• Puzzle initial 'A'(nte) and a smaller blue intial with red penwork decoration 'h'(ec)., Regula Beati Augustini (index The Augustinian Rule) with the exposition of Hugh of Saint-Victor (index Hugh of St. Victor)

Puzzle initial 'A'(nte) and a smaller blue intial with red penwork decoration 'h'(ec). Vertical catchwords. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue and a smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Small plain initials in red

• Illuminated initial 'E'(dward) with ivy leaves extending into the margins at the beginning of the text., Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc.

4). Large initial in gold with blue pen-flourishing including a hybrid creature (f. 26). Numerous smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in gold with blue pen-flourishing, including foliate motifs. Paraphs in blue. Various legal texts including Magna Carta,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David praying with a full border, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter with canticles, imperfect

and blue grounds with penwork decoration in white and foliate extensions, at the beginning of other Psalms. Initials in red with dark blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, at the beginning of verses. Line-filler in red and blue.

• Illuminated iniitial 'D'(omine) and full foliate border, at the beginning of Matins., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

49v, 55). 2 large red and blue puzzle initials with red and brown or red and blue penwork decoration. A small gold initial, small blue initials with red pen-florishing, and small red or blue simple initials. Book of Hours, Use

• Unfinished initial 'N'(ec), at the beginning of Perseus' Satires., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)(ff. 1-69v; ff. 70v-83)

lines in gold, blue, purple, and olive green (f. 1). 1 large unfinished initial, and square capitals used as display script with alternating words in gold, blue, red, olive green, and purple, and alternating lines in blue and red (f.

• Illuminated initial 'D'(omine), and a three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

49v, 55). 2 large red and blue puzzle initials with red and brown or red and blue penwork decoration. A small gold initial, small blue initials with red pen-florishing, and small red or blue simple initials. Book of Hours, Use

• Puzzle initial 'R'(everentissimo) with penwork decoration and decorated extensions, at the beginning of Thomas Becket's Epistolae., Collectio epistolarum S. Thomae Cantuariensis

1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, and decorated extensions forming partial borders (f. 2). Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small red or blue plain initials. Capital letters highlighted in red.

• Detail of a miniature of a lion and two cubs., Bestiary

bestiary; see James; Payne p. 15. Numerous (112) miniatures in brown, green, and red, on alternately blue and red backgrounds. Small initials in red. Bestiary Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681, d. 1725), book collector; his binding.Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d.

• Decorated initial 'B'(estiarum)., Bestiary

p. 15. Numerous (112) miniatures in brown, green, and red, on alternately blue and red backgrounds. Small initials in red. Bestiary Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681, d. 1725), book collector; his binding.Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and

• Detail of a miniature of sheep., Bestiary

James; Payne p. 15. Numerous (112) miniatures in brown, green, and red, on alternately blue and red backgrounds. Small initials in red. Bestiary Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681, d. 1725), book collector; his binding.Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet,

• Detail of a miniature of rams., Bestiary

James; Payne p. 15. Numerous (112) miniatures in brown, green, and red, on alternately blue and red backgrounds. Small initials in red. Bestiary Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681, d. 1725), book collector; his binding.Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet,

• Miniature of a crocodille (cocodrillus) with a dog-like face and paws., Bestiary

bestiary; see James; Payne p. 15. Numerous (112) miniatures in brown, green, and red, on alternately blue and red backgrounds. Small initials in red. Bestiary Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681, d. 1725), book collector; his binding.Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d.

• null, Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)(ff. 1-69v; ff. 70v-83)

lines in gold, blue, purple, and olive green (f. 1). 1 large unfinished initial, and square capitals used as display script with alternating words in gold, blue, red, olive green, and purple, and alternating lines in blue and red (f.

• null, Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)(ff. 1-69v; ff. 70v-83)

lines in gold, blue, purple, and olive green (f. 1). 1 large unfinished initial, and square capitals used as display script with alternating words in gold, blue, red, olive green, and purple, and alternating lines in blue and red (f.

• null, Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)(ff. 1-69v; ff. 70v-83)

lines in gold, blue, purple, and olive green (f. 1). 1 large unfinished initial, and square capitals used as display script with alternating words in gold, blue, red, olive green, and purple, and alternating lines in blue and red (f.

• Puzzle initial 'N' at the beginning of a chronicle., Chronicle from Noah to Henry IV, and a list of kings from William I to Henry VI (f. 71r-v)

large puzzle initial in red and blue with red penwork flourishing. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in blue or red, some with penwork decoration. Small paraphs in red or blue. Chronicle from Noah to Henry IV,

• Flourished initial 'C', at the beginning of the Liber de dismembratura ciborum., Medical treatises

Liber de dismembratura ciborum. Large and small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Medical treatises Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into

• Inscribed concentric circles with the inscription in the outer circle: 'Dextera domini fecit virtutem dextera domini exaltavit me', the seal of king William of Sicily., Chronicle, including a prophecy in English

159, at which point most flourished in red, green, or blue. From f. 212v including initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, and in red with blue pen-flourishing, and red or blue paraph marks. 1 diagram (f. 118). Paraphs in red

• Decorated initials, in Jean de Meun's Testament., Testament (begins imperfectly)

initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Testament (begins imperfectly) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded

• Decorated initial incorporating heraldic arms, at the beginning of a Breviary., Ordinal, and noted Breviary, Use of Sarum (ff. 1-100), Metrologus de plana musica (ff. 100-117v), Offences which deserve excommunication (f. 118, fragment)

in gold with light brown (foliate) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (foliate) pen-flourishing. Small initials (1 line) and paraph marks in plain red or blue. Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Elaborated cadels. Ordinal, and noted Breviary, Use of