in Origen's homily on Exodus., 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

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) depicting a saint holding a book, presumably Benedict, at the beginning of Book 2 of Gregory the Great's Dialogues., Dialogi

Dialogues. 4 large historiated initials in colours and gold, with foliate marginal extensions, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 22, 44, 76). Small initials alternately red with purple flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. One-line initials in blue

• Historiated initial 'P'(ostquam) depicting the Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, at the beginning of Book 4 of Gregory the Great's Dialogues., Dialogi

Dialogues. 4 large historiated initials in colours and gold, with foliate marginal extensions, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 22, 44, 76). Small initials alternately red with purple flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. One-line initials in blue

• Decorated initial 'P'(articipia), with penwork ornament including a quadruped and a bearded male figure, in Priscian's De constructione., De constructione (index Priscianus minor)

and a bearded male figure, in Priscian's De constructione. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold (f. 4). Small red initials with red and brown penwork decoration, or blue initials with red and brown penwork ornament, sometimes including human faces

• Puzzle initial 'L'(abo) with pen-flourishing, in the Vocabularium., Vocabularium (ends imperfectly)

pen-flourishing, in the Vocabularium. f. 1 and f. 113, from a theological work, 2nd half of the 13th century, are used as flyleaves. Puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in red and blue (ff. 36,

• Puzzle initial 'M'(edicina), at the beginning of Johannicius' Isagoge., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Initial 'I' with pen-flourishing, in Priscian's De constructione., De constructione (index Priscianus minor)

in Priscian's De constructione. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold (f. 4). Small red initials with red and brown penwork decoration, or blue initials with red and brown penwork ornament, sometimes including human faces (e.g. ff. 50, 51, 52v).

• null, De constructione (index Priscianus minor)

1 historiated initial in colours and gold (f. 4). Small red initials with red and brown penwork decoration, or blue initials with red and brown penwork ornament, sometimes including human faces (e.g. ff. 50, 51, 52v). Red and/or blue

• null, De constructione (index Priscianus minor)

1 historiated initial in colours and gold (f. 4). Small red initials with red and brown penwork decoration, or blue initials with red and brown penwork ornament, sometimes including human faces (e.g. ff. 50, 51, 52v). Red and/or blue

• null, De constructione (index Priscianus minor)

1 historiated initial in colours and gold (f. 4). Small red initials with red and brown penwork decoration, or blue initials with red and brown penwork ornament, sometimes including human faces (e.g. ff. 50, 51, 52v). Red and/or blue

• null, Ab urbe condita: first (ff. 1-113), third (ff. 113-213), and fourth (ff. 214-290v) decades

Most of the rest of the decoration consists of drawings of birds and other figures in the margins (e.g. f. 1), on the initials (e.g. f. 92v), or attached to descenders of the lowest line of writing (e.g. f. 37).

• null, Dialogi

foliate marginal extensions, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 22, 44, 76). Small initials alternately red with purple flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. One-line initials in blue with simple red penwork decoration. Dialogi Unidentified owner(s), 14th century?:

• null, Dialogi

foliate marginal extensions, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 22, 44, 76). Small initials alternately red with purple flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. One-line initials in blue with simple red penwork decoration. Dialogi Unidentified owner(s), 14th century?:

• Penwork initial 'E', at the beginning of Kyriani Kyranides's Naturalium virtutum., Herbal and lapidary works

from 1361 to 1415 (f. 86v). 2 large initials in blue, (with reserved designs), and red penwork decoration (ff. 1, 57). Small initials in plain red or blue. Spaces for illuminated initials left empty (ff. 50v-55). Paraph marks in plain

• Coloured initial 'I'(n) and decorated letters at the beginning of John., Maccabees and the New Testament (ff. 1-157v); Historia scholastica

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.7.4’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together

• null, Missal, Use of Sarum (ends imperfectly)

red and blue (ff. 8v, 65v). 1 large initial in blue with reserved designs (f. 64). Large and small initials plain in red or blue. Missal, Use of Sarum (ends imperfectly) Inscription: 'Obit Johannis … / Anno domini M^o^ CCC^mo^