• Miniature of lizards (lacerta) with wings, on the left, and to the right, a sawfish (serra), a winged sea monster, and a ship, and below this, vipers (vipera) mating with the male putting his head into the female's mouth, and giving birth, with the young gnawing through her side., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

of letters in red. Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus) Probably Archbishop George Neville of York (d.1476), (see James 1928). Inscription in Greek (f. 1*).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector:

• Historiated initial-word panel, ~Bereshit~ (in the beginning), of the Original Sin, at the beginning of Genesis. Above the initial word, Adam and Eve are depicted under a tree holding apples, while the snake is rolled up on the trunk of the tree. Beneath the initial word, three dogs are chasing a hare., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

(New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 62-74.) Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name (f. 439v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV

• Initial-word panel ~Elleh~ (these) decorated with floral border inhabited by birds, and with a medallion containing a coat of arms (of Joab Emmanuel), at the beginning of Exodus., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

(New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 62-74.) Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name (f. 439v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV

• Initial-word panel decorated with floral border inhabited by birds, at the beginning of Numbers., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

(New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 62-74.) Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name (f. 439v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV

• Initial-word panel ~Elleh~ (these) decorated with floral border inhabited by birds, and with a medallion containing Moses speaking to the people of Israel, at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

(New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 62-74.) Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name (f. 439v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV

• Decorated initial-word panels with pen-flourishing., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

(New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 62-74.) Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name (f. 439v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration., Leaf from de Chauliac's 'Surgery' (index Chirurgia magna), Book VI, in English translation (originally ff. 107-107v in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12, from which it was removed by John Bagford)

in red. Leaf from de Chauliac's 'Surgery' (index Chirurgia magna), Book VI, in English translation (originally ff. 107-107v in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12, from which it was removed by John Bagford) f. 12 [part 4]: Originally part

• Initial-word panel decorated with floral border inhabited by birds, at the beginning of Leviticus., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

(New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 62-74.) Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name (f. 439v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV

• Detail of a pge: historiated initial-word panel, ~Bereshit~ (in the beginning), of the Original Sin, at the beginning of Genesis. Above the initial word, Adam and Eve are depicted under a tree holding apples, while the snake is rolled up on the trunk of the tree., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

(New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 62-74.) Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name (f. 439v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV

• Detail of a page: decorated initial-word panel ~Elleh~ (these) and a medallion containing the coat of arms of Joab Emmanuel, at the beginning of Exodus., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

(New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 62-74.) Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name (f. 439v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV

• Detail of a page: initial-word panel decorated with floral border inhabited by birds, at the beginning of Numbers., Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary and Targum Onkelos (ff. 1-310v); ~Haftarot~ with commentary (ff. 311-399v); Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~, ff. 400-439)

(New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 62-74.) Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name (f. 439v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV

• Calendar page for January., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

divisions (ff. 7, 22v, 32v, 41v, 51, 63, 74, 86), with the arms of Isabel, sister of Richard, duke of York, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex (f. 7). 'Champ'

• Calendar page for February., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

divisions (ff. 7, 22v, 32v, 41v, 51, 63, 74, 86), with the arms of Isabel, sister of Richard, duke of York, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex (f. 7). 'Champ'

• Calendar page for March., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

divisions (ff. 7, 22v, 32v, 41v, 51, 63, 74, 86), with the arms of Isabel, sister of Richard, duke of York, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex (f. 7). 'Champ'

• Calendar page for April, with added obit of Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex (4th April, 1483), 'Obitus illustrissimi / d[omi]ni d[omi]ni Henrici Bourgch[ie]r[is] / comitis Essex[ensis] l[itte]ra d[omi]nicali C / A'nn]o D[omi]ni M[illesi]mo cccc mo/ lxxxiii°'., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

divisions (ff. 7, 22v, 32v, 41v, 51, 63, 74, 86), with the arms of Isabel, sister of Richard, duke of York, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex (f. 7). 'Champ'

• Calendar page for May., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

divisions (ff. 7, 22v, 32v, 41v, 51, 63, 74, 86), with the arms of Isabel, sister of Richard, duke of York, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex (f. 7). 'Champ'

• Calendar page for June., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

divisions (ff. 7, 22v, 32v, 41v, 51, 63, 74, 86), with the arms of Isabel, sister of Richard, duke of York, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex (f. 7). 'Champ'

• Calendar page for July., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

divisions (ff. 7, 22v, 32v, 41v, 51, 63, 74, 86), with the arms of Isabel, sister of Richard, duke of York, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex (f. 7). 'Champ'

• Calendar page for August, with added obit of Henry Bourchier (12th August, 1458), 'Obitus Henrici Bourg/chier filii d[omi]ne Isabelle / Comitisse Essex[ensis] et / sororis Rica[rdi] Ducis / Ebor[is] Anno D[omi]ni m[illesi]mo / cccc mo quinquagesimo / octavo'., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

divisions (ff. 7, 22v, 32v, 41v, 51, 63, 74, 86), with the arms of Isabel, sister of Richard, duke of York, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex (f. 7). 'Champ'

• Calendar page for September., Psalter, with 12 Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, use of Sarum

divisions (ff. 7, 22v, 32v, 41v, 51, 63, 74, 86), with the arms of Isabel, sister of Richard, duke of York, aunt of Edward IV impaled by those of her husband, Henry Bourchier, 1st earl of Essex (f. 7). 'Champ'