• Detail of puzzle initial., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

extensions forming a partial border at the beginning of each book (f. 1, 6, 13, 23v, 32v). Simple initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. 1 marginal drawing of a face (f. 37). De Consolatione Philosophiae (index

• Decorated initial 'L'(a) and border., Modi singulari de cocina (recipes for made dishes, soups, sauces, pastry, etc.), with index at the end of the volume (ff. 1-23v, 105-107); Libro de manescalchia de tutte le febre ed ogni altre infirmitate che se generano in li caualli, composto per uno dicto Messer Joanne Facio per ordinatione de Re Carlo Magno Imperatore, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 25-104v)

Decorated initial 'L'(a) and border. 1 small and 1 large initial in gold on a blue, red, (and green) ground, with three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 33). Small initials in plain red or blue. Modi singulari

• Detail of zoomorphic initial., De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium

Detail of zoomorphic initial. 1 large zoomorphic initial (f. 1). 2 large decorated initials (ff. 45, 78). Decorated descenders, one including a Crucifixion (f. 182v). De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium Written not earlier than 1549: the text is by

• Decorated initial 'C'(UM) with interlace accompanied by a partial decorated border with flowers and arms of Schioppo of Verona., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

in 1451, the last two in Verona (see Watson 1979). 1 large initial in gold and colours with interlace combined with a partial decorated border with flowers and heraldry (f. 1). A smaller initial in blue marks the beginning of

• Detail of text page, Aeneis (index Aeneid) , with a verse preface (ff. 1-201); Extract from Servius on Aeneis 6 (f. 202)

large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with red, blue, and brown penwork decoration (ff. 1, 1v, 2, 16, 16v, 32v, 47, 47v, 61v, 79, 79v, 97v, 114, 114v, 129, 145v, 164, 182v). Aeneis (index Aeneid) , with

• Full knotwork border with a decorated initial 'F'(acturus), and arms in the shape of a bisected axe head, with a black eagle poised on a sword on a gold ground in the upper half, two crossed swords on a blue ground in the lower half, and the initials 'V' and 'B' on either side., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

a coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). 9 large initials in purple with knotwork motifs on gold grounds (ff. 16v, 32, 51v, 67v, 82v, 94, 105v, 119v, 135). 1 small initial in colours on a gold ground

• Detail of an illuminated initial with knotwork motifs 'A'(nnus)., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

a coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). 9 large initials in purple with knotwork motifs on gold grounds (ff. 16v, 32, 51v, 67v, 82v, 94, 105v, 119v, 135). 1 small initial in colours on a gold ground

• Detail of an illuminated initial with knotwork motifs 'S'(equitur)., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

a coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1). 9 large initials in purple with knotwork motifs on gold grounds (ff. 16v, 32, 51v, 67v, 82v, 94, 105v, 119v, 135). 1 small initial in colours on a gold ground

• Decorated initial 'E'(t)., The Historia Aseneth (ff. 53-64v) and Testamenta xii. Patriarcharum filiorum Jacob (ff. 65-96v)

inscription (f. 96v). Thomas Fry: 15th-century inscription 'Liber Thome ffry' (f. 1). Inscription 'Roger Gourton(?) (f. 74v).Christopher Towneley (b. 1604, d. 1674), antiquary: inscription 'Chr' Towneley' ( f. 1). Richard Towneley, in 1702: his book-plate with the date (f. 2v);

• Virgin and Child framed in a rosary, with the grantee, his wife and two children kneeling below, and his shield of arms., Grant of nobililty from Philip II to Andres Gomez Marocho, of Xeres de la Frontera

armorial book-plate (inside upper cover [f. 1]).Bought by the British Museum from Chas Lowe, 9 March 1894 (note on f. 1), using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin

• Detail of decorated initial., Sermons and excerpts

highlighted with red. Guide letters. Sermons and excerpts The Carthusians of Mainz: inscribed' . . . ad carth[usiensium] prope', f. 1; 'Iste liber e(st) Carthusien(sium) p(ro)pe Mogunciam (f. 105v).Inscribed 'Z2341 (f. 116v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl

• Text pages with marginal commentary and illuminated initial 'S'(ic), at the beginning of Book VI: 'Sic factur lacrimans, classique immittit habenas'., Aeneis (index Aeneid) , with a verse preface (ff. 1-201); Extract from Servius on Aeneis 6 (f. 202)

to 97). 18 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with red, blue, and brown penwork decoration (ff. 1, 1v, 2, 16, 16v, 32v, 47, 47v, 61v, 79, 79v, 97v, 114, 114v, 129, 145v, 164, 182v). Aeneis (index

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a portrait of Bartholomaeus de S. Concordio and an illuminated initial 'A'(bbas)., Summa Pisana with an index (ff. 222v-226v) (index Summa de casibus conscientiae, Summa Pisanella)

same text. Partial border in colours and gold with a large historiated initial (f. 1). 19 illuminated initials in colours and gold with besants (ff. 1, 10v, 17v, 36, 48, 70v, 75v, 76, 83v, 109v, 116, 128v, 131v, 143, 162v,

• Decorated initials 'L' and 'E'., Carta executoria de Hidalguia (begins imperfectly)

Decorated initials 'L' and 'E'. 1 miniature at the beginning missing (piece of red protective silk after f. 1).1 large historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 60). Large decorated initials in gold on coloured grounds (ff. 7v, 15,

• Inhabited foliate initial 'A'(bsenti) with small figures, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum., Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum

'A'(bsenti) with small figures, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum. 1 large inhabited foliate initial, in colours (f. 1). 3 large foliate initials, in colours (ff. 25v, 33, 62). 8 large puzzle initials in

• Inhabited foliate initial 'A'(bsenti) with a seated man and a naked man, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum., Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum

and a naked man, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum. 1 large inhabited foliate initial, in colours (f. 1). 3 large foliate initials, in colours (ff. 25v, 33, 62). 8 large puzzle initials in

• Historiated initial 'Q'(ui) of the Resurrected Christ, with foliate extensions and gold besants., Various religious texts, including De imitatione Christi, capitula (ff. 1-4)

Historiated initial 'Q'(ui) of the Resurrected Christ, with foliate extensions and gold besants. Written by several scribes, one of whom wrote the lists of ~capitula~ (ff. 1-4) and the text on ff. 5-106v. Several others wrote ff. 107-199 (see

• Detail of historiated initial., Miscellany, including Liber Hermetis de alchimia (ff. 155-157); Liber triginta verborum (ff. 164-166); De duodecim aquis (ff. 166v-167v); and De naturis colorum iuxta Aristotelem 70 preceptorum (ff. 185v-186).

no. 11798 (dated 1457 to Würzburg). 1 large red initial with a human face (f. 84). Large and small initials in red, green, blue, or brown, two decorated with patterns. Paraphs in red. Marginalia. 1 table (f. 121). Blank spaces

• Detail of puzzle initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

red (and blue), with reserved designs, with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 19v, 40, 60v, 82v, 105v, 125v, 142v, 162v). Smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with brown pen-flourishing or penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue with brown

• Drawings, including of king Saul, the priest Eli, who falls dead after being told that his two sons had been killed and the ark of God taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:17-18); and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

his two sons had been killed and the ark of God taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:17-18); and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. Folios missing after f. 74.Joachim of Fiore, Cistercian abbot and mystic (b. at Celico,