• Puzzle initial 'C'., Scientific miscellany, including Tractatus de Sphaera, Compotus, etc.

Orchard Halliwell-[Phillipps] (b. 1820, d. 1889), antiquary and literary scholar: his ink stamp 'Bibliotheca Halliwellana' (ff. 1, 84v) and shelfmark 'No. 65' (f. 1); catalogued for sale, 27 June 1840, lot 132, but withdrawn, along with the other manuscripts, all

• Diagram., Scientific miscellany, including Tractatus de Sphaera, Compotus, etc.

Orchard Halliwell-[Phillipps] (b. 1820, d. 1889), antiquary and literary scholar: his ink stamp 'Bibliotheca Halliwellana' (ff. 1, 84v) and shelfmark 'No. 65' (f. 1); catalogued for sale, 27 June 1840, lot 132, but withdrawn, along with the other manuscripts, all

• 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126' (f. 1); his ink stamp 'Bibliotheca Halliwellana' (ff. 1; 118v); catalogued for sale, 27 June 1840, lot 112, but withdrawn, along with the other manuscripts,

• Detail of a miniature of Innocent IV writing, with another pope kneeling before a cardinal and a scholar (Innocent IV?) dictating to a scribe, at the beginning of book 1., Apparatus in quinque libros Decretalium

cardinal and a scholar (Innocent IV?) dictating to a scribe, at the beginning of book 1. According to unpublished notes of Susan L'Engle, decorated in two phases; phase I: c. 1310-1319 by Nerio (ff. 75v, 139, 179v, 187v); and phase

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e moralibus) of Ambrose holding a crozier and a book, at the beginning of the De mysteriis of Ambrose., De mysteriis, De sacramentis; Sermones, Epistolae; De sacramentis ecclesiae

I and 5 D III (see Waller 1980, p. 314). Instructions for rubrics in the lower margins. 1 historiated initial of Ambrose and 1 containing griffins, in colours, at the beginnings of works of Ambrose and Ivo of Chartres (ff.

• Two illuminated initial 'I'(mperator) with border extensions, including birds, at the beginning of the Glossa ordinaria to the Institutiones., Glossa ordinaria to the Institutiones and Glossa ordinaria to the Tres libri

anathema] sit. Amen' (f. 1) (see Warner and Gilson).Added list of contents of the Tres libri, 14th-century English hand (ff. 264-265) .The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1356' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliated and interlace decoration, and animal heads and an animal mask at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the Old English gloss erased and corrected, visible in darker ink, and the ownership inscription of Sir Henry Spelman in the upper margin., Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, imperfect

foliate and/or interlace decoration and animal heads, a dragon, and/or animal masks at the beginning of Psalms 1, 51, and 101 (ff. 1, 56, 111v). Large initials in blue, green, purple, or red (some of the red oxidised), and a

• Detail of a miniature of John and the angel witnessing four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds, in illustration of Revelation 7:1., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

Sandler, stylistically related to the Grey-Fitzpayn Hours, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 242. See also Egbert 1940.Catchwords. 17 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 5v, 6, 8, 24, 34v, 49, 52, 65v, 88), or miniatures (ff. 1v, 2, 3, 58v, 64v) in colours

• Detail of a miniature of John witnessing the fifth angel sounding his trumpet, causing a great star to fall from the heaven into a pit, and unleashing locusts from the earth, in illustration of Revelation 9:1-3., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

Sandler, stylistically related to the Grey-Fitzpayn Hours, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 242. See also Egbert 1940.Catchwords. 17 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 5v, 6, 8, 24, 34v, 49, 52, 65v, 88), or miniatures (ff. 1v, 2, 3, 58v, 64v) in colours

• Detail of a miniature of John listening to an angel, holding a book, with a rainbow issuing from his head, with feet of fire, standing with one foot on the sea and one foot on the earth, and seven beasts representing seven thunders, in illustration of Revelation 10: 1-17., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

Sandler, stylistically related to the Grey-Fitzpayn Hours, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 242. See also Egbert 1940.Catchwords. 17 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 5v, 6, 8, 24, 34v, 49, 52, 65v, 88), or miniatures (ff. 1v, 2, 3, 58v, 64v) in colours

• Detail of a miniature of the angel speaking to John holding a reed; and the temple of God on the right with the worshippers inside, in illustration of Revelation 11: 1-2., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

Sandler, stylistically related to the Grey-Fitzpayn Hours, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 242. See also Egbert 1940.Catchwords. 17 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 5v, 6, 8, 24, 34v, 49, 52, 65v, 88), or miniatures (ff. 1v, 2, 3, 58v, 64v) in colours

• Detail of a miniature of a woman standing upon the moon, with a crown of twelve stars, standing before a rainbow issuing from a building, in illustration of Revelation 12: 1., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

twelve stars, standing before a rainbow issuing from a building, in illustration of Revelation 12: 1. Includes La lumiere as lais of Peter of Peckham (or Peter of Fetcham) in Anglo-French (ff. 1-103v), and the Apocalypse with a commentary in

• Detail of a miniature of John witnessing the beast rising from the sea, with the dragon behind him, in illustration of Revelation 13: 1-2., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

Sandler, stylistically related to the Grey-Fitzpayn Hours, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 242. See also Egbert 1940.Catchwords. 17 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 5v, 6, 8, 24, 34v, 49, 52, 65v, 88), or miniatures (ff. 1v, 2, 3, 58v, 64v) in colours

• Detail of a miniature of the Lamb on a mount, surrounded by worshippers, in illustration of Revelation 14:1., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

Sandler, stylistically related to the Grey-Fitzpayn Hours, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 242. See also Egbert 1940.Catchwords. 17 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 5v, 6, 8, 24, 34v, 49, 52, 65v, 88), or miniatures (ff. 1v, 2, 3, 58v, 64v) in colours

• Detail of a miniature of John standing in witness before the revelation of the New Heaven and the New Earth, in illustration of Revelation 21:1., La lumiere as lais; Apocalypse (the 'Welles Apocalypse')

Sandler, stylistically related to the Grey-Fitzpayn Hours, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum 242. See also Egbert 1940.Catchwords. 17 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 5v, 6, 8, 24, 34v, 49, 52, 65v, 88), or miniatures (ff. 1v, 2, 3, 58v, 64v) in colours

• Historiated initial 'V' of the Poisoning of John the Evangelist, with four men kneeling before the saint who drinks from a chalice of poisoned wine., Cutting from a choir book

initial is by the same artist, Nerio, and probably from the same manuscripts as Add. 32058, ff. 1 (a)-(b), and 2 (a).Musical notation. 1 historiated initial 'V' of the Poisoning of John the Evangelist, with four men kneeling before the

• Miniature of the author presenting his book to a king, the training of a knight at the pile (or pale), and a knight mounting a horse., Les establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari)

Jean de Meun for Jean de Brienne in 1284.Stylistically close to Vegetius, ~De re militari~, Vatican Library, Reg. lat. 1628. 1 half-page miniature in colours on a gold diapered ground (f. 3). Partial bar borders in blue and red with

• Illuminated initial 'L'(iancien) at the beginning of the prologue., Les establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari)

de Meun for Jean de Brienne in 1284.Stylistically close to Vegetius, ~De re militari~, Vatican Library, Reg. lat. 1628. 1 half-page miniature in colours on a gold diapered ground (f. 3). Partial bar borders in blue and red with initials

• Detail of a miniature of the author presenting his book to a king, the training of a knight at the pile (or pale), and a knight mounting a horse., Les establissemenz de chevalerie, imperfect, wanting 3 chapters at the end (a French translation of De re militari)

Jean de Meun for Jean de Brienne in 1284.Stylistically close to Vegetius, ~De re militari~, Vatican Library, Reg. lat. 1628. 1 half-page miniature in colours on a gold diapered ground (f. 3). Partial bar borders in blue and red with

• Coloured initial with contrasting penwork decoration including a bird and a monster., Pharsalia, imperfect

decoration in red, some in form of birds or creatures (ff. 1, 8v, 13v, 25, 36, 46, 56). Two initials in blue with penwork decoration in red (f. 1). Rubrics in red. Verse initials touched in red. Marginal diagram added