• Puzzle initial 'A'(lexander), at the beginning of Aristoteles's Epistola Ypocratis ad Alexandrum., Epistola Ypocratis ad Alexandrum (ends imperfectly)

initial 'A'(lexander), at the beginning of Aristoteles's Epistola Ypocratis ad Alexandrum. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with penwork decoration in red and blue (f. 1).1 smaller initial with reserved designs (f. 4). Small initials in plain

• Detail of decorated initial 'U'., Mainly scientific and grammatic miscellany, including the Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 100-108v; 109-34), the Mirror of Light (ff. 155-168); Cistercian statuta and ordinationes (ff. 200-220); De sphaera (ff. 59-75); algorismus with commentary (ff. 26-43)

with a large initial in brown with interlace and foliage (f. 1). f. 221 is a paper leaf. Large diagrams of hands in brown ink (ff. 131v-134v, 169, 198). 1 large initial in red with blue and red penwork decoration

• Decorated panel with foliate scroll and geometric design, at the end of ~parashat mishpatim~ (Ex. 21:1-24:18)., Portions from the Exodus with Arabic translation and commentary

Decorated panel with foliate scroll and geometric design, at the end of ~parashat mishpatim~ (Ex. 21:1-24:18). Incomplete at the beginning, and several lacunae. Ruling is visible. Numerous decorated panels inserted into the body of the text, in colours and

• Decorated initials 'D' and 'P' in red and green in the liturgy of Basil, each with foliate and geometric patterns., Liturgy of Basil of Caesarea

f. 1).Charles 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 Libri Caroli Parr Burney 1818', f. 1). Decorated initials Eastern Mediterranean

• Decorated initial word ~Wa-yiqra~ (And [the Lord] called) in brown ink, at the beginning of Leviticus., Commentary on the Pentateuch with the ~Haftarot~ (ff. 1-240) on the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 240v-270), and on the ~Haftarot~ for festivals (ff. 270-287v)

Parallel Hebrew foliation (ff. 1-70). 1 textual illustration, in brown ink (f. 101), 2 diagrams of the Holy Land (ff. 198-199), 2 decorated initial words, in brown ink (ff. 1, 126), 1 marginal illustration (f. 1). Commentary on the Pentateuch

• Miniature divided in two compartments: 1. Moses receiving the tablets of the law from God and Moses breaking the tablets of the law; and 2. The worship of the golden calf; with two foliate initials 'L'(e premier) and 'C'(hoses), at the beginning of the text of La somme le roi., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

de France, fr. 241) (quires 2, 4-8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 21, 26, 28).Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large (f. 1) and 23 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning of books (ff. 3v, 5, 16v, 26v,

• Detail of a miniature divided in two compartments: 1. Moses receiving the tablets of the law from God and Moses breaking the tablets of the law; and 2. The worship of the golden calf, at the beginning of the text of La somme le roi., La somme le roi, with Gospels and the Complainte de Notre Dame

de France, fr. 241) (quires 2, 4-8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 21, 26, 28).Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large (f. 1) and 23 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning of books (ff. 3v, 5, 16v, 26v,

• Miniature of Boniface VIII enthroned presenting the open book of Liber Sextus inscribed with his name 'bonifacius', at the beginning of Apparatus ad Sextum of Johannes Andreae., Apparatus ad Sextum

bifolium signatures; lemmas underlined in yellow;Part 3: catchwords and bifolium signatures; instructions for rubrics. 1 miniature in colours and gold with a partial border (f. 1). Illuminated initials in colours and gold with foliate extensions, at the beginning of books

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uia) with a hybrid, at the beginning of the Apparatus ad Sextum of Johannes Andreae., Apparatus ad Sextum; Liber sextus Decretalium; Apparatus ad Sextum

signatures; lemmas underlined in yellow. 1 miniature and 1 historiated initial in colours and gold, with full borders, at the beginning of the Apparatus ad Sextum of Guido de Baysio and the Liber sextus (ff. 1, 107). Large foliate initials

