• On the left, a miniature of Adam naming the animals, with various animals including a lion, deer, dog, rabbit, and horse, and on the right, sheep and rams., Bestiary

is a 'Second Family' bestiary; see James; Payne p. 15. Numerous (112) miniatures in brown, green, and red, on alternately blue and red backgrounds. Small initials in red. Bestiary Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681, d. 1725), book collector; his binding.Sir Hans

• Decorated initial 'S' and flourished initial 'P', at the beginning of the De lapidibus pretiosis., De lapidibus pretiosis

extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials in red with purple foliate pen-flourishing or in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. De lapidibus pretiosis Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased

• Miniature, at the beginning of book 2 of Justinian's Digestum novum., Glossed Digestum Novum

Large blue initials with red pen-flourishing, in the text. Small blue initials with red pen-flourishing, in the glosses. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, in the text and in the glosses. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. 3

• Decorated initial, in Justinian's Digestum novum., Glossed Digestum Novum

Large blue initials with red pen-flourishing, in the text. Small blue initials with red pen-flourishing, in the glosses. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, in the text and in the glosses. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. 3

• Unfinished miniature at the end of book 3 of Justinian's Digestum novum., Glossed Digestum Novum

Large blue initials with red pen-flourishing, in the text. Small blue initials with red pen-flourishing, in the glosses. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, in the text and in the glosses. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. 3

• Miniature, accompanied by the initial 'C'(ausa), including a human head, at the beginning of book 4 of Justinian's Digestum novum., Glossed Digestum Novum

Large blue initials with red pen-flourishing, in the text. Small blue initials with red pen-flourishing, in the glosses. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, in the text and in the glosses. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. 3

• Flourished initials, in Petrus de Riga's Aurora., Aurora

Foreward' for the critical edition. 1 large (f. 2) and small initials in blue with red (foliate) pen-flourishing. Aurora Franciscan convent, Cambridge: inscription (f. 1).Inscription in English, 15th- or 16th-century: 'Thomas …' (f. 117).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753),

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul sitting at a desk and writing his Epistle, at the beginning of Romans., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

of Peter Lombard's prologue (f. 2). Initials in red, some with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue, some with red pen-flourishing. Running titles and chapters numbers in red and blue. Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard Added 'Regule Tychoni'

• Inhabited initials 'H'(ec sunt) with white lions, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses

Moses (ff. 1v, 67, 148v, 192v). Initials in red with penwork decoration in blue, or in blue with penwork decoration in red. Smaller initials in red or blue. Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses The cathedral

• Text page., Miscellany of sermons, treatises and Gospel harmonies, including Unum ex quattuor; Allegoriae super Novum Testamentum; Diatessaron (fragment)

Text page. Puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 22v). Numerous initials in red and blue, red and green, and red, blue or green some with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in the same or the other

• Zoomorphic initial 'D'(ominica) of a dragon, at the beginning of the commentary for the first Sunday of the Advent., Commentary on lections from the Epistles and Gospels from Advent to Easter

of the text (f. 1). Puzzle pen-flourished initials in red and blue, at the beginning of other major divisions. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing, some with animal heads (ff. 21, 206v, 246v, 248v).

• Text page., Theological miscellany of saints lives and sermons, including the life of Becket, and De Gesta Pontificum

a parchment leaf with various inscriptions. Initials in blue with penwork decoration in red, or in red with penwork decoration in blue, or in both colours. Small initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Theological miscellany of saints lives

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost hec)., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

Paupertas and Aviditas, 115: Caritas and Avaritia, 142: Prudentia and Stultitia). Smaller initials in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Small initials plain in red or blue. Foliation in red roman numbers and running-titles in red ink, 15th century. De

• Marginal painting of a king of England in armour, holding a shield with arms of three crowns., Chronicle of the Kings of England from Brut to 1420, i.e. Henry V (index Chronica regum Angliae), followed by a text relating to Oxford and Cambridge universities (ff. 79r-v)

Large initial in gold with penwork decoration in blue and red (f. 4). Initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red (see in particular ff. 1v, 2, 43). Initials in red, blue or green. Rubrics, running titles, marginal notabilia in

• Coloured initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red and blue., Leaf from an Antiphonary containing the chants for the office of St Cecilia.

Coloured initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red and blue. The volume is a collection of fragments of music, principally Gregorian, from manuscripts of different date and origin. It was originally part of a collection of fragments from manuscripts

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(utens) of the martyrdom of Sebastian., Lives of the Saints

221v, 222v, 224v, 226, 228, 231v, 232v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with long pen-flourished extensions in red and blue. Marginal pen-flourished decoration in red and blue forming a partial border (f. 1). Lives of the Saints Unidentified shelfmark

• Historiated initial representing Ban falling from his horse, and the Lady of the Lake holding Lancelot as a baby., Lancelot-Grail

with the letters of the first three words of the text arranged vertically in red or blue (f. 167). Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the formula 'OR dit li contes..' and at other divisions in the

• Text page with coloured initials., Lancelot-Grail

with the letters of the first three words of the text arranged vertically in red or blue (f. 167). Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the formula 'OR dit li contes..' and at other divisions in the

• Historiated initial 'A'(sserz) of Paul the hermit., Lives of the Saints

221v, 222v, 224v, 226, 228, 231v, 232v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with long pen-flourished extensions in red and blue. Marginal pen-flourished decoration in red and blue forming a partial border (f. 1). Lives of the Saints Unidentified shelfmark

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(sserz) of Paul the hermit., Lives of the Saints

221v, 222v, 224v, 226, 228, 231v, 232v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with long pen-flourished extensions in red and blue. Marginal pen-flourished decoration in red and blue forming a partial border (f. 1). Lives of the Saints Unidentified shelfmark