• Decorated initial 'P'(aulus) with a running animal at the base of the letter., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

foliate decoration. Smaller initials in red or blue with pen flourishing in the same colours. Capitals marked in red ink. Running titles and chapter numbers in alternating red and blue, or in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 237v-484v). Bible,

• Puzzle initial 'P'(eritorum)., Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Caesarea, in Latin translation, with a table of contents preceding each book

32v, 50v, 67v, 88v, 109, 123, 134v, 145, 160v). 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 2). Plain initials in green, red, or blue, some large, some small. Rubrics in red. Unfinished initials sketched in plummet (1 in ink)

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(ui) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the text., Summa theologica (ff. 1-66v); Peter the Chanter's Tropus sive De tropis loquendi (index Summa de tropis et modo loquendi)(ff. 67-83) and Summa de sacramentis et animae consiliis (ff. 84-143v)

initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (ff. 4, 67). Smaller initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour or in both colours. Coloured initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red. Unfinished

• Detail of an historiated initial 'F'(rater) of a monk reading from a lectern., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

foliate decoration. Smaller initials in red or blue with pen flourishing in the same colours. Capitals marked in red ink. Running titles and chapter numbers in alternating red and blue, or in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 237v-484v). Bible,

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of a man preaching to a group of other men., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

foliate decoration. Smaller initials in red or blue with pen flourishing in the same colours. Capitals marked in red ink. Running titles and chapter numbers in alternating red and blue, or in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 237v-484v). Bible,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of a man preaching to a group of other men., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

foliate decoration. Smaller initials in red or blue with pen flourishing in the same colours. Capitals marked in red ink. Running titles and chapter numbers in alternating red and blue, or in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 237v-484v). Bible,

• Detail of a decorated initial 'P'(aulus) with a crowing rooster at the base of the letter., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

foliate decoration. Smaller initials in red or blue with pen flourishing in the same colours. Capitals marked in red ink. Running titles and chapter numbers in alternating red and blue, or in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 237v-484v). Bible,

• Detail of a text page with pen-flourished initials., Bible, including the Psalms and Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff. 485-504) (imperfect)

foliate decoration. Smaller initials in red or blue with pen flourishing in the same colours. Capitals marked in red ink. Running titles and chapter numbers in alternating red and blue, or in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 237v-484v). Bible,

• Reading for the fourth Sunday after Easter, taken from the Epistle of James, with French commentary at the top and the translated commentary below., Readings from the Gospels and the Epistles (Epistres et Evangiles des cinquante et deux sepmaines de l'an) (index Lectionary)

very small initials in gold on red or blue grounds (f. 3). Coat of arms of Anne Boleyn in colours and gold (f. 2). Large initials with acanthus motifs in white, blue, gold or violet, on coloured grounds, several with

• 2 ownership inscriptions stating that the book belonged to John Preston, monk of St Augustine's abbey, Canterbury, and that it was included in the library of St Augustine's, reading 'Summa Magistri Johannis Dumbletone / fratris Iohannis Prestone,' and 'de librario s. Aug. ext[ra] Cantuariam distin[ctio]ne xii gradu iii'., Summa logicae et naturalis philosophiae, with an index

3v). 7 puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red and blue and partial borders, at the beginning of books (ff. 4, 28, 48v, 72, 89v, 97, 132v). Initials in blue with pen-flourishing in red, and some in

• Puzzle initial 'I'(uste iudicate) with pen-flourishing including a dragon head at the beginning of the text., Various canon law texts including Breviarium extravagantium (now known as Compilatio prima decretalium), Ordo judiciarius, Decretals, etc., imperfect

initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours extending into the margins to form a partial border (ff. 2 (including a dragon head), 140, 202). 12 smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the

• Decorated initial 'y'(e) at the beginning of the Prick of Conscience., Prick of Conscience

Lewis and MacIntosh 1982 p. 69. 1 three-sided border of red pen-flourishing with foliate forms (f. 2). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Highlighting of letters in red. Prick of Conscience 16th-century inscriptions 'Jhon boyce' (f.

• The ownership inscription of Sir Henry Spelman, historian and antiquary, and of 'Jhon boyce'., Prick of Conscience

Lewis and MacIntosh 1982 p. 69. 1 three-sided border of red pen-flourishing with foliate forms (f. 2). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Highlighting of letters in red. Prick of Conscience 16th-century inscriptions 'Jhon boyce' (f.

• Decorated initials., Theological miscellany

Passion (f. 103). Large initials in plain red or blue. Capital letters highlighted in red. Theological miscellany The Carthusian abbey of Mainz, 15th century: inscribed 'Codex Carthusiensium prope Magunciam' (ff. 21, 78v, 79, 98v, 99).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d.

• Miniature of the Nativity, at the beginning of a prayer to the Virgin., Prayer book

and gold. Large decorated initials, in colours and gold. Large and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Prayer book Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector: inscribed 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1).

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) depicting Jerome and Damasus (above), and Jerome and Ambrose (below), with the ownership inscriptions of Abbot Robert de Bello at the top of the page and under the feet of the peacock., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

alternately in red or blue, with predominantly blue or red flourishing and marginal extensions, respectively. Line-fillers in red and blue, sometimes in the form of fish. Chapter numbers and running titles in alternate red and blue characters, with flourishes. Guide-letters

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) depiciting a Tree of Jesse, at the start of Matthew; the prologue has a smaller historiated initial 'M'(atheus) depicting two male figures., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

alternately in red or blue, with predominantly blue or red flourishing and marginal extensions, respectively. Line-fillers in red and blue, sometimes in the form of fish. Chapter numbers and running titles in alternate red and blue characters, with flourishes. Guide-letters

• Partial illuminated border and initial 'D'(ominus) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Psalm 26., Bilingual Psalter, in the later Wycliffite translation, with the Canticles, and the Athanasian Creed

80, 97 (ff. 16, 26, 35v, 36, 55v, 66v). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, sometimes in the forms of leaves. Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, or in red with brown penwork decoration.

• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix biting a branch., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds 16th-century recipes

• Detail of a miniature of a phoenix burning, illustrating the text that when it felt that it was growing old, it would make its own funeral pyre, and allow itself to be consumed in the flames, which it fanned with its wings, and that it would rise again from the ashes., Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds

colours of animals. Large initial on a rectangular ground in colours (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red. Bestiary, with extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis on Irish birds 16th-century recipes