• Flourished initial., Lives of female Saints in verse

red with green pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Ff. 27-193: 2 large initials in gold on grounds in red and blue with foliate extensions (ff. 27, 28v). 21 large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, mostly at the

• Text page., Lives of female Saints in verse

red with green pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Ff. 27-193: 2 large initials in gold on grounds in red and blue with foliate extensions (ff. 27, 28v). 21 large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, mostly at the

• Detail of puzzle initial., Historical works, including Aelred's Genealogia regum Anglorum (ff. 133-146)

or geometric initials in blue and red with red and blue penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, a few forming a bar border and one including a face (f. 21v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, and in blue with red pen-flourishing.

• Detail of puzzle initial., Historical works, including Aelred's Genealogia regum Anglorum (ff. 133-146)

or geometric initials in blue and red with red and blue penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, a few forming a bar border and one including a face (f. 21v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, and in blue with red pen-flourishing.

• Miniature of the Visitation, decorated initial 'D'(eus) and full foliate border, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

a red and blue ground accompanied by a bar with foliate decoration (f. 159). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing.

• Miniature of the Last Judgement, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Seven Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

a red and blue ground accompanied by a bar with foliate decoration (f. 159). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing.

• Miniature of the Raising of Souls to Heaven, decorated initial 'S'(ubvenite) and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Commendation of Souls., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

a red and blue ground accompanied by a bar with foliate decoration (f. 159). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing.

• Miniature of the Flagellation of Christ, decorated initial 'I'(n) and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Passion of Christ., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

a red and blue ground accompanied by a bar with foliate decoration (f. 159). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing.

• Miniature of God the Father and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Seven Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in red, blue and/or gold. Capital letters highlighted in red. Book of

• Illuminated initials 'H'(ora) and 'D'(omine)., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

a red and blue ground accompanied by a bar with foliate decoration (f. 159). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing.

• Miniature of the Pentecost., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in red, blue and/or gold. Capital letters highlighted in red. Book of

• Diagram of the seven tunics and three humours of the eye and the skull, labelled for the conjunctiva, cornea, uvea, albugineus (aqueous) humor, tunica aranea (interior capsule of the lens), cystalline humor or lens itself., Medical miscellany, including the 'book of Macharias on the eye called Salaracer or secret of secrets'

of the eye, in black and red (f. 68). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, often in foliate forms. Large and small simple initials in red, blue, or brown. Marginal drawings in black ink. Medical miscellany, including the

• Text page with flourished initial and decorated catchword of a crowned woman., Canterbury Tales

of a crowned woman. ff. 56-63v, and 271 are 19th-century replacements. 1 large initial in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing (f. 1). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Canterbury Tales Edward Haistwell of the Middle Temple, by 1718: his

• Detail of decorated initial., Panormia

initial. 3 large initials with foliate patterns in red, green, and light blue (ff. 6v, 32v, 42v). Simple large and small initials in red, green, or light blue, some with penwork decoration in another of these colour(s). Bird, animal or

• Detail of coloured initial and inscription., Panormia

inscription. 3 large initials with foliate patterns in red, green, and light blue (ff. 6v, 32v, 42v). Simple large and small initials in red, green, or light blue, some with penwork decoration in another of these colour(s). Bird, animal or

• Decorated initial 'L'(a) and border., Modi singulari de cocina (recipes for made dishes, soups, sauces, pastry, etc.), with index at the end of the volume (ff. 1-23v, 105-107); Libro de manescalchia de tutte le febre ed ogni altre infirmitate che se generano in li caualli, composto per uno dicto Messer Joanne Facio per ordinatione de Re Carlo Magno Imperatore, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 25-104v)

small and 1 large initial in gold on a blue, red, (and green) ground, with three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 33). Small initials in plain red or blue. Modi singulari de cocina (recipes for made dishes,

• Illuminated initial 'H'(enry) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the statutes of the reign of Henry IV, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 31 Henry VI

foliate borders (ff. 2, 150, 238, 241, 252, 266, 271, 274, 275v). Small initials in blue with red flourishing. Paraph marks alternately red or blue. Probably by more than one artist. Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute

• Historiated initial 'N'(on) depicting crowned emperor(?) holding a gold staff/sceptre at the beginning of Cornelius Nepos's Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium; the lower margin with arms party per fess, ~gules~ and ~vert~, a letter 'B' ~or~, the shield depicted as if hanging from a hook., Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium

historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Heraldic arms (f. 1). Small initials alternately gold with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium Unidentified original(?) owner: with

• null, Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the Longer English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

grounds, with brown pen-flourishing extending into the margins (f. 1v). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with brown pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and/or blue. Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI (the

• null, Iliad, each book except book I preceded by one or two monostich summaries; prose hypothesis at the start of book II (f. 13); scholia relating to book I 331-341 (ff. 7v-8).

Large gold initial with green vine-stems on blue and red grounds (f. 2). Large red or blue initials with penwork decoration. Small red simple initials. Iliad, each book except book I preceded by one or two monostich summaries; prose hypothesis