• Three decorated initials 'M'(are), 'N'(ili) and 'A'(er); in the lower half of the image are the remains of f. 2., De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, Book VIII (De astronomia also known as Hipparchus), imperfect (ff. 1-33v); two smaller texts (ff. 33v-39)

green and blue (ff. 23v, 26v, 28, 28v, 32, 32v). 2 diagrams in brown ink with some red (ff. 18v, 20), perhaps added later. 1 initial in blue and light brown (f. 3). Simple initials in red, blue, green or

• Miniature of a bishop in the act of cutting a lock of hair from the first of seven newly ordained clerks kneeling before him, in front of the archbishop's cross-bearer between two deacons, decorated initial 'P'(ontificalis), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Pontifical of Guilelmus Durandus., The Pontifical of Guilelmus Durandus, Use of Mende

initials, developing full foliate borders, in red, blue and gold. Smaller decorated foliate initials with extensions into the margins, in red, blue and gold. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Numerous initials in brown ink

• Miniature of a bishop, administering the consecrated wafer to the first of five newly ordained priests who kneel before him; behind, a chaplain holding the cup for purifying the communicants, with a cross-bearer and two deacons, decorated initials, and full foliate border, at the beginning of the second part of the Pontifical of Guilelmus Durandus., The Pontifical of Guilelmus Durandus, Use of Mende

initials, developing full foliate borders, in red, blue and gold. Smaller decorated foliate initials with extensions into the margins, in red, blue and gold. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Numerous initials in brown ink

• Coloured initials., Summa de modo medendi (ff. 2-25v)

the manuscript in Hunt 1994. Large and small initials in red or blue, some with penwork decoration. Extensions of letters in the first and last lines. Summa de modo medendi (ff. 2-25v) Roger Marchall (b. c.1417, d. c. 1477), physician

• Miniature of John the Baptist, and full foliate borders with birds, a dragon and a grotesque figure, for his suffrage., Prayer book

and gold. Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Large and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Prayer book Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: inscribed 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1).

• Puzzle initial 'P'(romissiones) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 17 in Augustine's De civitate dei. A 13th-century hand has corrected the capitula list in the lower margin., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)(ff. 3-177v); De trinitate (ff. 179-244v)

initials in red and blue or in one colour with pen-flourishing in the same colours. Smaller initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour. Capitals marked in red ink. Paraphs in red or blue. De Civitate Dei

• Decorated intial., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

(f. 3). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with reserved designs. Travels of Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).? Richard Tottyl, London, by 1579 (see below).Hugh

• Text page., Travels of Sir John Mandeville

(f. 3). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with reserved designs. Travels of Sir John Mandeville ? The Benedictine Abbey of St Albans (see below).? Willyam Caxton, by 1490 (see below).? Richard Tottyl, London, by 1579 (see below).Hugh

• Text page., Various poems, including Columella's De re rustica (ff. 1-9); Serenus's Liber medicinali (ff. 9-30v); Ibis (ff. 65-77); Nux (f. 79v-83), Medicamina faciei femineae; Aetna (ff. 52-64) (index Appendix Vergiliana)

65, 77, 78, 79v, 83). Marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold, now effaced (f. 1). Large simple initials in blue. Small simple initials in brown, or sometimes red (e.g. ff. 34v, 35v, 36v) at the beginning of lines. Headings

• Text page., Various poems, including Columella's De re rustica (ff. 1-9); Serenus's Liber medicinali (ff. 9-30v); Ibis (ff. 65-77); Nux (f. 79v-83), Medicamina faciei femineae; Aetna (ff. 52-64) (index Appendix Vergiliana)

65, 77, 78, 79v, 83). Marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold, now effaced (f. 1). Large simple initials in blue. Small simple initials in brown, or sometimes red (e.g. ff. 34v, 35v, 36v) at the beginning of lines. Headings

• Illuminated initial 'N'(ux)., Various poems, including Columella's De re rustica (ff. 1-9); Serenus's Liber medicinali (ff. 9-30v); Ibis (ff. 65-77); Nux (f. 79v-83), Medicamina faciei femineae; Aetna (ff. 52-64) (index Appendix Vergiliana)

