• Detail of a miniature of Pygmalion praying before an altar to Venus for the animation of his sculpture., Roman de la Rose

Paris, College of Clermont: inscribed 'Paraphé au desir de l’arret du cinq Juillet mil sept cens soixante trois. Mesnil.' (f. 1); this inscription was written in all the manuscripts belonging to this Library before they were sold in 1764 upon

• Detail of a miniature of Pygmalion kneeling before his sculpture-turned-woman., Roman de la Rose

Paris, College of Clermont: inscribed 'Paraphé au desir de l’arret du cinq Juillet mil sept cens soixante trois. Mesnil.' (f. 1); this inscription was written in all the manuscripts belonging to this Library before they were sold in 1764 upon

• Detail of a miniature showing the images of seven figures outside the walled Garden of Pleasures., Testament

Paris, College of Clermont: inscribed 'Paraphé au desir de l’arret du cinq Juillet mil sept cens soixante trois. Mesnil.' (f. 1); this inscription was written in all the manuscripts belonging to this Library before they were sold in 1764 upon

• Detail of a miniature showing the images of seven figures outside the walled Garden of Pleasures., Testament

Paris, College of Clermont: inscribed 'Paraphé au desir de l’arret du cinq Juillet mil sept cens soixante trois. Mesnil.' (f. 1); this inscription was written in all the manuscripts belonging to this Library before they were sold in 1764 upon

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 4., Aeneid (index Aeneis)

the beginning of book 4. ff. 1 and 133 are a flyleaves made of fragments of book 6 of Justinian's Codex (late 14th-century, Italy) with initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and in red with purple pen-flourishing.f. 9 is a

• Detail of a miniature of Jean de Meun writing the opening words of his poem (which begins on f. 28), in the Roman de la Rose., Roman de la Rose

Paris, College of Clermont: inscribed 'Paraphé au desir de l’arret du cinq Juillet mil sept cens soixante trois. Mesnil.' (f. 1); this inscription was written in all the manuscripts belonging to this Library before they were sold in 1764 upon

• Three miniatures of Felony and Villainy, Coveriousness and Avarice, in the Roman de la Rose., Roman de la Rose

Paris, College of Clermont: inscribed 'Paraphé au desir de l’arret du cinq Juillet mil sept cens soixante trois. Mesnil.' (f. 1); this inscription was written in all the manuscripts belonging to this Library before they were sold in 1764 upon

• Detail of an historiated initial 'R'(eines) with a mail-coated Nureddin, the Sultan of Damascus, with bare legs and an open helmet, fleeing on horseback with a foal underfoot from two knights (Godfrey Martel and Hugh de Lusignan the elder) pursuing him on war horses, trampling a dismembered torso., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(uymonz) of Saladin's mounted soldiers forcing captives and livestock from the burning city., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(ez) of Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy lying in state with a mitre, a crozier, and a chalice on his breast, and a number of ecclesiastical figures about him., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(pres) of the Emperor John enthroned, with a courtier and a messenger, who points to the lower part of the initial that extends into the margin, where John's knights are assaulting two men., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' of the Sultan of Egypt falling from his horse and breaking his neck whilst out hunting., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• Detail of an historiated initial 'M'(ot) of a group of boys with bleeding arms; they include Baldwin IV, who was found to have leprosy., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

75, 82v, 90, 99v, 109v, 120, 132, 143, 152v, 161, 173v, 188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing

• 'Champ' initials 'KL' at the beginnning of the month of March in the calendar., Book of Hours, Use of Rennes, imperfect

was intended to be used in Brittany. The style of the miniatures indicates Brittany.ff. 6v and 271v were originally unwritten.ff. 1 and 276 are former pastedowns.Missing leaves after ff. 18, 74, 75, 76, 94, 115, 132, 138, 144, 149, 234.

• Carpet page., Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5)

Numerous space fillers in colours and gold. Fragments from Exodus (1:1-8:5) K. B. No. 1: inscribed (f. 1).Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on 8 July 1882:

• Flourished initials 'L'(iber), and 'D'(icitur) with a human face, at the beginning of Egidius Corboliensis's Liber de urinis., Liber de urinis

of Egidius Corboliensis's Liber de urinis. 1 large initial in blue, with reserved design, with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1).1 small initial in red with pen-flourishing in blue, including a human face (f. 1). Small initials and paraph marks

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lphica), at the beginning of the Catalogus medicam., Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200)

Puzzle initial 'A'(lphica), at the beginning of the Catalogus medicam. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1). Smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Catalogus

• Flourished initials, in the Catalogus medicam., Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes in English (ff. 79-200)

Flourished initials, in the Catalogus medicam. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1). Smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Catalogus medicam (ff. 1-78), Receipes

• Decorated foliate initial 'D'(um), at the beginning of the Serium senectutis., Miscellany, including the Serium senectutis (ff. 1-61v)

Decorated foliate initial 'D'(um), at the beginning of the Serium senectutis. 1 large decorated foliate initial in red (f. 1). Smaller and small initials in plain red with yellow wash. Miscellany, including the Serium senectutis (ff. 1-61v) Written by Bartholomew

• Initial 'C'(um) on a gold ground, with a hybrid creature in the bowl of the letter and the ownership inscription of Fountains abbey in the upper margin., Homilies for Sundays, with table of contents (vol 1, ff. 2-12)

(f. 13, vol. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing, one with a face (f. 5v, vol. 1). Paraphs in red or blue. Homilies for Sundays, with table of contents (vol 1, ff. 2-12)