• Text page with initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Virgil's Georgics., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1v-15v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 16v-52v), with commentary by Servius and others; De remediis fortuitorum (ff. 52v-54v)

an added parchment leaf, measures only 160 x 160. 2 large initials in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 2, 16). Smaller initials in red. Rubrics and paraphs in red. The opening letters of each line of verse are marked

• Pen-flourished initials 'F'(rater) and 'H'(enrici)., Cartulary made for Walter Lynton (index Walter de Lynton), master of the hospital of the Virgin Mary and Lazarus, Burton Lazars, Leicestershire

Nero C. 12 is another cartulary of the hospital of Burton Lazars made for Walter Lynton in 1404. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, some large, some small. Cartulary made for Walter Lynton (index Walter de Lynton), master of the

• Colophon of the scribe, Nicolaus: 'Quater centeno que semel currente millene [crossed out] cum uno / Anno milleno complevit menseque quarto / Istud scriptor opus cui nomen sit nicolaus / Illi sit cantus qui servatque omnia Christus'., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

3). Large red initials with red penwork decoration (ff. 75, 104v, 156, 203, 226v ). Numerous smaller red initials with blue, red, or brown penwork decoration (a few with sketches of people or animals). Numerous plain red initials. Incipits, explicits,

• Pen sketch of horse and a man's head in profile., Tragoediae (index Tragedies)

3). Large red initials with red penwork decoration (ff. 75, 104v, 156, 203, 226v ). Numerous smaller red initials with blue, red, or brown penwork decoration (a few with sketches of people or animals). Numerous plain red initials. Incipits, explicits,

• Detail of borders., Comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 1-19v), Asinaria (ff. 20-35v), Aulularia (ff. 36-50), Captivi (ff. 50v-67), Circulio (ff. 67v-97), Casina (ff. 81-93), Cistellaria (ff. 93v-101), Epidicus (ff. 101v-111v), Bacchides (ff. 113-129v), Mostellaria (ff. 130-147), Menaechmi (ff. 147v-165), Miles gloriosus (ff. 165v-187v), Mercator (ff. 188-202v), Pseudolus (ff. 203-220v), Poenulus (ff. 221-237), Persa (ff. 237-247v), Rudens (ff. 247v-263v), Stichus (ff. 264-273v), Trinumus (ff. 273v-286), Truculentus (ff. 286-298)

coat of arms surmounted by a mitre (f. 1). Large white vine-stem initials, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue. Comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 1-19v), Asinaria (ff. 20-35v), Aulularia (ff. 36-50), Captivi (ff. 50v-67),

• Detail of illluminated initials and lower border., Comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 1-19v), Asinaria (ff. 20-35v), Aulularia (ff. 36-50), Captivi (ff. 50v-67), Circulio (ff. 67v-97), Casina (ff. 81-93), Cistellaria (ff. 93v-101), Epidicus (ff. 101v-111v), Bacchides (ff. 113-129v), Mostellaria (ff. 130-147), Menaechmi (ff. 147v-165), Miles gloriosus (ff. 165v-187v), Mercator (ff. 188-202v), Pseudolus (ff. 203-220v), Poenulus (ff. 221-237), Persa (ff. 237-247v), Rudens (ff. 247v-263v), Stichus (ff. 264-273v), Trinumus (ff. 273v-286), Truculentus (ff. 286-298)

coat of arms surmounted by a mitre (f. 1). Large white vine-stem initials, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue. Comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 1-19v), Asinaria (ff. 20-35v), Aulularia (ff. 36-50), Captivi (ff. 50v-67),

• Illuminated white vine initial 'R'(ete), at the beginning of Plautus's Menaechmi., Comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 1-19v), Asinaria (ff. 20-35v), Aulularia (ff. 36-50), Captivi (ff. 50v-67), Circulio (ff. 67v-97), Casina (ff. 81-93), Cistellaria (ff. 93v-101), Epidicus (ff. 101v-111v), Bacchides (ff. 113-129v), Mostellaria (ff. 130-147), Menaechmi (ff. 147v-165), Miles gloriosus (ff. 165v-187v), Mercator (ff. 188-202v), Pseudolus (ff. 203-220v), Poenulus (ff. 221-237), Persa (ff. 237-247v), Rudens (ff. 247v-263v), Stichus (ff. 264-273v), Trinumus (ff. 273v-286), Truculentus (ff. 286-298)

coat of arms surmounted by a mitre (f. 1). Large white vine-stem initials, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue. Comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 1-19v), Asinaria (ff. 20-35v), Aulularia (ff. 36-50), Captivi (ff. 50v-67),