65, 77, 78, 79v, 83). Marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold, now effaced (f. 1). Large simple initials in blue. Small simple initials in brown, or sometimes red (e.g. ff. 34v, 35v, 36v) at the beginning of lines. Headings

• Initial 'C'(arminis) with white vine decoration., Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-55); Carmina (ff. 55v-81v); Catullus (ff. 82-113v); Priapea (ff. 113v-122v)

in colours and gold (ff. 1, 55v, 82, 113v). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in plain red or blue. Elegiae (index Elegies) (ff. 1-55); Carmina (ff. 55v-81v); Catullus (ff. 82-113v); Priapea (ff. 113v-122v) Colophon

• White vine initial 'E'(t si) with the head of a ?bird, wreath enclosing unidentified arms in the lower margin at the beginning of the Rhetorica ad Herennium., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-76), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 77-93), Epitaph of St Bernardino (f. 93v)

wreath enclosing an unidentified coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). Smaller coloured initials in alternating red and blue. Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)(ff. 1-76), Synonyma ad Lucium Veturium (ff. 77-93), Epitaph of St

• Illuminated initial 'P'(hobe) with white vine stem decoration at the beginning of De medicina., Various poems, including Columella's De re rustica (ff. 1-9); Serenus's Liber medicinali (ff. 9-30v); Ibis (ff. 65-77); Nux (f. 79v-83), Medicamina faciei femineae; Aetna (ff. 52-64) (index Appendix Vergiliana)

65, 77, 78, 79v, 83). Marginal heraldic decoration in colours and gold, now effaced (f. 1). Large simple initials in blue. Small simple initials in brown, or sometimes red (e.g. ff. 34v, 35v, 36v) at the beginning of lines. Headings

• Detail of a miniature of Anthony being tormented by demons, with an historiated initial 'A'(nthoine) of Anthony being blessed by another saint, at the beginning of his legend., The Golden Legend (La Légende Dorée)

in colours and gold. Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Smaller and small initials in gold on red and blue grounds. The Golden Legend (La Légende Dorée) Château d'Anet: its library mark(?) 'quarante vii' (vol. 1, f. 1) (see

• Ink diagram of the Nativity., Chronicle of England ( the 'Anonimalle Chronicle')

36v-37) in darker ink, e.g. a Roman eagle (f. 71), a dragon (f. 86). Numerous large and smaller initials in blue with pen-flourishing including leaf patterns in red. Elongated ascenders on top line decorated in red (e.g. ff. 24v, 25).

• Genealogical diagram, ink drawing of sword and decorated initial C., Chronicle of England ( the 'Anonimalle Chronicle')

36v-37) in darker ink, e.g. a Roman eagle (f. 71), a dragon (f. 86). Numerous large and smaller initials in blue with pen-flourishing including leaf patterns in red. Elongated ascenders on top line decorated in red (e.g. ff. 24v, 25).

• Ink drawing of a castle., Chronicle of England ( the 'Anonimalle Chronicle')

36v-37) in darker ink, e.g. a Roman eagle (f. 71), a dragon (f. 86). Numerous large and smaller initials in blue with pen-flourishing including leaf patterns in red. Elongated ascenders on top line decorated in red (e.g. ff. 24v, 25).

• Ink drawing of coat of arms of Henry II with 3 lions passant gardant, crest and lion crowned and of crown and sceptre., Chronicle of England ( the 'Anonimalle Chronicle')

36v-37) in darker ink, e.g. a Roman eagle (f. 71), a dragon (f. 86). Numerous large and smaller initials in blue with pen-flourishing including leaf patterns in red. Elongated ascenders on top line decorated in red (e.g. ff. 24v, 25).

• Three-sided white vine border inhabited by two parakeets, and a hawk attacking a caterpillar, with a large white vine initial 'D'(ecimus) and the coat of arms Pedro Ferriz, bishop of Tarragona, supported by two putti., Historia, with capitula (f. 2)

by 2 putti (f. 3). 2 large white vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 65, 115). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics and marginal annotations in red. Historia, with capitula (f. 2) Written by Michael Laurenti: colophon, 'Jacobi de Sancto