• Flourished initial 'I'(n), at the beginning of the liber oculorum., Miscellany of medical treatises (begins incompletely)

of the liber oculorum. Large initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Miscellany of medical treatises (begins incompletely) Inscription in English, 16th-century (f. 48v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Historiated initial 'A'(ve) with the Virgin and Child and a kneeling man, and as part of the lower border, a monk with a shield and sword fighting a dragon., Musical miscellany

in red, blue, and gold (ff. 92, 92v, 115). Large initials in gold or blue with pen-flourishing in gold, and/or red and usually blue forming a one-sided border. Small initials in gold with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with

• Historiated initial 'H'(omo) with the Crucifixion and a kneeling woman, and one-sided border., Musical miscellany

in red, blue, and gold (ff. 92, 92v, 115). Large initials in gold or blue with pen-flourishing in gold, and/or red and usually blue forming a one-sided border. Small initials in gold with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uisquis) with standing figures and a dragon forming the tail of the letter., Musical miscellany

in red, blue, and gold (ff. 92, 92v, 115). Large initials in gold or blue with pen-flourishing in gold, and/or red and usually blue forming a one-sided border. Small initials in gold with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with

• Illuminated initial 'V'(eritas) with a man standing on a dragon spearing an owl., Musical miscellany

in red, blue, and gold (ff. 92, 92v, 115). Large initials in gold or blue with pen-flourishing in gold, and/or red and usually blue forming a one-sided border. Small initials in gold with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with

• Illuminated initial 'B'(ulla) with foliate decoration., Musical miscellany

in red, blue, and gold (ff. 92, 92v, 115). Large initials in gold or blue with pen-flourishing in gold, and/or red and usually blue forming a one-sided border. Small initials in gold with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with

• Historiated initial 'A' with a standing Catherine, and the letter formed by an animal body and head., Musical miscellany

in red, blue, and gold (ff. 92, 92v, 115). Large initials in gold or blue with pen-flourishing in gold, and/or red and usually blue forming a one-sided border. Small initials in gold with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with

• Miniature of the Annunciation in the upper register and of the Nativity in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing (initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, f. 73v), at the beginning of other Psalms. Initials in red or blue at the beginning

• Puzzle initial 'L'(a purveiance) with pen-flourishing forming a three-sided border including foliate motifs and a dragon, at the beginning of the prologue to the Livre de Sydrac., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac)(ff. 1-140); Edmund's 'Mireour de seinte eglise' (index Speculum ecclesiae; Miroir de sainte eglise; Mirror of the church)(ff. 141-156); a short text in Latin attributed to Ambrose (f. 156); La vie nostre dame seinte marie' (f. 156); Robert Grosseteste's Commencement du monde (ff. 156-168)

ff. 2v, 49v, 57v, 99v, 102, 108v, 132, 132v, etc.), or with simpler blue pen-flourishing (from f. 141). Paraphs in red or blue. Line-fillers in red and/or blue, often in the shape of a fish (e.g., ff. 2v, 11). Livre

• Illuminated initials 'M'(ark) and 'T'(he) at the beginning of the prologue and Mark., New Testament, in the later Wycliffite version

Mark. Catchwords, pricking. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose backgrounds with penwork decoration in white and foliate decoration with green washes and gold, at the beginning of books. Small blue initials with red pen-flourishing throughout the text. New

• Flap of the original binding., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

17, 20v, 23, 31v). Large initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in red with dark purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Psalms, hymns, lections, capitula, and orationes, and smaller initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in

• Text page from the Hours of the Sorrow of the Virgin, with an illuminated initial 'A'., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

17, 20v, 23, 31v). Large initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in red with dark purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Psalms, hymns, lections, capitula, and orationes, and smaller initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in

• Text page from the Hours of the Sorrow of the Virgin, with coloured lettering., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

17, 20v, 23, 31v). Large initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in red with dark purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Psalms, hymns, lections, capitula, and orationes, and smaller initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in

• Puzzle initial 'T'(he) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text, and ownership inscription in the upper margin., Troilus and Criseyde

are of parchment.Leaf signatures. Catchwords written horizontally. Puzzle initial in blue and red with pen-flourishing in the same colours framing the text (f. 1). 7 initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour (ff. 20v, 51v, 52v,

• Text and pen-flourished initial 'I'(ntendimus)., Commentaries on the Ars medicine (index Ars medicinae), and other medical texts

Text and pen-flourished initial 'I'(ntendimus). Annotated by medieval readers. Initials in blue or red with pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue or red. Rubrics in red. Marginal pen sketches of human faces or profiles (ff. 5, 11, 28, 34, 35v). Commentaries on

• Decorated initials., Breviary, imperfect at the beginning and at the end

floral sprays, some large, some small. Large initials in gold with brown pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Smaller initials in gold or in blue with red penwork decoration. Breviary, imperfect at the beginning and at the end Robert

• Decorated initial 'P'(opulus)., Epitoma de Tito Livio (index Epitome of Livy)

leaves.Vertical catchwords in the inner margin. 4 large initials in red, yellow, blue, and green with foliate motifs (pp. 1, 18, 38, 60). Smaller plain initials in blue and red. Rubrics in red. Epitoma de Tito Livio (index Epitome of

• Decorated initials., Breviary, imperfect at the beginning and at the end

floral sprays, some large, some small. Large initials in gold with brown pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Smaller initials in gold or in blue with red penwork decoration. Breviary, imperfect at the beginning and at the end Robert

• Decorated iInitial 'I(n) at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses, and in the lower margin, a circular diagram of the Golden Chain of Macrobius, labelled in the centre ‘Aurea cathena macrobii’, with intersecting semi-circles marked ‘Ignis’, ‘calidus’, ‘aer’, ‘humidus’, etc., Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

‘calidus’, ‘aer’, ‘humidus’, etc. Large initials in red with blue flourishing, or vice versa, the penwork ocasionally incorporating an animal or animal head (e.g., ff. 189v, 154v). Small initials alternately blue or red. 4 diagrams (ff. 3, 3v, 150v, 191v).

• Diagram of the harmony of the planets, marked with names of Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, and the Moon, with the page number '380' in Twysden's handwriting., Metamorphoses (ff. 3-180); Commentary on the Metamorphoses (f. 181v-191); and other short texts

'380' in Twysden's handwriting. Large initials in red with blue flourishing, or vice versa, the penwork ocasionally incorporating an animal or animal head (e.g., ff. 189v, 154v). Small initials alternately blue or red. 4 diagrams (ff. 3, 3v, 150v, 191v).