• Decorated initials 'D'(um) and 'B'(ritannia) with penwork decoration and reserved lines, at the beginning of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae; one line filler; in the upper margin the number '39' inscribed by Sir Simonds d'Ewes., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)

names (f. 80). Added, 15th century: 'Robert Clopton' and three other names with the years when each was mayor of London (on a piece of parchment fragment that is now pasted on f. 1) (see Watson 1966).Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602,

• Foliate initial 'O'(mnium) with clasps and interlace., Boethius's Opuscula sacra 1-3 and 5, with the commentary of Gilbert of Poitiers, imperfect

a library in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (Wright 1972). Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with king David pointing at his eyes at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter, imperfect, beginning in Psalm 16

and in Latin (ff. 276v-277).Added prayer, post-medieval (f. 284).?Christopher Bateman (fl. 1698, d. c. 1730), bookseller and book auctioneer in London (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer,

• Headpiece with geometric and foliate decoration and inscribed with title in display capitals, and illuminated initial 'T'., Gospel lectionary with Menologion and Gospels for special services (Covel Gospel)

248v previously believed to be represented in the portrait of Humfrey Wanley by Thomas Hill in the Society of Antiquaries, London (see Heyworth 1989, frontispiece).Additional leaves on paper added by Covel probably in the late 17th century (ff. 1, 2,

• Flourished initials and coloured drawing of a scorpion with a short verse on the scorpion written around the edge: 'Scorpio efficitur pongens a posteriori Si quis blanditur nec mens consentiat ori', in Peter Lombard's Sentences., Sententiae (index Sentences)

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Historiated initial 'Q'(ue) with Peter Lombard writing, in Peter Lombard's Sentences., Sententiae (index Sentences)

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Decorated initials 'C'(um) and 'D'(iligentur), in Peter Lombard's Sentences; with a page marker in lower right-hand corner., Sententiae (index Sentences)

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Decorated initial 'C', at the beginning of Peter Lombard's Sentences., Sententiae (index Sentences)

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Flourished initials, in Peter Lombard's Sentences., Sententiae (index Sentences)

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), pp. 217, 321).Sir Roger Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2,

• Initial 'N'(aso) and inscription of Roger Twysden, at the beginning of Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), pp. 217, 321).Sir Roger Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2,

• Ownership inscriptions of monks of St. Mary, York., Epistolae ex Ponto

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), pp. 217, 321).Sir Roger Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2,

• Decorated initial 'R'(edditus) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), pp. 217, 321).Sir Roger Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2,

• Decorated initial 'R'(edditus) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), pp. 217, 321).Sir Roger Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2,

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uae) in Ovid's Epistolae ex Ponto., Epistolae ex Ponto

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), pp. 217, 321).Sir Roger Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2,

• Decorated initial 'C', at the beginning of Peter Lombard's Sentences., Sententiae (index Sentences)

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Flourished initials, in Peter Lombard's Sentences., Sententiae (index Sentences)

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Decorated initial 'C'(um), in Peter Lombard's Sentences., Sententiae (index Sentences)

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Decorated initial 'D'(iligentur), in Peter Lombard's Sentences., Sententiae (index Sentences)

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire

• Flourished initials, in Peter Lombard's Sentences., Sententiae (index Sentences)

according to the handwritten annotations in the BL Manuscript Department's copy of ~Catalogue of the Manuscripts at Ashburnham Place: Appendix~ (London: Hodgson, 1853).Bertram Ashburnham, 5th earl of Ashburnham: his sale, May 1897, bought by Yates Thompson together with the entire