• Detail of puzzle initial., Carmina, Epode (f. 64r-v), with glosses

Detail of puzzle initial. Large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or blue with red pen-flourishing. Carmina, Epode (f. 64r-v), with glosses Written, at least in part, by Franciscus, with his scribal colophon (f. 66).Johann Pirckheimer (b. 1440, d. 1501),

• Decorated initial 'A'., Miscellany, including alchemical texts, such as the Rosarius philosophorum (ff. 11-39)

Large initials in blue, with red foliate penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Large initials in red with red pen-flourishing, or also with a leaf in brown (f. 11). Large initial in green with red pen-flourishing (f. 24). Small initials in brown,

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rimo), and zoomorphic cadels, in the Remedies., Remedies (begins and ends imperfectly)

3 vols. (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1868-1881), I, 373-380. Large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red. Small initials in plain red or blue. Zoomorphic cadels. Added sketches (ff. 14v, 37). Remedies (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscription, 15th-century:

• Pen-flourished initials, 'O'(rdo), 'D'(omine), and 'B'(eati)., Missal, use of Sarum, imperfect

4 initials in gold with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 7, 14, 28v, 37). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Smaller plain initials in red, blue, or brown. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Missal, use of Sarum, imperfect Edward

• Coloured initial with contrasting penwork decoration including a bird and a monster., Pharsalia, imperfect

glosses and maniculae. Large puzzle initials in blue and red with pen-flourished decoration in red, some in form of birds or creatures (ff. 1, 8v, 13v, 25, 36, 46, 56). Two initials in blue with penwork decoration in red (f.

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) depicting a saint holding a book, presumably Benedict, at the beginning of Book 2 of Gregory the Great's Dialogues., Dialogi

of each book (ff. 1, 22, 44, 76). Small initials alternately red with purple flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. One-line initials in blue with simple red penwork decoration. Dialogi Unidentified owner(s), 14th century?: with erased ownership(?) inscription(s) (f. 108).'Iste

• Historiated initial 'P'(ostquam) depicting the Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, at the beginning of Book 4 of Gregory the Great's Dialogues., Dialogi

of each book (ff. 1, 22, 44, 76). Small initials alternately red with purple flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. One-line initials in blue with simple red penwork decoration. Dialogi Unidentified owner(s), 14th century?: with erased ownership(?) inscription(s) (f. 108).'Iste

• Bar border with extensions ending in grotesques with human faces, decorated initial with silver, smaller initials with foliate penwork decoration, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

1, 24, 43, 74v, 81v, 95). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes with foliate forms (e.g., f. 33), and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of

• Decorated initial 'A'(lexander) with ivy leaves and a partial bar border., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

1, 24, 43, 74v, 81v, 95). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes with foliate forms (e.g., f. 33), and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of

• Puzzle initial 'L'(abo) with pen-flourishing, in the Vocabularium., Vocabularium (ends imperfectly)

work, 2nd half of the 13th century, are used as flyleaves. Puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in red and blue (ff. 36, 39, 39v, 46v, 56, 59v, 61, 74, 75v (unfinished, and guide-letter), 79

• null, Dialogi

of each book (ff. 1, 22, 44, 76). Small initials alternately red with purple flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. One-line initials in blue with simple red penwork decoration. Dialogi Unidentified owner(s), 14th century?: with erased ownership(?) inscription(s) (f. 108).'Iste

• null, Dialogi

of each book (ff. 1, 22, 44, 76). Small initials alternately red with purple flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. One-line initials in blue with simple red penwork decoration. Dialogi Unidentified owner(s), 14th century?: with erased ownership(?) inscription(s) (f. 108).'Iste

• Penwork initial 'E', at the beginning of Kyriani Kyranides's Naturalium virtutum., Herbal and lapidary works

etc. from 1361 to 1415 (f. 86v). 2 large initials in blue, (with reserved designs), and red penwork decoration (ff. 1, 57). Small initials in plain red or blue. Spaces for illuminated initials left empty (ff. 50v-55). Paraph marks in

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uator), at the beginning of Egidius Corboliensis's Liber de pulsibus versibus., Liber de pulsibus versibus

'Q'(uator), at the beginning of Egidius Corboliensis's Liber de pulsibus versibus. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, with decorated extension (f. 73). No other illumination. Liber de pulsibus versibus Unidentified owner, 16th

• Bar border with extensions ending in grotesques with human faces, decorated initial with silver, and smaller initials with foliate penwork decoration., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

1, 24, 43, 74v, 81v, 95). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes with foliate forms (e.g., f. 33), and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of

• Decorated initial 'S'(ecundus) and partial foliate border., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

1, 24, 43, 74v, 81v, 95). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes with foliate forms (e.g., f. 33), and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of

• Decorated initial 'S'(ecundus)., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

1, 24, 43, 74v, 81v, 95). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes with foliate forms (e.g., f. 33), and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of

• Calendar page for January with coloured initials., Calendar

includes Anglo-Saxon saints such as Aldhelm, Guthlac, Oswald, and Dunstan. Large 'KL' letters in red, green, or blue. Small letters in red, blue, or green. Calendar The Benedictine abbey of St Mary, Abingdon, Berkshire (text includes the annals of Abingdon).Part

• Puzzle initial 'L'(abo) with pen-flourishing, in the Vocabularium., Vocabularium (ends imperfectly)

work, 2nd half of the 13th century, are used as flyleaves. Puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in red and blue (ff. 36, 39, 39v, 46v, 56, 59v, 61, 74, 75v (unfinished, and guide-letter), 79

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lexander), at the beginning of Aristoteles's Epistola Ypocratis ad Alexandrum., Epistola Ypocratis ad Alexandrum (ends imperfectly)

'A'(lexander), at the beginning of Aristoteles's Epistola Ypocratis ad Alexandrum. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with penwork decoration in red and blue (f. 1). 1 smaller initial with reserved designs (f. 4). Small initials in plain red.