• Puzzle initial 'G'(losarum), at the beginning of Goffredus Tranensis's Summa super titulis Decretalium., Summa super titulis Decretalium

Goffredus Tranensis's Summa super titulis Decretalium. Most quires have on their last verso a count of the number of paraphs in the quire, e.g. 'cxxii' (f. 13v), 'c' (f. 24v), 'cxx' (f. 37v), etc. 5 large puzzle initials in red

• Puzzle initial 'G'(losarum), at the beginning of Goffredus Tranensis's Summa super titulis Decretalium., Summa super titulis Decretalium

Goffredus Tranensis's Summa super titulis Decretalium. Most quires have on their last verso a count of the number of paraphs in the quire, e.g. 'cxxii' (f. 13v), 'c' (f. 24v), 'cxx' (f. 37v), etc. 5 large puzzle initials in red

• Coloured initial 'H'(er ys godspelles) in green with penwork decoration in red, with ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer (Thomas Cantuarien[sis]) and John Lumley., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

scribe of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 38, the Gospel book copied itself from Royal 1 A XIV.Quire signatures (first two quires only) and catchwords. 2 initials in green with penwork decoration in red, or in red with penwork decoration in

• Coloured initial 'N'(u) in red with green penwork decoration., West Saxon Gospels (the 'Wessex Gospels')

scribe of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 38, the Gospel book copied itself from Royal 1 A XIV.Quire signatures (first two quires only) and catchwords. 2 initials in green with penwork decoration in red, or in red with penwork decoration in

• Ownership inscription on the opening page., Moralia in Job, books 24-35

first is Harley 3052, and the second is Harley 3053. Running headers. Quire marks for quires 1-15. Quire signature for quire 16. Guide script for rubricator in lower margins (e.g., f. 43v). 12 large and smaller initials, outlined in black,

• Decorated initial 'S'(pes) at the beginning of the Sermo de pastoribus of Augustine, with the list of contents (f. 1v)., Sermo de pastoribus, Sermo de ouibus, De baptismo contra Donatistas, De baptismo parvulorum, Epistola ad Marcellinum, De unico baptismo, De spiritu et littera

B I in script and decoration.Quire signatures in the form of letters, at the beginning and at the end of quires 14 initials in red or blue outline drawing, some on blue or red grounds, at the beginning of the

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uamvis) at the beginning of Augustine's De baptismo parvulorum., Sermo de pastoribus, Sermo de ouibus, De baptismo contra Donatistas, De baptismo parvulorum, Epistola ad Marcellinum, De unico baptismo, De spiritu et littera

B I in script and decoration.Quire signatures in the form of letters, at the beginning and at the end of quires 14 initials in red or blue outline drawing, some on blue or red grounds, at the beginning of the

• Decorated initial 'L'(ectis) at the beginning of Augustine's De spiritu et littera., Sermo de pastoribus, Sermo de ouibus, De baptismo contra Donatistas, De baptismo parvulorum, Epistola ad Marcellinum, De unico baptismo, De spiritu et littera

B I in script and decoration.Quire signatures in the form of letters, at the beginning and at the end of quires 14 initials in red or blue outline drawing, some on blue or red grounds, at the beginning of the

• Text page., Sermo de pastoribus, Sermo de ouibus, De baptismo contra Donatistas, De baptismo parvulorum, Epistola ad Marcellinum, De unico baptismo, De spiritu et littera

B I in script and decoration.Quire signatures in the form of letters, at the beginning and at the end of quires 14 initials in red or blue outline drawing, some on blue or red grounds, at the beginning of the

• Decorated initial 'A'(rbitor) at the beginning of book 3 of Augustine's De baptismo contra Donatistas., Sermo de pastoribus, Sermo de ouibus, De baptismo contra Donatistas, De baptismo parvulorum, Epistola ad Marcellinum, De unico baptismo, De spiritu et littera

B I in script and decoration.Quire signatures in the form of letters, at the beginning and at the end of quires 14 initials in red or blue outline drawing, some on blue or red grounds, at the beginning of the

• Detail of decorated initial 'P'(ost) with foliate motifs, clasps, and a man directing an arrow against a lion or a dog, at beginning of book 28 of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job., Moralia in Job, books 24-35

third of three volumes; the first is Harley 3052, and the second is Harley 3053. Running headers. Quire marks for quires 1-15. Quire signature for quire 16. Guide script for rubricator in lower margins (e.g., f. 43v). 12 large and

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(imon) at the beginning of book 3 of Bede's Commentary on Catholic Epistles., Commentary on Catholic Epistles

from an earlier (11th century ?) manuscript including two simple initials in red (oxidised). Apart from the last two, all quires have quire marks. Trace of metal fitting: one rust stain in centre of outer margin of f. 92. 1

• Puzzle initial 'I'(gitur) with penwork decoration, followed by display script, at the beginning of Sulpicius Severus' 'Vita Martini Turonensis'., Texts on the life, miracles and translation of St Martin of Tours and one text on his successor St Brice

Quire marks 'i'-'xiiii' (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires, including the last).5 leaves excised after f. 67; parts of text erased on ff. 67v, 68.Ampersands; uncrossed tironian ets. 1

• Initial 'D'(ifficiles) and puzzle initial 'A'(littera) at the beginning of William Brito's 'Expositiones vocabulorum Bibliae'., Expositiones vocabulorum Bibliae (ff. 2-127); Corrogationes Promethei (ff. 128-139)

the last leaf of the quire); leaf signatures (on the recto of the leaves of the first half of some quires: 'I'-'iiii'); catchwords.f. 1 is a medieval parchment flyleaf; remains of a lost parchment flyleaf is pasted on f. 1

• Two puzzle initials 'N'(e) and 'P'(astoralis) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Gregory the Great's De cura pastorali., Theological miscellany, including Gregory the Great, De cura pastorali (ff. 1-42v); Innocent III, De misera humanae conditionis (ff. 43-59) and Augustine, Retractationes, book 2 chapter 35 (59v); imperfect

from a 12th-century manuscript with musical notation, on four-line red staves.Leaf signatures (i, ii, iii, iiii, v) in crayon in quires 1-2; remains of catchwords. 2 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in both colours (f. 1).

• Puzzle initial 'A'(nno) with pen-flourishing., Chronica maiora

faces (ff. 1*-2*,190-191v only). Coloured initials in alternating red and blue. Extended ascender on the first line in a few quires. Chronica maiora The Cistercian abbey of St Mary's, Jervaulx (Yorkshire), late-13th or early-14th century: inscribed 'liber jorevallis (ff. 11v,

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing., Glossed Digestum Vetus, in 24 books

ff. 70, 151 also only have gloss framing an empty space.All bifolios have been split into separate leaves so that quires can only be distinguished by catchwords and leaf signatures. Some leaves are significantly smaller (e.g., ff. 125-126).Parts of the

• Initial 'A'(dventus gallorum) in blue., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

The manuscript contains the rare fourth Decade as well as unusual textual variants. It is missing its initial and final quires; 'instead of the whole of the first, third and fourth Decade, it only gives the text of the Ab

• Initial 'M'., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

The manuscript contains the rare fourth Decade as well as unusual textual variants. It is missing its initial and final quires; 'instead of the whole of the first, third and fourth Decade, it only gives the text of the Ab

• Initials 'Q' and 'B'., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

The manuscript contains the rare fourth Decade as well as unusual textual variants. It is missing its initial and final quires; 'instead of the whole of the first, third and fourth Decade, it only gives the text of the Ab