• Flourished initial 'I'(n), at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses., Metamorphoses

Flourished initial 'I'(n), at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphoses. 1 large initial in red, with reserved designs, and pen-flourishing in brown with yellow wash (f. 1). Smaller initials and paraph marks in plain red. Metamorphoses Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• Decorated initial 'A'(ltus) at the beginning of a short preface to Terence's Andria, executed in red ink with a brown ink geometric pattern in the bowl., Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Hecyra (fragment)

Andria, executed in red ink with a brown ink geometric pattern in the bowl. 1 large red initial decorated with black ink in the bowl (f. 1). Other large and small mostly very plain red initials. Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi,

• null, Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Hecyra (fragment)

1 large red initial decorated with black ink in the bowl (f. 1). Other large and small mostly very plain red initials. Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Hecyra (fragment) Formerly bound with Burney 137, 272, and 352, which have similar

• Initial 'N'(aso) and unidentified arms in the lower margin., Epistulae ex Ponto

has been torn off at the top of f. 1.1 large initial in gold on a blue ground with an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). 3 large gold initials on coloured panels with simple

• Print of a Crucifixion, and a puzzle initial 'T'(e), at the beginning of the 'Te igitur' in the Missal., Missal, Use of Rome

Musical notation.ff. 81-82 is a contemporary addition.Added table of contents and additions, 17th- or 18th-century (ff. 1-8v, 77-80, 100). 1 coloured print pasted, Germany, 15th-century (f. 94v). 4 large puzzle-initials in green and yellow with red pen-flourishing (ff. 9, 95,

• Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uoniam ut ait Gregorius super Ezechielem)., Summa de casibus conscientiae

fine parchment.f. [316] has been trimmed in the lower margin.f. [317] is a former pastedown. 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Smaller initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Catchwords in simple frames.

• Historiated initial 'D' of a doctor in an ermine coat, seated at a canopied lectern and lecturing two pupils at a desk in a large hall. Arbaleste's arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' in the lower margin., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen IV

and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves and flowers, with one large historiated initial in blue with white tracery (f. 1). Diagrams (ff. 111, 123v-124, 126v-127). Initials and paraphs in alternating blue and red. Sentence initials touched in yellow. Rubrics

• Marginal miniature of a lady in a veiled hat holding a flask and herbs, with a decorated initial 'M'(edicina) in gold and colours., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book I, Fen III

tendrils, small leaves and flowers, with one large initial in blue with white tracery and foliate decoration (f. 1). Small miniature (f. 1, right margin). Diagrams (ff. 45, 92). Initials and paraphs in alternating blue and red. Sentence initials touched

• Historiated initial 'N' of a seated doctor in ermine coat and red hat visiting a kneeling patient, with a spray border in colours and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries. Arbaleste's arms and motto 'Ingenium superat vires' in the lower margin., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book III, Fen II-III

with foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries, with large historiated initials in blue or red with white tracery (ff. 1, 54v). Puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 92v, 125, 141). Round diagram (f. 61v). Initials and paraphs in

• Historiated initial of a doctor in ermine red coat and black hat touching the throat of a kneeling patient, with a spray border in colours and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book III, Fen IV-XII

foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries, with 9 large historiated initials in blue or red with white tracery (ff. 1, 34, 73, 97v, 121v, 128v, 157, 285, 333). Puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 58v, 205, 229, 256v).

• Historiated initial 'N' of a doctor in ermine red coat and black hat seating on a stall and touching the brest of a kneeling female patient, with a spray border in colours and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book III, Fen IV-XII

foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries, with 9 large historiated initials in blue or red with white tracery (ff. 1, 34, 73, 97v, 121v, 128v, 157, 285, 333). Puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 58v, 205, 229, 256v).

• Text page with drawing of man spearing a dragon added to the margin., Miscellany of patristic texts, imperfect, including Marcus Eremita's Opuscula III, X and IV (ff. 1-6v, 6v-15v, 16-29), Diadochus's 'Capita centum de perfectione spirituali' (ff. 29-59), John's 'Capita hortatoria ad monachos in India' (ff. 59v-69) and 'Capita theologica et gnostica' (ff. 69-81v), and Maximus's 'Capita de caritate' (ff. 82-117v)

dragon added to the margin. Leaves missing after ff. 1, 6, 15, 16, 34, 36, 38, 58, 64 and 103. Line-filler, table of contents and initial in light red (ff. 29r-v). Headpieces, titles, decorated initials, and line-filler in dark brown

• Historiated initial 'O'(portet) of a doctor in a blue coat with an ermine collar and black hat, seated on a high chair and touching the belly of a kneeling man, with a spray border in colours and gold with foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries., Commentary on the Canon Medicinae by Avicenna, Book III, Fen XIX-XXII

foliate tendrils, small leaves, flowers and berries, with 4 large historiated initials in blue or red with white tracery (ff. 1, 50v, 100v, 202v). Puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 90v, 132, 160v, 218). Initials and paraphs in alternating

• Decorated iInitial 'Q'(uoniam) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of the prologue to Josephus's De bello Judaico., De bello Judaico

bello Judaico. 2 large initials in colours, at the beginning of the prologue and Book 1 (ff. 4, 5v). 6 large puzzle initials in red and blue, with red and blue pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Books 2-7 (ff. 42,

• Puzzle initial 'N'(eronem) at the beginning of Book 3 of Josephus's De bello Judaico., De bello Judaico

Judaico. 2 large initials in colours, at the beginning of the prologue and Book 1 (ff. 4, 5v). 6 large puzzle initials in red and blue, with red and blue pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Books 2-7 (ff. 42, 72,

• Initial 'C'(um) with pen-flourishing and, in the lower margin, the ownership inscription of the Benedictine abbey of Santa Maria ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier., Vitae Sanctorum (index Lives of the Saints)

ad Martyres extra Muros, Trier. 33 initials in red, or red and purple, some with pen-flourishing and geometric motifs (ff, 1, 11v, 27v, 34, 38, 43, 44, 50, 56v, 59, 68v, 71, 83v, 85v, 92, 103, 107v (x2), 123v, 147v,

• Decorated initials., Epigrammata ex sententiis S. Augustini, prefatory poem, and poema coniugis ad uxorem, Poems (ff. 1; 22-23v)

p(ro)sp(er). Glosati’ in a formal script (f. 1, upper margin). Small red initials, some decorated with simple patterns. Epigrammata ex sententiis S. Augustini, prefatory poem, and poema coniugis ad uxorem, Poems (ff. 1; 22-23v) The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary,

• Decorated initial 'D'(isciplina), at the beginning of Book 1 of Isidore's Etymologiae., Etymologiae

the beginning of Book 1 of Isidore's Etymologiae. Vertical lines ruled in blind, horizontals in leadpoint. Large initials in green, red or blue, usually with decoration in one of the other colours. Small initials in red, green, or blue. Diagrams

• Illuminated initial 'H'(ec) and ivy-leaf borders incorporating a dragon, at the beginning of Bertrand de la Tour's Sermones Quadragesimales., Sermones Quadragesimales, followed (ff. 244v-246v) by a table of contents

at the beginning of Bertrand de la Tour's Sermones Quadragesimales. 1 large iniital with foliage in colours on a gold ground, and full borders with a dragon (f. 2). Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or blue with red

• Anthropomorphic initial 'P'(atrem), in Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

Suetonius's De Vita Caesarum. ff. 1 and 174 are fragments of a 15th-century document containing a reference to a notary public of the diocese of Bayeux, used as flyleaves. 3 large zoomorphic or anthropomorphic initials in ink and washes in