• Foliate initials 'H'(ybernia) and 'H'(yspanicum)., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

some with marginal extensions (ff. 1, 3v, 4, 13, 34v, 37, 38, 54v, 73v, 74v, 90v, 100v, 101v). Initials in blue, red or green. Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius

• Illuminated initial ‘H’(ac)., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

some with marginal extensions (ff. 1, 3v, 4, 13, 34v, 37, 38, 54v, 73v, 74v, 90v, 100v, 101v). Initials in blue, red or green. Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius

• Foliate initials 'H'(ybernia) and 'H'(yspanicum)., Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea

some with marginal extensions (ff. 1, 3v, 4, 13, 34v, 37, 38, 54v, 73v, 74v, 90v, 100v, 101v). Initials in blue, red or green. Topographia Hiberniae, Expugnatio Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae; De purgatorio sancti Patrici, Excerpts from the Chronicle of Eusebius

• Miniature of the banner of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, with an Agnus Dei at the centre., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

with a partial border (f. 35). Foliate initials in colours and gold with partial borders, or foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue, red and gold. Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II) Richard II (b. 1367, d. 1400), king

• Detail of a miniature of the banner of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, with an Agnus Dei at the centre., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

with a partial border (f. 35). Foliate initials in colours and gold with partial borders, or foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue, red and gold. Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II) Richard II (b. 1367, d. 1400), king

• Detail of a miniature of Richard II enthroned and Phillipe de Mezieres holding a banner with Holy Lamb of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, and presenting his treatise to the king, at the beginning of the text., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

with a partial border (f. 35). Foliate initials in colours and gold with partial borders, or foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue, red and gold. Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II) Richard II (b. 1367, d. 1400), king

• Miniature of Aimeri kneeling before Charlemagne., Cycle of Aimeri de Narbonne: 'Girart de Viane' by Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube, 5560 lines, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 4-38v), 'Aimeri de Narbonne' and 'Narbonnais', 12850 lines (ff. 38v-120v), 'Siége de Barbastre', 8400 lines (ff. 121-175), and 'Guibert d'Andrenas' and 'Mort d'Aimeri', 6560 lines, imperfect at the end (ff. 176-217v)

Guibert standing beside Aimeri on his death bed (f. 176, damaged). Initials with penwork decoration extending into the borders in blue and red. Rubrics in red. Cycle of Aimeri de Narbonne: 'Girart de Viane' by Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube, 5560 lines,

• Decorated initial 'W'(e), and a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower: 'Forasmutche as you have desired so simple a woman to wrighte in so worthye a booke (good) mayster lieutenaunte therefore I shall as a frende desyre you and as a christian require you to call uppon god to encline youre harte to his lawes to quicken you in his waye and not [on the next page] to take the worde of trewthe utterlye oute of youre mouthe...', Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

48v, 62, 74v, 77v, 101, 106, 109v, 136v). Smaller initials in in colours and gold (mostly gold on a red, blue or pink ground). Lines fillers in colours and gold. Capitals marked in yellow. Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book Added

• Coloured initial 'D'(omine), at the beginning of Psalm 101., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

in the same scriptorium as ms. Royal 4 A. XIV of 12th-century Worcester provenance.Quires signatures. Large initials in green or blue, at the beginning of three major divisions of Psalms 1, 51, and 101 (ff. 8, 64, 117). Smaller outline

• Miniature of Richard II enthroned and Phillipe de Mezieres holding a banner with Holy Lamb of the new crusading order, the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ, and presenting his treatise to the king, with a full border, and a foliate initial 'U'(ne), at the beginning of the text., Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II)

with a partial border (f. 35). Foliate initials in colours and gold with partial borders, or foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue, red and gold. Epistre au roi Richart (Letter to King Richard II) Richard II (b. 1367, d. 1400), king

• Illuminated initials 'T'(he) and 'A'(prentys) with partial foliate bar borders at the opening of the Cook's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

252). Smaller 'champ' initials in colours and gold with ivy tendrils extending into the margin. Small initials and paraphs in blue with red penwork decoration or in gold with dark blue/black penwork. Running titles in black or red in some

• Detail of a scribal (?) note reading 'Icy commencera le fable de Gamelyn' ('Here will begin Gamelyn's tale')., The Canterbury Tales

252). Smaller 'champ' initials in colours and gold with ivy tendrils extending into the margin. Small initials and paraphs in blue with red penwork decoration or in gold with dark blue/black penwork. Running titles in black or red in some

• Illuminated initial 'O'(hateful) with a partial foliate bar border at the beginning of the prologue to the Man of Law's Tale., The Canterbury Tales

252). Smaller 'champ' initials in colours and gold with ivy tendrils extending into the margin. Small initials and paraphs in blue with red penwork decoration or in gold with dark blue/black penwork. Running titles in black or red in some