• Historiated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Genesis, with the scenes of Creation in roundels and God in pointed squares, foliate motifs and grotesques, followed by display script., Bible, Old Testament (Genesis - 2 Maccabees), imperfect

with foliate motifs and grotesques (f. 2). Display script in gold on pink and blue, for letters following the historiated initial (f. 2), or in blue with some red, at the beginning of each of the other books (ff. 14v,

• Puzzle initial 'I'(gitur) with penwork decoration, followed by display script, at the beginning of Sulpicius Severus' 'Vita Martini Turonensis'., Texts on the life, miracles and translation of St Martin of Tours and one text on his successor St Brice

(f. 3v). Initials in red or blue with penwork decoration in the alternate colour. Simple initials in green, red, blue or light brown. Display script in blue, red or green. Rubrics in red or blue. Paragraph marks in green, red,

• Two puzzle initials 'B'(eatus), with penwork decoration, followed by display script, at the beginning of the Gallican and the Hebrew version of the Psalms., Bible

red and blue with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in both colours. Smaller initials in red or blue with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in the alternate colour. Display script in red and blue. Simple initials in red or blue. Rubrics in

• Puzzle initial (index arabesque) at the beginning of Horace's Ars poetica., Ars Poetica (ff. 1-8); Epistulae (ff. 9-48v)(index epistolae), imperfect

red and blue, occasionally with palmette motifs (index arabesque)(ff. 1, 9, 25, 29v, 35v). Large initials in blue or red with penwork decoration in the other colour. Coloured initials in blue or red. Paraphs in red or blue, occasionally with

• Detail of an illuminated historiated initial 'D'(eus) of the Crucifixion, with two men nailing Christ to the cross., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

red with blue penwork decoration, or in blue or green with red penwork decoration (some with penwork decoration in two or all of these colours) (from f. 44v mainly without green). Small initials in red, green, or blue (from f.

• Historiated initial 'E'(xaltabo) of Christ visited by the holy spirit., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

red with blue penwork decoration, or in blue or green with red penwork decoration (some with penwork decoration in two or all of these colours) (from f. 44v mainly without green). Small initials in red, green, or blue (from f.

• Miniature of a lion with two cubs and the decorated initial 'B'(estiarum)., Bestiary

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 Sloane (b. 1660,

• 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'

• 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

• 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

• Puzzle initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of 2 Corinthians., Pauline Epistles, with the Glossa ordinaria

foliate or zoomorphic penwork decoration in blue and red, at the beginning of the Epistles (ff. 6, 24, 43v, 56v, 63v, 69v, 74, 78, 80v, 84v, 89v, 93, 95, 96). Small initials in blue or red, some with penwork decoration.

• Added fragment of a legal commentary., Pauline Epistles, with the Glossa ordinaria

foliate or zoomorphic penwork decoration in blue and red, at the beginning of the Epistles (ff. 6, 24, 43v, 56v, 63v, 69v, 74, 78, 80v, 84v, 89v, 93, 95, 96). Small initials in blue or red, some with penwork decoration.