• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(rimum) with human figures and animals, at the beginning of Book 1., De universo seu De rerum naturis

figures and animals, at the beginning of Book 1. Includes the De universo seu De rerum naturis, an encyclopaedia arranged in 22 books, based on the 'Etymologies' of Isidore, of Rabanus Maurus (b. c. 776, d. 856), abbot of Fulda

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(rimum) with human figures and animals, at the beginning of Book 1., De universo seu De rerum naturis

figures and animals, at the beginning of Book 1. Includes the De universo seu De rerum naturis, an encyclopaedia arranged in 22 books, based on the 'Etymologies' of Isidore, of Rabanus Maurus (b. c. 776, d. 856), abbot of Fulda

• Miniatures of swords in various positions., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

in various positions. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum ex elementis constare' (f. 3).Written in an Italian or

• Full-page miniature of various emblems, including a sword, a crown, a wheel, and a serpent., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

a crown, a wheel, and a serpent. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum ex elementis constare' (f. 3).Written

• Miniature of a hellscape., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

a hellscape. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum ex elementis constare' (f. 3).Written in an Italian or Italinate

• Miniature of symbols on a red tablet, hung by a bow., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

tablet, hung by a bow. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum ex elementis constare' (f. 3).Written in an

• Miniatures of symbols at the bottom of a page of text, including a fire, an urn pouring water, a hand holding a sword and a plant, etc., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

an urn pouring water, a hand holding a sword and a plant, etc. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici

• Full-page miniature of a monument-like structure with a purple background, with a series of symbols., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

purple background, with a series of symbols. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum ex elementis constare' (f. 3).Written

• Foliate initial 'V'(ir), at the beginning of Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

(f. 1), probably to be identified with 'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(ervata) formed of a dog, with an interlaced decoration, at the beginning of part 2 of the Moralia in Job., Job, and the Moralia in Job

(f. 1), probably to be identified with 'Moralia eiusdem in duobus voluminibus' in the Rochester catalogue of 1202 (see Royal 5 B XIII, f. 2r).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 352' (f. 1), included

• Text page., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

part of a larger volume: quire signatures starting with a number 27. 1 decorated Initial in red and brown ink, at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms (f. 1), and smaller initials in brown ink, at the beginning of chapters.

• Text page of a charm against wens in Anglo-Saxon., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

part of a larger volume: quire signatures starting with a number 27. 1 decorated Initial in red and brown ink, at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms (f. 1), and smaller initials in brown ink, at the beginning of chapters.

• Text page., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

part of a larger volume: quire signatures starting with a number 27. 1 decorated Initial in red and brown ink, at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms (f. 1), and smaller initials in brown ink, at the beginning of chapters.

• Text page., Commentary on Psalms 109-149, with a homily on Numbers 20:10

part of a larger volume: quire signatures starting with a number 27. 1 decorated Initial in red and brown ink, at the beginning of Jerome on Psalms (f. 1), and smaller initials in brown ink, at the beginning of chapters.

• Decorated initial 'G'(loriosis) at the beginning of book 1., De civitate Dei

the beginning of book 1. Chapter numbers in red in the margins. Quire signatures in the form of letters. Numerous pointing hands (maniculae). Large initials with penwork, arabesque decoration in green, red or blue, with display script in green and

• null, Enarrationes in Psalmos (Volume 2)

'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i]', and 'S[ecund]a p[ar]s psalt[er]ii s[ecundu]m Aug. Arnulphi p[ri]oris', 14th century (f. 1); included in the Rochester library catalogue of 1122-1123, no. 1 as 'Expositionem eiusdem super psalterium in iii voluminibus'; and in the catalogue of 1202,

• null, Enarrationes in Psalmos (Volume 2)

'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i]', and 'S[ecund]a p[ar]s psalt[er]ii s[ecundu]m Aug. Arnulphi p[ri]oris', 14th century (f. 1); included in the Rochester library catalogue of 1122-1123, no. 1 as 'Expositionem eiusdem super psalterium in iii voluminibus'; and in the catalogue of 1202,

• null, Enarrationes in Psalmos (Volume 2)

'Liber de claust[r]o Roffens[i]', and 'S[ecund]a p[ar]s psalt[er]ii s[ecundu]m Aug. Arnulphi p[ri]oris', 14th century (f. 1); included in the Rochester library catalogue of 1122-1123, no. 1 as 'Expositionem eiusdem super psalterium in iii voluminibus'; and in the catalogue of 1202,

• Miniature of the Incredulity of Thomas., Four Gospels

Miniature of the Incredulity of Thomas. The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part of the 'Nicaea School', (see Carr 2005 p. 40).ff. 1* and 269 are paper leaves. 22 full-page or large miniatures in

• null, Treatise on astrology

ff. 9-11 misbound, originally after f. 23. Numerous coloured drawings throughout. Treatise on astrology Inscribed, 16th-century(?): 'Ex libris Eustachij Wiltheim' (f. 1*).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection