• 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

• Historiated initial 'M'(agnifice) of Guilelmus de Monte Lauduno presenting his book to the pope, at the beginning of the Lectura super Clementinis., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

in 1336 (ff. 1-112);John XXII, three decretals from the Extravagantes: 'Suscepti regiminis' (tit. I, cap. 2), 'Execrabilis' (tit. III, cap. 1), and 'Sedes apostolica' (tit. IV, cap. I) (ff. 112-114);Nicholas III, a decretal on Franciscans of 1279 (ff. 114-120);Guilelmus de

• Foliate initial 'E'(os) with a hybrid., Constitutiones Clementinae; Extravagantes; Decretal on Franciscans; Lectura super Clementinis; Breviarium sive Repertorium

in 1336 (ff. 1-112);John XXII, three decretals from the Extravagantes: 'Suscepti regiminis' (tit. I, cap. 2), 'Execrabilis' (tit. III, cap. 1), and 'Sedes apostolica' (tit. IV, cap. I) (ff. 112-114);Nicholas III, a decretal on Franciscans of 1279 (ff. 114-120);Guilelmus de

• Ownership inscription of a Carmelite convent, Lincoln, reading 'Liber fratrum carmelitarum Lincoln.', with a pressmark ' 2m v'., Historia romana; Commentary on Chronicles; Historia de Veteri Testamento, Cronica Veteris Testamenti, Libellus de remediis animae; Commentary on Jeremiah with glossary, Commentary on Mark; extract from Augustine's Soloiloquia

from Augustine's Soloiloquia (ff. 250v-251).Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 historiated initials in colours and gold of Paul Deacon, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the Historia Romana (f. 1). 3 foliate initials in colours and gold with

• Pen-flourished initial 'F'., Historia romana; Commentary on Chronicles; Historia de Veteri Testamento, Cronica Veteris Testamenti, Libellus de remediis animae; Commentary on Jeremiah with glossary, Commentary on Mark; extract from Augustine's Soloiloquia

from Augustine's Soloiloquia (ff. 250v-251).Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 historiated initials in colours and gold of Paul Deacon, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the Historia Romana (f. 1). 3 foliate initials in colours and gold with

• Historiated initial 'P'(rimus) of Paul Deacon, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the Historia Romana., Historia romana; Commentary on Chronicles; Historia de Veteri Testamento, Cronica Veteris Testamenti, Libellus de remediis animae; Commentary on Jeremiah with glossary, Commentary on Mark; extract from Augustine's Soloiloquia

from Augustine's Soloiloquia (ff. 250v-251).Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 historiated initials in colours and gold of Paul Deacon, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the Historia Romana (f. 1). 3 foliate initials in colours and gold with

• Foliate initial 'A'(nno) with a partial bar border., Historia romana; Commentary on Chronicles; Historia de Veteri Testamento, Cronica Veteris Testamenti, Libellus de remediis animae; Commentary on Jeremiah with glossary, Commentary on Mark; extract from Augustine's Soloiloquia

from Augustine's Soloiloquia (ff. 250v-251).Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 historiated initials in colours and gold of Paul Deacon, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the Historia Romana (f. 1). 3 foliate initials in colours and gold with

• Foliate initial 'P'(rincipatum) with a partial bar border, at the beginning of Andrew of Saint-Victor's Commentary on Chronicles., Historia romana; Commentary on Chronicles; Historia de Veteri Testamento, Cronica Veteris Testamenti, Libellus de remediis animae; Commentary on Jeremiah with glossary, Commentary on Mark; extract from Augustine's Soloiloquia

from Augustine's Soloiloquia (ff. 250v-251).Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 historiated initials in colours and gold of Paul Deacon, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the Historia Romana (f. 1). 3 foliate initials in colours and gold with

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ostquam) with a full I-border, at the beginning of the Historia de Veteri Testamento., Historia romana; Commentary on Chronicles; Historia de Veteri Testamento, Cronica Veteris Testamenti, Libellus de remediis animae; Commentary on Jeremiah with glossary, Commentary on Mark; extract from Augustine's Soloiloquia

from Augustine's Soloiloquia (ff. 250v-251).Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 historiated initials in colours and gold of Paul Deacon, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the Historia Romana (f. 1). 3 foliate initials in colours and gold with

