• Initial-word panels with penwork decoration., Commentary on the Pentateuch

194 is a later reconstruction. Deleted and rewritten section (f. 25v). Several mutilated folios. 1 carpet page with penwork decoration in colours (f. 138v). Numerous initial-word panels with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, in red, mauve and blue ink. Numerous embellished

• Micrographical design in the margins, at the end of Genesis and beginning of Exodus., Pentateuch with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

196v).Prince Augustus Frederick (b. 1773, d. 1843), duke of Sussex: his armorial book-plate, inscribed (inner front cover); his sale 13 August 1844, lot 314: inscribed (f. 1), purchased by the British Museum through Thomas Thorpe bookseller for £20. Micrography Spain

• ~Masorah~ in micrographic design at the end of Numbers and beginning of Deuteronomy., Duke of Sussex Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

~Masorah~ in micrographic design at the end of Numbers and beginning of Deuteronomy. Ruling is sometimes visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Gilt edges. ~Masorah~ in micrographical design in the lower margins. Decorated ~parashah~ signs in mauve,

• Detail of a miniature of the Greek and Trojan armies., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of the murder of Achilles., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Detail of a miniature of the theft of the Palladium., Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation

France in 1380 (f. 1).Catchwords. 34 miniatures in colours and gold with partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 3, 4, 8v, 11v, 14v, 17v, 20, 24v, 25v, 28, 30, 32v, 39, 47, 48v, 50, 51v, 55, 58,

• Inhabited initial 'M'(agnum) with 2 winged putti holding a necklace with a cameo at the beginning of Cicero's Academica posteriora., Academica priora (ff. 1-6v), Academica posteriora (ff. 7-34v)

Cicero's Academica posteriora. Catchwords written horizontally. Inhabited initials in colours and gold (a putto holding a column (f. 1), winged putti holding a necklace with a cameo (f. 7)). Academica priora (ff. 1-6v), Academica posteriora (ff. 7-34v) The Harley Collection,

• Decorated initial 'V'(ado) with pen-flourishing, and elaborate multi-coloured stitching in the lower margin to mend the parchment., Sermones dominicales (Sunday sermons)

to be used for the binding (after f. 1).Catchwords written horizontally. Initial in blue with red and blue pen-flourishing (f. 1). Smaller initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in both colours. Paraphs in red or blue. Capitals marked in

• Decorated initial 'B'(ritannia) with a zoomorphic motif., Historia regum Britanniae, Chronicon Anglie ad 1239, Gesta Edwardi I ad 1307

'B'(ritannia) with a zoomorphic motif. f. 108 is a blank, ruled parchment leaf. 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing and a zoomorphic motif (f. 1). Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with purple or

• Puzzle initial 'C'(armina), at the beginning of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

puzzle initials in red and blue, with red and blue, or brown, penwork (ff. 1, 8v, 19, 34v, 48), the first partly filled-in with a thin shell gold wash. Small initials in red or blue, sometimes with blue or brown

• Initial 'I'(nterrogatus) with reserved designs, at the beginning of Bernhard von Gordon's Lilium medicinae., Lilium medicinae

(ff. 137v-138v) added by a contemporary hand. 3 large initials in plain red with reserved designs (ff. 1 (x2), 1v). Large initials plain in red. Small initials in brown highlighted in red. Lilium medicinae The Cistercian abbey of St Mary,

• null, De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

with red and blue, or brown, penwork (ff. 1, 8v, 19, 34v, 48), the first partly filled-in with a thin shell gold wash. Small initials in red or blue, sometimes with blue or brown penwork. De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) at the beginning of the Statuta vetera., Various legal texts including Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), and Glanvill (ff. 5-6)

Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) at the beginning of the Statuta vetera. ff. 1-2 are paper leaves with a list of contents in Latin with notes in English. 4 large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue penwork

• Decorated initial 'I'(n)., Sermons and excerpts

highlighted with red. Guide letters. Sermons and excerpts The Carthusians of Mainz: inscribed' . . . ad carth[usiensium] prope', f. 1; 'Iste liber e(st) Carthusien(sium) p(ro)pe Mogunciam (f. 105v).Inscribed 'Z2341 (f. 116v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uecumque) with a face., Patristic excerpts

Illuminated initial 'Q'(uecumque) with a face. 1 small gold initial with a face (f. 5). Small simple red initials, one with brown penwork decoration (f. 139v). Paraphs in red. Patristic excerpts Inscribed '106' (f. 1) and 'H.15' (f. 146v); similar

• Initial 'I'(nterrogatus) with reserved designs, at the beginning of Bernhard von Gordon's Lilium medicinae., Lilium medicinae

(ff. 137v-138v) added by a contemporary hand. 3 large initials in plain red with reserved designs (ff. 1 (x2), 1v). Large initials plain in red. Small initials in brown highlighted in red. Lilium medicinae The Cistercian abbey of St Mary,

• null, Various legal texts including Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), and Glanvill (ff. 5-6)

ff. 1-2 are paper leaves with a list of contents in Latin with notes in English. 4 large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration extending into the margin (ff. 19, 51, 87v, 88v).

• null, Passion of Margaret

it was apparently a Margaret #libellus# that was used as a birthing aid. 1 large historiated initial with a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 18 small miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 2v, 3, 3v

• null, Passion of Margaret

it was apparently a Margaret #libellus# that was used as a birthing aid. 1 large historiated initial with a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 18 small miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 2v, 3, 3v

• null, Passion of Margaret

it was apparently a Margaret #libellus# that was used as a birthing aid. 1 large historiated initial with a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 18 small miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 2v, 3, 3v