• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with a nun/abbess in prayer, at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter, followed by Canticles, Litany, and Office of the Dead, adapted to the use of Ely

very rare Erkengota; the Office of the Dead is also altered to that of Ely.Unidentified owner, 16th century: inscription in English (f. 112).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl

• Decorated initial 'S' (epe et multum) at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, Book I, with ownership inscriptions for Thomas Cranmer (Thomas Cantuarien[sis]) and Lumley., De inventione (index Rhetorica)

(see ~Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), no. 8469.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial Written by more than one scribe Marcus Tullius Cicero England

• Roundel with the Nativity, surrounded by roundels with prophets, accompanied by Moses and Aaron. Roundel with the Adoration of the Magis, surrounded by roundels with prophets, accompanied by king David and Abner, and king Salomon and the queen of Sheba., Miscellany

Life of Christ, each one surrounded by 4 roundels with half-bust portraits of prophets, accompanied by typological scenes of the Old Testament. Miscellany The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber e(st) fr(atru)m Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Magu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1,

• Roundel with Judas receiving the 30 pieces of silver, surrounded by roundels with prophets, accompanied by scenes with Joseph. Roundel with the Arrest of Christ, surrounded by roundels with prophets, accompanied by scenes with Joab and Abner and a scene with Tryphon., Miscellany

Life of Christ, each one surrounded by 4 roundels with half-bust portraits of prophets, accompanied by typological scenes of the Old Testament. Miscellany The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Iste liber e(st) fr(atru)m Carthusie(n)siu(m) p(ro)pe Magu(n)cia(m)' (f. 1,

• Full-page miniature, upper register: the plague of wild beasts (~arov~), lower register: the plague of pestilence. The meaning of the Hebrew word, ~arov~, by which the fourth plague is described (E. 8:21) is not clear. In Christian iconography following the translation of the Vulgate, which translates ~arov~ as ~omne genus muscarum~, that is, 'all kinds of flies', the fourth plague is depicted as flies. Jewish iconography follows the rabbinical explanation of ~arov~ depicting it as various kinds of wild animals (see e.g. Rashi's commentary on Exodus 8:21)., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Two decorated initial-word panels with gold letters and foliate spreading to the inner margin., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Four initial-word panels with gold letters and white vine motifs; in the outer margin, two elderly men, Rabbi Yosi ha-Galili and Rabbi Eliezer are seated holding an open book., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Initial-word panels with gold letters and foliate decoration spreading to the margins, at the beginning of Psalm 118., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Full-page miniature, upper register: the second of God's signs to Moses, the miracle of the leprous hand (Ex. 4:6-7), lower register: Moses returning to Egypt with his family, Zipporah circumcising Moses' son (Ex. 4:20-25)., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Full-page miniature, upper register: Moses and Aaron in front of Pharaoh andbehind them two elderly magicians of Pharaoh, lower register: the increased labour of the Israelites in Egypt., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Full-page miniature, upper register: the tenth plague, the plague of the first-born, lower register; the Israelites despoiling the Egyptians (Ex. 12:35-36)., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Full-page miniature divided into four horizontal sections depicting the Israelites crossing the sea and the Egyptians drowning., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of the Haggadah. Within the panel, beneath the initial words, a family is seated at a spread Seder table, while a servant is flaying and roasting the Passover lamb. The text is surrounded by an ornamental frame inhabited by animals and hybrids., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Illustrated initial-word panel: ~Ha lahma~ ('This is the bread of affliction'). On the left side of the panel is an elderly bearded man with a book, on the right side, a servant pouring the first cup out of the four that should be drunk during Seder eve., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Three initial-word panels, ~Amar~ (Said), ~Barukh~ (Blessed), ~Hakham~ (Wise) with gold letters and white vine motifs; two miniatures in the outer margin portraying two elderly men, Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaryah and the Wise Son, seated holding an open book., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Five decorated initial word panels with gold letters and foliate spreading to the inner margin., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Five initial-word panels with gold letters and foliate decoration spreading to the inner margin., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Four initial-word panels with gold letters and foliate decoration spreading to the outer and lower margins., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• Decorated initial-word panel, ~R. Akiva~, and in the outer margin; a miniature of an elderly man holding an open book representing Rabbi Akiva., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i

• The text of the Passover thanksgiving hymn ~Dayyenu~ (It would have been enough) flanked by two vertical bands. The bands include keywwords of the hymn, ~ilu~ (if) ~we-lo~ (without)., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

son of R. Emanuel Hen the physician of the house of Shealtiel: inscribed with his name (f. 50v).Pencil note in English: "Spanish mss. Of this age are so rare that the Brit. Mus. has not one like this." (f. [i