• Decorated initial 'R'(icardus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the statutes of Richard II., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III (ff. 13-217) to 7 Richard II (ff. 217-271)

initial 'R'(icardus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the statutes ofRichard II. Beginning with a list of contents (ff. 1-12). f. 12v is blank. f. 271v is blank but ruled. The type of decoration is very close to Lansdowne

• null, Petit Livre d'Amour

of Abrantes: attached to the cover at the end is an extract from a sale-catalogue, which states that the manuscript was formerly in his possession (f. 35). Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos,

• Decorated initial 'R'(egistrum) with penwork decoration of leaves, at the beginning of the cartulary of John Blaunchard., Cartulary of John Blaunchard

f. 62 to the end. Cartulary of John Blaunchard John Blaunchard, archdeacon of Worcester (reigned 1371-1383), relating to the manor of Barford St Martin, Wiltshire.William George Richard Stanley (b. 1655, d. 1702), 9th earl of Derby (see Davis 1958).Phillip Carteret

• Decorated initial 'R'(egistrum) with penwork decoration of leaves, at the beginning of the cartulary of John Blaunchard., Cartulary of John Blaunchard

f. 62 to the end. Cartulary of John Blaunchard John Blaunchard, archdeacon of Worcester (reigned 1371-1383), relating to the manor of Barford St Martin, Wiltshire.William George Richard Stanley (b. 1655, d. 1702), 9th earl of Derby (see Davis 1958).Phillip Carteret

• Decorated initial 'C'(oment) with pen-flourishing and line-fillers at the beginning of the statutes., Nova statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III (ff. 30-115) to 17 Richard II (ff. 116-171v)

of paper inscribed with the title to appear on the spine, with the annotation 'calf' designating the type of leather to be used for the binding (f. [iii]).Beginnning with a list of chapters (ff. 1-29).Catchwords written horizontally.The first leaf

• Illuminated puzzle initials 'Q'(ue) and 'D'(ixit), with line flourishing in blue., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing the text for the Hours of the Virgin as said during Advent (ff. 1-3), the Penitential Psalms (ff. 4-8), Litanies (ff. 8-12), and Office of the Dead (ff. 13-21), Use of Rome

'?Bologna, first half of 15th century (opinion of Dr Otto Pacht)'. Harry and Virginia Walton, of New York: their sale, Blomsbury Auction, New York, 4 April 2009, lot 7; purchased by The British Library. Puzzle initials Master of the Brussels

• Historiated initial 'Q' of Peter, with the descender of the letter composed of a foliate extension of acanthus leaves (centre)., Cutting from a Gradual (sanctorale)

gold, of Peter, with the descender of the letter composed of a foliate extension of acanthus leaves. The initial began either the gradual for the feasts of the Conversion of Paul the Apostle (25 January) or of the Commemoration of

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

to Richard Rolle, Hermit of Hampole and Materials for his Biography , Modern Language Association of America Monograph series, 3, New York and London: Modern Language Association of America, p. 214, 247. Allen, H. E. 1931. English Writings ofRichard

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

a later version of Thomas of Hales's Love Rune ( IMEV 66). English Furnivall 1901, pp. 464-468. ff. 299vb-300rb Morning Song of the Love of God ( IMEV 3760 ) 'A mournyng song of þe loue of God'. 'To loue

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

1895. Yorkshire Writers: Richard Rolle of Hampole and His Followers , Library of Early English Writers, 2 vols, London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1. Horstmann, C. 1896. Yorkshire Writers: Richard Rolle of Hampole and His Followers , Library of Early English Writers,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

7190 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 196). A late fourteenth-century copy of the C-text of Piers Plowman that contains a contemporary note regarding Stacy de Rokayle of Shipton under Wychwood, allegedly William Langland's father (Russell and Kane 1997, p.