• Text page with 2 decorated initials at the beginning of the preface and the first chapter of the chronicle of Ralph Niger., Chronica (to 1199), Chronicon anglicanum (to 1213)

Text page with 2 decorated initials at the beginning of the preface and the first chapter of the chronicle of Ralph Niger. The two texts are amalgamated to form a continuous chronicle to 1213.Cotton MS. Vespasian D. X contains

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uintus) and a two-line rubric marking the end of Book 4 and the start of Book 5. 'Liber Quintus' (the fifth book) is written across the upper margins of the open pages, and sections of the text are numbered in leadpoint roman numerals in the upper and outer margins ('xxiii' and 'xxiiii'). The outer edge of the leaf also has guide-letters ('Q' and 'e') for the decorator., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

Boston 'Boston Buriensis', a monk of Bury St Edmunds (said to have fl. c. 1410) (ff. 1, 159); early 15th-century inscription 'Johannes Bury' (f. 1 and f. iii (the back cover)), . ? Sir Nicholas Bacon, the Lord Keeper: Redgrave

• Decorated initial 'F'(initis), at the beginning of the prologue to the second main text in the volume Unusually for the 12th century, there is an original foliation in the upper margin, which reads 'First leaf' in faint leadpoint., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

Boston 'Boston Buriensis', a monk of Bury St Edmunds (said to have fl. c. 1410) (ff. 1, 159); early 15th-century inscription 'Johannes Bury' (f. 1 and f. iii (the back cover)), . ? Sir Nicholas Bacon, the Lord Keeper: Redgrave

• Small coloured initials, and various forms of textual emendation. In the two-line rubric the roman numerals 'iii' and 'iiii' have been altered to 'ii' and 'iii'; the word 'liber' (book) has been changed to 'libri'; and the word 'Prologus' (prologue) has been inserted. In numerous other places corrections have been added between the lines of text., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

Boston 'Boston Buriensis', a monk of Bury St Edmunds (said to have fl. c. 1410) (ff. 1, 159); early 15th-century inscription 'Johannes Bury' (f. 1 and f. iii (the back cover)), . ? Sir Nicholas Bacon, the Lord Keeper: Redgrave

• At the end of the text, which ends with Book 6, a later Bury scribe (he refers to 'our bookcase of St. Edmund') has noted that there should be further texts: 'Here eight books of Jerome on Ezekiel are lacking, because he wrote 14 books on Ezekiel ...', Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

Boston 'Boston Buriensis', a monk of Bury St Edmunds (said to have fl. c. 1410) (ff. 1, 159); early 15th-century inscription 'Johannes Bury' (f. 1 and f. iii (the back cover)), . ? Sir Nicholas Bacon, the Lord Keeper: Redgrave

• Puzzle initials at the beginning of a prologue to Genesis and at the beginning of Genesis., Bible (without the Psalms), including Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 381-404v), imperfect

be replaced by Arabic numerals (2 sets of foliation in Arabic numerals on some folios). 1 large historiated initial with a friar writing (f. 1; perhaps added, see notes). Large initials in red and/or blue (puzzle or in a single

• Text page in Exodus, with a catchword., Bible (without the Psalms), including Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 381-404v), imperfect

be replaced by Arabic numerals (2 sets of foliation in Arabic numerals on some folios). 1 large historiated initial with a friar writing (f. 1; perhaps added, see notes). Large initials in red and/or blue (puzzle or in a single

• Puzzle initial with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Judges, with a catchword., Bible (without the Psalms), including Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 381-404v), imperfect

be replaced by Arabic numerals (2 sets of foliation in Arabic numerals on some folios). 1 large historiated initial with a friar writing (f. 1; perhaps added, see notes). Large initials in red and/or blue (puzzle or in a single

• Decorated initial at the beginning of Habakkuk, with a catchword., Bible (without the Psalms), including Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 381-404v), imperfect

be replaced by Arabic numerals (2 sets of foliation in Arabic numerals on some folios). 1 large historiated initial with a friar writing (f. 1; perhaps added, see notes). Large initials in red and/or blue (puzzle or in a single

• Pecia fragment, with decorated initials and inscription by the Parisian ~libraire~ and stationer Thomas de Maubeuge., Decretum, Book 6, fragment

