• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man and a rabbit-eared man seated., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

ebginning of each book. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Initials in red with pen-flourished decoration in purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Line-fillers in brown ink

• Miniatures and text., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

(ff. 1, 5). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with purple or blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund This

• null, Letters and Orations (index Orationes), with prefaces

Vertical catchwords 1 large gold initial on a blue and red ground, with sprays of foliage in the margin. Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials alternately plain red or blue. Litterae notabiliores with yellow wash. Guide-letters. Letters

• null, Letters and Orations (index Orationes), with prefaces

Vertical catchwords 1 large gold initial on a blue and red ground, with sprays of foliage in the margin. Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials alternately plain red or blue. Litterae notabiliores with yellow wash. Guide-letters. Letters

• Decorated initial 'A'(s) with pen-flourishing., Poems, imperfect

probably original.Catchwords written horizontally.For a more detailed list of contents, see ~Catalogue~ 1808. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including floral motifs. Coloured initials in blue. Paraphs in red. Poems, imperfect Probably written by John Multon, stationer (his will of

• Detail of added marginal annotation (in the hand of Humfrey Wanley?)., Poems, imperfect

probably original.Catchwords written horizontally.For a more detailed list of contents, see ~Catalogue~ 1808. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including floral motifs. Coloured initials in blue. Paraphs in red. Poems, imperfect Probably written by John Multon, stationer (his will of

• Historiated initial 'I' with the coat of arms of Bury St Edmunds (~azure~ three imperial crowns ~or~ two and one) and foliate feathering at the beginning of the first poem., Collection of 45 minor poems including The Legend of Saint Austin at Compton (ff. 24-32), The Testament of Dan John Lydgate (ff. 47-66v), Fabula duorum mercatorum (ff. 72-88), and the Hood of Green (ff. 153v-156v), imperfect

pen-flourishing (or brown on f. 47v, or blue (f. 112) and occasionally, green flourishing (ff. 8v (with a bird), 13v, 23v, 24, 45v, 104v, 111v), or in blue with red pen-flourishing (with blue on f. 108v), or only in green

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I' with the coat of arms of Bury St Edmunds (~azure~ three imperial crowns ~or~ two and one) and foliate feathering at the beginning of the first poem., Collection of 45 minor poems including The Legend of Saint Austin at Compton (ff. 24-32), The Testament of Dan John Lydgate (ff. 47-66v), Fabula duorum mercatorum (ff. 72-88), and the Hood of Green (ff. 153v-156v), imperfect

pen-flourishing (or brown on f. 47v, or blue (f. 112) and occasionally, green flourishing (ff. 8v (with a bird), 13v, 23v, 24, 45v, 104v, 111v), or in blue with red pen-flourishing (with blue on f. 108v), or only in green

• Paraphs with pen-flourishing including a bird., Collection of 45 minor poems including The Legend of Saint Austin at Compton (ff. 24-32), The Testament of Dan John Lydgate (ff. 47-66v), Fabula duorum mercatorum (ff. 72-88), and the Hood of Green (ff. 153v-156v), imperfect

pen-flourishing (or brown on f. 47v, or blue (f. 112) and occasionally, green flourishing (ff. 8v (with a bird), 13v, 23v, 24, 45v, 104v, 111v), or in blue with red pen-flourishing (with blue on f. 108v), or only in green

• 'Champ' initials with foliate feathering and paraph with pen-flourishing in the Fifteen Oes of St Bridget., Collection of 45 minor poems including The Legend of Saint Austin at Compton (ff. 24-32), The Testament of Dan John Lydgate (ff. 47-66v), Fabula duorum mercatorum (ff. 72-88), and the Hood of Green (ff. 153v-156v), imperfect

pen-flourishing (or brown on f. 47v, or blue (f. 112) and occasionally, green flourishing (ff. 8v (with a bird), 13v, 23v, 24, 45v, 104v, 111v), or in blue with red pen-flourishing (with blue on f. 108v), or only in green

