• Decorated word 'Marcus' with geometric interlace at the beginning of the preface to Mark., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

text, and of Matthew, Mark, and John (ff. 1, 8, 46, 79). 4 smaller initials in yellow, orange, brown and sometimes blue, one with zoomorphic features, at the beginning of prefaces (ff. 1, 2v, 44v, 77v). Highlighing of letters in

• Miniature of an Evangelist portrait of a stylised man with an eagle head, before the beginning of Mark., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

text, and of Matthew, Mark, and John (ff. 1, 8, 46, 79). 4 smaller initials in yellow, orange, brown and sometimes blue, one with zoomorphic features, at the beginning of prefaces (ff. 1, 2v, 44v, 77v). Highlighing of letters in

• Decorated initial 'H'(ic) at the beginning of the preface to John, with coloured letters., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

text, and of Matthew, Mark, and John (ff. 1, 8, 46, 79). 4 smaller initials in yellow, orange, brown and sometimes blue, one with zoomorphic features, at the beginning of prefaces (ff. 1, 2v, 44v, 77v). Highlighing of letters in

• Decorated initials 'Primum quidem' at the beginning of Acts., Leaf of a Bible, Acts 1:1-4:31, bound with the recto as the verso

Decorated initials 'Primum quidem' at the beginning of Acts. The manuscript is a collection of fragments and leaves. Not described separately: ff. 1-23v; 25-29v; 31, 34, 36-37, 41-43, 45, 48-51, 52-54, 57-59, 60-64, 66, 79, 84-86, 89, 90-96, 98-99,

• Decorated initial and border., Commission from Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice, appointing Aloysio Zeno ~capitano~ of Ravenna

Decorated initial and border. 1 large decorated foliate initial with a full foliate border including medaillons with the lion of Venice, a bishop, and heraldic arms in front of a landscape with a rabbit (f. 1). Commission from Leonardo Loredan,

• Coloured initials 'Q'(uanta) and I(ordmare), with geometric line-fillers in red., Vita S. Gregorii Papae; Versus S. Gregorii

xxij d' (f. 1) (see Watson 1963 and Watson 1966). Part 1 and 2: Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton (see Wright 1972): inscribed '2' (f. 1) and 'Vita S(ancte)

• Foliate initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the prologue, with the ownership inscription of the Carthusian priory of St. Mary, St. John the Baptist and All Saints in Henton, Somerset, reading 'Explanat[i]o d[omi]ni Rad[u]l/phii Flaviacens[is] monachi / sup[er] librum Leviticum / Liber. Undecimus in E. / Hentone. ord[inis] Chartusie', and names of John Lumley and Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury., Commentary on Leviticus

the relevant fragments and in the lower margin of each folio. 1 large foliate initial in colours and gold, with display script, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 1). Puzzle initials in red and blue with penwork decoration in

• Puzzle initial 'P'(recedentis) with a foliate decoration, at the beginning of the prologue to book 15., Commentary on Leviticus

the relevant fragments and in the lower margin of each folio. 1 large foliate initial in colours and gold, with display script, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 1). Puzzle initials in red and blue with penwork decoration in

• Initial 'T'(alibus) with penwork decoration at the beginning of book 3 of John the Deacon's Vita S. Gregorii Papae., Vita S. Gregorii Papae; Versus S. Gregorii

xxij d' (f. 1) (see Watson 1963 and Watson 1966). Part 1 and 2: Sir Simonds d'Ewes (b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton (see Wright 1972): inscribed '2' (f. 1) and 'Vita S(ancte)

• Ownership inscriptions: at the very top is the 18th-century acquisition note of the Harley collection; below this is the 13th-century ownership note and anathema of St. Mary's abbey, Abingdon; below this is a list of contents; and finally ownership notes of the monastery of Val St.-Martin at Louvain, and its prior, Johannes Vlimmerius., Theological miscellany, including Paschasius Radbertus, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De sacramento altaris (sermon 52); Lanfranc, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De purgatorio igne