• Puzzle initial 'A'(ntiquitus) with marginal extensions, at the beginning of the Libellus de remediis animae., Historia romana; Commentary on Chronicles; Historia de Veteri Testamento, Cronica Veteris Testamenti, Libellus de remediis animae; Commentary on Jeremiah with glossary, Commentary on Mark; extract from Augustine's Soloiloquia

from Augustine's Soloiloquia (ff. 250v-251).Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 historiated initials in colours and gold of Paul Deacon, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the Historia Romana (f. 1). 3 foliate initials in colours and gold with

• Historiated initial 'O'(vidius) with Ovidius Naso holding a book for the beginning of the prologue to 'Vetula'. His unnaturally long nose is probably a pun on his name 'Naso' which meant 'nose'., 'Vetula'

les dernières amours d'Ovide~ (Paris- Évreux, 1861) for the French translation of the poem 'Vetula'. 1 historiated initial with Ovid holding a book (f. 1) with partial bar border in gold and colours ending in ivy tendrils. 3 large decorated

• Headpiece with foliate decoration, surmonted by a Greek cross, and decorated initial., Patristic miscellany

d. 1744), chaplain at Smyrna: owned in 1724, his inscription 'Bernard Mould Smyrna 1724' (f. 1); sold to Edward Harley on 28 July 1725 (f. 1; see Wright and Wright 1966; Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Initial 'R' at the beginning of the section of the text of words beginning with R, accompanied by a bas-de-page scene of an archer about to shoot an arrow at the exposed buttocks of another man., Summa Grammaticalis (index Catholicon)

1 full band and bar border, with illuminated interlace knots and foliate sprigs (f. 1), and many other partial bar foliate borders, usually illuminated and painted in rose and blue. 3 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 198, and 232).

• An added fifteenth century inscription at the end of the text stating that the book belongs to the priory of regular canons of St. Wulfhad's, Stone, as the gift of Gilbert de Stone, canon of Wells (d. by 1417)., Summa Grammaticalis (index Catholicon)

1 full band and bar border, with illuminated interlace knots and foliate sprigs (f. 1), and many other partial bar foliate borders, usually illuminated and painted in rose and blue. 3 large historiated initials (ff. 1, 198, and 232).

• Historiated initial 'U'(lpianus) with the portrait of the Roman jurist Ulpian, at the beginning of book 16 of the Digestorum Juris Civilis., Glossed Digestorum Juris Civilis (vol. 2)

on the final verso (ff. 14v, 24v, etc.).Sketch of a man in the margin (f. 162). ff. 3-6v: Spaces for 1 large miniature and 2 large initials (f. 3). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) with a man holding a book, at the beginning of book 28 of the De operis libertorum., Glossed Digestorum Juris Civilis (vol. 2)

on the final verso (ff. 14v, 24v, etc.).Sketch of a man in the margin (f. 162). ff. 3-6v: Spaces for 1 large miniature and 2 large initials (f. 3). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or

• Decorated foliate initial 'U'(lpianus), at the beginning of book 29 of the Digestorum Juris Civilis., Glossed Digestorum Juris Civilis (vol. 2)

on the final verso (ff. 14v, 24v, etc.).Sketch of a man in the margin (f. 162). ff. 3-6v: Spaces for 1 large miniature and 2 large initials (f. 3). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or

• 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

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) with a man holding a book, at the beginning of book 28 of the De operis libertorum., Glossed Digestorum Juris Civilis (vol. 2)

on the final verso (ff. 14v, 24v, etc.).Sketch of a man in the margin (f. 162). ff. 3-6v: Spaces for 1 large miniature and 2 large initials (f. 3). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or

• Decorated foliate initial 'U'(lpianus), at the beginning of book 29 of the Digestorum Juris Civilis., Glossed Digestorum Juris Civilis (vol. 2)

on the final verso (ff. 14v, 24v, etc.).Sketch of a man in the margin (f. 162). ff. 3-6v: Spaces for 1 large miniature and 2 large initials (f. 3). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or