• Coloured initials., Frontinus's 'Strategemata', Books 1-4, imperfect at the beginning and the end (ff. 1-50v), Eutropius's 'Breviarium ab urbe condita', Books 1-10 (ff. 55v-109)

Coloured initials. This copy of 'Strategemata' belongs to the Anglo-Norman family, which also includes Cambridge, Peterhouse, 252.iii (11th-12th century, northern France) and Oxford, Lincoln College, lat. 100 (written by William at Malmesbury c. 1125), according to unpublished notes of

• Decorated initial 'F'(uit) with foliate decoration., Lives and Passions of saints

with red penwork decoration, and one in red with blue penwork decoration, and musical notation on red four-line staves (ff. 1, 2, 128, 129).Guglielmo Libri : his sale catalogue, 7 February 1864, lot 118, and 1895, lot 64, bought by

• Drawing of a head in ink, perhaps an author portrait, or a portrait of Gregory or Augustine of Canterbury, who are mentioned in the hymn above., 2 noted Easter hymns, prayers, part of the Office of Augustine of Canterbury: 'Chorus nove Hierusalem' (f. 1) and 'Te lucis auctor' (f. 1v); rhymed Office for Augustine of Canterbury (ff. 67-68v erased, 68v-69); Hymn to Gregory the Great (f. 69v)

(f . 69v). 2 noted Easter hymns, prayers, part of the Office of Augustine of Canterbury: 'Chorus nove Hierusalem' (f. 1) and 'Te lucis auctor' (f. 1v); rhymed Office for Augustine of Canterbury (ff. 67-68v erased, 68v-69); Hymn to Gregory

• Puzzle initial 'V'(oluntas) and flourished border at the beginning of the Similitudines Anselmi., Similitudines Anselmi, with table of chapters

1806), antiquary and topographer (inscribed in pencil ‘Archbishop Anselm’s Similitudes, Compleat/Wrote about Anno Domini 1400 in the Court Hand’, f. 1); for similar notations see Burney 39, 288, 307 (?), 320, 323, and Additional 18601.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Marginal image of a fish., Gospel lectionary

in red, often with a yellow wash, one extending into the margin (f. 1), one with an animal head (f. 213). Large decorated initials, in red and yellow, or red, black, and yellow, some zoomorphic or anthropomorphic (birds or hands)

• Decorated initial 'I'(n illo tempore) with interlace and foliate motifs., Homiliary, temporal (from Septuagesima to Easter Eve) (index Homiliae). At the end are added in a 12th-century hand, two pieces in verse, 'De Corpore et Sanguine Domini', beginning, 'Mysterio magno legali vescimur agno' (f. 170v), and 'Crimina deploret sua sic peccator et oret', beginning, 'Quo pius et pietas Deus a te pulsus abibo' (f. 171).

flyleaves, are from a 13th-century manuscript of the Historia Scholastica of Petrus Comestor. ff. 3, 4 should follow f. 176. 1 large initial in brown ink with interlace and foliate motifs (f. 5). Initials in red, some large, some small.

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, including material for determining hours of daylight, a calendar, Canticles and hymns, and creed (ff. 139v-141v), litany and prayers

'B'(eatus) at the beginning of Psalm 1. Musical notation on four-line red staves, in the office for Catherine (ff. 108-109). Large initial with partial border in colours and gold, at the beginning of Psalm 1 (f. 8). Large puzzle intial

• A parchment leaf onto which two other pieces of parchment have been pasted. The lists of contents on these added pieces are identical., The Revelations of Bridget of Sweden (Libri XII), Acts for the canonization of Bridget with accounts of her miracles, and various other texts, including the Tractatis de summis pontificibus (ff. 125-127), and the Vita venerabilis domine katerine filie beate Birgitte (ff. 288v-291v).

contents on these added pieces are identical. Horizontal catchwords, some with penwork frames.Tabs on outer foredge.f. 1 is a parchment leaf with an added list of contents. Numerous marginal drawings. 19 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (ff. 2,

• Detail of decorated initial 'S'(tupor), incorporating the name 'Syon'., The Revelations of Bridget of Sweden (Libri XII), Acts for the canonization of Bridget with accounts of her miracles, and various other texts, including the Tractatis de summis pontificibus (ff. 125-127), and the Vita venerabilis domine katerine filie beate Birgitte (ff. 288v-291v).

