• Full-page miniature of the Temple implements., Bible with ~masorah~ ('First Ibn Merwas Bible')

Full-page miniature of the Temple implements. f. 1 is cut off most part. Folios 1 and 4 are later additions.Hebrew foliation from f. 5, starting with 2 until the end of the Pentateuch (f. 99).In the colophon (f. 184), the

• Text page with large and small initials and rubric., L'image du monde

initials and rubric. Old foliation in Part 1 on verso and in Part 2 on verso to xxiiii. Circular ink diagrams in brown and red of: the elements (f. 52v); diagrams showing the 'roundness' of the earth, the first two

• Decorated initial 'B'(Ritaiuua) [for Britannia] and coloured initial 'E'(Neas)., Historical miscellany, including an excerpt from Geoffrey's 'Historia regum Britanniae' (index Gesta Britonum) (ff. 1-11v), Bernard's 'De cognitione humanae conditionis' (ff. 12-15v), 'Catalogus Romanorum Pontificum' from Peter to Benedict XII (ff. 16-22), Innocent's 'De miseria humanæ conditionis' (ff. 23-32), and John's 'Turris Sapientiae, sive Speculum theologiae' (f. 32v)

initial 'E'(Neas). Decorated initials in red (ff. 1, 16). Initials, rubrics and paraphs in red. Small initials and cadels highlighted in red. Historical miscellany, including an excerpt from Geoffrey's 'Historia regum Britanniae' (index Gesta Britonum) (ff. 1-11v), Bernard's 'De cognitione

• Initial 'P'(etrus), incorporating the head of the archbishop Petrus de Aspelt, at the beginning of Petrus de Aspelt's Statuta provincialia., Statuta provincialia

the described part is illuminated.f. 28 is an inserted paper leaf of half size with text on recto, 15th century? 1 large initial in plain red, incorporating a human head (f. 10). Small initials in plain red. Statuta provincialia 'Expliciunt

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) and words 'dixit in evangelio' in a collection of homilies., Homilies and other theological texts

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1); its book-plate, with the pencil inscription 'XIV: 7.17 (f. ii).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together

• Decorated initials 'Q'(ui), 'D'(ominus), and 'Q'(uod), in a collection of homilies., Homilies and other theological texts

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 1); its book-plate, with the pencil inscription 'XIV: 7.17 (f. ii).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together

• Puzzle initial, at the beginning of Michel de Northgate's Ayenbite of Inwyt., Ayenbite of Inwyt

the illuminated part is described. Foliated in medieval arabic numbers from f. 13. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with purple and red foliate infill and pen-flourishing (f. 13). Small initials in red with purple foliate pen-flourishing or

• Flourished initial., Ayenbite of Inwyt

Foliated in medieval arabic numbers from f. 13. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with purple and red foliate infill and pen-flourishing (f. 13). Small initials in red with purple foliate pen-flourishing or in blue with red foliate

• Flourished initials., Ayenbite of Inwyt

Foliated in medieval arabic numbers from f. 13. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with purple and red foliate infill and pen-flourishing (f. 13). Small initials in red with purple foliate pen-flourishing or in blue with red foliate

• Decorated initials., Ayenbite of Inwyt

Foliated in medieval arabic numbers from f. 13. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with purple and red foliate infill and pen-flourishing (f. 13). Small initials in red with purple foliate pen-flourishing or in blue with red foliate

• Decorated initial., Ayenbite of Inwyt

Foliated in medieval arabic numbers from f. 13. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with purple and red foliate infill and pen-flourishing (f. 13). Small initials in red with purple foliate pen-flourishing or in blue with red foliate

• Miniature in four compartments: 1. Solomon instructing Rehoboam; 2. The Judgement of Solomon; 3. Solomon and three men; 4. Solomon setting the three sons to shoot at their father's corpse to prove their legitimacy, with a full border containing birds and two hybrids, a lion, and an ape in the bas-de-page, at the beginning of Proverbs., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

four compartments: 1. Solomon instructing Rehoboam; 2. The Judgement of Solomon; 3. Solomon and three men; 4. Solomon setting the three sons to shoot at their father's corpse to prove their legitimacy, with a full border containing birds and two

• Pen-drawing of a zodiac man., Lectionary, with a calendar, and readings for Sundays and weekdays

Pen-drawing of a zodiac man. Only the illuminated parts are described. Pen-drawing of a zodiac man (f. 10). Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials in plain red. Lectionary, with a calendar, and readings for Sundays and

• Puzzle initial 'D'(its)., Lectionary, with a calendar, and readings for Sundays and weekdays

Puzzle initial 'D'(its). Only the illuminated parts are described. Pen-drawing of a zodiac man (f. 10). Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials in plain red. Lectionary, with a calendar, and readings for Sundays and weekdays Colophons

• Coloured initials., Commonitorium directivum simplicium volentium

initials in plain red, 1 with a human face in brown ink (f. 28). Paraph marks in plain red. Commonitorium directivum simplicium volentium 'Explicit commonitorium ad honorem dei omnipotentis scriptum per Johannem Arfelt de Esschenew(ege) [Eschwege an der Werra] presbyterum

• Decorated headpiece., Gospel lectionary

often with a yellow wash, one extending into the margin (f. 1), one with an animal head (f. 213). Large decorated initials, in red and yellow, or red, black, and yellow, some zoomorphic or anthropomorphic (birds or hands) (ff. 23v,

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the prophet Samuel anointing David, with a hound chasing a hare in the bas-de-page., Psalter, imperfect, with calendar and hymns, Breviary (Augustinian use)

112-13). 7 full or partial bar borders and historiated initials in colours, gold, and silver at the beginning of Psalms 1, 26, 38, 51, 68, 80, and 97 (Psalm 109 lacking), most with animals in the bas-de-page (ff. 9, 31v,

• Text page with puzzle initial, decorated initial and paraphs., Religious and moral poems and a prose treatise; Manuel de Pechies (index: Péchés, Péchéz ); Le Chasteau d'Amour

bound at the end of the volume among the unfoliated flyleaves. Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 5). Initials and paraphs in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Small capitals highilighted in red. Religious and moral

• Miniature of Diex d'Amours (God of Love) leading his army to the castle., Roman de la Rose (ff. 2-175v), la Bataille d'Annezin (a burlesque chanson in 50 alexandrines), beginning 'A l'entrée de may / quivers va a declin' (ff. 176v-177)

is around 4,000 lines, and is lyrical and courtly, while the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. f. 1 is a parchment flyleafMusical notation on a four-line stave, probably part of the melody of the chanson, la Bataille

• Detail of miniature of Diex d'Amours (God of Love) leading his army to the castle., Roman de la Rose (ff. 2-175v), la Bataille d'Annezin (a burlesque chanson in 50 alexandrines), beginning 'A l'entrée de may / quivers va a declin' (ff. 176v-177)

is around 4,000 lines, and is lyrical and courtly, while the later addition is more didactic, scholarly, and pessimistic. f. 1 is a parchment flyleafMusical notation on a four-line stave, probably part of the melody of the chanson, la Bataille