• Coloured initial., Psalter

Coloured initial. 1 decorated headpiece (f. 2). Large initials in plain red. Psalter Inscription in Russian (f. 1).Inscribed 'Ex dono Will(hel)mi Skinner Armig(?)' (f. 1). Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

• Inscriptions., Alchemical treatises

Inscriptions. 1 large initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Small initials in plain red. Diagrams. Alchemical treatises Inscription, 15th century, and the number 'XV.B' (f. 1).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: inscribed '90. Bern.' (f. 2).Sir

• Marginal drawings., Alchemical treatises

drawings. 1 large initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Small initials in plain red. Diagrams. Alchemical treatises Inscription, 15th century, and the number 'XV.B' (f. 1).Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698), apothecary and physician: inscribed '90. Bern.' (f. 2).Sir

• Zoomorphic initial 'D'(e) formed by a quadruped, foliage, and an animal head., Unum ex quatuor

1v, 13v). 1 small initial in plain red (f. 1v); blank spaces for others. Added marginal drawings including human figures. Unum ex quatuor The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Magu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. f.

• Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n), formed by a peacock., Unum ex quatuor

1v, 13v). 1 small initial in plain red (f. 1v); blank spaces for others. Added marginal drawings including human figures. Unum ex quatuor The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Magu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. f.

• Detail of decorated initial., De consolatione philosophiae, imperfect

colophon (f. 53v).? The Carthusians of Mainz: 14th-century inscription ? 'liber Carthus(iensium) p(ro)pe Mogu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, obscured by ink stamp).Inscribed '77' and '9' (f. 1); similar inscriptions occur in other Arundel manuscripts.? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl

• Full white vine border with a large initial 'S'(emper)., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae); Persius

a parchment leaf.Horizontal catchwords.According to A.C. de la Mare, the border on f. 1 is one of the earliest extant examples of the white vine style. She states: 'This is far the earliest example of such a full border; it

• Illuminated initial 'R'(everendo) and an effaced coat of arms., Tractatus de venenis, Problemata de venenis

coat of arms. Horizontal catchwords. 2 large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff. 1, 13v). Effaced coat of arms (f. 1). Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Tractatus

• White vine initial 'H'(unc), at the beginning of book 6., Cyropaedia

in colours and gold, at the beginning of the preface and of the books (ff. 1, 7, 38, 57v, 78, 99v, 127v, 147v, 172). Cyropaedia The translation was finished in 1467.Signed by the scribe 'Pet I excripsit' (f. 210).Antonius Clava

• White vine initial 'C'(yrus), at the beginning of book 3., Cyropaedia

in colours and gold, at the beginning of the preface and of the books (ff. 1, 7, 38, 57v, 78, 99v, 127v, 147v, 172). Cyropaedia The translation was finished in 1467.Signed by the scribe 'Pet I excripsit' (f. 210).Antonius Clava

• Tables for determining the dominical letter and the golden number for the year 1425, and on the right, an illuminated initial 'M'(agna) at the beginning of the Speculum Christiani., Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables

Midland with several Northern forms interspersed, according to Holmstedt 1933 p. xli. 1 3-sided border in colours and golds with leaf forms and gold balls (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 3). 2 large

• Illuminated initial 'M'(agna) at the beginning of the Speculum Christiani., Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables

Midland with several Northern forms interspersed, according to Holmstedt 1933 p. xli. 1 3-sided border in colours and golds with leaf forms and gold balls (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 3). 2 large

• Tables for determining the dominical letter and the golden number for the year 1425., Theological miscellany, entitled 'Speculum Christiani', including prayers and poetry in English, with dominical tables

Midland with several Northern forms interspersed, according to Holmstedt 1933 p. xli. 1 3-sided border in colours and golds with leaf forms and gold balls (f. 3). 1 large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 3). 2 large

• Illuminated border and initial 'F'(or)., Medical miscellany, including a lunary (ff. 6v-7); anonymous text on humours, elements, and urines, a calendar (ff. 11-21v); Guy of Chauliac's Anatomy; a treatise on complexions

1 is a paper flyleaf.Added texts ff. 23v,180v-184v. Full-page outline drawing in brown of a Zodiac man with labelling in blue and gold (f. 2). 2 full border in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff. 25, 43), and

• Drawing of a Zodiac man., Medical miscellany, including a lunary (ff. 6v-7); anonymous text on humours, elements, and urines, a calendar (ff. 11-21v); Guy of Chauliac's Anatomy; a treatise on complexions

1 is a paper flyleaf.Added texts ff. 23v,180v-184v. Full-page outline drawing in brown of a Zodiac man with labelling in blue and gold (f. 2). 2 full border in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff. 25, 43), and

• Initial 'C'(um) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Johannes Halgrinus de Abbatisvilla's Sermones de tempore per annum, and the inscription of the Cistercian monastery of Eberbach in the lower margin., Sermones de tempore per annum

s(an)c(t)e marie in Eb(ir)bach' (ff. 1, 145v), and mentioned in the catalogue of the library of 1502 as '7 [sign after 'Z'] 1' or 'a29' (see Palmer 1998, pp. 258, 262).Inscribed 'Z 140' (f. 1); similar inscriptions consisting of a

• Miniatures, and a full border, at the beginning of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita., Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

gold (ff. 53v, 90, 130v, 164v, 196v, 222, 248, 274, 306). 1 large decorated initial including heraldic arms, and a three-sided foliate border, in red, blue and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with

• Miniature, at the beginning of Book 2 of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita., Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

gold (ff. 53v, 90, 130v, 164v, 196v, 222, 248, 274, 306). 1 large decorated initial including heraldic arms, and a three-sided foliate border, in red, blue and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with

• Miniature, at the beginning of Book 3 of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita., Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

gold (ff. 53v, 90, 130v, 164v, 196v, 222, 248, 274, 306). 1 large decorated initial including heraldic arms, and a three-sided foliate border, in red, blue and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with

• null, Ab Urbe Condita, the first decade only

gold (ff. 53v, 90, 130v, 164v, 196v, 222, 248, 274, 306). 1 large decorated initial including heraldic arms, and a three-sided foliate border, in red, blue and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with