• null, Computus manual with commentary

a contemporary hand (ff. 109v-110). 1 large decorated initial in red (f. 2). Diagrams. Computus manual with commentary Inscribed 'Will(e)m Ballon 1603' (f. 39).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the fool, with a section of the full border including a unicorn and a grotesque., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Detail of an historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of David drowning in water with God above., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, with a partial border including a grotesque., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Flourished initials, in the Breviary., Breviary, Use of Sarum, fragment, with prayers and meditations in English

Flourished initials, in the Breviary. Large and small initials in gold with purple or brown foliate pen-flourishing or in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Breviary, Use of Sarum, fragment, with prayers and meditations in English Inscribed 'LLd No. 62'

• Drawing of the building of the Ark, and the Ark., Speculum humanae salvationis

drawings with some colour, and occasionally gold, at the top of each column, each double-page forming typological sets beginning with 1 scene of the New Testament followed by 3 of the Old Testament. Large puzzle initials in red and blue,

• Detail of a drawing of the Crucifixion., Speculum humanae salvationis

drawings with some colour, and occasionally gold, at the top of each column, each double-page forming typological sets beginning with 1 scene of the New Testament followed by 3 of the Old Testament. Large puzzle initials in red and blue,

• Drawing of an elephant carrying people on its back., Speculum humanae salvationis

drawings with some colour, and occasionally gold, at the top of each column, each double-page forming typological sets beginning with 1 scene of the New Testament followed by 3 of the Old Testament. Large puzzle initials in red and blue,

• Detail of a beheading., Speculum humanae salvationis

drawings with some colour, and occasionally gold, at the top of each column, each double-page forming typological sets beginning with 1 scene of the New Testament followed by 3 of the Old Testament. Large puzzle initials in red and blue,

• Detail of a drawing of Christ in Majesty., Speculum humanae salvationis

drawings with some colour, and occasionally gold, at the top of each column, each double-page forming typological sets beginning with 1 scene of the New Testament followed by 3 of the Old Testament. Large puzzle initials in red and blue,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the fool, with a section of the full border including a unicorn., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Detail of Jonah emerging from the whale., Speculum humanae salvationis

drawings with some colour, and occasionally gold, at the top of each column, each double-page forming typological sets beginning with 1 scene of the New Testament followed by 3 of the Old Testament. Large puzzle initials in red and blue,

• Detail of a drawing of God, Lucifer, and Hell's mouth., Speculum humanae salvationis

drawings with some colour, and occasionally gold, at the top of each column, each double-page forming typological sets beginning with 1 scene of the New Testament followed by 3 of the Old Testament. Large puzzle initials in red and blue,

• Detail of a drawing of the Temptation., Speculum humanae salvationis

drawings with some colour, and occasionally gold, at the top of each column, each double-page forming typological sets beginning with 1 scene of the New Testament followed by 3 of the Old Testament. Large puzzle initials in red and blue,

• Initial with penwork decoration., Meteororum

scholar: inscriptions 'J. O. Halliwell July 3, 1838' (f. [vi]); 'James Orchard Halliwell No. 126' (f. 1); his ink stamp 'Bibliotheca Halliwellana' (ff. 1; 118v); catalogued for sale, 27 June 1840, lot 112, but withdrawn, along with the other manuscripts,

• Half-page miniature depicting the story of the cornucopia., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

story of the cornucopia. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum ex elementis constare' (f. 3).Written in an Italian

• Detail of a half-page miniature., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

half-page miniature. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum ex elementis constare' (f. 3).Written in an Italian or Italinate

• Marginal paintings of a cow skull with two upside-down hammers tied to its ears (for 'Patientia') and a duck (for 'Custodia')., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

to its ears (for 'Patientia') and a duck (for 'Custodia'). ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum ex elementis

• Full-page emblematic miniature of a landscape with a dead tree in the centre, with a placard tied to one of its branches., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

the centre, with a placard tied to one of its branches. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum ex

• Text page with symbols of a cow (for 'Rector), two arrows aimed in different directions (for 'Firmus') and an aquatic snake or dolphin twining itself around an anchor (for 'Celer'), with a caption reading 'Tarde Festina.', Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

an aquatic snake or dolphin twining itself around an anchor (for 'Celer'), with a caption reading 'Tarde Festina.' ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur'