• Decorated initial 'U'(anitas) at the beginning of Ecclesiastes, Glossed Proverbs (ff. 1-74) and Glossed Ecclesiastes (ff. 75-101v) with prologues (f. 74v) (index Old Testament)

first three quires of Proverbs). 3 large initials in combinations of green, yellow-brown, and blue, with foliate/arabesque motifs (ff. 1, 22, 57v); one in plain blue (f. 75). Small initials in green, blue, or red, but only as far as

• Historiated initial 'D'(ilexi) with three men, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Office of the Dead; Hours of the Virgin

was bought of Capt. Bee by Mr. Simon Fox for the Rt. Honble. Henry Howard. 23rd of March 1658' (f. 1); presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with the Virgin? holding up an unfurled scroll, and a smaller historiated initial 'V'(enite), at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Office of the Dead; Hours of the Virgin

was bought of Capt. Bee by Mr. Simon Fox for the Rt. Honble. Henry Howard. 23rd of March 1658' (f. 1); presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono

• Initial 'E'(xceptiones) at the beginning of Ivo of Chartres' Panormia, the ownership inscription of Newburgh: 'Liber Sancte Marie de Novoburgo' in the upper margin., Panormia

Augustinian priory of St Mary, Newburgh, Yorkshire (second half of the 13th century (?)inscription: 'Liber Sancte Marie de Novoburgo', f. 1, upper margin).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Initial 'C'(redimus) in Ivo of Chartres' Panormia, decorated with a foliate pattern close to the design of initials produced at St Mary's York, according to Lawrence-Mathers 2003 p. 188., Panormia

Augustinian priory of St Mary, Newburgh, Yorkshire (second half of the 13th century (?)inscription: 'Liber Sancte Marie de Novoburgo', f. 1, upper margin).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Decorated initial 'M' and puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam) in Constantinus Africanus's Viaticum ou De omnium morborum cognitione de Allopicia., Viaticum; De elephantia aliisque morbis (ff. 92v-94v)

5 puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue (or black) penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 3v, 35, 50v, 82v). Small initials in red with black pen-flourishing, and in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in red

• Flourished initials 'P'(rima) and 'P'(rincipio), the latter with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Petrus Riga's Aurora., Aurora (ends imperfectly)

initials in red or blue with foliate decoration and pen-flourishing in red, blue and green or red and green (ff. 1, 1v). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Marginal sketches of letters (ff.

• Puzzle initial 'C'(apillus) with penwork decoration at the beginning of Constantinus Africanus's Viaticum ou De omnium morborum cognitione de Allopicia., Viaticum; De elephantia aliisque morbis (ff. 92v-94v)

Allopicia. 5 puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue (or black) penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 3v, 35, 50v, 82v). Small initials in red with black pen-flourishing, and in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in

• Decorated initial 'I'(llic) in the form of a naked blue man., De planctu naturae

is a 13th-century copy of a poem on the nature of the world. 1 partial border made up of text on coloured background and penwork decoration (f. 1). Numerous decorated initials in gold on dark blue backgrounds, many also with

• Initial 'S'(odalium) with foliate decoration and pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Petrus Riga's Aurora., Aurora (ends imperfectly)

initials in red or blue with foliate decoration and pen-flourishing in red, blue and green or red and green (ff. 1, 1v). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Marginal sketches of letters (ff.

• Detail of puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam) in Constantinus Africanus's Viaticum ou De omnium morborum cognitione de Allopicia., Viaticum; De elephantia aliisque morbis (ff. 92v-94v)

puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue (or black) penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 3v, 35, 50v, 82v). Small initials in red with black pen-flourishing, and in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or

• Flourished initials 'P'(rima) and 'P'(rincipio), the latter with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Petrus Riga's Aurora., Aurora (ends imperfectly)

initials in red or blue with foliate decoration and pen-flourishing in red, blue and green or red and green (ff. 1, 1v). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Marginal sketches of letters (ff.

• Detail of an initial 'S'(odalium) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Petrus Riga's Aurora., Aurora (ends imperfectly)

initials in red or blue with foliate decoration and pen-flourishing in red, blue and green or red and green (ff. 1, 1v). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Marginal sketches of letters (ff.

• Decorated initial 'T'(ercia) and coloured initials in a fragment from Gratian's Decretal., Decretal, fragment (Part II, Causæ xii-xvi)

Gratian's Decretal. Large and small initials in red or purple, 1 with penwork decoration (f. 71v). Decretal, fragment (Part II, Causæ xii-xvi) Short verse inscribed in a first half of the 14th century hand (ff. 4, 69v).Laurence Nowell (b. 1530,

• Full-page miniature, in two registers of a man lying in a bed and a standing angel gesturing to him, below, and above his vision of receiving a crown from God in a mandorla, with angels presenting him in the clouds, and to the right, a historiated initial of a seated nimbed man with a scroll above a monk writing at a desk, possibly the author, with standing men., Theological miscellany, including various sermons

author, with standing men. Musical notation (ff. 143v-147v; 152v-153; staves only (ff. 153v-154). 1 full-page miniature in ink with washes in green, blue, and red (f. 1v). 1 very large historiated initial in ink with washes in green, blue, and

• Decorated initials 'A'(b) and 'A'(ghi) [Agni] at the beginning of a excerpt from Oribasius's Apla de herbarum uirtutibus., Macer's De viribus herbarum, imperfect (ff. 1-11, 13-17v); Oribasius, Apla de herbarum virtutibus, excerpt (ff. 19-34); Hippocrates, Dinamedia (ff. 34-40v)

shelfmark of this manuscript is '84 or 670'. 3 large initials in blue, red and green with penwork decoration (ff. 1, 19, 34v). Large and small initials in red, green, yellow, purple, blue, or brown, some with simle penwork decoration,

• Historiated and decorated initial of a man and animal., Office of the Dead; Hours of the Virgin

was bought of Capt. Bee by Mr. Simon Fox for the Rt. Honble. Henry Howard. 23rd of March 1658' (f. 1); presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono

• Illuminated initial 'A'(peri)., Office of the Dead; Hours of the Virgin

was bought of Capt. Bee by Mr. Simon Fox for the Rt. Honble. Henry Howard. 23rd of March 1658' (f. 1); presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono

• Puzzle initial., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Puzzle initial., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of