• Detail of miniature of knights and ladies riding to a London tournament., Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the 'Harley Froissart')

125v, 126, 142v, 145, 152v, 160, 170v, 182v). Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers decorated in gold and blue. Cadels. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Chroniques, Vol. IV, part 1 (the

• Initials with pen-flourishing, in Bartolus de Saxoferrato's Super tribus libris postremis codicis Justiniani., Super tribus libris postremis codicis Justiniani, etc., with glosses; and other works

Ubaldis, Lectura Authentici (ff. 91-178). Ff. 25-177v: Large initials alternately red or blue, the first with reserved designs, with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. A note on f. [180] is a count of the number of

• Flourished initials, in Angelus de Perugia's Commentary on the Novellas Constitutiones Justiniani., Super tribus libris postremis codicis Justiniani, etc., with glosses; and other works

Ubaldis, Lectura Authentici (ff. 91-178). Ff. 25-177v: Large initials alternately red or blue, the first with reserved designs, with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. A note on f. [180] is a count of the number of

• Flourished initials, in Angelus de Perugia's Commentary on the Novellas Constitutiones Justiniani., Super tribus libris postremis codicis Justiniani, etc., with glosses; and other works

Ubaldis, Lectura Authentici (ff. 91-178). Ff. 25-177v: Large initials alternately red or blue, the first with reserved designs, with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. A note on f. [180] is a count of the number of

• Coloured initials., Summa de modo medendi (ff. 2-25v)

the manuscript in Hunt 1994. Large and small initials in red or blue, some with penwork decoration. Extensions of letters in the first and last lines. Summa de modo medendi (ff. 2-25v) Roger Marchall (b. c.1417, d. c. 1477), physician

• Miniature of John the Baptist, and full foliate borders with birds, a dragon and a grotesque figure, for his suffrage., Prayer book

and gold. Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Large and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Prayer book Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: inscribed 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1).

• Historiated initial 'O' with Christ in the garden of Gethsemane and foliate borders including heraldic arms., Breviary, Use of the Humiliati

colours and gold (ff. 89, 207v, 311v). Smaller initials in gold on red, blue and/or green grounds. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Breviary, Use of the Humiliati Unidentified owner, by 1471: arms,

• Historiated initial with the Kiss of Judas., Breviary, Use of the Humiliati

colours and gold (ff. 89, 207v, 311v). Smaller initials in gold on red, blue and/or green grounds. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Breviary, Use of the Humiliati Unidentified owner, by 1471: arms,

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

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 foliate

• Pen-flourished initials 'C'(orduba); 'B'(ella); and 'Q'(uis)., Pharsalia

in a Northern style. 1 large initial in blue with red and purple penwork decoration (f. 1). 1 large initial in red with purple penwork decoration (f. 118v). 4 initials in blue with purple penwork decoration or pen-flourishing (ff. 12,

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

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 of consanguinity (ff. 109v-110). Etymologiae Unidentified owner, Cambridge or Oxford,

• Puzzle initial 'P'(romissiones) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 17 in Augustine's De civitate dei. A 13th-century hand has corrected the capitula list in the lower margin., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)(ff. 3-177v); De trinitate (ff. 179-244v)

initials in red and blue or in one colour with pen-flourishing in the same colours. Smaller initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour. Capitals marked in red ink. Paraphs in red or blue. De Civitate Dei

• Decorated intial., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

(f. 3). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with reserved designs. Travels of Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).? Richard Tottyl, London, by 1579 (see below).Hugh

• Text page., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

(f. 3). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with reserved designs. Travels of Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).? Richard Tottyl, London, by 1579 (see below).Hugh

• Puzzle initial 'P'(aschales) below a rubric with the date 1465 in medieval arabic numerals, at the beginning of a prologue, Carmen paschale; Hymns; Psychomachia; Cathemerinon; Peristephanon; etc.

are notes by Barthélemy Mercier (b. 1734 d. 1799), abbé de St.-Léger. Large and small puzzle initials in red and blue. Carmen paschale; Hymns; Psychomachia; Cathemerinon; Peristephanon; etc. Apparently written in 1465: a rubric reads 'Prologus sedulij primus incipit 1465'

• null, Carmen paschale; Hymns; Psychomachia; Cathemerinon; Peristephanon; etc.

abbé de St.-Léger. Large and small puzzle initials in red and blue. Carmen paschale; Hymns; Psychomachia; Cathemerinon; Peristephanon; etc. Apparently written in 1465: a rubric reads 'Prologus sedulij primus incipit 1465' (f. 7v).The Celestine convent of the Holy Trinity, Marcoussis,

• null, Comediae (index Comedies), preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-27v), Eunuchus (ff. 28-57v), Heauton tirorumenos (ff. 58-87), Adelphoe (f. 87-113v), Hecyra (ff. 114-137v), Phormio (ff. 138-166v)

and shell gold, at the beginnings of the arguments (ff. 28, 29v, 58, 87, 114, 114v, 138). Small initials alternately blue or red. Headings in red capitals Comediae (index Comedies), preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-27v), Eunuchus (ff.

• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

painted initial with acanthus leaf decoration at the beginning of Psalm 68 (f. 111), and other large and small red, blue, green, and yellow simple initials, some decorated around the letter or in the bowl with simple patterns in other

• null, Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

painted initial with acanthus leaf decoration at the beginning of Psalm 68 (f. 111), and other large and small red, blue, green, and yellow simple initials, some decorated around the letter or in the bowl with simple patterns in other

• Text page., Various poems, including Columella's De re rustica (ff. 1-9); Serenus's Liber medicinali (ff. 9-30v); Ibis (ff. 65-77); Nux (f. 79v-83), Medicamina faciei femineae; Aetna (ff. 52-64) (index Appendix Vergiliana)

65, 77, 78, 79v, 83). Marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold, now effaced (f. 1). Large simple initials in blue. Small simple initials in brown, or sometimes red (e.g. ff. 34v, 35v, 36v) at the beginning of lines. Headings