• Initial 'S'(ecundum) with decoration in foliate and dot patterns at the beginning of book 2., Commentary on Jeremiah

Initial 'S'(ecundum) with decoration in foliate and dot patterns at the beginning of book 2. 7 initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in red and green (ff. 1, 1v, 20, 41, 60, 79v, 97v). Rubrics in

• Two puzzle initials and decorated initials., Theological miscellany, including Proverbs; Architrenius; Poem on the Story of Troy; The Metrical Life of St Hugh

Hugh Inscribed, early 14th century, 'Rogerus de Noramtun' (f. 100v)Inscribed, 'Johannes Burgo' .Inscribed, 15th or 16th century, 'Richard Jehonys', 'Robert', 'John Parker' (perhaps of Cambridge, b. 1548, d. 1619), ' Henry Mard', 'Wyllamy Darby'.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal

• Drawing of the Crucifixion., Theological tracts; two hymns in French

Drawing of the Crucifixion. 14th-century table of contents (f. 1).Contents include:Guillelmus Peraldus: On the Virtues (f. 29);Miracles of the Virgin (ff. 226, 233);Bonaventure: Lignum Vitae (f. 281);Gerard of Liege: De Custodia Cordes (f. 290);Robert Grosseteste: De Decem Mandatis (f.

• Text page with initials and rubrics., Historia Scolastica (Acts of the Apostles)

blue; rubrics in red. Historia Scolastica (Acts of the Apostles) Part 1: John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection, f.

• Initial 'A' with floral decoration., Retractatio, Confessions

Initial 'A' with floral decoration. The text belongs to the South-west family, descending ultimately from BN lat.1913 (9th century France) via a lost intermediary made at Ghent (second half of the 11th century).Part 1 replaced a lost or damaged

• Drawings of doves in roundels at the beginning of the Aviarium., Theological distinctiones, notes, commonplaces, sermons, an abridged Aviarium, beginning, ''Si dormiatis inter medios' (ff. 150-159v) epigrams, and excerpts from the moralised bestiary (ff. 215-216)

1); included in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69 (see Carley 2000).The Old Royal Library (the

• Detail of a miniature of the awe-struck apostles praising Christ as the Son of God, in a visualization of John 21:7., Psalter, with canticles (ff. 136v-139v)

Christ as the Son of God, in a visualization of John 21:7. Includes one of the earliest surviving drawing of the martyrdom of Becket: see discussion Kauffmann 1975.f. 51 is a replacement page, with text in a 14th-century hand.Interlineal text

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 26., Commentary on Psalms 1-50

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the select list of works noted by John Bale of c. 1548 as 'Pully super Psalterium'; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 15v; and

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate decoration, and a drawing of a dragon with pen-flourished decoration in the lower margin, at the beginning of the commentary on Psalm 1., Commentary on Psalms 1-50

acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the select list of works noted by John Bale of c. 1548 as 'Pully super Psalterium'; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 15v; and

• Detail of a miniature of the bringing of the head of John the Baptist., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

the bringing of the head of John the Baptist. The Veronica image is the earliest in Western art, according to Lewis 1987 p. 127.This is the earliest richly illuminated manuscript with fairly definite evidence of having been made in Oxford,

• null, Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

Holes with rust (ff. 170-174), evidence of former chain holes.Various inscriptions (ff. 173-174). 6 large initials in red, blue, or green with penword foliate decoration in the other colours, characterised by Lawrence as 'split-petal' and 'three-lobed-bud' motifs at the

• null, Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

Holes with rust (ff. 170-174), evidence of former chain holes.Various inscriptions (ff. 173-174). 6 large initials in red, blue, or green with penword foliate decoration in the other colours, characterised by Lawrence as 'split-petal' and 'three-lobed-bud' motifs at the

• null, Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

Holes with rust (ff. 170-174), evidence of former chain holes.Various inscriptions (ff. 173-174). 6 large initials in red, blue, or green with penword foliate decoration in the other colours, characterised by Lawrence as 'split-petal' and 'three-lobed-bud' motifs at the

• null, Historia Anglorum, to 1198, with a table of chapters, preceded by the author's dedicatory letter; various sermons (ff. 159-172)

Holes with rust (ff. 170-174), evidence of former chain holes.Various inscriptions (ff. 173-174). 6 large initials in red, blue, or green with penword foliate decoration in the other colours, characterised by Lawrence as 'split-petal' and 'three-lobed-bud' motifs at the

• Detail of inscription., Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229)

100, 115. Small initials in red or green (ff. 222-223). Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229) John de Herefeld ?, vicar of Plumstead, Kent, first half of the 14th century: his inscription: ‘Decreta de dono domini

• Detail of decorated initials., Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229)

100, 115. Small initials in red or green (ff. 222-223). Decretum, with gloss; list of popes and emperors (ff. 222-229) John de Herefeld ?, vicar of Plumstead, Kent, first half of the 14th century: his inscription: ‘Decreta de dono domini

• Coloured initial., Fragment from a Bible with the start of the Prologue to Joshua (recto) and the end of Deuteronomy 34:1-6 (verso); from the same Bible as Sloane 1044, ff. 76-77

Prologue to Joshua (recto) and the end of Deuteronomy 34:1-6 (verso); from the same Bible as Sloane 1044, ff. 76-77 John Bagford: inscribed, probably by Frederic Madden, that this is 'A portion of Bagford's collection F. M.' (f. [iii]).Sir Hans

• Large initial 'L' and other small initials with penwork decoration extending into the margin., Two canon law repertories in alphabetical order, the second attributed here to Bartolus of Sassoferrato

red or blue. Two canon law repertories in alphabetical order, the second attributed here to Bartolus of Sassoferrato ff. 1-207:? John Morton (d. 1500), administrator and archbishop of Canterbury, or Johannes Morton, monachus and precentor of the Benedictine cathedral of

• Coloured initial 'U'(nde) at the beginning of the second chapter of Julian of Toledo's Prognosticon futuri saeculi., Prognosticon futuri saeculi, in three books

(2008), pp. 43-70. Large initials in red. Capitals marked in red. Rubrics in red. Prognosticon futuri saeculi, in three books John Chamberlayne (b. 1666, d. 1723), son of Edward Chamberlayne (b. 1616, d. 1703): sale of his library conducted by

• Historiated initial 'V'(ocavit) with two Israelites offering lambs at an altar, at the beginning of Leviticus., Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, glossed

Historiated initial 'V'(ocavit) with two Israelites offering lambs at an altar, at the beginning of Leviticus. Catchwords; quire marks; crossed tironian ets. The manuscript forms part of a two- or multi-volume set together with Harley 3159. Harley 3160 is