Albendone . . .' wth anathema (f. 1). 14th-century list of contents (f. 1). Ownership notes of the Augustinian priory of Val St.-Martin, at Leuven (index Louvain), and its prior, Johannes Vlimmerius (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Ink drawing of a monk with a tonsure and a halo writing at a writing-desk with an elaborate ink-pot holder. On the open page in front of him are the first words ('Dilectissimo filio &') of the work which follows. He must therefore be intended as a representation of the author, Paschasius Radbertus, who died c. 860 at the monastery of Corbie, in France., Theological miscellany, including Paschasius Radbertus, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De sacramento altaris (sermon 52); Lanfranc, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De purgatorio igne

Albendone . . .' wth anathema (f. 1). 14th-century list of contents (f. 1). Ownership notes of the Augustinian priory of Val St.-Martin, at Leuven (index Louvain), and its prior, Johannes Vlimmerius (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• List of chapters, followed by a decorated initial 'D'(ilectissimo filio &') at the begiinning of the preface, which also appear in the author portrait at the beginning of the volume., Theological miscellany, including Paschasius Radbertus, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De sacramento altaris (sermon 52); Lanfranc, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De purgatorio igne

Albendone . . .' wth anathema (f. 1). 14th-century list of contents (f. 1). Ownership notes of the Augustinian priory of Val St.-Martin, at Leuven (index Louvain), and its prior, Johannes Vlimmerius (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Decorated initials in Lanfranc's treatise on 'The Body and Blood of the Lord', which is directed against the heretical views of Berengar of Tours (d. 1088). The rubrics 'Beringerius' and 'Lanfrancus' introduce Berengar's opinions and Lanfranc's refutations of them., Theological miscellany, including Paschasius Radbertus, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De sacramento altaris (sermon 52); Lanfranc, De corpore et sanguine Domini; Augustine, De purgatorio igne

Albendone . . .' wth anathema (f. 1). 14th-century list of contents (f. 1). Ownership notes of the Augustinian priory of Val St.-Martin, at Leuven (index Louvain), and its prior, Johannes Vlimmerius (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Display script with penwork decoration and reserved lines., Epistolae

frequently with reserved lines and with penwork decoration including arabesque and foliate motifs in the two alternate colours, for epistles. 1 small puzzle initial in green and yellow with some red penwork (f. 1*v). Display script in alternate red, yellow,

• Dedtail of display script with penwork decoration and reserved lines., Epistolae

frequently with reserved lines and with penwork decoration including arabesque and foliate motifs in the two alternate colours, for epistles. 1 small puzzle initial in green and yellow with some red penwork (f. 1*v). Display script in alternate red, yellow,

• Detail of decorated initial 'H'(abens) with reserved lines, arabesque and foliate motifs., Epistolae

frequently with reserved lines and with penwork decoration including arabesque and foliate motifs in the two alternate colours, for epistles. 1 small puzzle initial in green and yellow with some red penwork (f. 1*v). Display script in alternate red, yellow,

• Detail of decorated initial 'A'(ugustinus) with reserved lines, arabesque and foliate motifs., Epistolae

frequently with reserved lines and with penwork decoration including arabesque and foliate motifs in the two alternate colours, for epistles. 1 small puzzle initial in green and yellow with some red penwork (f. 1*v). Display script in alternate red, yellow,

• Detail of display script with reserved lines., Epistolae

frequently with reserved lines and with penwork decoration including arabesque and foliate motifs in the two alternate colours, for epistles. 1 small puzzle initial in green and yellow with some red penwork (f. 1*v). Display script in alternate red, yellow,

• Large initial 'H'(umano) with foliate decoration, flowers and besants and, in the lower margin, wreath enclosing unidentified arms, also surrounded by foliate decoration and flowers, Ars poetica (ff. 1-10); Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 10v-52v); Epistulae (ff. 53-83v)

wreath enclosing a coat of arms, also surrounded by foliate decoration and flowers at the beginning of the manuscript (f. 1). Large initial in colours and gold with foliate decoration, flowers and besants (f. 53). Coloured initials in blue. Smaller

• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) enclosing a flower, with foliate feathering extending into the margin, at the beginning of the text., Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 1-31v); De vita christiana ad sororem suam (ff. 32-46v); Homiliae X ad monachos (ff. 47-72v)

large initials in colours and gold enclosing a flower or acanthus leaves, with foliate feathering extending into the margin (ff. 1, 47, 54). Large initial in colours and gold enclosing an acanthus leaf (f. 32). Initials in blue with red