• 'Champ' initial 'G'(rounde) with foliate feathering and paraphs with pen-flourishing., Collection of 45 minor poems including The Legend of Saint Austin at Compton (ff. 24-32), The Testament of Dan John Lydgate (ff. 47-66v), Fabula duorum mercatorum (ff. 72-88), and the Hood of Green (ff. 153v-156v), imperfect

pen-flourishing (or brown on f. 47v, or blue (f. 112) and occasionally, green flourishing (ff. 8v (with a bird), 13v, 23v, 24, 45v, 104v, 111v), or in blue with red pen-flourishing (with blue on f. 108v), or only in green

• Decorated initial 'A'(lvredus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 6., Polychronicon (to the 25th year in the reign of Henry VI, i.e. 1445), including 2 extracts from the Latin Brut Chronicle of England (ff. 227-228v) (imperfect)

(f. 37v). 5 initials in blue with blue, red and dark purple pen-flourishing extending into the margins at the beginning of each book (ff. 10, 32, 64, 89, 140v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Polychronicon (to the 25th year

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uod) at the beginning ofDemosthenes's letters., Letters and Orations (index Orationes), with prefaces

Vertical catchwords 1 large gold initial on a blue and red ground, with sprays of foliage in the margin. Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials alternately plain red or blue. Litterae notabiliores with yellow wash. Guide-letters. Letters

• Initial 'N'(on) and puzzle initial 'P'(re), in Demosthenes's letters., Letters and Orations (index Orationes), with prefaces

Vertical catchwords 1 large gold initial on a blue and red ground, with sprays of foliage in the margin. Large puzzle initials in red and blue. Small initials alternately plain red or blue. Litterae notabiliores with yellow wash. Guide-letters. Letters

• Opening of Martial's Liber de Spectaculis, with the title in the square capitals attributed to Bartolomeo Sanvito, and the text to Pompino Leto. Illuminated white vine-stem initial 'B'(arbara) and border with white vine-stem decoration, green parrots, and putti holding a wreath (left blank, perhaps for the addition of a coat of arms)., Epigrams, preceeded by the Liber de Spectaculis (ff. 1-5, imperfect)

in blue for minor divisions. Square capitals used as display script with words in blue or gold (f. 1).Initials attributed to Gioacchino de Gigantibus (the parrots characteristic of his style). Square capitals used as display script with words in blue

• Decorated initial, De iustitia et iure

colours and gold, at the beginning of the books (ff. 1, 25v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De iustitia et iure Paolo Mauroceni, senator of Venice and governor of Lombardy: dedicated to him 'Ad clarissimum virum Paulum Maurocenum

• Decorated initial, De iustitia et iure

colours and gold, at the beginning of the books (ff. 1, 25v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De iustitia et iure Paolo Mauroceni, senator of Venice and governor of Lombardy: dedicated to him 'Ad clarissimum virum Paulum Maurocenum

• Three puzzle initials 'M'(atheus), 'M'(atheus) and 'L'(iber), with pen-flourishing and one with a lion, at the beginning of two prologues to and at the beginning of Matthew; in the outer margin is a threaded book-mark., Bible (ff. 3-476); Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 477-579)

383). 1 large initial in blue with pen-flourishing in both colours (f. 50v). Small initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour or, occasionally, in both colours. Simple initials in red or blue. Running headers, chapter numbers

• Initial 'P'(lutarchus) decorated with foliate decoration in the style of 'white vine', but coloured, and full borders incorporating putti, birds, animals, buildings, and the arms of Ludovico Maria Sforza, at the beginning of Aulus Gellius's Noctes Atticae., Noctes Atticae, with list of chapters (ff. 1-2)

cityscape. Small initials in gold on a blue field. Headings in multi-coloured and gold display capitals.The small gold-on-blue initials change after fol. 62v (the end of quire 6): the edges of the blue field are usually indented up to this

• Miniature of David in penitence, decorated initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

23v, 57, 70, 76, 80v, 84v, 89, 96v, 115). Smaller and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Paris Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: inscribed