Decretum, Book 6, fragment This copy of Gratian's Decretum is a collection of pecia manuscripts bound in 2 volumes. Volume 1 mainly contains a late 12th-century copy, imperfect, with many 13th- and 14th-century additions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127,

• Text page., Decretum, a collection of peciae

a collection of peciae This copy of Gratian's Decretum is a collection of pecia manuscripts bound in 2 volumes. Volume 1 mainly contains a late 12th-century copy, imperfect, with many 13th- and 14th-century additions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127,

• Text page., Decretum, a collection of peciae

a collection of peciae This copy of Gratian's Decretum is a collection of pecia manuscripts bound in 2 volumes. Volume 1 mainly contains a late 12th-century copy, imperfect, with many 13th- and 14th-century additions (ff. 15-16v, 45-52v, 93-101v, 113r-v, 126-127,

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in Petrus Riga's Aurora., Riga's Aurora (ff. 2-171v), Alta Villa's Architrenius (index Archithrenius)(ff. 173-224v; imperfect)

Robert Johnson, 17th century: inscribed 'Tho: Hunter Robert Johnson' (f. 172v).Added pressmark 'n^o^ 1', post-medieval (f. [ii].Added list of contents, and titles in post-medieval hands (ff. 1, 172). Inscribed 'Aug: Cant: Ben: Col: 1319', 'Corpus Christi College, Oxford': inscribed and

• Coloured initials., Life and Miracles of Thomas Becket, imperfect at the beginning

initials. Ampersands.f. 1 is a fragment. Puzzle initials in red and blue. Initials in red or blue, some large, some small. Rubrics in red. Life and Miracles of Thomas Becket, imperfect at the beginning The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing in Petrus Riga's Aurora., Riga's Aurora (ff. 2-171v), Alta Villa's Architrenius (index Archithrenius)(ff. 173-224v; imperfect)

Robert Johnson, 17th century: inscribed 'Tho: Hunter Robert Johnson' (f. 172v).Added pressmark 'n^o^ 1', post-medieval (f. [ii].Added list of contents, and titles in post-medieval hands (ff. 1, 172). Inscribed 'Aug: Cant: Ben: Col: 1319', 'Corpus Christi College, Oxford': inscribed and

• The upper cover of the binding, with blind tooling with interlace/strapwork designs, in a style generally associated with Italy, but with the added feature of unusual small quatrefoil and lamb-and-flag stamps., Glossed Gospel of Mark, preceded by a prologue (ff. 2-4) and added chapter-list (f. 1r-v)

Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818 (Inscription: 'E Libris Caroli Parr Burney. 1818', f. 1). Upper binding cover Spain(?) or Italy

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rebuerat), at the beginning of Book 6 of Ovid's Metamorphoses., Metamorphoses

in red and blue, with flourishing in the same colours, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 10, 20v, etc.). Small initials alternately red or blue, with flourishing in the other colour, occasionally with human faces (e.g. f. 11v). Tau

• An illustration of the operation of a hydraulic organ described by Heron of Alexandria in chapter 76 of the Pneumatica, showing the blast powered by an anemurion (a windmill or wind-vane)., Pneumatica

the Pneumatica, showing the blast powered by an anemurion (a windmill or wind-vane). 18th century inscription '10; 6?', f. 1, top right margin. Simple brown initials; numerous diagrams in ink illustrating the text, many incorporating images of classical buildings or

• Decorated initial 'I' in Ovid's Metamorphoses., Metamorphoses

blue, with flourishing in the same colours, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 10, 20v, etc.). Small initials alternately red or blue, with flourishing in the other colour, occasionally with human faces (e.g. f. 11v). Tau diagram of the

• Decorated initial 'H'(enrico) at the beginning of Peter of Blois's Compendium super Job., Compendium super Job, De conversatione sancti Pauli, De transfiguratione Domini, ending imperfectly

Decorated initial 'H'(enrico) at the beginning of Peter of Blois's Compendium super Job. Large initials in green with red penwork decoration, and in red with green penwork decoration. Large initials in red. Compendium super Job, De conversatione sancti Pauli,