• Initial-word panel decorated with a mask and pen-flourishing inhabited by a male torso and a rabbit., Pentateuch (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch')

and a rabbit. Ruling is visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Quires start with flesh side. On the dating, see Pasternak, 2009. 5 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold accompanied by partial foliate borders at the beginnings

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'D'(omine) enclosing the coat of arms of Beatrice de la Porte, wife of Gilles de Tournemine, and foliate borders including a peacock, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Nantes

of Christ (ff. 62, 67, 71, 74v, 78, 83, 161, 167, 171v, 176, 180, 184v); 2 smaller miniatures probably excised: quires with Prime in the Hours of the Virgin and the Hours of the Holy Cross lost after f. 61.

• Miniature of Christ nailed to the cross, followed by a decorated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders on verso, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Passion of Christ., Book of Hours, Use of Nantes

of Christ (ff. 62, 67, 71, 74v, 78, 83, 161, 167, 171v, 176, 180, 184v); 2 smaller miniatures probably excised: quires with Prime in the Hours of the Virgin and the Hours of the Holy Cross lost after f. 61.

• Plain initial 'C'(ogitanti) at the beginning of the text., De oratore

Plain initial 'C'(ogitanti) at the beginning of the text. ff. 17-24 are bound in the wrong order. Catchwords written horizontally. Quire marks (Roman numerals in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of

• Text page with a note by the scribe Lupus of Ferrières in the lower margin, signalling a missing quire., De oratore

Text page with a note by the scribe Lupus of Ferrières in the lower margin, signalling a missing quire. ff. 17-24 are bound in the wrong order. Catchwords written horizontally. Quire marks (Roman numerals in the centre of the

• Miniature of the Nativity, the Adoration of the Child by Mary and Joseph, at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the Dead (ff. 137v-178); and the Psalter of St Jerome (ff. 180v-190v). Blank ruled folios at the end of certain quires. ff. 1-3v and the 5 unfoliated parchment leaves at the end are ruled as the rest of the text

• Initial 'I'(ncaustum) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the chapter on ink in book 1 of Theophilus' De diversis artibus., De diversis artibus and other texts including De Unguentis, recipes and extracts from the Liber de Coloribus and the Mappae Clavicula

diversis artibus. Quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of quires 1-13). One leaf missing between ff. 102-103, another between ff. 110-111, and another between ff. 149-150. Large and smaller initials

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) with David in the water praying to God at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter

erased. Possibly one leaf lost between ff. 8-9 (the original Beatus initial is missing here but the first and second quires are regular quarternions; the initial might have been executed on a separate leaf that is now lost), 1 leaf

• Initial 'B'(aldricus) with foliate motifs, a winged dragon, and clasps at the beginning of Baudri de Bourgueil's 'Historia Hierosolymitana'., Historia Peregrinationis Ierosolimitane

e-caudata.Quire marks (in ink in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires); 1 quire signature (in crayon in the centre of the lower margin of f. 25).ff. 163v and 164 are

• Initial 'S'(ixtus) with foliate motifs., Martyrology for the period from 6 August to 6 February (ff. 1-167); Passion of Catherine of Alexandria (ff. 168-171v), imperfect

margin of f. 1.Some initials have been excised; numerous parchment repairs.Catchwords; uncrossed tironian ets. and occasionally ampersands. 16 leaves (2 quires) lost between ff. 23-24; leaves lost after f. 171v.This manuscript is probably a companion volume to Harley 4896. 1

• Miniature of the Massacre of the Innocents at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the Dead (ff. 137v-178); and the Psalter of St Jerome (ff. 180v-190v). Blank ruled folios at the end of certain quires. ff. 1-3v and the 5 unfoliated parchment leaves at the end are ruled as the rest of the text

• Initials 'V'(olentem) and 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of 'Super epistolam Pauli ad Romanos' by Origin in the translation of Rufinus. The red is heavily oxidised., Super epistolam Pauli ad Romanos; Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians

Initials 'V'(olentem) and 'Q'(uod) at the beginning of 'Super epistolam Pauli ad Romanos' by Origin in the translation of Rufinus. The red is heavily oxidised. ff. 1, 232 served as paste-downs. On f. 1 are remains of another paste-down

• White vine historiated initial 'O'(rigo) with the head of emperor Hadrian (inscribed 'ADRIANUS') combined with a partial white vine border, including a grasshopper, two birds and a wreath supported by two putti enclosing the arms of Ludovicus Petronius., Historia augusta

enclosing the arms of Ludovicus Petronius. Catchwords written vertically.Some damaged illegible folios.The central and flanking bifolia of one of the quires is stained, as if possibly an inlay had been removed (?) (ff. 101v-102, 103v-104, 105v-106). Large white vine historiated

• Decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of Augustine's Sermones., Various texts including Augustine's Sermones (index Sermons)(ff. 1-107); 'Vitis mystica' (ff. 108-152v); 'De septem columpnis' (ff. 153-159), and Griselda (index Decameron)(ff. 223-228v)

Decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of Augustine's Sermones. The whole manuscript, although written in different hands, is contemporary with its first part which is dated 1407 (see Provenance). Catchwords written horizontally, not only at the end of quires.Numerous

• Decorated initial 'C'(oment) with pen-flourishing and line-fillers at the beginning of the statutes., Nova statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III (ff. 30-115) to 17 Richard II (ff. 116-171v)

first leaf of each quire provides the number of the quire in the following form: 'xi q[uaderna?] fol. P[rim]us'. The quires onto which 20 Richard II and 1-6 Henry IV have been added have the same numbering system as the

• Miniature of the stoning of Stephen, with an historiated initial 'E'(stienne) of Stephen preaching, and partial foliate borders, at the beginning of his legend., The Golden Legend (La Légende Dorée)

legend. 1st quire unfinished, spaces for large and small miniatures and initials; underdrawing for partial borders (ff. 1-8); in the quires 11-14, underdrawing for miniatures and some parts filled with colours; initials and borders executed (ff. 81-108). Numerous large and

• Miniature of the conversion of Saul (Paul) on the road to Damascus, with an illuminated initial 'L'(a), and partial foliate borders, at the beginning of the legend of Paul., The Golden Legend (La Légende Dorée)

Paul. 1st quire unfinished, spaces for large and small miniatures and initials; underdrawing for partial borders (ff. 1-8); in the quires 11-14, underdrawing for miniatures and some parts filled with colours; initials and borders executed (ff. 81-108). Numerous large and

• Miniature of Juliana beating the devil, with an illuminated initial 'I'(ulienne), and partial foliate borders, at the beginning of her legend., The Golden Legend (La Légende Dorée)

legend. 1st quire unfinished, spaces for large and small miniatures and initials; underdrawing for partial borders (ff. 1-8); in the quires 11-14, underdrawing for miniatures and some parts filled with colours; initials and borders executed (ff. 81-108). Numerous large and

• Text page of the Golden Legend (George)., The Golden Legend (La Légende Dorée)

and small miniatures and initials; underdrawing for partial borders (ff. 1-8); in the quires 11-14, underdrawing for miniatures and some parts filled with colours; initials and borders executed (ff. 81-108). Numerous large and small miniatures and historiated initials, accompanied by

• Text of the Golden Legend (the Passion)., The Golden Legend (La Légende Dorée)

and small miniatures and initials; underdrawing for partial borders (ff. 1-8); in the quires 11-14, underdrawing for miniatures and some parts filled with colours; initials and borders executed (ff. 81-108). Numerous large and small miniatures and historiated initials, accompanied by