• Large decorated word 'Ulpianus' at the beginning of Justinian's Infortiatum, or the third title of book 24 of the Digest, and below the arms and rebus of John Morton, archbishop of Canterbury., Infortiatum (ff. 1-278v), with Glossa ordinaria by Accursius, with Apostillae (f. 278v); fragment of Dynus de Mugello's De regulis iuris (f. 279r-v), and list of contents (f. 280)

decorated initials with red penwork decoration (ff. 134, 172, 191v, 210, 213v, 235, and 255v). Heraldry and a rebus (f. 1). Large and small blue initials with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Small blue or red initials. Blue or red

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n), and initials 'S'(cribe) and 'P'(ost), with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale., Miscellany, including Eberhard's Graecismus (ff. 1-42); John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale (ff. 44-93v); Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scholarium (ff. 94-113v)

plain red or green. Capital letters highlighted in red. 2 marginal figures in red or green ink (ff. 60v, 68v). 1 line-filler (f. 107v). Spaces for initials left empty (ff. 106v, 108v, 110, 111v, 116v, 118, 121, 122, 123v, 124,

• Initials 'N'(ec) and 'O' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Auli Persii Satyrae sex; marginal sketch in the upper margin., Miscellany, including Eberhard's Graecismus (ff. 1-42); John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale (ff. 44-93v); Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scholarium (ff. 94-113v)

plain red or green. Capital letters highlighted in red. 2 marginal figures in red or green ink (ff. 60v, 68v). 1 line-filler (f. 107v). Spaces for initials left empty (ff. 106v, 108v, 110, 111v, 116v, 118, 121, 122, 123v, 124,

• Historiated initial 'S' with the Virgin holding the Christ child, at the beginning of Vincent of Beauvais's In laude beate Virginis., Liber de laudibus beatissime Virginis Marie (ff. 1-97) and De Johannis evangelio (ff. 97-111v)

large decorated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 97v). Small initials (2 lines) in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Small initials (1 line) in plain red or blue. Line-fillers decorated

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n), and initial 'S'(cribe) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale., Miscellany, including Eberhard's Graecismus (ff. 1-42); John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale (ff. 44-93v); Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scholarium (ff. 94-113v)

plain red or green. Capital letters highlighted in red. 2 marginal figures in red or green ink (ff. 60v, 68v). 1 line-filler (f. 107v). Spaces for initials left empty (ff. 106v, 108v, 110, 111v, 116v, 118, 121, 122, 123v, 124,

• Initials 'N'(ec) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Auli Persii Satyrae sex; marginal sketch in the upper margin., Miscellany, including Eberhard's Graecismus (ff. 1-42); John of Garland's revision of Alexander of Villa Dei's Doctrinale (ff. 44-93v); Pseudo-Boethius's De disciplina scholarium (ff. 94-113v)

plain red or green. Capital letters highlighted in red. 2 marginal figures in red or green ink (ff. 60v, 68v). 1 line-filler (f. 107v). Spaces for initials left empty (ff. 106v, 108v, 110, 111v, 116v, 118, 121, 122, 123v, 124,

• Decorated initial 'C'(ircumcisio) at the beginning of the martyrology for January., Martyrology for the use of Norwich, with calendar (ff. 4-9v)

dated 1738 by James West that it was purchased from him (f. 1). James West (1703-1772), politician and antiquary: his signature with the date February 1738 (f. 1); his sale, May 1773, where all of his manuscripts were purchased by

• Calendar page for December., Martyrology for the use of Norwich, with calendar (ff. 4-9v)

dated 1738 by James West that it was purchased from him (f. 1). James West (1703-1772), politician and antiquary: his signature with the date February 1738 (f. 1); his sale, May 1773, where all of his manuscripts were purchased by

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P' of a personification of Faith holding a disc bearing a gold cross, paten, and chalice, and a personification of Faithlessness worshipping an idol, from Guillelmus Alvernus's De moribus., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

and founder of insurance offices: his stamp (f. 1); probably given to the New Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June

• Detail of ownership stamps of John Thomas Barber Beaumont and the Philosophical Institution., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

and founder of insurance offices: his stamp (f. 1); probably given to the New Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June

