• Flourished initials, at the beginning of Isaac Israelita's Liber de urinis., Liber de urinis

Large and small initials in red with blue? (oxidised) pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Liber de urinis Unidentified owner, 16th century?: inscription (f. 94v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey,

• Puzzle initial., Manipulus florum

6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 1). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Decorated catch-words. Manipulus florum Colophon 'Fuit anno

• Flourished initial 'H'(enricus) and drawing of a crowned head., Cartulary of the Benedictine cathedral priory of Bath

1 large initial in blue, with reserved designs, with foliate pen-flourishing in red and a decorated extension in red and blue (f. 14). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with foliate pen-flourishing in blue or red. Marginal ink

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lle) and partial border., Devotional treatises and sermons, including Memoriale credencium (ff. 1-69), a treatise on the five senses (ff. 106v-127), a sermon by Thomas Wymyldon (ff. 140-153), a treatise on the visitation of the sick (ff. 156-160v), and a treatise on 'wedded men, wives, and their children' (ff. 160v-166v)

puzzle initial in red and blue with partial bar border in the same colours (f. 73). 5 puzzle initials in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 106v, 153, 156, 186). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, some large,

• Illuminated initials and border with foliate decoration., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, with a calendar (ff. 1-6v), imperfect

gold set against grounds in red and blue with white tracery. Small initials in blue and gold with penwork decoration in red and purple. Line fillers in gold, red and blue. Paraphs in blue. Rubrics in red. Book of Hours,

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) with pen-flourishing in red and purple ink., Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), etc.

Harley 3817 and 3819. Puzzle initial in blue and red with pen-flourishing in blue, red and purple framing the text (f. 17). Numerous smaller initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing with foliate motifs (ff.

• Decorated initials: 'I'(tem), 'D'(ialectica), 'G'(ustus), 'I'(tem), 'I'(tem), and 'O'(lfactus)., Tracts on various subjects, including rhetoric and mathematics, and Alan of Lille's De planctu naturae (ff. 17-32v)

very large initials in blue with reserved designs and red pen-flourishing (ff. 17, 42v). 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Blue initials with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Tracts on various subjects,

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Marginal figures of constellations personified as human figures and Auriga in a chariot with animals., Miscellany, including De institutione arithmetica (ff. 1v-31), Astronomica (ff. 71v-89v). Guido d’Arezzo: Micrologus (ff. 98-104), Regulae rhythmicae (ff. 104-106), Prologus in Antiphonarium (ff. 106-107), Epistola ad Michaelem (ff. 107-109v). Anonymous: ‘Mensura Fistularum’ [Inc. “Fistularum mensuram ut a quibusdam…”] (ff. 109v-110), ‘Mensura Organistri’ [Inc. “Organicam quicumque liram…”] (f. 110), Commentary (ff. 121-151).

faces, and some with a blue or green wash. Diagrams in red and black, some with a blue and green wash. Marginal images of the constellations, men, animals, and objects, in red ink with green, blue and/or pink washes (ff.

• Decorated initial 'I'(nter) and diagrams., Miscellany, including De institutione arithmetica (ff. 1v-31), Astronomica (ff. 71v-89v). Guido d’Arezzo: Micrologus (ff. 98-104), Regulae rhythmicae (ff. 104-106), Prologus in Antiphonarium (ff. 106-107), Epistola ad Michaelem (ff. 107-109v). Anonymous: ‘Mensura Fistularum’ [Inc. “Fistularum mensuram ut a quibusdam…”] (ff. 109v-110), ‘Mensura Organistri’ [Inc. “Organicam quicumque liram…”] (f. 110), Commentary (ff. 121-151).

faces, and some with a blue or green wash. Diagrams in red and black, some with a blue and green wash. Marginal images of the constellations, men, animals, and objects, in red ink with green, blue and/or pink washes (ff.

• Marginal drawings of Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio, and Sagitarius., Miscellany, including De institutione arithmetica (ff. 1v-31), Astronomica (ff. 71v-89v). Guido d’Arezzo: Micrologus (ff. 98-104), Regulae rhythmicae (ff. 104-106), Prologus in Antiphonarium (ff. 106-107), Epistola ad Michaelem (ff. 107-109v). Anonymous: ‘Mensura Fistularum’ [Inc. “Fistularum mensuram ut a quibusdam…”] (ff. 109v-110), ‘Mensura Organistri’ [Inc. “Organicam quicumque liram…”] (f. 110), Commentary (ff. 121-151).

faces, and some with a blue or green wash. Diagrams in red and black, some with a blue and green wash. Marginal images of the constellations, men, animals, and objects, in red ink with green, blue and/or pink washes (ff.