• 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

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) of the Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Foliate initial 'L'(ucas), at the beginning of the prologue to Luke., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Foliate initial 'H'(ic), at the beginning of the prologue to John., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of John, at the beginning of John., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Text page with gloss., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of the Annunciation to Zacharias, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Foliate initial 'H'(ic), at the beginning of the prologue to John, and a text page., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Illuminated initial 'M' at the beginning of the prologue, with ownership inscriptions, including Lumley., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• Historiated initial 'I'(nicium) of Mark holding a book in the upper register and a lion, his symbol, holding a scroll, in the lower register, at the beginning of Mark., Gospels, with the Glossa ordinaria

lands and castle of Lumley in 1607: inscribed 'Recheard Lumley of buterbe in the conte of Durrim gentl[e]man' (f. 283).?Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child of James I: his collection became part of the Royal

• 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(?)

• 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

• Detail of a miniature of a fox (vulpes) playing dead in order to catch two birds (aves), who swoop down to feed on its carcass., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

in red, usually with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Highlighting of letters in red. Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus) Probably Archbishop George Neville ofYork (d.1476), (see James 1928). Inscription in Greek (f. 1*).Sir

• Detail of a miniature of an eagle., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

Detail of a miniature of an eagle. 1 full-page diagram with frame and central roundel in colours and gold (f. 2v). Numerous large miniatures in colours (29 of the aviarium; 24 of the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in blue

• Panels decorated with foliate scrolls around the text columns, and partial border, at the end of the Guide of the Perplexed and the colophon of the scribe., Miscellany of philosophical works including e. g. the Guide of the Perplexed by Maimonides in Samuel ibn Tibbon's Hebrew translation (ff. 8v-117), Maimonides' commentary on Pirqei Avot in Samuel ibn Tibbon's Hebrew translation (ff. 117v-138), ~Pereq Heleq~ (Maimonides' commentary on Tractate Sanhedrin, ch. 10) in Samuel ibn Tibbon's translation (ff. 139-143v), ~Tehiyyat ha-metim~ (The Resurrection of the Dead) by Maimonides (ff. 143v-148), ~Perush ha-milot ha-zarot~ (A glossary of foreign terms) by Samuel ibn Tibbon (ff. 148v-160), ~Keter malkhut~ (A Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 163v-165v), Aristotle's Meteorology in the translation of Samuel ibn Tibbon (ff. 182v-198), Sefer hathalot ha-nimtzaot (The Book of Principles) by Al-Farabi (ff. 198v-211v), etc.

Resurrection of the Dead) by Maimonides (ff. 143v-148), ~Perush ha-milot ha-zarot~ (A glossary of foreign terms) by Samuel ibn Tibbon (ff. 148v-160), ~Keter malkhut~ (A Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 163v-165v), Aristotle's Meteorology in the translation of

• Illustration of the explanation about the division of the Red Sea, at chapter 5 of Maimonides' commentary on tractate Avot of the Mishnah: 'They [the waters] were divided into many paths equal to the number of the tribes, as the appearance of a rounded bow'., Miscellany of philosophical works including e. g. the Guide of the Perplexed by Maimonides in Samuel ibn Tibbon's Hebrew translation (ff. 8v-117), Maimonides' commentary on Pirqei Avot in Samuel ibn Tibbon's Hebrew translation (ff. 117v-138), ~Pereq Heleq~ (Maimonides' commentary on Tractate Sanhedrin, ch. 10) in Samuel ibn Tibbon's translation (ff. 139-143v), ~Tehiyyat ha-metim~ (The Resurrection of the Dead) by Maimonides (ff. 143v-148), ~Perush ha-milot ha-zarot~ (A glossary of foreign terms) by Samuel ibn Tibbon (ff. 148v-160), ~Keter malkhut~ (A Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 163v-165v), Aristotle's Meteorology in the translation of Samuel ibn Tibbon (ff. 182v-198), Sefer hathalot ha-nimtzaot (The Book of Principles) by Al-Farabi (ff. 198v-211v), etc.

Illustration of the explanation about the division of the Red Sea, at chapter 5 of Maimonides' commentary on tractate Avot of the Mishnah: 'They [the waters] were divided into many paths equal to the number of the tribes, as the

• Decorated panel around the initial words of Solomon ibn Gabirol's ~Keter malkhut~ (A Crown of Kingship) and partial border in the inner margin., Miscellany of philosophical works including e. g. the Guide of the Perplexed by Maimonides in Samuel ibn Tibbon's Hebrew translation (ff. 8v-117), Maimonides' commentary on Pirqei Avot in Samuel ibn Tibbon's Hebrew translation (ff. 117v-138), ~Pereq Heleq~ (Maimonides' commentary on Tractate Sanhedrin, ch. 10) in Samuel ibn Tibbon's translation (ff. 139-143v), ~Tehiyyat ha-metim~ (The Resurrection of the Dead) by Maimonides (ff. 143v-148), ~Perush ha-milot ha-zarot~ (A glossary of foreign terms) by Samuel ibn Tibbon (ff. 148v-160), ~Keter malkhut~ (A Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 163v-165v), Aristotle's Meteorology in the translation of Samuel ibn Tibbon (ff. 182v-198), Sefer hathalot ha-nimtzaot (The Book of Principles) by Al-Farabi (ff. 198v-211v), etc.

Resurrection of the Dead) by Maimonides (ff. 143v-148), ~Perush ha-milot ha-zarot~ (A glossary of foreign terms) by Samuel ibn Tibbon (ff. 148v-160), ~Keter malkhut~ (A Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 163v-165v), Aristotle's Meteorology in the translation of

• Decorated initial-word panel and foliate scroll between the two text columns., Miscellany of philosophical works including e. g. the Guide of the Perplexed by Maimonides in Samuel ibn Tibbon's Hebrew translation (ff. 8v-117), Maimonides' commentary on Pirqei Avot in Samuel ibn Tibbon's Hebrew translation (ff. 117v-138), ~Pereq Heleq~ (Maimonides' commentary on Tractate Sanhedrin, ch. 10) in Samuel ibn Tibbon's translation (ff. 139-143v), ~Tehiyyat ha-metim~ (The Resurrection of the Dead) by Maimonides (ff. 143v-148), ~Perush ha-milot ha-zarot~ (A glossary of foreign terms) by Samuel ibn Tibbon (ff. 148v-160), ~Keter malkhut~ (A Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 163v-165v), Aristotle's Meteorology in the translation of Samuel ibn Tibbon (ff. 182v-198), Sefer hathalot ha-nimtzaot (The Book of Principles) by Al-Farabi (ff. 198v-211v), etc.

Resurrection of the Dead) by Maimonides (ff. 143v-148), ~Perush ha-milot ha-zarot~ (A glossary of foreign terms) by Samuel ibn Tibbon (ff. 148v-160), ~Keter malkhut~ (A Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 163v-165v), Aristotle's Meteorology in the translation of