• Detail of an historiated initial 'S'(pes) of a personification of Hope receiving a gift from God, and a personification of Desparation impaling himself on a sword, from Guillelmus Alvernus's De moribus., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

and founder of insurance offices: his stamp (f. 1); probably given to the New Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June

• Detail of an initial 'N'(unc) with pen-flourishing, from Guillelmus Alvernus's De moribus., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

and founder of insurance offices: his stamp (f. 1); probably given to the New Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ost) of a personification of Poverty clothing the naked and a personification of Greed stealing (or hoarding) a money bag, from Guillelmus Alvernus's De moribus., De moribus (second part of De virtutibus et vitiis)

and founder of insurance offices: his stamp (f. 1); probably given to the New Philosophical Institution, founded shortly before his death. The New Philosophical Institution, Beaumont Square, Mile End: stamps (ff. 1, 174v). Sir John Trelawny: his sale, 28 June

• Decorated initials 'P'(rimo) and 'B'(eatus) with partial borders with dragons and a bird, and musical notation., Miscellany, including a Psalter, prayers, litany and canticles, and hymns (ff. 1-68v); Ci commence Avicennes (ff. 69-142v); the Lettre d'Hippocrate (ff. 143-147v); prayers to Margaret (ff. 146v-147) and Psalms

and gold (ff. 1, 8, 12v, 16, 20, 29, 33, 48). 9 large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration and dragons or animal heads, at the Psalter divisions and the start of texts (ff. 1, 8, 12v, 16,

• Flourished initial 'P'(laga) and decorated catchword, in the Regimen sanitatis., Miscellany, including the Regimen sanitatis and alchemical texts

sanitatis. Large initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. 1 small initial in red with brown foliate pen-flourishing (f. 104v). Decorated catchwords. Miscellany, including the Regimen sanitatis and alchemical texts Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and

• Detail of a page: Initial-word panel ~Bereshit~ (in the beginning) decorated with penwork, at the beginning of Genesis. Beneath the initial-word panel, there are seven medallions representing the seven days of Creation., Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Bible in two volumes: Harley 5710 (vol. 1) and Harley 5711 (vol. 2). 9 initial-word panels with penwork decoration, medallions and foliated borders inhabited by fish, hybrids, birds, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34v, 63, 83, 110v, 137, 155,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David paying the harp, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

120v, 149v, 175, 200v), 1 with an instruction for illuminator (f. 46v). 8 foliate initials in colours and gold, some containing dragons or hybrids, at the beginning of the prologue and major gloss divisions (ff. 1, 46v, 72v, 95v, 120v,

• Decorated initial 'O'(ssa) at the beginning of Stephen Langton's Commentary on the minor prophets., Theological miscellany including Commentary on the minor prophets; De cura pastorali; Liber exceptionum (Allegorie super Novum Testamentum)

blue (ff. 1, 124, 150). 11 large initials (ff. 36v, 43v, 57v, 59, 61v, 69, 81, 88v, 94, 97v, 118v) and several smaller initials in red or blue with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in the alternate colour. 1 puzzle initial

• Text page with six champ initials:'V'(oluntarie), 'Q'(oniam), 'G'(loria), 'B'(enedixisti), 'R'(emisisti), 'M'(itigasti)., Book of Hours, Use of Rome, imperfect

red: Jacque 1 Mai, James the Minor, Eloy (x2; Paris and Northern France (Noyon, Tournai)), Christophe, Betremieu (Bartholomew), Mahieu, Mikiel, Martin, Clement, Nicolay, Nicaise (Rheims); in black ink, Vaast (Arras), Wandrille, Wambourt (Waubourg? , Rheims), Wulfram, Wallery (1 April and

• Cancelled first leaf with various erasures, prefixed as a flyleaf. The other side has been left blank, and the space left for an initial has not been filled in. This leaf was abandoned, and the text re-written on the following one, which is now the start of the book., Sermons, beginning, 'Hodie nobis dominus patrem cum filiis duobus vocavit'

might have been copied from an exemplar from Durham, with an initial in the style of the so-called 'Martyrology scribe.'f. 1 is a cancelled first leaf with various erasures, prefixed as a flyleaf. At f. 30v a short passage is