• Miniature of Pentecost, with the dove descending on Mary and the apostles within a gated enclosure., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

94v, 166, 169, 170). Large initials in red, blue, green, or purple, many with foliate decoration in another colour or colours. Small initials in red, blue, green or purple. Line-filllers in red, blue, green, or purple. Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter')

• Miniature of the Tree of Jesse, with the sleeping Jesse with the tree growing from his body. On the trunk of the tree is David holding scrolls that extend to the flanking figures of Abraham and Moses, with Mary, Christ, and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove at the top., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

94v, 166, 169, 170). Large initials in red, blue, green, or purple, many with foliate decoration in another colour or colours. Small initials in red, blue, green or purple. Line-filllers in red, blue, green, or purple. Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter')

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51, divided into four parts. Above is David killing Goliath, and below David is carrying Goliath's head to Saul's palace. A dragon forms the tail of the letter., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

94v, 166, 169, 170). Large initials in red, blue, green, or purple, many with foliate decoration in another colour or colours. Small initials in red, blue, green or purple. Line-filllers in red, blue, green, or purple. Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter')

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with God and Christ, with men beneath their feet, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

94v, 166, 169, 170). Large initials in red, blue, green, or purple, many with foliate decoration in another colour or colours. Small initials in red, blue, green or purple. Line-filllers in red, blue, green, or purple. Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter')

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(ve) with a dragon forming part of the letter, in a prayer to the Virgin., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

94v, 166, 169, 170). Large initials in red, blue, green, or purple, many with foliate decoration in another colour or colours. Small initials in red, blue, green or purple. Line-filllers in red, blue, green, or purple. Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter')

• Text page with coloured initials., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

94v, 166, 169, 170). Large initials in red, blue, green, or purple, many with foliate decoration in another colour or colours. Small initials in red, blue, green or purple. Line-filllers in red, blue, green, or purple. Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter')

• Decorated initials 'Q'(uattuor) and 'B'(ello) at the beginning of the text., Antiquitates iudaicae

the prologue and the five books (ff. 1, 22, 30v, 40, 49). 3 small initials in red and one in blue (ff. 49, 53, 64, 66). Rubrics in red. Antiquitates iudaicae The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): probably

• Historiated initial 'E'(x Cassiodoro) with the author Cassiodorus pointing at an open book, and a foliated tendril extending into the margin; the body of the letter contains a blue figure. Smaller historiated initial 'C'(um) with the head of a bishop., Miscellany including William of Malmesbury's De dictis et factis memorabilibus philosophorum (Polyhistor) (ff. 3- 40v), Cassiodorus' De orthographia (ff. 41-52), Marbod's Lapidarium, with gloss (ff. 106-123), Priscianus' Solutiones ad Chosroem [regem Persarum] (ff. 139v-160v), Nemesius' De natura hominis (ff. 168-196), Albericus' Flores Rhetorici (ff. 196-206), John of Salisbury's De septem septenis (ff. 206v-215v), Joachim of Fiore's Praephatio super Apocalypsim (ff. 216-224), imperfect; De praesagiis tempestatum (f. 224r-v), imperfect

and blue with purple and red pen-flourishing (ff. 77v, 106), or with brown and red pen-flourishing (f. 225). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs. Capitals marked in red or in yellow. Paraphs in red or blue. Space

• Historiated initial 'O' with Jerome writing, at the beginning of the Sentences., Patristic excerpts

large historiated initial, in brown ink and red (f. 1). Small initials in plain red, green or blue. Patristic excerpts ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk,

• Alphabet, in the Patristic excerpts., Patristic excerpts

in brown ink and red (f. 1). Small initials in plain red, green or blue. Patristic excerpts ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and

• Historiated initial 'O' with Jerome writing, at the beginning of the Sentences., Patristic excerpts

large historiated initial, in brown ink and red (f. 1). Small initials in plain red, green or blue. Patristic excerpts ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk,

• Alphabet, in the Patristic excerpts., Patristic excerpts

in brown ink and red (f. 1). Small initials in plain red, green or blue. Patristic excerpts ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and

• Decorated initial 'U'(t) with display script, at the beginning of the Expositio psalmorum., Expositio psalmorum

the beginning of capitula (f. 1v). Initials in red, dark red, green, and blue, some with penwork decoration in the same colour, or in red, green and/or blue, throughout the text (e.g., ff. 49v, 51v, 82v). Expositio psalmorum Thomas Cranmer

• Beginning of the table of contents with decorated and coloured initials., De universo seu De rerum naturis

(f. 6). Decorated initials with arabesque foliate ornament in blue, red, and green, larger at the beginning of books, and smaller at the beginning of chapters. Small initials in red, blue, or green throughout the text. De universo seu De

• Inhabited initial 'P'(rimum) with human figures and animals, at the beginning of Book 1., De universo seu De rerum naturis

(f. 6). Decorated initials with arabesque foliate ornament in blue, red, and green, larger at the beginning of books, and smaller at the beginning of chapters. Small initials in red, blue, or green throughout the text. De universo seu De

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(rimum) with human figures and animals, at the beginning of Book 1., De universo seu De rerum naturis

(f. 6). Decorated initials with arabesque foliate ornament in blue, red, and green, larger at the beginning of books, and smaller at the beginning of chapters. Small initials in red, blue, or green throughout the text. De universo seu De

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(rimum) with human figures and animals, at the beginning of Book 1., De universo seu De rerum naturis

(f. 6). Decorated initials with arabesque foliate ornament in blue, red, and green, larger at the beginning of books, and smaller at the beginning of chapters. Small initials in red, blue, or green throughout the text. De universo seu De

• Text page with a drawing of a hand pointing to text from the margin., De universo seu De rerum naturis

(f. 6). Decorated initials with arabesque foliate ornament in blue, red, and green, larger at the beginning of books, and smaller at the beginning of chapters. Small initials in red, blue, or green throughout the text. De universo seu De

• Decorated and coloured initials 'N'(atura) and 'H'(omo)., De universo seu De rerum naturis

(f. 6). Decorated initials with arabesque foliate ornament in blue, red, and green, larger at the beginning of books, and smaller at the beginning of chapters. Small initials in red, blue, or green throughout the text. De universo seu De

• Text page in the table of contents., De universo seu De rerum naturis

(f. 6). Decorated initials with arabesque foliate ornament in blue, red, and green, larger at the beginning of books, and smaller at the beginning of chapters. Small initials in red, blue, or green throughout the text. De universo seu De