• Pen-flourished initial 'D'(ignum), with a partial border and a shield with the coat of arms of the Duchy of Cleves., Commentary on Lucan's Pharsalia (index In Pharsaliam Lucani)

border in red, blue, and purple; 1 large initial in purple and yellow with red and purple pen-flourishing; and a coat of arms in the lower margin in colours and gold (f. 3). 8 large initials in blue with red

• Miniature of a bishop in the act of cutting a lock of hair from the first of seven newly ordained clerks kneeling before him, in front of the archbishop's cross-bearer between two deacons, decorated initial 'P'(ontificalis), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Pontifical of Guilelmus Durandus., The Pontifical of Guilelmus Durandus, Use of Mende

initials, developing full foliate borders, in red, blue and gold. Smaller decorated foliate initials with extensions into the margins, in red, blue and gold. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Numerous initials in brown ink

• Miniature of a bishop, administering the consecrated wafer to the first of five newly ordained priests who kneel before him; behind, a chaplain holding the cup for purifying the communicants, with a cross-bearer and two deacons, decorated initials, and full foliate border, at the beginning of the second part of the Pontifical of Guilelmus Durandus., The Pontifical of Guilelmus Durandus, Use of Mende

initials, developing full foliate borders, in red, blue and gold. Smaller decorated foliate initials with extensions into the margins, in red, blue and gold. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Numerous initials in brown ink

• Coloured initials., Summa de modo medendi (ff. 2-25v)

the manuscript in Hunt 1994. Large and small initials in red or blue, some with penwork decoration. Extensions of letters in the first and last lines. Summa de modo medendi (ff. 2-25v) Roger Marchall (b. c.1417, d. c. 1477), physician

• Miniature of John the Baptist, and full foliate borders with birds, a dragon and a grotesque figure, for his suffrage., Prayer book

and gold. Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Large and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Prayer book Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: inscribed 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1).

• Decorated initial 'V'(ideo) with pen-flourishing in Cicero's In catilinam., Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-67v), Orationes in Catilinam (ff. 67v-85v)

and vertically. Leaf signatures. 9 initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour (ff. 1, 3v, 17v, 39v, 51, 67v, 72v, 77, 81v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Capitals marked in red. Disputationes tusculanae (ff. 1-67v),

• Pen-flourished initials 'C'(orduba); 'B'(ella); and 'Q'(uis)., Pharsalia

in a Northern style. 1 large initial in blue with red and purple penwork decoration (f. 1). 1 large initial in red with purple penwork decoration (f. 118v). 4 initials in blue with purple penwork decoration or pen-flourishing (ff. 12,

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of Terce of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

ivy sprigs. Numerous gold initials with black or brown penwork decoration and blue initials with red penwork decoration. Cadels. Some capitals marked with red. Line-fillers in gold and blue ink. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Various inscriptions in different

• Puzzle initial 'P'(romissiones) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 17 in Augustine's De civitate dei. A 13th-century hand has corrected the capitula list in the lower margin., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)(ff. 3-177v); De trinitate (ff. 179-244v)

initials in red and blue or in one colour with pen-flourishing in the same colours. Smaller initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour. Capitals marked in red ink. Paraphs in red or blue. De Civitate Dei

• Illuminated initial 'U'(rbis) and border, on the first page of the text., Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff. 180-181)

by a three-sided border (f. 2). Large initials in gold on grounds of red and blue. Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff.

• null, Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff. 180-181)

by a three-sided border (f. 2). Large initials in gold on grounds of red and blue. Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff.

• null, Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff. 180-181)

by a three-sided border (f. 2). Large initials in gold on grounds of red and blue. Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff.

• Decorated intial., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

(f. 3). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with reserved designs. Travels of Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).? Richard Tottyl, London, by 1579 (see below).Hugh

• Text page., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

(f. 3). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with reserved designs. Travels of Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).? Richard Tottyl, London, by 1579 (see below).Hugh

• Puzzle initial 'P'(aschales) below a rubric with the date 1465 in medieval arabic numerals, at the beginning of a prologue, Carmen paschale; Hymns; Psychomachia; Cathemerinon; Peristephanon; etc.

are notes by Barthélemy Mercier (b. 1734 d. 1799), abbé de St.-Léger. Large and small puzzle initials in red and blue. Carmen paschale; Hymns; Psychomachia; Cathemerinon; Peristephanon; etc. Apparently written in 1465: a rubric reads 'Prologus sedulij primus incipit 1465'

• null, Carmen paschale; Hymns; Psychomachia; Cathemerinon; Peristephanon; etc.

abbé de St.-Léger. Large and small puzzle initials in red and blue. Carmen paschale; Hymns; Psychomachia; Cathemerinon; Peristephanon; etc. Apparently written in 1465: a rubric reads 'Prologus sedulij primus incipit 1465' (f. 7v).The Celestine convent of the Holy Trinity, Marcoussis,

• null, Comediae (index Comedies), preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-27v), Eunuchus (ff. 28-57v), Heauton tirorumenos (ff. 58-87), Adelphoe (f. 87-113v), Hecyra (ff. 114-137v), Phormio (ff. 138-166v)

and shell gold, at the beginnings of the arguments (ff. 28, 29v, 58, 87, 114, 114v, 138). Small initials alternately blue or red. Headings in red capitals Comediae (index Comedies), preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-27v), Eunuchus (ff.

• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

painted initial with acanthus leaf decoration at the beginning of Psalm 68 (f. 111), and other large and small red, blue, green, and yellow simple initials, some decorated around the letter or in the bowl with simple patterns in other

• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

painted initial with acanthus leaf decoration at the beginning of Psalm 68 (f. 111), and other large and small red, blue, green, and yellow simple initials, some decorated around the letter or in the bowl with simple patterns in other

• Text page., Various poems, including Columella's De re rustica (ff. 1-9); Serenus's Liber medicinali (ff. 9-30v); Ibis (ff. 65-77); Nux (f. 79v-83), Medicamina faciei femineae; Aetna (ff. 52-64) (index Appendix Vergiliana)

65, 77, 78, 79v, 83). Marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold, now effaced (f. 1). Large simple initials in blue. Small simple initials in brown, or sometimes red (e.g. ff. 34v, 35v, 36v) at the beginning of lines. Headings