• Decorated initial 'A'(n) with pen-flourishing., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), for 1-38 Edward III (ff. 1-77), and other legal texts, imperfect

contents, see ~Catalogue~ 1808. Large initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours including foliate motifs extending into the borders on all sides (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs and flowers

• Puzzle initial 'K'(arissime)., Prayer beginning, 'Omnipotens deus qui unigenitum suum hodierna die', recapitulations of the Old and New Testaments (ff. 2-11), ordination rites for monks of various orders

initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same collours (ff. 12, 20v, 24v, 42v, 46v). Initials in blue or red with blue and/or red pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Small plain initials in red or blue. Capitals marked in

• Three-sided foliate border with a large decorated initial 'F'(ratres scientes quia hora est)., Psalter and Breviary, with a calendar, use of Rome

extensions (ff. 329, 499). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Large plain initials in red or blue, generally alternating. Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Paraphs in blue. Initials and paraphs in green; some

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam ut ait sapiens) with a dragon motif and pen-flourished initial 'P'(rimo de superbia)., Various religious texts, including the Summa de vitiis

23). Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam) in blue and red, with a dragon motif (f. 50). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with blue pen-flourishing, some large, some small. Paraphs in red or blue. Various religious texts, including the

• Decorated initial 'E'(x regia ac santissima)., De regimine principum, libri 3

66v, 80, 91v, 102v, 125v). Red initials with blue pen-flourishing and blue initials with red pen-flourishing. Smaller initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Running headers. Paraphs in red or blue. Capitals marked in yellow. De regimine principum, libri

• Bar border with decorated initial 'S'(acerdotes) and coloured intial 'P'(ater)., A manual for parish priests (ff. 1-63), and various religious treatises, including Liber ad monachum pro reformatione vitae suae, De utilitate tribulationis, Indulgentiae a papis concessae, Quomodo Bannae matrimoniales sunt publicandae, Instructio pie vivendi

is a former parchment pastedown. Full bar border in blue and red with a large initial in blue with red penwork decoration, and a smaller plain initial in red (f. 1). Blue initials with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red,

• Decorated initial 'U'(niversum)., Legends of the Saints with a table of contents (ff. 1-2), imperfect (index Legenda sanctorum)

foliate motifs (ff. 1, 2 ). Red initials with blue pen-flourishing and blue initials with red pen-flourishing. Plain initals in blue or red. Rubrics, roman numerals, and paraphs in red or blue. Headings with capitals in brown ink with brown

• Initial 'Q'(uae), and 'I'(erarchia) in blue, red, and green with penwork decoration, in Hugh of Saint Victor's Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy

67-72. Large gold initials, some with foliate decoration in blue, red, and green and zoomorphic features (ff. 6v, 42). Large initials with penwork decoration in red, blue and green. Small blue initials with red penwork decoration. Straight red lines around

• Initial 'H'(actenus) in blue, red, and green with penwork decoration, in Hugh of Saint Victor's Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy

67-72. Large gold initials, some with foliate decoration in blue, red, and green and zoomorphic features (ff. 6v, 42). Large initials with penwork decoration in red, blue and green. Small blue initials with red penwork decoration. Straight red lines around

• Puzzle initial., De viris illustribus, extract; Chronographia, with prologue; Jerome's preface to the translation of Eusebius

partial borders with initials in blue and pink with coloured foliated decoration and/or hybrid creatures on a gold ground (ff. 9, 54, 58). 2 large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue penword decoration of leaves and

• Partial bar border and puzzle intial 'E'(go) with foliate penwork decoration and flourishing, at the beginning of Nennius's Historia Brittonum, with the name of the scribe: 'G. du Stiphel'., Historia Brittonum, Vita Gildae, and other Vitae

8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large and small blue initials with red penwork decoration. Historia Brittonum,

• 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)

and blue on a gold groud, with foliate decoration and a human head, extending into a border on two sides with flower and nuts (f. 13, vol. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing,

• Decorated initial 'A'(biciamus), at the beginning of Guilelmus de Malliaco OP's Sermones de tempore; in the lower margin ex-libris 'Liber virginis gloriose. In Ebirbach hic e(st) Ma(r)ie. Ad Usus Abbatis Ebirbacen(sis)', written by Martin Rifflinck von Boppard, abbot of the monastery of Eberbach., Sermones de tempore (ff. 1-204), table of contents (ff. 204-205v)

the margin, in gold on a red and blue ground (f. 1). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Sermones de tempore (ff. 1-204), table of contents

• Penwork initial and border at the beginning of the volume, Historiae ecclesiasticae

8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large and small blue initials with red penwork decoration. Historiae ecclesiasticae

• Puzzle initial 'H'., Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large and small blue initials with red penwork decoration. Historia ecclesiastica

• Puzzle initial 'E' with penwork decoration., Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large and small blue initials with red penwork decoration. Historia ecclesiastica

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n)., Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large and small blue initials with red penwork decoration. Historia ecclesiastica

• Puzzle initial 'S' and decorated initial 'H'., Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large and small blue initials with red penwork decoration. Historia ecclesiastica

• null, De lapidibus pretiosis

and gold (f. 1). Small initials in red with purple foliate pen-flourishing or in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. De lapidibus pretiosis Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection

• Detail of decorated initial 'E'(go)., Historia Brittonum, Vita Gildae, and other Vitae

8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large and small blue initials with red penwork decoration. Historia Brittonum,