• Full-page emblematic miniature with symbols and an inscription reading 'Eterno deo virtutu[?] glorie etatis regi iustitis ac Pietatis habunda[n]ti mundi rectori religionis n?c Triu[m]phas cum laude sacrum hoc dicaturn est'., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

Full-page emblematic miniature with symbols and an inscription reading 'Eterno deo virtutu[?] glorie etatis regi iustitis ac Pietatis habunda[n]ti mundi rectori religionis n?c Triu[m]phas cum laude sacrum hoc dicaturn est'. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf

• Full-page emblematic miniature of symbols in a room with two arches, and an inscription reading 'Iustitia[?] ama[n]s ab omnib[us] diligitu. Divina amore aete[r]nas mo? Renascitur. nobilis patientur prudenterque cordis imper[ver?] Tener et est liberirate ornatus'., Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

Full-page emblematic miniature of symbols in a room with two arches, and an inscription reading 'Iustitia[?] ama[n]s ab omnib[us] diligitu. Divina amore aete[r]nas mo? Renascitur. nobilis patientur prudenterque cordis imper[ver?] Tener et est liberirate ornatus'. ff. 1, 25 are

• Full-page emblematic miniature of a wreath with symbols inside and an inscription reading 'Invictus rex tuus: iustitia Opibus : fama: imperio : pace Omnibus potentior.', Hieroglyphica and Emblematic Inscriptions

Full-page emblematic miniature of a wreath with symbols inside and an inscription reading 'Invictus rex tuus: iustitia Opibus : fama: imperio : pace Omnibus potentior.' ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled,

• Illuminated initial 'A'(s the) in gold and red, at the beginning of the text., The pleasaunt poesye of princelie practise, imperfect

poesye of princelie practise, imperfect Added leaves of a lectionary from lives of saints of English origin containing readings of John and Paul (26 June) and Margaret (20 July), 1st half of the 13th century (ff. 1, 79)William Forrest (fl.

• Text page with puzzle initial, decorated initial and paraphs., Religious and moral poems and a prose treatise; Manuel de Pechies (index: Péchés, Péchéz ); Le Chasteau d'Amour

included in the catalogue of 1666 (f.14).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text page Johannis Colyford John Colyford William of Waddington (index: Widdendune); Robert Grosseteste and others England, S.W.

• Decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Matthew, Mark, and Luke (ff. 15, 15v, 55, 84). Smaller initials in ink with interlace decoration at the beginning of John, prologues, and other lists of capitula (ff. 1, 2v, 3v, 4v, 5, 8, 52, 128, 130v). Canon Tables with

• Detail of a decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Matthew, Mark, and Luke (ff. 15, 15v, 55, 84). Smaller initials in ink with interlace decoration at the beginning of John, prologues, and other lists of capitula (ff. 1, 2v, 3v, 4v, 5, 8, 52, 128, 130v). Canon Tables with

• Detail of an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan., Gospel Book

Matthew, Mark, and Luke (ff. 15, 15v, 55, 84). Smaller initials in ink with interlace decoration at the beginning of John, prologues, and other lists of capitula (ff. 1, 2v, 3v, 4v, 5, 8, 52, 128, 130v). Canon Tables with

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam), with a display script, at the beginning of Luke., Gospel Book

Matthew, Mark, and Luke (ff. 15, 15v, 55, 84). Smaller initials in ink with interlace decoration at the beginning of John, prologues, and other lists of capitula (ff. 1, 2v, 3v, 4v, 5, 8, 52, 128, 130v). Canon Tables with

• Detail of a decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam), with a display script, at the beginning of Luke., Gospel Book

Matthew, Mark, and Luke (ff. 15, 15v, 55, 84). Smaller initials in ink with interlace decoration at the beginning of John, prologues, and other lists of capitula (ff. 1, 2v, 3v, 4v, 5, 8, 52, 128, 130v). Canon Tables with

• Text page., Gospel Book

Matthew, Mark, and Luke (ff. 15, 15v, 55, 84). Smaller initials in ink with interlace decoration at the beginning of John, prologues, and other lists of capitula (ff. 1, 2v, 3v, 4v, 5, 8, 52, 128, 130v). Canon Tables with

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H'(odie) of the Nativity of Christ, at the beginning of the choir response during the morning prayers (lauds) for Christmas., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H'(esterna) of the martyrdom of Stephen, with a partial bar border including a grotesque, at the beginning of the reading for 26 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H'(erodes) of Herod overseeing the massacre of the innocents by knights, with a partial bar border including a dancing, hooded grotesque, at the reading for the feast of Holy Innocents on 28 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'E'(stote), with a partial bar border including a dragon, at the reading for Vespers for the second Saturday of Lent., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(idi) of a bishop sprinkling holy water on a church with a liturgical spoon; behind him a deacon stands next to a font of holy water and holds a hyssop, with a partial bar border including grotesques and hybrids., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David pointing to his closed mouth, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e) of Mary, accompanied by Joseph bearing gifts, presenting Jesus to the priest Simeon, with a partial bar border including a grotesque whose hood grows into a foliate extender, at the beginning of the reading for 2 February, the feast of the Purification of the Virgin, also known as Candlemas., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e) depicting a monk venerating Christ on the cross, at the reading for 14 September., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of the Holy Face, or portrait of Christ, at the reading for the feast of the Circumcision on 1 January., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

of Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, in March 1322 (f. 157). The last appointment of a bishop of Norwich mentioned is John Salmon (d. 1325) (f. 156v, line 14).Inscription, after 1344: note of debt for £100 by Philip and Walter de