• Foliate initial 'H'(ic), at the beginning of the prologue to John, and a text page., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

(ff. 1v, 85, 136, 226v). 6 foliate initials with dragons, in colours and gold at the beginning of prologues (ff. 1, 84, 135, 135v, 225v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red

• Illuminated initial 'M' at the beginning of the prologue, with ownership inscriptions, including Lumley., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

(ff. 1v, 85, 136, 226v). 6 foliate initials with dragons, in colours and gold at the beginning of prologues (ff. 1, 84, 135, 135v, 225v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red

• Historiated initial 'I'(nicium) of Mark holding a book in the upper register and a lion, his symbol, holding a scroll, in the lower register, at the beginning of Mark., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

(ff. 1v, 85, 136, 226v). 6 foliate initials with dragons, in colours and gold at the beginning of prologues (ff. 1, 84, 135, 135v, 225v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red

• Detail of decorated initial., St Albans register of properties

Abbates exempti Monasterii Sancti Albani', and '. . . a domino Thomas: Ramryge: abbas: monasterii: Sancti: Albani R. Blakene[s?]' (f. 1) (Ramryge was abbot 1492-1521).English 16th-century inscription 'By me Thomas marles [his?] bocke witnes by Edward Stretcham by Robarte hatene(?),

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus)., The Secretum secretorum, imperfect, translated by Philip of Tripoli (index Philippus Tripolitanus)

inscription (f. 96v). Thomas Fry: 15th-century inscription 'Liber Thome ffry' (f. 1). Inscription 'Roger Gourton(?) (f. 74v).Christopher Towneley (b. 1604, d. 1674), antiquary: inscription 'Chr' Towneley' ( f. 1). Richard Towneley, in 1702: his book-plate with the date (f. 2v);

• Puzzle initial 'C'(um) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the statutes for Westminster., A collection of English statutes and laws to the reign of Richard II, including statutes for Westminster, Exeter and Winchester (ff. 1-29), and a chancery register (ff. 30-54)

of contents, see the ~Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts~ 1808. Puzzle initials with pen-flourished decoration in blue and red (ff. 1, 12v, 13, 30). Initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Paraphs in blue or red. A collection of

• Detail of a miniature of a boy being received into a monastery, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 1., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

for the running titles. 38 miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning of each causa, and parts 1 and 3 (ff. 1, 82v, 102v, 119v, 127, 128v, 130v, 133v, 139v, 142v, 145, 148, 159v, 169v, 173v, 176, 180v, 193v,

• Miniature of the presentation of the Decretals to Gregory IX by Raymond of Penyafort, at the beginning of book 1., Decretals of Gregory IX, with glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma

IX by Raymond of Penyafort, at the beginning of book 1. Includes Decretals of Gregory IX with the glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma, incorporated with the Novellae of Innocent IV with the gloss of Bernard of Compostella Iunior (ff.

• Detail of a miniature of an enthroned king dictating the law to a scribe, with three clerics and a soldier, at the beginning of Distinctio 1., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

for the running titles. 38 miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning of each causa, and parts 1 and 3 (ff. 1, 82v, 102v, 119v, 127, 128v, 130v, 133v, 139v, 142v, 145, 148, 159v, 169v, 173v, 176, 180v, 193v,

• Miniature of an enthroned king dictating the law to a scribe, with three clerics and a soldier, at the beginning of Distinctio 1., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

for the running titles. 38 miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning of each causa, and parts 1 and 3 (ff. 1, 82v, 102v, 119v, 127, 128v, 130v, 133v, 139v, 142v, 145, 148, 159v, 169v, 173v, 176, 180v, 193v,

• Detail of a miniature of a boy being received into a monastery, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 1., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

for the running titles. 38 miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning of each causa, and parts 1 and 3 (ff. 1, 82v, 102v, 119v, 127, 128v, 130v, 133v, 139v, 142v, 145, 148, 159v, 169v, 173v, 176, 180v, 193v,

• Puzzle initial 'A'(nno) with pen-flourishing., Chronica maiora

manufacturing aids including leaf signatures. Original foliation. Large initial in blue and red with pen-flourishing in the same colours (f. 1). Large puzzle initial in blue and red with pen-flourishing in the same colours (f. 16). Numerous initials in blue

• Initial 'A'(dventus gallorum) in blue., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

by Petrarch and Lorenzo Valla.Billanovich dates Decade III to the late twelfth or early thirteenth century (ff. 93-121v, 214-219v (col 1). The final section of Decade I (about 50 pages: ff. 65v-92r), and the end of Decade III (ff. 213,

• Initial 'M'., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

by Petrarch and Lorenzo Valla.Billanovich dates Decade III to the late twelfth or early thirteenth century (ff. 93-121v, 214-219v (col 1). The final section of Decade I (about 50 pages: ff. 65v-92r), and the end of Decade III (ff. 213,

• Initials 'Q' and 'B'., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

by Petrarch and Lorenzo Valla.Billanovich dates Decade III to the late twelfth or early thirteenth century (ff. 93-121v, 214-219v (col 1). The final section of Decade I (about 50 pages: ff. 65v-92r), and the end of Decade III (ff. 213,

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David harping, and David and Goliath, partial border and dragon in the lower margin, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, including a calendar, canticles

and David and Goliath, partial border and dragon in the lower margin, at the beginning of Psalm 1. Branner includes the Psalter (Part 1) in a group of Psalters that he calls the 'Henry VIII group'. These include: Montpellier, Faculté

• July and August, in the Calendar of an astronomical Miscellany., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

July and August, in the Calendar of an astronomical Miscellany. Numerous diagrams. 1 large foliate initial, in colours and gold, with extension into the margin (f. 7). 1 large initial in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large

• Detail of historiated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1, with David harping, David and Goliath, and in the margins, a dog chasing a rabbit, and dragon., Psalter, including a calendar, canticles

historiated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1, with David harping, David and Goliath, and in the margins, a dog chasing a rabbit, and dragon. Branner includes the Psalter (Part 1) in a group of Psalters that he calls

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with the Annunciation to the Shepherds, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Decorated initials, and line-endings in the form of animals and hybrids at the beginning of a litany., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold