• Puzzle initial 'N'(atus in excelsis tectis cartagenis alte) and coloured initial 'S'(orores falso)., Comoediae (index Comedies), including Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimoroumenos, Adelphi, Hecyra, and Phormio

Large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and purple penwork decoration (the blue pigment has flaked off) (f. 1). 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 26). Smaller initials in blue with red penwork decoration or

• Puzzle initial 'A'(me) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Ars grammatica

Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour including flowers and foliate motifs (ff. 6, 34v, 51v, 54, 58, 60, 64, 64v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Capitals marked in yellow.

• Puzzle initial 'K'(arissime)., Prayer beginning, 'Omnipotens deus qui unigenitum suum hodierna die', recapitulations of the Old and New Testaments (ff. 2-11), ordination rites for monks of various orders

initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same collours (ff. 12, 20v, 24v, 42v, 46v). Initials in blue or red with blue and/or red pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Small plain initials in red or blue. Capitals marked in

• Three-sided foliate border with a large decorated initial 'F'(ratres scientes quia hora est)., Psalter and Breviary, with a calendar, use of Rome

extensions (ff. 329, 499). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Large plain initials in red or blue, generally alternating. Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Paraphs in blue. Initials and paraphs in green; some

• Decorated initial 'P'(ange) with pen-flourishing and musical notation., Processional, imperfect

120).Missing the beginning.Catchwords written horizontally. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 137v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs. Paraphs in blue. Initials with cadels and penwork decoration in brown and red

• Text page with musical notation., Hymnal, use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 126-131v)

parchment flyleaves. 'KL' initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and in red with blue pen-flourishing. 3 Initials in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 119, 121v,122v). Initials in red, some large, some small. Smaller blue or red initials in the

• Three-sided border with large initial 'I'(n)., De planctu naturae (ff. 2-53v), Forma dictandi (ff. 54-66v), Philobiblon (ff. 67-109v), Contra luxuriam (ff. 110-130v), John of Limoges' Sompniale dilucidarium Pharonis (ff. 131-166)

added table of contents. Three-sided penwork border in red and blue with a large initial in blue (f. 2). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Cadels. De planctu naturae (ff. 2-53v), Forma dictandi (ff.

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam ut ait sapiens) with a dragon motif and pen-flourished initial 'P'(rimo de superbia)., Various religious texts, including the Summa de vitiis

23). Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam) in blue and red, with a dragon motif (f. 50). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with blue pen-flourishing, some large, some small. Paraphs in red or blue. Various religious texts, including the

• Decorated initial 'E'(x regia ac santissima)., De regimine principum, libri 3

66v, 80, 91v, 102v, 125v). Red initials with blue pen-flourishing and blue initials with red pen-flourishing. Smaller initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Running headers. Paraphs in red or blue. Capitals marked in yellow. De regimine principum, libri

• Pen-flourished initials 'S'(i)., De Chirurgia (index Rolandina, On Surgery), imperfect at the beginning and elsewhere

the front of the manuscript. Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and in red with blue pen-flourishing. Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red or blue. Capitals marked in yellow. De Chirurgia (index

• Bar border with decorated initial 'S'(acerdotes) and coloured intial 'P'(ater)., A manual for parish priests (ff. 1-63), and various religious treatises, including Liber ad monachum pro reformatione vitae suae, De utilitate tribulationis, Indulgentiae a papis concessae, Quomodo Bannae matrimoniales sunt publicandae, Instructio pie vivendi

is a former parchment pastedown. Full bar border in blue and red with a large initial in blue with red penwork decoration, and a smaller plain initial in red (f. 1). Blue initials with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red,

• Decorated initial 'U'(niversum)., Legends of the Saints with a table of contents (ff. 1-2), imperfect (index Legenda sanctorum)

foliate motifs (ff. 1, 2 ). Red initials with blue pen-flourishing and blue initials with red pen-flourishing. Plain initals in blue or red. Rubrics, roman numerals, and paraphs in red or blue. Headings with capitals in brown ink with brown

• Text with decorated borders., Breviary, use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 145-150v)

gold on red and blue grounds with white tracery and spray decoration old and green extending into the margins. Small initials and paraphs in blue or gold with penwork decoration extending into the margins in red, blue or purple. Rubrics

• Illuminated iniitial 'D'(omine) and full foliate border, at the beginning of Matins., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

49v, 55). 2 large red and blue puzzle initials with red and brown or red and blue penwork decoration. A small gold initial, small blue initials with red pen-florishing, and small red or blue simple initials. Book of Hours, Use

• Illuminated initial 'D'(omine), and a three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

49v, 55). 2 large red and blue puzzle initials with red and brown or red and blue penwork decoration. A small gold initial, small blue initials with red pen-florishing, and small red or blue simple initials. Book of Hours, Use

• Miniature of King David in the wilderness, kneeling in penitence before God, above a four-line puzzle initial 'D'(omine) with a partial border, at the beginning of the Seven Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

Catherine, and perhaps elsewhere. Large puzzle initials in purple and blue with red and blue penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Small initials alternately blue with red penwork or purple with blue penwork decoration. Zig-zag line-fillers in the litany. Book of Hours,

• Puzzle initial., De viris illustribus, extract; Chronographia, with prologue; Jerome's preface to the translation of Eusebius

partial borders with initials in blue and pink with coloured foliated decoration and/or hybrid creatures on a gold ground (ff. 9, 54, 58). 2 large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue penword decoration of leaves and

• Initial 'C'(um) on a gold ground, with a hybrid creature in the bowl of the letter and the ownership inscription of Fountains abbey in the upper margin., Homilies for Sundays, with table of contents (vol 1, ff. 2-12)

and blue on a gold groud, with foliate decoration and a human head, extending into a border on two sides with flower and nuts (f. 13, vol. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing,

• Decorated initial 'A'(biciamus), at the beginning of Guilelmus de Malliaco OP's Sermones de tempore; in the lower margin ex-libris 'Liber virginis gloriose. In Ebirbach hic e(st) Ma(r)ie. Ad Usus Abbatis Ebirbacen(sis)', written by Martin Rifflinck von Boppard, abbot of the monastery of Eberbach., Sermones de tempore (ff. 1-204), table of contents (ff. 204-205v)

the margin, in gold on a red and blue ground (f. 1). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Sermones de tempore (ff. 1-204), table of contents

• null, De lapidibus pretiosis

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 as part of the Sloane collection