• Decorated initial 'W', at the beginning of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Two quires also with small initials in red with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 199-214). 1 initial cut out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales

• Detail of text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Two quires also with small initials in red with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 199-214). 1 initial cut out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales

• Text page., Canterbury Tales (begins and ends imperfectly)

gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Two quires also with small initials in red with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 199-214). 1 initial cut out (f. 183). Canterbury Tales

• Detail of an initial-word panel ~Sefer~ (book) flanked by foliate scrolls, at the beginning of the second book of Avicenna’s Canon., Hebrew translation of the first two books of Avicenna's Canon

the second book of Avicenna’s Canon. Chapter titles are given in Latin in the margins. Quires start with the fleshside. Numerous marginal notes. Ruling is visible. 3 decorated initial-word panels accompanied by foliate scrolls in the margins, in colours and

• Initial-word panel decorated with a mask and pen-flourishing inhabited by a lion., Pentateuch (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch')

lion. Ruling is visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Quires start with flesh side. On the dating, see Pasternak, 2009. 5 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold accompanied by partial foliate borders at the beginnings of the

• Initial-word panel decorated with a mask and pen-flourishing inhabited by a deer., Pentateuch (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch')

deer. Ruling is visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Quires start with flesh side. On the dating, see Pasternak, 2009. 5 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold accompanied by partial foliate borders at the beginnings of the

• Initial-word panel decorated with a mask and pen-flourishing inhabited by a rabbit., Pentateuch (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch')

rabbit. Ruling is visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Quires start with flesh side. On the dating, see Pasternak, 2009. 5 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold accompanied by partial foliate borders at the beginnings of the

• Historiated initial 'L'(egendas) of Guido de Castris as a Benedictine abbot with a book and crosier, with a partial border containing two fighting men, at the beginning of the prologue., Sanctilogium

two fighting men, at the beginning of the prologue. Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and correction signs at the end of the quires. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold of the author portrait, with a partial border containing two fighting men,

• Text page with the explicit of Guido de Castris's Sanctilogium., Sanctilogium

Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and correction signs at the end of the quires. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold of the author portrait, with a partial border containing two fighting men, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 2). Foliate

• Illuminated initial 'A'(dventus) at the beginning of book 14., Sanctilogium

bifolium signatures, and correction signs at the end of the quires. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold of the author portrait, with a partial border containing two fighting men, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 2). Foliate initials

• Illuminated initial 'P'(rima) at the beginning of book 11., Sanctilogium

bifolium signatures, and correction signs at the end of the quires. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold of the author portrait, with a partial border containing two fighting men, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 2). Foliate initials

• Inscription recording that the manuscript was given by John Whethamstede, abbot of St. Albans to the priory of Redburn, reading, 'Hunc librum providit venerabilis / pater dompnus Ioh[ann]es Wheth[a]mstede / abbas monasterii s[an]c[t]i Albani sacre theo/logie professor prioratui Redburne et / monachis ibidem cursum capientib[us]/ quem qui alienaverit anathema sit'; with the title 'Sacrilogiu[m] guidonis abb[at]is sive / speculu[m] leganda[rum].', Sanctilogium

the title 'Sacrilogiu[m] guidonis abb[at]is sive / speculu[m] leganda[rum].' Catchwords, bifolium signatures, and correction signs at the end of the quires. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold of the author portrait, with a partial border containing two fighting men,

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uo) and catchword., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

Decorated initial 'Q'(uo) and catchword. Piece of paper pasted onto f. 1 with Seneca's epitaph, apparently written in the same hand as the rest of the manuscript.ff. 1-[2a] are medieval flyleaves.Watermark visible (f. 2).Quires numbered in the top right

• Initial-word panel decorated with a mask and pen-flourishing inhabited by a male torso and a rabbit., Pentateuch (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch')

and a rabbit. Ruling is visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Quires start with flesh side. On the dating, see Pasternak, 2009. 5 decorated initial-word panels in colours and gold accompanied by partial foliate borders at the beginnings

• Initial 'S'(ixtus) with foliate motifs., Martyrology for the period from 6 August to 6 February (ff. 1-167); Passion of Catherine of Alexandria (ff. 168-171v), imperfect

margin of f. 1.Some initials have been excised; numerous parchment repairs.Catchwords; uncrossed tironian ets. and occasionally ampersands. 16 leaves (2 quires) lost between ff. 23-24; leaves lost after f. 171v.This manuscript is probably a companion volume to Harley 4896. 1

• Puzzle initial 'I' (n primordio) with pen-flourishing (including 'J-border') at the beginning of the text. Ownership inscription cut out in the lower margin (possibly of Lord William Howard)., Historical chronicle (until 1258)

Puzzle initial 'I' (n primordio) with pen-flourishing (including 'J-border') at the beginning of the text. Ownership inscription cut out in the lower margin (possibly of Lord William Howard). Includes a table of contents (ff. 1-6), lists of Roman dioceses

• Diagram charting rainfall., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

the verso of the last leaf of the quires). A thread used to hold a missing parchment disc in place for working with one circular diagram remains in the manuscript (f. 37). 7 diagrams or maps in brown ink (ff.

• Diagram of a mappa mundi., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

(on the verso of the last leaf of the quires). A thread used to hold a missing parchment disc in place for working with one circular diagram remains in the manuscript (f. 37). 7 diagrams or maps in brown ink

• Decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of Augustine's Sermones., Various texts including Augustine's Sermones (index Sermons)(ff. 1-107); 'Vitis mystica' (ff. 108-152v); 'De septem columpnis' (ff. 153-159), and Griselda (index Decameron)(ff. 223-228v)

Decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of Augustine's Sermones. The whole manuscript, although written in different hands, is contemporary with its first part which is dated 1407 (see Provenance). Catchwords written horizontally, not only at the end of quires.Numerous

• Decorated initial 'C'(oment) with pen-flourishing and line-fillers at the beginning of the statutes., Nova statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III (ff. 30-115) to 17 Richard II (ff. 116-171v)

first leaf of each quire provides the number of the quire in the following form: 'xi q[uaderna?] fol. P[rim]us'. The quires onto which 20 Richard II and 1-6 Henry IV have been added have the same numbering system as the