• Decorated foliate initial 'Q'(uoniam) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of Petrus Crescentius Bononiensis's Epistola ad magistrum ordinis predicatorum., Liber Ruralium Commodorum

beginning of Petrus Crescentius Bononiensis's Epistola ad magistrum ordinis predicatorum. 1 large decorated foliate initial, accompanied by a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 7v). Large and smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate

• Detail: decorated catchword., Prayers for Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'London Days of Awe Mahzor')

visible. 1 initial-word panel inhabited by birds, dragons, and hybrids in ink (f. 1). 2 initial words decorated with geometrical motifs/inhabited by hybrids and dragons in brown ink (ff. 28v, 48v). 8 marginal decorations in brown ink (ff. 1, 2,

• Text page from Genesis., Bible

Volume one of two: vol. II is Royal MS 1 C VI.Quire signatures, instructions for rubricator. Puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing, 1 initial with two-sided pen-flourished border (f. 1). Small initials in red or blue. Running titles

• 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 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 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

• 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

• 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

• Miniature of Boniface VIII delivering the Liber Sextus, at the beginning of Liber Sextus Decretalium., 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

• Miniature of Prudence writing at a desk, with pupils sitting in front of her, and a foliate initial 'C'(es), at the beginning of the rubric 'De la vertu de prudence'., 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 a man and a women at a table with a man drinking from a cup, illustrating the virtue of temperence, and a foliate initial 'L'(a vertu), at the beginning of the rubric 'De la vertu datrempance', and a miniature of a personification of Fortitude holding a disk with a lion, and a foliate initial 'L'(a vertu), at the beginning of the rubric 'De la vertu de force'., 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,