• Historiated initial 'V'(enerabilibus) of the pope Boniface VIII, with a full border including the arms of the Reading abbey, at the beginning of Guido de Baysio's, Apparatus ad Sextum., Apparatus ad Sextum; Liber sextus Decretalium; Apparatus ad Sextum

signatures; lemmas underlined in yellow. 1 miniature and 1 historiated initial in colours and gold, with full borders, at the beginning of the Apparatus ad Sextum of Guido de Baysio and the Liber sextus (ff. 1, 107). Large foliate initials

• Text page., Apparatus ad Sextum; Liber sextus Decretalium; Apparatus ad Sextum

signatures; lemmas underlined in yellow. 1 miniature and 1 historiated initial in colours and gold, with full borders, at the beginning of the Apparatus ad Sextum of Guido de Baysio and the Liber sextus (ff. 1, 107). Large foliate initials

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of the Dominican friar, John of Freiburg, teaching a group of pupils., Summa confessorum

in simple penwork frames. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold with a partial bar border with a dragon motif (f. 1). 2 initials in colours and gold with partial bar borders and foliate motifs (f. 1). Large puzzle initials

• Decorated initial 'Q' with a partial bar border., Summa confessorum

in simple penwork frames. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold with a partial bar border with a dragon motif (f. 1). 2 initials in colours and gold with partial bar borders and foliate motifs (f. 1). Large puzzle initials

• Puzzle initial and pen-flourished initials., Summa confessorum

in simple penwork frames. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold with a partial bar border with a dragon motif (f. 1). 2 initials in colours and gold with partial bar borders and foliate motifs (f. 1). Large puzzle initials

• Historiated puzzle initial 'D'(eus) with Thomas Aquinas., Life of Thomas Aquinas

Historiated puzzle initial 'D'(eus) with Thomas Aquinas. 1 historiated puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red, extending into a partial border in red and blue (f. 1). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in

• Miniature of the pope Boniface VIII with a canonist holding a book before him; and a foliate initial 'B'(onifacius) and a full border including two grotesques in the bas-de-page, at the beginning of Liber sextus., Apparatus ad Sextum; Liber sextus Decretalium; Apparatus ad Sextum

signatures; lemmas underlined in yellow. 1 miniature and 1 historiated initial in colours and gold, with full borders, at the beginning of the Apparatus ad Sextum of Guido de Baysio and the Liber sextus (ff. 1, 107). Large foliate initials

• Decorated initial 'A'(n) with pen-flourishing., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), for 1-38 Edward III (ff. 1-77), and other legal texts, imperfect

red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours including foliate motifs extending into the borders on all sides (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs and flowers (ff. 5v (with face), 9, 12, 14v,

• Text page with title in rustic capitals., Retractatio de animae quantitate (index On the Size of the Soul) (ff. 1-32v); Paschalis operis (index Carmen paschale), libri 5 (ff. 33-70v), Commentary on the Apocalypse (ff. 71-84v)

Ganz, 'the hands show marked Tours influence especially in the half uncial.' Title in rustic capitials and 1 large initial in red (f. 1). Plain initials in black. Rubrics and abbreviations of protagonists' names in red. Retractatio de animae quantitate

• Part of a full foliate border, at the beginning of a Breviary., Ordinal, and noted Breviary, Use of Sarum (ff. 1-100), Metrologus de plana musica (ff. 100-117v), Offences which deserve excommunication (f. 118, fragment)

he was known as Lord Poynings.Musical notation. 1 large initial in gold on a ground in blue and red, incorporating heraldic arms, and a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials (2-3 lines) in gold with

• Detail of a miniature of Boniface VIII enthroned presenting the open book of Liber Sextus inscribed with his name 'bonifacius', at the beginning of Apparatus ad Sextum of Johannes Andreae., Apparatus ad Sextum

bifolium signatures; lemmas underlined in yellow;Part 3: catchwords and bifolium signatures; instructions for rubrics. 1 miniature in colours and gold with a partial border (f. 1). Illuminated initials in colours and gold with foliate extensions, at the beginning of books