• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin.', Commentary on Wisdom

full border in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Some catchwords in decorated frames. Commentary on Wisdom John of Lutton, written by him: his

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin, with a full border containing a dragon and two shields with arms of the Reading abbey (three escallops) and of the donor (a fesse between six pears)., Commentary on Wisdom

full border in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Some catchwords in decorated frames. Commentary on Wisdom John of Lutton, written by him: his

• Partialy repainted miniature of Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the author, Honoré Bouvet, in a prior's habit with a blue hood, with a full border with Jean's arms, and a foliate initial 'A'( la sainte), at the beginning of the dedicatory letter to Charles VI of France., L'Arbre des batailles

repainted miniature of Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the author, Honoré Bouvet, in a prior's habit with a blue hood, with a full border with Jean's arms, and a foliate initial 'A'( la sainte), at the beginning

• Pen-flourished initial 'P'(rincipio)., De officiis, with a brief treatise on moral philosophy (ff. 1-4)

interlinear annotations.f. 40 has been trimmed at the top and right margins. Initials in blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing and in red with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Some initials excised. De officiis, with a

• Initial with foliate extensions., Canzoni, Ballate, Rime, Trionfi (index Triumphs), and other poems

initial in gold and colours with foliate decoration (f. 1). 3 large blue initials with red penwork decoration (f. 26, 104v, 137). Numerous alternating initials in red or blue at the beginning of poems. Rubrics and headings in red. Canzoni,

• Puzzle initial., Martyrologium, etc.

and smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Martyrologium, etc. ff. 1-2 and 147-148

• null, De proprietatibus rerum

Smaller and small initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. De proprietatibus rerum Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698),

• Decorated initial 'E'(dwardus) at the beginning of a collection of Statuta vetera., Collection of the Statuta vetera and other texts (index Statuta Angliae)

of Statuta vetera. Note that the former covers are stored separately. Large initials in blue with blue and red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Cadels. Collection of the Statuta vetera and other texts

• Puzzle initial 'T'(he) with penwork decoration in the form of leaves, at the beginning of Matthew., New Testament, in the later Wycliffite version, with prologues, and lessons from Advent to Trinity, various tracts, and a calendar

in red and blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and 2 with red and blue pen-flourishing forming a partial border (ff. 58, 113). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. New Testament, in

• Puzzle initial 'P'(aul) with penwork decoration in the form of leaves, at the beginning of Romans., New Testament, in the later Wycliffite version, with prologues, and lessons from Advent to Trinity, various tracts, and a calendar

in red and blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and 2 with red and blue pen-flourishing forming a partial border (ff. 58, 113). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. New Testament, in

• Detail of puzzle initial., New Testament, in the later Wycliffite version, with prologues, and lessons from Advent to Trinity, various tracts, and a calendar

in red and blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and 2 with red and blue pen-flourishing forming a partial border (ff. 58, 113). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. New Testament, in

• Detail of puzzle initial., New Testament, in the later Wycliffite version, with prologues, and lessons from Advent to Trinity, various tracts, and a calendar

in red and blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and 2 with red and blue pen-flourishing forming a partial border (ff. 58, 113). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. New Testament, in

• Decorated initials 'Q'(uoniam) and 'C'(apillus), at the beginning of Gerardus Cremonensis's Super viaticum., Super viaticum

and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in red and blue (ff. 29, 39v, 51v, 58v, 70, 92v, 112, 126v, 147v, 169, 186). Smaller initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue

• Puzzle initial 'C'(um) with decorated extensions, at the beginning of Gerardus Cremonensis's Super viaticum; colophon., Super viaticum

and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in red and blue (ff. 29, 39v, 51v, 58v, 70, 92v, 112, 126v, 147v, 169, 186). Smaller initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue

• Flourished initials 'V'(igilie) and 'F'(renesis), in a book on the practice on medecine., Medical treatises

initials 'V'(igilie) and 'F'(renesis), in a book on the practice on medecine. Large initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Medical treatises Inscribed, 17th-century: 'Gabriel Gostwyke' (f. 94v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d.

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the subjects from Genesis in medallions: the Creation of Adam and Eve, the Fall, Adam labouring, two men (?), a men working with a hatchet (?), a man in a boat (Noah?), the killing of Abel, Moses with the Tables of the Law and the Throne of Grace; with foliate extensions forming a partial border, and a pen-flourished initial 'I'(gitur), at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names

and blue backgrounds with penwork decoration, some with animals (e.g., ff. 272, 334), at the beginning of prologues. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Running titles and chapter numbers alternately in red and blue.

• Drawing of microcosmic man, bounded by the spheres of the four elements and the planets, taking the place of Earth in the centre., Astrological-medical miscellany, including a calendar of John Somer followed by tables of solar and lunar eclipses; the Secretum secretorum; a treatise by Rasis on complexions (f. 72v)

1 large initial in blue on a pink and red ground (f. 88). Large initials in blue, many with red penwork decoration, or in red. Small initials in blue or red. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in

• Illuminated initial., Astrological-medical miscellany, including a calendar of John Somer followed by tables of solar and lunar eclipses; the Secretum secretorum; a treatise by Rasis on complexions (f. 72v)

1 large initial in blue on a pink and red ground (f. 88). Large initials in blue, many with red penwork decoration, or in red. Small initials in blue or red. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in

• Detail of a miniature of the Wheel of Fortune, at the beginning of book 2 of the De Consolatione Philosophiae., De Consolatione Philosophiae (Roman de Fortune et de Félicité; index Consolation of Philosophy); Le testament; Le traitie de parler et de taire

1, 13v, 34v, 47v, 57, 64). Puzzle initials in blue and red with red and blue pen-flourishing, at the beginning of rubrics. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. De Consolatione Philosophiae (Roman de Fortune

• Detail of a miniature of the Creation of Adam., De proprietatibus rerum (Livre des proprietez des choses)

223, 264, 297, 314v). 2 ornamental squares in red and blue (f. 214v). Initials in gold with black pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. De proprietatibus rerum (Livre des proprietez des choses) The Old