• Coloured initials, and in the lower right corner a human-animal hybrid creature, perhaps intended to ornament the run-over word at the bottom of the column., Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names)

49, 61, 68). Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names) The Benedictine abbey of St Werburg, Chester: included in a list of 20 books bequeathed by Richardof Chester, canon ofYork (died 1347). [Possibly part I only].The Old

• Initial with floral decoration. Coloured initials, line-fillers and paraphs. Added in the upper margin is the note 'Ex monasterio cestrie': From the monastery of Chester., Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names)

49, 61, 68). Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names) The Benedictine abbey of St Werburg, Chester: included in a list of 20 books bequeathed by Richardof Chester, canon ofYork (died 1347). [Possibly part I only].The Old

• Flourished initials, in the Register book of the Archbishop of York., Register book of the Archbishop of York

Flourished initials, in the Register book of the Archbishop ofYork. Large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Register book of the Archbishop ofYork Inscribed 'Regestum Archiep. Eborac. FN', and 'Histor. Eborac vol.

• Puzzle initials 'T'(out) and 'D'(es), and cadels, in Richard de Fournival's Medicine., Medical treatise

force' (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Puzzle initials ? Richard de Fournival France(?)

• Three arches inhabited by hybrids and animals above the three text columns., Halakhical works: ~Tashbetz~ by Samson ben Tzadoq (ff. 1-30v), ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v)

ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v) Judah Cohen?, scribe?: the

• Initial word-panel, ~Ze ha-sefer~ (this is the book) with an arched frame inhabited by hybrids and animals., Halakhical works: ~Tashbetz~ by Samson ben Tzadoq (ff. 1-30v), ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v)

ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v) Judah Cohen?, scribe?: the

• Initial word included into an arched frame decorated with foliate motifs., Halakhical works: ~Tashbetz~ by Samson ben Tzadoq (ff. 1-30v), ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v)

ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v) Judah Cohen?, scribe?: the

• Detail: initial word-panel, ~Ze ha-sefer~ (this is the book) with an arched frame inhabited by hybrids and animals., Halakhical works: ~Tashbetz~ by Samson ben Tzadoq (ff. 1-30v), ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v)

ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v) Judah Cohen?, scribe?: the

• Detail: three arches inhabited by hybrids and animals above the three text columns., Halakhical works: ~Tashbetz~ by Samson ben Tzadoq (ff. 1-30v), ~Sefer ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v)

ha-Terumah~ by Baruch ben Isaac (ff. 31-43v); formulae of a marriage contract, of a release of claim on a property, of ~mezuzah~ (f. 43v), of ~tefilin~ (f. 44), and of a power of attorney (f. 44v) Judah Cohen?, scribe?: the

• Fragment of the roll with the genealogical line of Cnut, roundels of Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson, and the line of the Normam ancestors of William the Conqueror: Rollo, William and Richard I the Fearless., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

Fragment of the roll with the genealogical line of Cnut, roundels of Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson, and the line of the Normam ancestors of William the Conqueror: Rollo, William and Richard I the Fearless. Contains the genealogy of

• Detail from the roll of the descendants of Richard I the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, to Henry II and his descendants., Genealogical chronicle of the English Kings

roll of the descendants ofRichard I the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, to Henry II and his descendants. Contains the genealogy of the kings of England from the Heptarchy to Henry III (b. 1207, d. 1272), with a portrait of

• Puzzle initial, Liber specialis gratiae (the Booke of Gostlye Grace)

plain red or blue. Liber specialis gratiae (the Booke of Gostlye Grace) Richard III (b. 1452, d. 1485), king of England and lord of Ireland,: inscriptions: 'Anne Warrewyk', 'R[ichard Duke of] Gloucestre' (inside upper cover), and 'R Gloucestre' (inside lower

• Detail of a drawing of the skyline of the city of York in the lower margins and two kings pointing the text in the outer margin., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum) (ff. 1-133), prologue to the Prophecies of Merlin, and the epistle to Alexander, bishop of Lincoln

Detail of a drawing of the skyline of the city ofYork in the lower margins and two kings pointing the text in the outer margin. Catchwords. Initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing, or in blue with red

• Text page with mirror writing., Petit Livre d'Amour

of Abrantes: attached to the cover at the end is an extract from a sale-catalogue, which states that the manuscript was formerly in his possession (f. 35). Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos,

• Portrait of Pierre Sala, at the end of his Petit Livre d'Amour., Petit Livre d'Amour

of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Portrait of Pierre Sala Pierre Sala Pierre Sala Master

• Box., Petit Livre d'Amour

of Abrantes: attached to the cover at the end is an extract from a sale-catalogue, which states that the manuscript was formerly in his possession (f. 35). Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos,

• Upper binding., Petit Livre d'Amour

of Abrantes: attached to the cover at the end is an extract from a sale-catalogue, which states that the manuscript was formerly in his possession (f. 35). Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos,

• Lower binding., Petit Livre d'Amour

of Abrantes: attached to the cover at the end is an extract from a sale-catalogue, which states that the manuscript was formerly in his possession (f. 35). Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos,

• Ruled page., Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu

Richard Roos of Gedney (d. 1482): inscribed, 'Cest livre est a moy Richard Roos chivaler', with a partially erased list of contents in his hand mentioning a text of 'Tristan'. The inscription reads, 'The begynnyng of the first boke

• Ruled page., Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu

Richard Roos of Gedney (d. 1482): inscribed, 'Cest livre est a moy Richard Roos chivaler', with a partially erased list of contents in his hand mentioning a text of 'Tristan'. The inscription reads, 'The begynnyng of the first boke