• Detail of illuminated initial., Candelabrum, followed by a list of chapters (ff. 77-80)

Detail of illuminated initial. 1 large initial in blue with reserved designs and penwork decoration in brown, including an added sketch of a king (f. 1). 7 spaces for large illuminated initials (ff. 10, 23, 32v, 39, 46v, 55, 65).

• Decorated initial 'E'(t)., The Historia Aseneth (ff. 53-64v) and Testamenta xii. Patriarcharum filiorum Jacob (ff. 65-96v)

inscription (f. 96v). Thomas Fry: 15th-century inscription 'Liber Thome ffry' (f. 1). Inscription 'Roger Gourton(?) (f. 74v).Christopher Towneley (b. 1604, d. 1674), antiquary: inscription 'Chr' Towneley' ( f. 1). Richard Towneley, in 1702: his book-plate with the date (f. 2v);

• Historiated initial with the Virgin and Child and the donor, at the beginning of a prayer., Book of Hours, Use of Tournai

105, 112, 119, 149. 34 large historiated initials, in grisaille, accompanied by partial foliate boarders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 2v, 4, 6, 7v, 18, 21, 21v, 22, 23, 23v, 24, 25, 26, 26v, 28, 29, 30v, 31v, 32,

• Historiated initials with Catherine, at the beginning of her suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Tournai

105, 112, 119, 149. 34 large historiated initials, in grisaille, accompanied by partial foliate boarders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 2v, 4, 6, 7v, 18, 21, 21v, 22, 23, 23v, 24, 25, 26, 26v, 28, 29, 30v, 31v, 32,

• Historiated initial with Michael and the dragon, at the beginning of his suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Tournai

105, 112, 119, 149. 34 large historiated initials, in grisaille, accompanied by partial foliate boarders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 2v, 4, 6, 7v, 18, 21, 21v, 22, 23, 23v, 24, 25, 26, 26v, 28, 29, 30v, 31v, 32,

• Virgin and Child framed in a rosary, with the grantee, his wife and two children kneeling below, and his shield of arms., 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

• Decorated initial and letters., Homiliae in numeri 15-19

transferred there in 1638, with a 18th century French note regarding the manuscript’s provenance (f. ir-v), and 'No. 197' (f. 1, lower left corner).? The abbey of St-Laurence (18th century French note regarding the manuscript’s provenance, f. ir-v).Charles Burney (b.

• Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uoniam ut ait Gregorius super Ezechielem)., Summa de casibus conscientiae

fine parchment.f. [316] has been trimmed in the lower margin.f. [317] is a former pastedown. 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Smaller initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Catchwords in simple frames.

• Decorated initial 'P'(rincipia), and plain red initial 'P'(aulus); the upper margin with an ownership inscription of Sir John Prise., Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

upper margin with an ownership inscription of Sir John Prise. 1 large initial in green, red, and blue with geometric decoration (f. 2). Large, small, and one-line initials in red or green, some decorated with foliate arabesques (e.g., ff. 101v,

• Coloured initial 'P'(aulus) and other plain red and green initials., Commentaria in Epistolas beati Pauli

plain red and green initials. 1 large initial in green, red, and blue with geometric decoration (f. 2). Large, small, and one-line initials in red or green, some decorated with foliate arabesques (e.g., ff. 101v, 111v). Commentaria in Epistolas beati

• The arms of Pope Pius II in the lower margin at the beginning of Strabo's De situ orbis , in the Latin translation of Guarino da Verona., De situ orbis (index Geographica)

start of that of the next scribe, resulting in blank pages being left mid-sentence. Heraldic arms and partial border (f. 1). De situ orbis (index Geographica) Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (index Enea Silvio Piccolomini) (b. 1405 d. 1464): with his arms

• Illuminated initial 'H'(enry) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the statutes of the reign of Henry IV, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 31 Henry VI

red or blue. Probably by more than one artist. Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 31 Henry VI George Holmes: inscribed 'GH' in pale brown ink and 'Geo. Holmes.' in red

• Decorated initial 'C'(haos) with white vine decoration, at the beginning of the text by Lactantius, Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and the arms of the Donati family of Venice with an animal head above the shield., Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts

surmounted by a lion's head (f. 1). Guide letters. Ovidii Metamorphoseon fabularum narratio, and other mythological texts ‘Mithologeiarum liber feliciter finit anno domini M .CCCC.LXII’ (f. 185v). The Donati family of Venice, (arms, f. 1). Unidentified owner: included in the

• White vine initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Frontinus's Strategemata., Strategemata (index Strategematica)

White vine initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Frontinus's Strategemata. 1 large white vine initial, in colours and gold, extending into a partial border (f. 1). Small initials in plain red. Strategemata (index Strategematica) Written in 1461: with the scribal

• Illuminated canon tables with a foliate pattern, preceding the Gospels., Letter to Carpianus and canon tables

in red decorated with coloured foliate and geometric patterns, some also with gold (ff. 1v-6). Frame in red ink (f. 1). 4 large headpieces in gold and colours with foliate decoration (ff. 8, 64, 99, 157) at the beginning of

• null, Catilina (ff. 1-45v), Jugurtha (ff. 45v-134)

in colours and gold (ff. 1, 45v). Square capitals used as display script. Catilina (ff. 1-45v), Jugurtha (ff. 45v-134) ? Written by Gaspar of Verona (b. c.1400, d. 1474), professor of rhetoric and biographer of Pope Paul II (on whom

• Detail of illuminated initial., Strategemata (index Strategematica)

Detail of illuminated initial. 1 large white vine initial, in colours and gold, extending into a partial border (f. 1). Small initials in plain red. Strategemata (index Strategematica) Written in 1461: with the scribal colophon, 'M^o^cccc 6i die xiij Februarij

• Detail of decorated initial., 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

• Historiated initial 'D' of a doctor in an ermine coat, seated at a canopied lectern and lecturing two pupils at a desk in a large hall. Arbaleste's arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' in the lower margin., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen IV

and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves and flowers, with one large historiated initial in blue with white tracery (f. 1). Diagrams (ff. 111, 123v-124, 126v-127). Initials and paraphs in alternating blue and red. Sentence initials touched in yellow. Rubrics

• Marginal miniature of a lady in a veiled hat holding a flask and herbs, with a decorated initial 'M'(edicina) in gold and colours., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen III

tendrils, small leaves and flowers, with one large initial in blue with white tracery and foliate decoration (f. 1). Small miniature (f. 1, right margin). Diagrams (ff. 45, 92). Initials and paraphs in alternating blue and red. Sentence initials touched