• Historiated initial of Christ and a devil., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Historiated initial of the Creation of Eve., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Detail of a historiated initial of David and Goliath., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Detail of historiated initial 'D'(eus) with Christ and a supplicant., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Historiated and decorated initials, of a man holding a scroll, and standing monk, and a hybrid creature., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Detail of decorated initial., Extracts from the Moralia in Job

darker brown ink. Large and small initials in red, some with patterned decoration, or red or blue penwork decoration. 1 blue initial with red penwork decoration (f. 148v); 2 blue initials without decoration (ff. 219v, 222v). Highlights in red at

• Detail of historiated initial of the Temptation of Christ., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultate) with five musicians playing instruments including harp, psaltery, fiddle and horn, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Miniature of the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Miniature of the Harrowing of Hell and the Holy Women at the Tomb., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 13-18v)

(ff. 13, 13v, 14, 14v, 15, 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18, 18v). 1 full-page channel style initial at the beginning of the first words of Psalm 1 (f. 19). 8 large historiated initials at the beginning of Psalms 26,

• Decorated initial 'P'(hilo) with clasps and foliate motifs; ownership-inscription in the upper margin., Theological texts including Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum (ff. 1v-23v)

marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires). 1 large and 1 smaller initial, outlined in red, with foliate motifs and one with clasps, on green and blue grounds (ff.

• Initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1 of Peter Lombard's 'Gloss on the Psalms'., Gloss on the Psalms (Magna glosatura), imperfect (to Psalm 73), with preface (ff. 1-2)

of Psalm 1 of Peter Lombard's 'Gloss on the Psalms'. Quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires); catchwords. Leaves lost after f. 136.Uncrossed tironian ets. 1 large initial

• Decorated initial 'O'(iez seigneurs baruns deu uus creisse buntez)., Chanson of Gui de Bourgogne (ff. 1-32), Chastoiement d'un Père à son fils, imperfect at the end (ff. 32v-46v), an excerpt from the Romance of Alexander the Great, the ordinary abridgment of Julius Valerius (ff. 47-56), extracts from De ortu et obitu patriarcharum (ff. 56v-58), Chanson of Horn, imperfect at the beginning and at the end (ff. 59-73v)

added table of contents in a cursive hand. Large initial in green with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Smaller initials in green or red. Capitals marked in red. Chanson of Gui de Bourgogne (ff. 1-32), Chastoiement d'un Père à son

• Decorated initials with some penwork decoration at the beginning of the text., Compilation of moral and religious texts on the Trinity, the angels, the creation of the world, etc.

Decorated initials with some penwork decoration at the beginning of the text. For a more detailed list of contents, see ~Catalogue~ 1808.Folios have been left blank between some sections. List of contents (f. 180v). Initials of various sizes in

• Decorated initial 'A'(chelous) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the Fables., Liber fabularum (ff. 1-22), Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 22v-34v), Georgica (index Georgics) (ff. 34v-67, incomplete)

the Fables. Written in various hands.Including a capitula list (f. 1). Large arabesque initial in red with foliate decoration (f. 1v). Coloured initials in red ink. Liber fabularum (ff. 1-22), Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues) (ff. 22v-34v), Georgica (index Georgics) (ff.

• Decorated initial 'P'(arue nec invideo Morini liber ibis in urbem)., De tristibus, Horace's Ars Poetica, Sermonum sive Satyrarum, with gloss

leaves after f. 56 and 4 more after f. 64.f. 97 is a paper flyleaf. 1 large initial in black and red (f. 1).1 large initial in blue and red (f. 57). Initials in red, some large, some small.

• Text page from Usuard's Martyrologies., Martyrologium (Martyrologies), Pauline epistles with Jerome's prologue, Epistolae canonicae, imperfect at the end

193v, 195v, 196, 209v, 210, 215, 219v, 222v). 1 large initial in blue with gold penwork decoration and purple pen-flourishing (f. 1v). 1 initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 228). 1 initial in red with purple pen-flourishing (f. 228v).

• Decorated initial with acanthus extensions., Liber sententiarum, imperfect; Poem coniugis ad uxorem

flyleaf (f. 15) wrongly bound before the last leaf of the text (f. 16). 1 large initial in colours, silver and gold with acanthus extensions (f. 1). Initials in red or blue throughout. Liber sententiarum, imperfect; Poem coniugis ad uxorem

• Decorated initial 'T'(ria)., De sacramente missae, Speculum ecclesie

initial 'T'(ria). Foliate motif in red in the lower margin (f. 74). 1 large initial in blue with penwork decoration in red and green, possibly added (f. 1). Smaller initials in red. Rubrics in red. Paraphs in red. Capitals marked

• Coloured drawing of Taurus, in Albumazar's Treatise on astrology., Treatise on astrology

Coloured drawing of Taurus, in Albumazar's Treatise on astrology. ff. 9-11 misbound, originally after f. 23. Numerous coloured drawings throughout. Treatise on astrology Inscribed, 16th-century(?): 'Ex libris Eustachij Wiltheim' (f. 1*).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician