• Coloured initial., Psalter

Coloured initial. 1 decorated headpiece (f. 2). Large initials in plain red. Psalter Inscription in Russian (f. 1).Inscribed 'Ex dono Will(hel)mi Skinner Armig(?)' (f. 1). Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Inscriptions., Alchemical treatises

Inscriptions. 1 large initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Small initials in plain red. Diagrams. Alchemical treatises Inscription, 15th century, and the number 'XV.B' (f. 1).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: inscribed '90. Bern.' (f. 2).Sir

• Marginal drawings., Alchemical treatises

drawings. 1 large initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Small initials in plain red. Diagrams. Alchemical treatises Inscription, 15th century, and the number 'XV.B' (f. 1).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: inscribed '90. Bern.' (f. 2).Sir

• Detail of a historiated initial of a lover presenting his verses to a lady., 49 love sonnets

lady. 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• null, Libro Imperiale

1 large white-vine initial including a human head and a three-sided white-vine border with heraldic arms and birds in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 large white-vine initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours

• Illuminated initial 'E'(xpositionem) with a foliate border, at the beginning of chapter 1., Commentary on Matthew

of chapter 1. Catchwords, and bifolium signatures which begin with 'a2' suggesting one missing leaf at the beginning of the volume. 8 foliate initials in colours and gold with foliate borders, at the beginning of each chapter (ff. 1, 25,

• Illuminated initials., Il Canzoniere

Illuminated initials. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 large historiated initials, accompanied by a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks in

• Added text page written by a 15th-century scribe with the decorated initial 'O'(mnis)., Catiline

in hardpoint.Interlinear and marginal notes.f. 1* is a paper leaf pasted onto a former parchment pastedown. 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 1). Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Catiline A note in a humanistic hand, beginning

• Zoomorphic initial 'D'(e) formed by a quadruped, foliage, and an animal head., Unum ex quatuor

1v, 13v). 1 small initial in plain red (f. 1v); blank spaces for others. Added marginal drawings including human figures. Unum ex quatuor The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Magu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. f.

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n), formed by a peacock., Unum ex quatuor

1v, 13v). 1 small initial in plain red (f. 1v); blank spaces for others. Added marginal drawings including human figures. Unum ex quatuor The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Magu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. f.

• Decorated initial 'T'(hees) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ., Mirror of the Life of Christ (ff. 1-221v), and the first leaf of the Traité pour Essamples les Amantz Marietz (ff. 223-223v)

foliate border, at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ. 1 large decorated initial, developing a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials in blue with red (foliate) pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain

• Detail of historiated initial., Il Canzoniere

Detail of historiated initial. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 large historiated initials, accompanied by a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph

• Detail of miniature., Il Canzoniere

Detail of miniature. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 large historiated initials, accompanied by a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph marks

• Detail of historiated initial., Il Canzoniere

Detail of historiated initial. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 large historiated initials, accompanied by a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red and/or blue grounds. Paraph

• Decorated initial 'T'(hees), at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ., Mirror of the Life of Christ (ff. 1-221v), and the first leaf of the Traité pour Essamples les Amantz Marietz (ff. 223-223v)

initial 'T'(hees), at the beginning of the Mirror of the Life of Christ. 1 large decorated initial, developing a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials in blue with red (foliate) pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain

• Flourished initial 'C'(um), and three-sided border, at the beginning of Alanus de Insulis's De planctu naturae., De planctu naturae (ff. 1-57v); Philobiblon (ff. 58-101v)

De planctu naturae. Marginal drawings of human faces, 15th century (ff. 10, 50, 61). 1 large initial in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, developing a three-sided border (f. 2). Large and smaller initials in blue with red (foliate) pen-flourishing. Paraph

• Detail of decorated initial., De consolatione philosophiae, imperfect

colophon (f. 53v).? The Carthusians of Mainz: 14th-century inscription ? 'liber Carthus(iensium) p(ro)pe Mogu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, obscured by ink stamp).Inscribed '77' and '9' (f. 1); similar inscriptions occur in other Arundel manuscripts.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl

• Decorated initial 'H'(ere) with a face., Medical miscellany, including a leechbook containing medical recipes, charms, and prayers, and treatises on urines, bloodletting, etc.; a dietary (ff. 3v-4); verses on herbs, fragmentary

Decorated initial 'H'(ere) with a face. ff. [i] and 1 are parchment flyleaves. Large initials in red or black, 1 with a face (f. 12v). Diagrams in red and brown. Line fillers in red. Medical miscellany, including a leechbook containing

• Full white vine border with a large initial 'S'(emper)., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae); Persius

a parchment leaf.Horizontal catchwords.According to A.C. de la Mare, the border on f. 1 is one of the earliest extant examples of the white vine style. She states: 'This is far the earliest example of such a full border; it

• 3-sided border and illuminated initial 'A' at the beginning of the first book of Kings., Old Testament, the later Wycliffite version, imperfect (Genesis to Psalms)

him (f. 1); his sale, 26 February 1738/9, lot 72, sold for £3 10s. James West (1703-1772), politician and antiquary: his signature with the date February 27, 1738 (f. 1); perhaps his lot number 'Lot 468' (f. 1); his sale,