• Illuminated initial 'P'(rima) at the beginning of book 11., Sanctilogium

marginal extensions, some with dragons or hybrids, at the beginning of books. Initials in red with purple pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Sanctilogium John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464), given by him to the Benedictine

• Detail of a coloured drawings of the Mocking of Christ and to the right, Israelites spit on Hur who refuses to adore the golden calf., Speculum humanae salvationis

a different artist (f. 4v, top left).f. 52v is blank. Coloured drawings (2 per page, ff. 4v-52). Coloured initials in blue, green, or red. Capitals marked with red. Speculum humanae salvationis Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed

• Detail of a coloured drawing of the Creation of Eve., Speculum humanae salvationis

a different artist (f. 4v, top left).f. 52v is blank. Coloured drawings (2 per page, ff. 4v-52). Coloured initials in blue, green, or red. Capitals marked with red. Speculum humanae salvationis Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed

• Detail of a coloured drawing of God the Father warning Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil., Speculum humanae salvationis

a different artist (f. 4v, top left).f. 52v is blank. Coloured drawings (2 per page, ff. 4v-52). Coloured initials in blue, green, or red. Capitals marked with red. Speculum humanae salvationis Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed

• Detail of a coloured drawing of the Original Sin (index Temptation) with the serpent, Eve and Adam., Speculum humanae salvationis

a different artist (f. 4v, top left).f. 52v is blank. Coloured drawings (2 per page, ff. 4v-52). Coloured initials in blue, green, or red. Capitals marked with red. Speculum humanae salvationis Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed

• Detail of a coloured drawing of Adam and Eve eating apples from the forbidden tree., Speculum humanae salvationis

a different artist (f. 4v, top left).f. 52v is blank. Coloured drawings (2 per page, ff. 4v-52). Coloured initials in blue, green, or red. Capitals marked with red. Speculum humanae salvationis Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed

• Detail of a coloured drawing of the Expulsion from Paradise., Speculum humanae salvationis

a different artist (f. 4v, top left).f. 52v is blank. Coloured drawings (2 per page, ff. 4v-52). Coloured initials in blue, green, or red. Capitals marked with red. Speculum humanae salvationis Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed

• Coloured drawings of Adam digging and Eve spinning, and the Ark, to the right., Speculum humanae salvationis

a different artist (f. 4v, top left).f. 52v is blank. Coloured drawings (2 per page, ff. 4v-52). Coloured initials in blue, green, or red. Capitals marked with red. Speculum humanae salvationis Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed

• Coloured drawings of the death of Codrus, king of Athens: disguised as a peasant, he seeks to be killed by enemy soldiers to save his city, because he had learned from the oracle that the side whose king fell would be victorious ; and on the right, Eleazar, brother of Judas Maccabeus, kills an elephant of war and is killed himself when the elephant falls on him., Speculum humanae salvationis

a different artist (f. 4v, top left).f. 52v is blank. Coloured drawings (2 per page, ff. 4v-52). Coloured initials in blue, green, or red. Capitals marked with red. Speculum humanae salvationis Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed

• Coloured drawings of the parable of the lost drachma and to the right, Saul giving Michal in marriage to Phalti., Speculum humanae salvationis

a different artist (f. 4v, top left).f. 52v is blank. Coloured drawings (2 per page, ff. 4v-52). Coloured initials in blue, green, or red. Capitals marked with red. Speculum humanae salvationis Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed

• Detail of a coloured drawing of the torments of the damned in Hell., Speculum humanae salvationis

a different artist (f. 4v, top left).f. 52v is blank. Coloured drawings (2 per page, ff. 4v-52). Coloured initials in blue, green, or red. Capitals marked with red. Speculum humanae salvationis Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed

• Decorated initial 'N'(ostre) with rinceaux decoration extending into the margin. The initial is at Psalm 27, which begins: 'Nostre sires est ma lumiere et mon salut: cui douteraiz je?', Psalter, with a calendar

