• Detail of a historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with the coronation of a king by a bishop at the beginning of the Magna Carta., Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), including the Magna Carta, etc., vol. 1, imperfect

of a historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with the coronation of a king by a bishop at the beginning of the MagnaCarta. 2 pieces of parchment (possibly with erased inscriptions) are bound after f. [iii], and 2 after f. [151].Beginning imperfectly.Catchwords

• Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with the coronation of a king by a bishop at the beginning of the Magna Carta; arms of England, Lancaster and Beauchamp in the borders., Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), including the Magna Carta, etc., vol. 1, imperfect

Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with the coronation of a king by a bishop at the beginning of the MagnaCarta; arms of England, Lancaster and Beauchamp in the borders. 2 pieces of parchment (possibly with erased inscriptions) are bound after f.

• null, Vetera Statuta (index Statuta Angliae; Statute book; Statutes of England) preceded by a list of contents (ff. 2-6v); followed by Expositiones Vocabulorum (ff. 200-203); and additions (ff. 203v-226)

of contents (ff. 2-6v); followed by Expositiones Vocabulorum (ff. 200-203); and additions (ff. 203v-226) Copied in 1300 or later: MagnaCarta (f. 8) is the version as confirmed by Edward I on 28 March of that year (dated on f.

• Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with king Edward I at the beginning of the Magna Carta., Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), including the Magna Carta, etc., imperfect

Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with king Edward I at the beginning of the MagnaCarta. The original texts have gradually been added to, in the 14th century (see ff. 48v-49, ff. 100-101v). f. 49v is ruled and blank.For a more detailed

• Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) of a pointing King Edward with a leafy border., Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc.

and colours with ivy and human head (f. 78v). Paraphs in alternating red and blue. Various legal texts including MagnaCarta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. Inscribed 'Thomas Melle', ?16th century (f. [iv] verso).Added inscription, 16th

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) with pen-flourishing in red and purple ink., Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc.

74, 117, 118v, 119v, 128, 131v, 134, 135, etc.). Paraphs in alternating red and blue. Various legal texts including MagnaCarta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. 4 verses in French in a medieval hand on a

• Illuminated initial 'C' in colours and gold., Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. (imperfect)

with foliate motifs (animal head on f. 230v). Paragraph marks in alternating red and blue. Various legal texts including MagnaCarta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. (imperfect) Leonard ?Coleridge, 14th century: inscribed 'Leonardus ?Coleridge' (f. 86*v).

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(es) with a lawyer speaking to an assembly., Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. (imperfect)

with foliate motifs (animal head on f. 230v). Paragraph marks in alternating red and blue. Various legal texts including MagnaCarta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. (imperfect) Leonard ?Coleridge, 14th century: inscribed 'Leonardus ?Coleridge' (f. 86*v).

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E' of the Virgin and Child., Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. (imperfect)

with foliate motifs (animal head on f. 230v). Paragraph marks in alternating red and blue. Various legal texts including MagnaCarta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. (imperfect) Leonard ?Coleridge, 14th century: inscribed 'Leonardus ?Coleridge' (f. 86*v).

• Puzzle initial 'H'(enricus) with pen-flourishing including heads and foliate motifs., Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), including the Magna Carta, Charter of the Forest, imperfect

Puzzle initial 'H'(enricus) with pen-flourishing including heads and foliate motifs. The volume includes the texts of the MagnaCarta and of the Charter of Forest as reissued by Henry III in 1225.f. 26v is ruled but blank; f. 46v was

• Historiated initial 'C'(es) with a lawyer speaking to an assembly, combined with a partial bar border with ivy., Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. (imperfect)

with foliate motifs (animal head on f. 230v). Paragraph marks in alternating red and blue. Various legal texts including MagnaCarta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. (imperfect) Leonard ?Coleridge, 14th century: inscribed 'Leonardus ?Coleridge' (f. 86*v).

• Historiated initial 'E' of the Virgin and Child, combined with a partial bar border with ivy., Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. (imperfect)

with foliate motifs (animal head on f. 230v). Paragraph marks in alternating red and blue. Various legal texts including MagnaCarta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc. (imperfect) Leonard ?Coleridge, 14th century: inscribed 'Leonardus ?Coleridge' (f. 86*v).

• Decorated initial 'E'(dwardus) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs; in the lower margin (probably added), 2 animals including a hare (or squirrel) with oak leaves and acorns, and unidentified arms (including 2 boar heads)., Various legal texts including Registrum brevium (reign of king Edward III (r. 1327-1377)), Magna Carta, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), etc.

blue. Spaces for initials left blank. Various legal texts including Registrum brevium (reign of king Edward III (r. 1327-1377)), MagnaCarta, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), etc. Added text, 14th or 15th century (f. 149*).Added

• Flourished initial 'H'(enricus), at the beginning of the Magna Carta; inscription: ‘William Howard 1592'., Vetera Statuta (index Statuta Angliae; Statute book; Statutes of England) , documents relating to St Augustine's, Canterbury, etc.

Flourished initial 'H'(enricus), at the beginning of the MagnaCarta; inscription: ‘William Howard 1592'. ff. 1-80v: Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. ff. 80v-219: Small initials and paraph marks in plain red.

• Illustration of the vessels the princes of the tribes offer for the dedication of the altar (Numbers 7)., A large fragment of the Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos and ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Illustration of the vessels the princes of the tribes offer for the dedication of the altar (Numbers 7). Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. First quire (ff. 1-11) is an addition. Narkiss dates the manuscript

• Text page from the Book of Numbers., A large fragment of the Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos and ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Text page from the Book of Numbers. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. First quire (ff. 1-11) is an addition. Narkiss dates the manuscript to the 14th century (see Narkiss, 1984, 25). Numerous decorated ~parashah~

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(nstrumentum) of a man giving a written document to a lawyer., Omne Bonum (Jacob-Zacharias)

1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Instrumentum sive Carta (Written instrument, or charter) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'L'(ibrum) of Jerome giving a book to a boy, at the beginning of the prologue to Esther, and historiated initial 'I'(n diebus) of King Ahasuerus' feast with Esther, princes and three musicians, at the beginning of Esther., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned in his will (see above]. Henry VI (b. 1421, d. 1471), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned inherited from his father,

• Historiated initial 'A'(nno) of Nebuchadnezzar's siege of Jerusalem, at the beginning of Daniel., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned in his will (see above]. Henry VI (b. 1421, d. 1471), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine: perhaps the magna Biblia mentioned inherited from his father,

• ~Masorah~ in micorgraphic design at Joshua., Duke of Sussex Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

~Masorah~ in micorgraphic design at Joshua. Ruling is sometimes visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Gilt edges. ~Masorah~ in micrographical design in the lower margins. Decorated ~parashah~ signs in mauve, red and gold. Numerous embellished bands with