• Puzzle initial., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Decorated initials., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Marginal sketch of a tonsured figure in prayer with the hand of God above., Bible (without the Psalms)

red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (2 initials combined on f. 322). 1 large arabesque initial in red and blue (f. 94v). 1 large plain initial in red (f. 265). Small initials in red or blue with

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) for the Prologue of a friar writing on a scroll., Bible (without the Psalms)

red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (2 initials combined on f. 322). 1 large arabesque initial in red and blue (f. 94v). 1 large plain initial in red (f. 265). Small initials in red or blue with

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) with creation scenes and the Crucifixion at the beginning of Genesis., Bible (without the Psalms)

red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (2 initials combined on f. 322). 1 large arabesque initial in red and blue (f. 94v). 1 large plain initial in red (f. 265). Small initials in red or blue with

• Detail of a miniature of a boy being received into a monastery, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 1., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

for the running titles. 38 miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning of each causa, and parts 1 and 3 (ff. 1, 82v, 102v, 119v, 127, 128v, 130v, 133v, 139v, 142v, 145, 148, 159v, 169v, 173v, 176, 180v, 193v,

• First page 'P' of Poitiers, with glosses, Noah's Ark, and genealogical commentary., Theological miscellany, including the Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi (ff. 33-38v)

inscribed title and table of contents (ff. 1, 2). Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton (see Wright 1972): inscribed no. '81' (f. 1) and foliated the manuscript. Sir Simonds D’Ewes

• Detail of a miniature of an enthroned king dictating the law to a scribe, with three clerics and a soldier, at the beginning of Distinctio 1., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

for the running titles. 38 miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning of each causa, and parts 1 and 3 (ff. 1, 82v, 102v, 119v, 127, 128v, 130v, 133v, 139v, 142v, 145, 148, 159v, 169v, 173v, 176, 180v, 193v,

• Miniature of an enthroned king dictating the law to a scribe, with three clerics and a soldier, at the beginning of Distinctio 1., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

for the running titles. 38 miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning of each causa, and parts 1 and 3 (ff. 1, 82v, 102v, 119v, 127, 128v, 130v, 133v, 139v, 142v, 145, 148, 159v, 169v, 173v, 176, 180v, 193v,

• Detail of a miniature of a boy being received into a monastery, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 1., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

for the running titles. 38 miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning of each causa, and parts 1 and 3 (ff. 1, 82v, 102v, 119v, 127, 128v, 130v, 133v, 139v, 142v, 145, 148, 159v, 169v, 173v, 176, 180v, 193v,

• Text page in Ecclesiastes., Bible (without the Psalms)

red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (2 initials combined on f. 322). 1 large arabesque initial in red and blue (f. 94v). 1 large plain initial in red (f. 265). Small initials in red or blue with

• Text page in Corinthians., Bible (without the Psalms)

red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (2 initials combined on f. 322). 1 large arabesque initial in red and blue (f. 94v). 1 large plain initial in red (f. 265). Small initials in red or blue with

• Decorated initial 'P'(revaricatus) at the beginning of IV Kings (II Samuel)., Bible (without the Psalms)

red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (2 initials combined on f. 322). 1 large arabesque initial in red and blue (f. 94v). 1 large plain initial in red (f. 265). Small initials in red or blue with

• Puzzle initial 'F'(rater) with penwork decoration., Bible

a further paper flyleaf; f. [i] was once a paste-down.ff. 1-12 are added. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with penwork decoration in brown, green, and light brown (f. 13). Numerous large puzzle initials in red and blue

• Decorated initials, the one on the left anthromorphic., Liturgy of John Chrysostom, imperfect

lot 337, possibly bought by Chapman for 2s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818 (inscription, f. 1). Decorated initials Eastern Mediterranean

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of 1 Corinthians., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of 1 Corinthians. Bifolium signatures. 15 historiated initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of the Epistles and of Peter Lombard's prologue (ff. 1, 1v, 43v, 73v, 89, 101v, 111v, 118v, 125,

• Decorated initial 'C'(unctis), at the beginning of Bede's Commentary to Ezra., Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

Abb[at]is s[e]c[un]di temp[o]re sc[r]ipt[us] / p[er] manu[m] D[omini] Fulconis can[oni]ci p[ost]ea / p[r]ioris D[omino] Alexand[r]o de Weleue t[un]c Can/tore' (f. 1); noted by John Leland c. 1536-40 (see ~J. Lelandi antiquarii de rebus Britannicis Collectanea: Cum Thomæ Hearnii præfatione notis

• Zoomorphic initial 'D'(ominica) of a dragon, at the beginning of the commentary for the first Sunday of the Advent., Commentary on lections from the Epistles and Gospels from Advent to Easter

the beginning of the commentary for the first Sunday of the Advent. Quire signatures. 1 zoomorphic initial in colours at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Puzzle pen-flourished initials in red and blue, at the beginning of other major

• Initial words decorated with pen-flourishing in brown ink, at a ~Hoshanah~ (poetical prayer) for ~Hoshanah Rabbah~ (the seventh day of Sukkot; for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 1857)., Prayer book with Haggadah (ff. 71-88) and ~Pirqei Avot~ (ff. 88v-115), Ashkenazi rite

159v).Illegible censor's signature (f. 1). Extensive amount of erasures (e.g., ff. 11, 24, 31v, 35v, 40, 41, 57, 57v, 82v).Moses Gaster (b. 1856, d. 1939), scholar and rabbi: inscribed with his name, 'M. Gaster 582' (f. 1) and 'M. Gaster'

• Catchword included into an armed hybrid., ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 1-277); two short halakhical (legal) treatises (ff. 278-280)

of the manuscript but added later. 7 decorated catchwords (ff. 5v, 13v, 21v, 29v, 118v, 134v, 142v). 1 marginal drawing, in ink (f. 117v). ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 1-277); two short halakhical (legal) treatises (ff. 278-280) Scribal