• Detail of a miniature of the Abbot of Mount Royal receiving the relics of Louis., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Miniature of David and Goliath., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Detail of a miniature of David and Goliath., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Miniature of Jean de Vignay presenting his book to Philip VI of France., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Detail of a miniature of Jean de Vignay presenting his book to Philip VI of France., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Carpet page of geometrical and foliate motifs., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Carpet page of geometrical and foliate motifs., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Full-page initial-word panel with penwork decoration., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Initial-word panel with penwork decoration., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Full-page chart for the calendar., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Detail of an initial-word panel with penwork decoration., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• 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

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 gold

• Initial-word panel ~Amar~ (said) decorated with vine motifs and with foliate scrolls in the margin, at the beginning of the translator's introduction, Zerahiah ben Isaac ben Shealtiel ha-Sefaradi., Hebrew translation of the first two books of Avicenna's Canon

of the translator's introduction, Zerahiah ben Isaac ben Shealtiel ha-Sefaradi. 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

• Illuminated initials 'D'(etestabilem) and 'V'(olo) on coloured grounds with white tracery., Compilation of patristic texts, imperfect

marginal glosses, notabilia and maniculae in black or purple (ff. 1-125).Patristic compilation: 7 quires missing at the beginning and at least 5 at the end, as suggested by the old foliation '70-189, 193-196, 244' (ff. 1-125). Illuminated initials on coloured

• 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

• Puzzle initial 'P'(lecto genua mea) at the beginning of Bonaventure's Breviloquium., Theological Miscallany including the Breviloquium de veritate theologiae, various religious tracts, monastic rules, and a description of the Holy Land (ff. 141-158)

and different styles of initials are apparent in the various quires, although the two-column layout has been maintained throughout. The manuscript was compiled in the Middle Ages. None of the quires has notable decorative features, other than the initials noted

• Decorated initial-word panel accompanied by foliate border, at the beginning of Exodus., Pentateuch (the 'Duke of Sussex's Italian Pentateuch')

Exodus. 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