• Text pages with heraldry from a heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut; coats of arms., Various heraldic treatises, including 'the Gaige of Battail' (ff. 1-5), heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut (ff. 5-44), 'The Book of the Ordre of Chyvalry', translation of the French version of Ramon Lull's 'Le libre del ordre de cavayleria' (ff. 83-109), a poem on heraldry (ff. 151-155), Tractatus de nobilitate (ff. 155-164v), De duellis (ff. 164v-173v), imperfect

passage on f. 78 (see 'Provenance') announcing a text that is missing.Catchwords.Parchment was used for the outside bifolio of most quires (ff. 9-10, 19-20, 30, 39-40, 49-50, 59-60, 67-68, 75-76, 83, 94-95, 105-106, 117-118, 129-130, 141-142, 153-154, 166-167).The paper contains

• Text page with heraldry from a heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut; coats of arms., Various heraldic treatises, including 'the Gaige of Battail' (ff. 1-5), heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut (ff. 5-44), 'The Book of the Ordre of Chyvalry', translation of the French version of Ramon Lull's 'Le libre del ordre de cavayleria' (ff. 83-109), a poem on heraldry (ff. 151-155), Tractatus de nobilitate (ff. 155-164v), De duellis (ff. 164v-173v), imperfect

passage on f. 78 (see 'Provenance') announcing a text that is missing.Catchwords.Parchment was used for the outside bifolio of most quires (ff. 9-10, 19-20, 30, 39-40, 49-50, 59-60, 67-68, 75-76, 83, 94-95, 105-106, 117-118, 129-130, 141-142, 153-154, 166-167).The paper contains

• Text page with heraldry from a heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut; coats of arms., Various heraldic treatises, including 'the Gaige of Battail' (ff. 1-5), heraldic treatise by Adam Loutfut (ff. 5-44), 'The Book of the Ordre of Chyvalry', translation of the French version of Ramon Lull's 'Le libre del ordre de cavayleria' (ff. 83-109), a poem on heraldry (ff. 151-155), Tractatus de nobilitate (ff. 155-164v), De duellis (ff. 164v-173v), imperfect

passage on f. 78 (see 'Provenance') announcing a text that is missing.Catchwords.Parchment was used for the outside bifolio of most quires (ff. 9-10, 19-20, 30, 39-40, 49-50, 59-60, 67-68, 75-76, 83, 94-95, 105-106, 117-118, 129-130, 141-142, 153-154, 166-167).The paper contains

• Miniature with two men addressing the emperor Justinian, and a foliate initial 'O'(ccupatis), at the beginning of Justinian's Digestum Vetus., Glossed Arbor Actionum, Volumen Parvum, and Liber Feudorum, preceeded by a table of actiones (ff. 1v-2), and a table of content (ff. 3-4v)

decorated in different related styles which overlap at the end and at the beginning of the texts according to the quires. Ff. 5-125v: 1 large marginal coloured drawing of a queen (f. 1v). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a large

• Foliate initial 'I'(mp[er]atoriam), and flourished heading 'Imperator', at the beginning of the Institutionum juris libri quatuor., Glossed Arbor Actionum, Volumen Parvum, and Liber Feudorum, preceeded by a table of actiones (ff. 1v-2), and a table of content (ff. 3-4v)

decorated in different related styles which overlap at the end and at the beginning of the texts according to the quires. Ff. 5-125v: 1 large marginal coloured drawing of a queen (f. 1v). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a large

• Diagram., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Detail of historiated initial 'F'(uit) of the Anoiting of David., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Detail of historiated initial, with a king in bed, and pointing to a building., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Text page., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Detail of an initial-word panel with pen-flourishing and a medallion formed by foliate motifs: a rooster holding a piece of wheat with a snake coiling on it in its beak, and above the rooster, there is a moon and a hexagram; probably the emblem of the patron., ~Baal ha-Lashon~ (The Master of the Language)

emblem of the patron. 3 unfoliated blank leaves at the end ff. [287]-[289]. Six unfoliated blank leaves after f. 2. Quires are numbered with Hebrew characters starting with alef on f. 13v until f. 163v. Flesh side and hair side

• Large puzzle initial 'P'(rimus) with penwork decoration., Collection of chronicles including Chronici canones; Epistola ad Warinum

Large puzzle initial 'P'(rimus) with penwork decoration. Part 1: Remains of quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires).Part 2: Leaf signatures: 'ci'-'ciiii'. 1 large puzzle initial in

• Carpet page of geometrical and foliate motifs., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Carpet page of geometrical and foliate motifs., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Full-page initial-word panel with penwork decoration., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Initial-word panel with penwork decoration., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Full-page chart for the calendar., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the whole year, Sephardic rite, with the commentary of Joseph Zaddik

Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Hebrew foliation from f. 12. Numerous marginal notes.Several folios, entire quires are missing; paper leaves, quires added later to fill the numerous lacunae. The lack is reflected sometimes on the Hebrew foliation and

• Detail of a miniature of the death of Nectanebus., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Detail of a miniature of Darius, king of Persia ordering the chiselling of a marble slab in order to make a portrait of Alexander., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander and his soldiers fighting with crabs, with a preliminary sketch in the lower margin., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander receiving tribute from the citizens of Babylon., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

5 scribes (Hand I: quires i-viii; Hand II: quires ix-xii, xvii-xix, xxxvi-xxvii; Hand III to be identified with Jean de Senlis: quires xiii-xvi, xxxi-xxxv; Hand IV: quires xx-xxii, xxiii except f. 165v, xxvi-xxx; Hand V: quires xxiii, f. 165v, xxiv-xxv),