• Initial with floral decoration. Coloured initials, line-fillers and paraphs. Added in the upper margin is the note 'Ex monasterio cestrie': From the monastery of Chester., Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names)

Benedictine abbey of St Werburg, Chester: included in a list of 20 books bequeathed by Richard of Chester, canon of York (died 1347). [Possibly part I only].The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the inventory of books

• Detail of a miniature of a fox (vulpes) playing dead in order to catch two birds (aves), who swoop down to feed on its carcass., 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:

• Detail of a miniature of an eagle., 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:

• Initial 'C'(redimus) in Ivo of Chartres' Panormia, decorated with a foliate pattern close to the design of initials produced at St Mary's York, according to Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 188., Panormia

pattern close to the design of initials produced at St Mary's York, according to Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 188. 3 large initials with foliate patterns in red, green, and light blue (ff. 6v, 32v, 42v). Simple large and small initials in

• Historiated initial 'A'(tel) of Pantaleon before the emperor, at the beginning of the rubric: 'Ci commence la vie seint Pantaleon'., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Historiated initial 'L'(es) of Maxentius enthroned with Catherine and philosophers, at the beginning of the life of Catherine., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T'(uit) of the martyrdom of Vincent on a spiked wheel., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(u) of Agatha being tortured with pincers., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Historiated initial 'C'(e fu) of Xystus before the Emperor Decius., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(e fu) of Xystus before the Emperor Decius., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(tel) of Pantaleon before the emperor, at the beginning of the rubric: 'Ci commence la vie seint Pantaleon'., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Historiated initial 'N'(us) of Giles and the hind shot with an arrow., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'N'(us) of Giles and the hind shot with an arrow., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Historiated initial 'A'(pres) of the body of Nicholas being translated in a boat., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(pres) of the body of Nicholas being translated in a boat., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'L'(es) of Maxentius enthroned with Catherine and philosophers, at the beginning of the life of Catherine., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Historiated initial 'E'(n) of Mary of Egypt meeting Zosimas of Palestine, at the beginning of the life of Mary of Egypt., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of the crucifixion of Peter., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Detail of a historiated initial 'Q'(uant) of Simon Magus and Peter and Paul before Nero, at the beginning of the rubric 'Ci commence li escris de seint Pere et de seint Pol encontre Symon Mague devant lempereor Noiron'., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(utens) of the translation of Benedict., Lives of the Saints

Meyer 1906 and Thompson 1999).According to Branner 1977, illuminated by 4 artists, of whom 3 are related to: 1. New York Pierpont Morgan Library 92; 2. Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale 3016, former Leber 6 (Laber Group); 3. Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa 8003,