• Coloured initials, and in the lower right corner a human-animal hybrid creature, perhaps intended to ornament the run-over word at the bottom of the column., Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names)

49, 61, 68). Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names) The Benedictine abbey of St Werburg, Chester: included in a list of 20 books bequeathed by Richardof Chester, canon ofYork (died 1347). [Possibly part I only].The Old

• Initial with floral decoration. Coloured initials, line-fillers and paraphs. Added in the upper margin is the note 'Ex monasterio cestrie': From the monastery of Chester., Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names)

49, 61, 68). Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names) The Benedictine abbey of St Werburg, Chester: included in a list of 20 books bequeathed by Richardof Chester, canon ofYork (died 1347). [Possibly part I only].The Old

• Flourished initials, in the Register book of the Archbishop of York., Register book of the Archbishop of York

Flourished initials, in the Register book of the Archbishop ofYork. Large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Register book of the Archbishop ofYork Inscribed 'Regestum Archiep. Eborac. FN', and 'Histor. Eborac vol.

• Decorated initial 'N'(ecesse) and border, at the beginning of Richard Rotheram's De pluralitate beneficiorum; heraldic arms., De pluralitate beneficiorum (ends imperfectly)

1). Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. De pluralitate beneficiorum (ends imperfectly) Unidentified owner, middle of the 15th century: arms of the see of Winchester, ~gules~, a sword and key crossed, ~or~ and ~argent~ (f. 1).Bought by the British

• Puzzle initials 'T'(out) and 'D'(es), and cadels, in Richard de Fournival's Medicine., Medical treatise

force' (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Puzzle initials ? Richard de Fournival France(?)

• Three arches inhabited by hybrids and animals above the three text columns., Halakhical works: ~Tashbetz~ by Samson ben Tzadoq (ff. 1-30v), ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v)

ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v) Judah Cohen?, scribe?: the

• Initial word-panel, ~Ze ha-sefer~ (this is the book) with an arched frame inhabited by hybrids and animals., Halakhical works: ~Tashbetz~ by Samson ben Tzadoq (ff. 1-30v), ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v)

ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v) Judah Cohen?, scribe?: the

• Initial word included into an arched frame decorated with foliate motifs., Halakhical works: ~Tashbetz~ by Samson ben Tzadoq (ff. 1-30v), ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v)

ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v) Judah Cohen?, scribe?: the

• Detail: initial word-panel, ~Ze ha-sefer~ (this is the book) with an arched frame inhabited by hybrids and animals., Halakhical works: ~Tashbetz~ by Samson ben Tzadoq (ff. 1-30v), ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v)

ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v) Judah Cohen?, scribe?: the

• Detail: three arches inhabited by hybrids and animals above the three text columns., Halakhical works: ~Tashbetz~ by Samson ben Tzadoq (ff. 1-30v), ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v)

ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v) Judah Cohen?, scribe?: the

• Decorated initial 'H'(eri) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the sermon of Fulgentius for the feast of Stephen, at the beginning fo the Sanctorale., Breviary, or Nocturnal, Cistercian Use (see Notes)

Robert of Molesme (29 April), Peter of Tarentaise (8 May), William, archbishop ofYork (8 June), Bernard of Clairvaux, with an octave (20 and 27 August), Wilfrid, archbishop ofYork (12 October), Malachi (5 November); the Litany and Canon of

• Detail of an illuminated initial., Breviary, or Nocturnal, Cistercian Use (see Notes)

Robert of Molesme (29 April), Peter of Tarentaise (8 May), William, archbishop ofYork (8 June), Bernard of Clairvaux, with an octave (20 and 27 August), Wilfrid, archbishop ofYork (12 October), Malachi (5 November); the Litany and Canon of

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ixi)., Breviary, or Nocturnal, Cistercian Use (see Notes)

Robert of Molesme (29 April), Peter of Tarentaise (8 May), William, archbishop ofYork (8 June), Bernard of Clairvaux, with an octave (20 and 27 August), Wilfrid, archbishop ofYork (12 October), Malachi (5 November); the Litany and Canon of

• Illuminated intial., Breviary, or Nocturnal, Cistercian Use (see Notes)

Robert of Molesme (29 April), Peter of Tarentaise (8 May), William, archbishop ofYork (8 June), Bernard of Clairvaux, with an octave (20 and 27 August), Wilfrid, archbishop ofYork (12 October), Malachi (5 November); the Litany and Canon of

• Decorated initials., Breviary, or Nocturnal, Cistercian Use (see Notes)

Robert of Molesme (29 April), Peter of Tarentaise (8 May), William, archbishop ofYork (8 June), Bernard of Clairvaux, with an octave (20 and 27 August), Wilfrid, archbishop ofYork (12 October), Malachi (5 November); the Litany and Canon of

• Illuminated initial 'S' on gold in coloured grounds., Turpin's Chronicle, in thirty-six chapters (4v-31v) with an added table of contents (f. 3v), an account of an expedition against Egypt lead by John de Brienne, king of Jerusalem (ff. 31v-40v); a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Innocent III (ff. 40v-44), the Voyage of St Brendan (ff. 45-62), extracts relating to biblical history from the Speculum Historiale (ff. 62v-125), a chronicle of the archbishops of York from Paulinus to William Le Zouche (d. 1352) (ff. 125-159v) (index Historia Caroli Magni, De Gestis Karoli)

added table of contents (f. 3v), an account of an expedition against Egypt lead by John de Brienne, king of Jerusalem (ff. 31v-40v); a letter from the Patriarch of Jerusalem to Pope Innocent III (ff. 40v-44), the Voyage of St

• Detail of marginal drawings for Passover with Judeo-Italian captions., Prayer book, Italian rite

Detail of marginal drawings for Passover with Judeo-Italian captions. Captions of the drawings are perhaps in Judeo-Italian. Watermark of a ~fleur-de-lis~, f. [183], unidentified. Decorated initial-word panel with full floral border (f. 1). 3 drawings illustrating the text, in brown

• Detail of a painting of a couple standing at the spread Seder table, lifting the seder basket. Under the table, there is a big cat., Prayer book, Italian rite

Detail of a painting of a couple standing at the spread Seder table, lifting the seder basket. Under the table, there is a big cat. Captions of the drawings are perhaps in Judeo-Italian. Watermark of a ~fleur-de-lis~, f. [183], unidentified.

• Detail of a painting of a man sitting at the spread table lifting his cup and saying the blessing over food., Prayer book, Italian rite

Detail of a painting of a man sitting at the spread table lifting his cup and saying the blessing over food. Captions of the drawings are perhaps in Judeo-Italian. Watermark of a ~fleur-de-lis~, f. [183], unidentified. Decorated initial-word panel with

• Fragment of the roll with the genealogical line of Cnut, roundels of Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson, and the line of the Normam ancestors of William the Conqueror: Rollo, William and Richard I the Fearless., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

Fragment of the roll with the genealogical line of Cnut, roundels of Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson, and the line of the Normam ancestors of William the Conqueror: Rollo, William and Richard I the Fearless. Contains the genealogy of