• 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)

of letters in red. Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus) Probably Archbishop George Neville of York (d.1476), (see James 1928). Inscription in Greek (f. 1*).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector:

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

of letters in red. Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus) Probably Archbishop George Neville of York (d.1476), (see James 1928). Inscription in Greek (f. 1*).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector:

• 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), prologue to the Prophecies of Merlin, and the epistle to Alexander, bishop of Lincoln

of the city of York in the lower margins and two kings pointing the text in the outer margin. Catchwords. Several folios with marginal drawings in leadpoint or sepia, including views of cities and churches, kings, scenes from history which

• Decorated initial word, at the beginning of Joshua., Former and Latter Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~, Targum Jonathan and Rashi's commentary

Giovanni Domenico Vistorini: inscribed 'Gio. Dom. Vistorini 1609' (ff. 2, 267v), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 85-87.Samuel Schönblum: purchased by the British Museum on 24 August, 1865: inscribed (f.

• ~Carmina figurata~ of a fleur-de-lis, at Ezekiel., Former and Latter Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~, Targum Jonathan and Rashi's commentary

Giovanni Domenico Vistorini: inscribed 'Gio. Dom. Vistorini 1609' (ff. 2, 267v), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 85-87.Samuel Schönblum: purchased by the British Museum on 24 August, 1865: inscribed (f.

• Micrography, at the beginning of Isaiah., Former and Latter Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~, Targum Jonathan and Rashi's commentary

Giovanni Domenico Vistorini: inscribed 'Gio. Dom. Vistorini 1609' (ff. 2, 267v), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 85-87.Samuel Schönblum: purchased by the British Museum on 24 August, 1865: inscribed (f.

• Micrography, ~carmina figurata~, the colophon of the scribe, and a censor's signature., Former and Latter Prophets with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~, Targum Jonathan and Rashi's commentary

Giovanni Domenico Vistorini: inscribed 'Gio. Dom. Vistorini 1609' (ff. 2, 267v), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 85-87.Samuel Schönblum: purchased by the British Museum on 24 August, 1865: inscribed (f.

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) of the Dominican friar, John of Freiburg, teaching a group of pupils., Summa confessorum

ei abstulerit aut titul[u]m deleverit anathema sit, Amen' (f. 1 ).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (f. 1) (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii).The Old Royal Library (the

• Decorated initial 'Q' with a partial bar border., Summa confessorum

ei abstulerit aut titul[u]m deleverit anathema sit, Amen' (f. 1 ).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (f. 1) (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii).The Old Royal Library (the

• Puzzle initial and pen-flourished initials., Summa confessorum

ei abstulerit aut titul[u]m deleverit anathema sit, Amen' (f. 1 ).Thomas Wolsey (b. 1470/71, d. 1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal: 'TC' monogram, perhaps for Thomas Cardinalis (f. 1) (see Carley 2000, p. xxxiii).The Old Royal Library (the

• Ownership inscription of the Cistercian abbey of Newminster 'Liber Sancte Marie Novi monasterii' (The New Monastery [Newminster] of St Mary)., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

Rubrics in red. Numbers in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded

• Decorated initial 'D'(omino), at the beginning of a letter to Ecgfrith, King of Northumbria (d. c. 685)., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

Rubrics in red. Numbers in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded

• Decorated initial 'R'(everentissimis), at the beginning of the treatise addressed to the abbess Hildelith, with interlinear glosses., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

Rubrics in red. Numbers in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded

• Decorated initial ' (H)elias' at the beginning of chapter 20., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

Rubrics in red. Numbers in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded

• Decorated initial 'E'(xpeltis) at the beginning of Chapter 39, 'the summary of masculine examples'., De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York

Rubrics in red. Numbers in red. De laude virginitatis, in prose, and one letter of Pope Alexander to Richard of York Various texts and verses in different 12th-century hands (ff. 2r-v, 96v-97).The Cistercian abbey of St. Mary, Newminster, Northumberland, founded

• Decorated initials 'D'(omine) and 'V'(enite)., Book of Hours (Use of York) with calendar (ff. 1-6v) and litany (ff. 59-62v)

(ff. 69, 69v). Residual glue from prints that have been removed (ff. 46v, 122, 122v). Book of Hours (Use of York) with calendar (ff. 1-6v) and litany (ff. 59-62v) Henry Worsley (b. 1675, d. 1747), scholar and manuscript collector, envoy

• Initials and border with penwork decoration in foliate design with hybrid creatures., A collection of statutes, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), a table of the Magna Charta clauses (ff. 8-14v), Edward I's 1297 Magna Charta (ff. 15-25v), Edward I's Charter of the Forrest (ff. 25v- 30v), an extract from a register from the Benedictine Priory of Eye in Suffolk (ff. 68-71), the statutes of Berewike (possibly Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland; ff. 191-192) and York (ff. 262v-267), and the Ordinationes issued by Edward II in 1311 (ff. 231-262v)

from the Benedictine Priory of Eye in Suffolk (ff. 68-71), the statutes of Berewike (possibly Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland; ff. 191-192) and York (ff. 262v-267), and the Ordinationes issued by Edward II in 1311 (ff. 231-262v) ? Johannes Best, 15th century (unidentified):

• Detail of a page: initial-word panel inhabited by animals and dragons including two hare hunting scenes, at the beginning of the section on the customs of Passover., ~Keter Malkhut~ (The Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 1-8r); festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite (ff. 8v-231v)

168). Camillo Jaghel, censor: inscribed with his name, 1619 (f. 231v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 50-56.Owner's inscription in Italian, partially illegible: 'Questo lib[ro] .. David a Samuel ..

• Decorated initial-word panel, ~Hazon~ (vision) accompanied with a foliate border inhabited by a hybrid, at the beginning of Isaiah., Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

the 17th century): inscribed with his name, undated (f. 301v) ; see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 61, and appendix § 62-74. Edward Harley: bought by him through Nathaniel Noel (b.

• Decorated initial-word panel ~Divrei~ (the words of) accompanied with a foliate scroll inhabited by a hybrid and a dragon, at the beginning of Jeremiah., Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

the 17th century): inscribed with his name, undated (f. 301v) ; see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 61, and appendix § 62-74. Edward Harley: bought by him through Nathaniel Noel (b.