• Initial word decorated with a dragon torso lying on top of the letter, at the beginning of Jeremiah., Biblical reading from a festival prayer book (~mahzor~): Job, Jeremiah 1:1-23:7, Isaiah 34:1-35:10.

the beginning of Jeremiah. Two volumes (Add. 9405 and 9406).Pricking an ruling often visible. 1 decorated initial word (f. 17). Biblical reading from a festival prayer book (~mahzor~): Job, Jeremiah 1:1-23:7, Isaiah 34:1-35:10. Colophon: I, Solomon bar Jehiel wrote this

• 1 large and 1 small puzzle initial; quire signature with decoration., Devotional and medical miscellany

1 large and 1 small puzzle initial; quire signature with decoration. Contents include:Anglo-Norman copy of the New Testament from the French 'Bible du xiiie siecle' (ff. 1-116);Hymns in Latin with parallel French translation (ff. 117-135);Encontre tribulation: abridged Anglo-Norman version (ff.

• Ownership inscription of a Franciscan convent, Canterbury, reading 'Iste liber est de communitate fr[atru]m minorum Cantuarie', and a 16th-century note describing the manuscript as the first volume of a Bible in 8 volumes, and referring to the set of books, now Royal 3 E I-V, VII-VIII, reading 'In this Bible withe a glosse and Com[m]entairies are 8 volumes and / in them are contayned Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, / Deuteronomie, Esaye, Jeremye, Ezachiel, Daniel, Job, Psalmi / Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Cantica, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus, Osee, / Joel, Amos, abdias, Jonas, Micheas, Nahum, Abacuc, Sophonias, / Aggeus, Zacharye, Malachye, Machabees, Matheum, Marc, / Luke, John, Act. Apost., Epist. Ad Romanos 1, ad Cotinth. 2, ad Galat. 1,/ ad Ephes. 1, ad Philipp. 1, ad Colocess. 1, ad Thessal 2, ad Thimoth 2., /ad Titu[m] 1, ad Philemonem 1, ad Hebreos 1, Jacobi 1, Petri 2, Joh[ann]is 3, / Juda 1, Apocalipse. Mss these are bounde in redde lether prynted./ Memorandum that in an other sute of the same order bounde in white lether in / 7 volumes you maye supplye yor wante of these followinge Josue, Judic. / Esdras, Ruth, Tobias, Hester. (added) ved. 3 E I-VIII./ So you wante in bothe only the bookes of Kinges and Chronicles. / Wherefore I woulde wishe yt bothe these fortes be kepte whollye and entierely / togither, that the one maye supplie / the wante of the other.', Genesis and Exodus, with the Glossa ordinaria

1, ad Cotinth. 2, ad Galat. 1,/ ad Ephes. 1, ad Philipp. 1, ad Colocess. 1, ad Thessal 2, ad Thimoth 2., /ad Titu[m] 1, ad Philemonem 1, ad Hebreos 1, Jacobi 1, Petri 2, Joh[ann]is 3, / Juda

• Detail of puzzle initial., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Detail of puzzle initial. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Extension of descenders into the margin on

• Detail of inscription., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Detail of inscription. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Extension of descenders into the margin on the

• Initials 'B'(e) and 'A'(fter) in blue with red pen-flourishing., Scale of Perfection (Books 1 and 2)

in red (ff. 3-114). Scale of Perfection (Books 1 and 2) Matthew Parker (b. 1504, d. 1575), archbishop of Canterbury and patron of scholarship: his typical red chalk markings on f. 1 (see Wright 1972, p. 268).The Harley Collection, formed

• Decorated initial 'A'(d) at the beginning of Guitmundus's De corpore et sanguine Domini., De corpore et sanguine Domini (ff. 1-16v); Sermon De sacramento altaris (sermon 52) (ff. 16v-17)

continuous foliation to f. 33.17th-century inscriptions on the title of works, f. 1; f. 28v of Arundel 181. 1 large initial in green with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Simple large and small initials in red, green, or brown. De

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 1 of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum., Gesta Normannorum ducum

the beginning of book 1 of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum. 8 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red at the beginning of the prologue and the books (ff. 1, 1v, 5, 8, 11,

• Detail of a historiated initial of a lover presenting his verses to a lady., 49 love sonnets

lady. 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

1 large puzzle initial (f. 1). Small initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235:

• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

1 large puzzle initial (f. 1). Small initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235:

• Decorated initial 'S'(ecundus) at the beginning of the second book, in which Haymo comments on Isaiah 6, the prophet's vision of the Lord surrounded by chanting seraphim and the cleansing of his lips with a burning coal. The marks in the margin indicate citation of Isaiah., Commentary on Isaiah

decoration (ff. 1, 14), and in blue with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 1). Initials in red. Commentary on Isaiah The Benedictinne abbey of St Edmund, King and Martyr, Bury St Edmunds: its pressmark 'H.1' (f. 1); inscription 'Haymo

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 1 of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum., Gesta Normannorum ducum

the beginning of book 1 of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum. 8 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red at the beginning of the prologue and the books (ff. 1, 1v, 5, 8, 11,

• Detail of the puzzle initial Initial 'H'(ec) at the beginning of book 4 of Boethius's consolatio philosophiae., 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 initials 'C'(onvenuit) and 'O'(mnis) with several pointing hands or maniculae in the margins., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Decorated initials 'C'(onvenuit) and 'O'(mnis) with several pointing hands or maniculae in the margins. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ixerat) at the beginning of book 5 of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae., 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

• Inscription of the Carthusians of Mainz, in the lower margin., Dialogus rationis, and other theological tracts

Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber est fr(atru)m Carthus(iensium) p(ro)pe Mogu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1, cf. ff. 61v, 62). Inscribed 'Z 346' (f. 1, crossed through); similar inscriptions consisting of a 'Z' followed by a number are found in

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uod)., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Puzzle initial 'Q'(uod). 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Extension of descenders into the margin on the

• Detail of decorated initial., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Detail of decorated initial. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Extension of descenders into the margin on

• 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