260, 264v, 268, 286v). Similar initials in colours and gold without marginal extensions. Champ intials. Plain initials in red and blue. Rubrics in red. Marginal notes for rubricator. Psalter, with a calendar Inscription, probably relating to ownership (f. 330v).The Harley

• Initial 'N'(ow) with pen-flourished decoration., 'Handlyng Synne' (f. 1); 'Medytacyouns of the soper of oure Lorde' (ff. 84-91v); King Robert's romance in couplets (ff. 92-95)

a third hand. 5 initials in gold with penwork decoration in purple (ff. 1, 20v, 57, 63, 75). Initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Rubrics and marking of verse couplets in red. Initials highlighted in red. 'Handlyng Synne'

• Inscription recording that the manuscript was given by John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans to the priory of Redburn, reading, 'Hunc librum providit venerabilis / pater dompnus Ioh[ann]es Wheth[a]mstede / abbas monasterii s[an]c[t]i Albani sacre theo/logie professor prioratui Redburne et / monachis ibidem cursum capientib[us]/ quem qui alienaverit anathema sit'; with the title 'Sacrilogiu[m] guidonis abb[at]is sive / speculu[m] leganda[rum].', Sanctilogium

marginal extensions, some with dragons or hybrids, at the beginning of books. Initials in red with purple pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Sanctilogium John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans (1420-1440 and 1452-1464), given by him to the Benedictine

• Arms of Robert Steward (d. 1557), prior and dean of the Benedictine cathedral priory of Ely; inscribed, 'Arma d[omi]ni Roberti Steward prioris Elien[sis]'., Philomela

pp. v-103. Added arms in brown ink of Robert Steward, prior of Ely (f. 43). Plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Philomela Robert Steward (d. 1557), prior and dean of the Benedictine cathedral priory of Ely: his

• Initials with penwork decoration., Regimen sanitatis salernitanum, with commentary

scribe. Large initials in red with pen-flourishing in black, or in blue with pen-flourishing in red, some with leaf decoration. Verse and sentence initials touched in red. Regimen sanitatis salernitanum, with commentary John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain to

• Detail of a coloured drawing of the Creation of angels, Christ in glory, fallen angels and mouth of Hell in the lower register., Speculum humanae salvationis

a different artist (f. 4v, top left).f. 52v is blank. Coloured drawings (2 per page, ff. 4v-52). Coloured initials in blue, green, or red. Capitals marked with red. Speculum humanae salvationis Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed

• Detail of illuminated initial., Odes (ff. 1-63v), Epodes (ff. 63v-76v), Carmen saeculare (ff. 76v-78), Ars poetica (ff. 78v-88), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 88-130v), Epistolae (ff. 130v-160v)

130v), and one similar smaller initial (f. 151), the first with partial borders and heraldic decoration. Small initials in plain blue. Guide letters. Odes (ff. 1-63v), Epodes (ff. 63v-76v), Carmen saeculare (ff. 76v-78), Ars poetica (ff. 78v-88), Sermones (index Satires)

• Detail of illuminated initial., Odes (ff. 1-63v), Epodes (ff. 63v-76v), Carmen saeculare (ff. 76v-78), Ars poetica (ff. 78v-88), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 88-130v), Epistolae (ff. 130v-160v)

130v), and one similar smaller initial (f. 151), the first with partial borders and heraldic decoration. Small initials in plain blue. Guide letters. Odes (ff. 1-63v), Epodes (ff. 63v-76v), Carmen saeculare (ff. 76v-78), Ars poetica (ff. 78v-88), Sermones (index Satires)

• Detail of lower border., Odes (ff. 1-63v), Epodes (ff. 63v-76v), Carmen saeculare (ff. 76v-78), Ars poetica (ff. 78v-88), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 88-130v), Epistolae (ff. 130v-160v)

130v), and one similar smaller initial (f. 151), the first with partial borders and heraldic decoration. Small initials in plain blue. Guide letters. Odes (ff. 1-63v), Epodes (ff. 63v-76v), Carmen saeculare (ff. 76v-78), Ars poetica (ff. 78v-88), Sermones (index Satires)