• Painted diagram of the stage of the white elixir, a queen or Rosa alba (white rose) in an alchemical treatise., Alchemical treatises

11, 12, 13, 14, 15). 1 large decorated initial with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red, blue or gold (a few with red pen-flourishing, and 1 on f. 15 with foliate

• Historiated initial 'O' with Jerome writing, at the beginning of the Sentences., Patristic excerpts

initial 'O' with Jerome writing, at the beginning of the Sentences. Annotations in the margins. 1 large historiated initial, in brown ink and red (f. 1). Small initials in plain red, green or blue. Patristic excerpts ? Thomas Howard (b.

• Detail of puzzle initial., Etymologiae, Liber XII: De animalibus

puzzle initial. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue (f. 12). Small initials alternately in blue or red (green or red on f. 12). Spaces, perhaps for illustrations, remain blank. Marginal ink drawing of fantastic creature (f. 35v). Etymologiae,

• Puzzle initial 'O'(ctobonus), at the beginning of the Constitutiones., Decretals; Statutes; Constitutions; etc. (imperfect at the beginning)

Puzzle initial 'O'(ctobonus), at the beginning of the Constitutiones. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with decorated extension (f. 83v). 1 large initial in red, with reserved designs, with blue pen-flourishing (f. 69). Large and small initials in

• null, 'Orders to be holden by a General in the conquest of a towne or contrie, and likewise necessarie for to be understanded unto him having townes and contreis in chardge'

1 large decorated initial, in colours and gold (f. 3). Space for large initial (f. 1). 'Orders to be holden by a General in the conquest of a towne or contrie, and likewise necessarie for to be understanded unto him

• null, Moralia in Job (ff. 2-61v)

pasted rectangles of parchment; f. 1 and 1[a] are paper flyleaves. 2 large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and purple pen-flourishing (ff. 2, 20v). Large initials in blue with red and sometimes also blue penwork decoration or

• Alphabet, in the Patristic excerpts., Patristic excerpts

Alphabet, in the Patristic excerpts. Annotations in the margins. 1 large historiated initial, in brown ink and red (f. 1). Small initials in plain red, green or blue. Patristic excerpts ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of

• Illuminated initials 'A's in John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers., Secrets of Philosophers

of Burgundy (b. 1446, d. 1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator. 1 3-sided foliate border in colours and gold and 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 1). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with

• Illuminated initial 'G'(od) at the beginning of John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers., Secrets of Philosophers

of Burgundy (b. 1446, d. 1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator. 1 3-sided foliate border in colours and gold and 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 1). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with

• Decorated initials 'I'(nductus) and 'A'(ctiones) at the beginning of a Carthusian customary., Carthusian Customary

Surrey, in Flanders from 1568 to 1783 (see Ker 1964): note in English (f. 1); inscription 'Shene' (f. 2); date '1569' (f. 4v).? Prices '1-10-0-' (ff. 1, 4); '7. 6' (f. 4). William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805),

• Historiated initial containing medaillons with the Creation of the World and display script, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible

the World and display script, at the beginning of Genesis. 1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 3). 1 small historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in red and blue with brown penwork

• Flourished initials., Bible

Flourished initials. 1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 3). 1 small historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in red and blue with brown penwork decoration and blue, yellow and brown infill in

• Historiated initial of God blessing, at the beginning of the prologue., Bible

initial of God blessing, at the beginning of the prologue. 1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 3). 1 small historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in red and blue with brown penwork

• Drawing of Gabriel., Miscellany of tracts on magic, including The Divine Seal of Solomon (ff. 127v-137v)

Drawing of Gabriel. f. 1 is a list of contents in Enlgish and Latin in an 18th-century (?) hand. 7 full-page drawings of angels in ink with a yellow or blue wash on parchment (ff. 124-127). 1 full-page drawing in

• Flourished initials 'S' and 'P'., Decretals; Statutes; Constitutions; etc. (imperfect at the beginning)

Flourished initials 'S' and 'P'. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with decorated extension (f. 83v). 1 large initial in red, with reserved designs, with blue pen-flourishing (f. 69). Large and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing

• Decorated foliate initial 'Q'(uoniam) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of Petrus Crescentius Bononiensis's Epistola ad magistrum ordinis predicatorum., Liber Ruralium Commodorum

beginning of Petrus Crescentius Bononiensis's Epistola ad magistrum ordinis predicatorum. 1 large decorated foliate initial, accompanied by a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 7v). Large and smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate

• null, De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

1 large white vine initial, accompanied by a full white vine border with putti and bird, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 large white vine initials with extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 26, 62, 86,

• Miniature of the stage of the red elixir, a king or rosa rubea (red rose)., Alchemical treatises

11, 12, 13, 14, 15). 1 large decorated initial with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in plain red, blue or gold (a few with red pen-flourishing, and 1 on f. 15 with foliate

• Illuminated initials 'A' in John Lydgate and Benedict Burgh's Secrets of the Philosophers., Secrets of Philosophers

of Burgundy (b. 1446, d. 1503), Yorkist matriarch and mediator. 1 3-sided foliate border in colours and gold and 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 1). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with

• Detail of decorated initials with penwork and pen-flourishing., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, to 1285

Detail of decorated initials with penwork and pen-flourishing. 1 small initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate filigree extending into the margins (f. 1). Initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes foliate, and pen-flourishing. Chronica