Horizontal catchwords, some with penwork frames.Tabs on outer foredge.f. 1 is a parchment leaf with an added list of contents. Numerous marginal drawings. 19 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (ff. 2, 2v, 17v, 29, 37v, 95, 104, 108,

• Detail of a text page with marginal drawing in the form of a log., The Revelations of Bridget of Sweden (Libri XII), Acts for the canonization of Bridget with accounts of her miracles, and various other texts, including the Tractatis de summis pontificibus (ff. 125-127), and the Vita venerabilis domine katerine filie beate Birgitte (ff. 288v-291v).

of a log. Horizontal catchwords, some with penwork frames.Tabs on outer foredge.f. 1 is a parchment leaf with an added list of contents. Numerous marginal drawings. 19 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (ff. 2, 2v, 17v, 29, 37v,

• Detail of a text page with marginal drawing in the form of a banderole wound round a pointer, held by a hand., The Revelations of Bridget of Sweden (Libri XII), Acts for the canonization of Bridget with accounts of her miracles, and various other texts, including the Tractatis de summis pontificibus (ff. 125-127), and the Vita venerabilis domine katerine filie beate Birgitte (ff. 288v-291v).

round a pointer, held by a hand. Horizontal catchwords, some with penwork frames.Tabs on outer foredge.f. 1 is a parchment leaf with an added list of contents. Numerous marginal drawings. 19 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (ff. 2,

• Detail of a text page with a marginal drawing of a book with many tags., The Revelations of Bridget of Sweden (Libri XII), Acts for the canonization of Bridget with accounts of her miracles, and various other texts, including the Tractatis de summis pontificibus (ff. 125-127), and the Vita venerabilis domine katerine filie beate Birgitte (ff. 288v-291v).

with many tags. Horizontal catchwords, some with penwork frames.Tabs on outer foredge.f. 1 is a parchment leaf with an added list of contents. Numerous marginal drawings. 19 large initials in colours with foliate motifs (ff. 2, 2v, 17v, 29, 37v,

• Decorated initial 'M'(agnus) at the beginning of book 1 of Augustine's Confessiones., Confessiones (index Confessions)

the beginning of book 1 of Augustine's Confessiones. Running headers. Signe de renvoi (f. 46), see Ker 1976. Large initials in red or green with penwork decoration in the same and occasionally in the alternate colour, some with reserved designs.

• White vine initial 'N'(el) and full border at the beginning of the text., Trionfi (index Triumphs)

added vertically in a fine 15th-century humanistic hand (f. 26v).Added verses in Italian, 15th century 'Neltempo cherinova emie sospiri...' (f. 1), 'Amor mipuo tenere...' (f. 41).Added inscriptions in Latin, 15th century (f. 41r-v).Stamped arms (trimmed) in lower border, ?16th century

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uid) formed by two dragons biting each other's tails, at the beginning of homily 9 in the second book of Gregory the Great's Homilies on Ezekiel., Homilies on Ezekiel

Feb 1804' in ink, f. 3, upper margin, and initials 'TBR', on the Topham bookplate, and inscription: 'Ent d/, f. 1; for a similar signature (‘Thomas Bryan Richards, 2 May 1801’), note, and inscription 'Entd/ 291' see Burney 321, f.

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uid) formed by two dragons biting each other's tails, at the beginning of homily 9 in the second book of Gregory the Great's Homilies on Ezekiel., Homilies on Ezekiel

Feb 1804' in ink, f. 3, upper margin, and initials 'TBR', on the Topham bookplate, and inscription: 'Ent d/, f. 1; for a similar signature (‘Thomas Bryan Richards, 2 May 1801’), note, and inscription 'Entd/ 291' see Burney 321, f.

• Inhabited initial 'D'(ivinus) with a dog, in gold and colours., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes)

Inhabited initial 'D'(ivinus) with a dog, in gold and colours. The manuscript was mostly the work of one scribe who wrote the 2nd, 4th, and 6th texts, and all but the first page of the 1st, who is identifiable

• Inhabited initial 'R'(egu) with a dragon, in gold and colours., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes)

Inhabited initial 'R'(egu) with a dragon, in gold and colours. The manuscript was mostly the work of one scribe who wrote the 2nd, 4th, and 6th texts, and all but the first page of the 1st, who is identifiable

• Large decorated initial 'P'(oentissimus) in colours and gold with foliate decoration and acanthus leaves., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes)

Large decorated initial 'P'(oentissimus) in colours and gold with foliate decoration and acanthus leaves. The manuscript was mostly the work of one scribe who wrote the 2nd, 4th, and 6th texts, and all but the first page of the

• Detail of illuminated initial 'D' with a dog., Theological miscellany, including Goselin's (index: Gocelinus, Jocelyn) Life of Augustine and other saints' lives (see Notes)

Detail of illuminated initial 'D' with a dog. The manuscript was mostly the work of one scribe who wrote the 2nd, 4th, and 6th texts, and all but the first page of the 1st, who is identifiable as the