• Initial-word panel decorated with pen-flourishing spreading into the entire length of the folio framing the text column, at the beginning of ~Hilkhot nahalot~, the chapter on inheritance., Fourth Book of ~Arba'ah Turim~: ~Hoshen ha-Mishpat~ ('The Breastplate of Judgment') on Civil Law and personal relations

third leaf of quire xxiv^8^. 1 miniature and full foliate border (f. 14). Numerous decorated initial words with red and blue pen-flourishing. Numerous pen-flourishing around initial words spreading into the margins creating a partial border in colours and gold (from

• Initial-word panels decorated with pen-flourishing spreading into the entire length of the folio by text columns, at the beginning of ~Dinei ha-piqadon~, the chapter on depositing., Fourth Book of ~Arba'ah Turim~: ~Hoshen ha-Mishpat~ ('The Breastplate of Judgment') on Civil Law and personal relations

third leaf of quire xxiv^8^. 1 miniature and full foliate border (f. 14). Numerous decorated initial words with red and blue pen-flourishing. Numerous pen-flourishing around initial words spreading into the margins creating a partial border in colours and gold (from

• Foliate initial 'C'(lemens) with a medallion of a portrait of the author, pope Clement I, at the beginning of the text., Collectio Lanfranci

author, in colours and gold (f. 1). Decorated initials, some with arabesque ornament, in green, red, purple, or / and blue. Initials in red, green, purple. Collectio Lanfranci The Benedictine abbey, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire: attributed to its scriptorium on palaeographical and

• Historiated initial 'L'(egendas) of Guido de Castris as a Benedictine abbot with a book and crosier, with a partial border containing two fighting men, at the beginning of the prologue., 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

• Text page with the explicit of Guido de Castris's Sanctilogium., 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

• Illuminated initial 'A'(dventus) at the beginning of book 14., 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

• 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

• 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