• Detail of illuminated initial., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

illuminated initial. 1 large foliate and interlace initial, in colours and gold (f. 3). Large initials alternating red, blue, or pale brown, usually with simple decoration in one of the other colours. Small initials alternating red, blue, or pale brown.

• Detail of decorated initial., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

decorated initial. 1 large foliate and interlace initial, in colours and gold (f. 3). Large initials alternating red, blue, or pale brown, usually with simple decoration in one of the other colours. Small initials alternating red, blue, or pale brown.

• Miniature of Ursato Manulesso adoring the Virgin with the Child., Commission from Aloysio Mocenico, Doge of Venice, to Ursato Manulesso, delegating the Government of Padua to him

the Virgin with the Child. 1 miniature and a titlepiece with heraldic decoration, in colours and gold (ff.1v- 2). Display script. Commission from Aloysio Mocenico, Doge of Venice, to Ursato Manulesso, delegating the Government of Padua to him Ursato Manulesso:

• Puzzle initial., Psalter, a metrical version (the Surtees Psalter version)

One of six known manuscript copies. Full border in colours and gold with foliate forms, with the initial of Psalm 1 excised (f. 2). 7 large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue pen-flourishing forming a partial

• Decorated initial at the beginning of 'Grammatica'., Grammatica

Decorated initial at the beginning of 'Grammatica'. In part 1, the script and the hand change between ff. 20r-v. 1 large red ink initial with green decoration (f. 33). Grammatica Val-St-Lambert, the Cistercian abbey of St Mary near Liège, Belgium:

• Decorated initial 'P'(ronomen), at the beginning of the chapter on the pronoun., Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici

of the chapter on the pronoun. 1 large miniature (f. 80v), in brown ink and red, green and yellow. Large initials in red with blue decoration or green with red decoration. Some large initials in red or green without decoration.

• Decorated initial 'C'(ivilis) at the beginning of chapter 6 of book 1 of Cicero's De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

of chapter 6 of book 1 of Cicero's De inventione. 6 large decorated initials in brown ink with yellow and red washes, 2 with zoomorphic features of a animal head, or a bird (ff. 1, 3, 4, 24, 51v, 70).

• Decorated initial 'P'(auci) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Jerome's Adversus Iovinianum., Adversus Iovinianum; Liber de fide catholica

with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Jerome's Adversus Iovinianum. 1 large decorated initial in gold on a ground in blue and red, with pen-flourishing in red with green infill (f. 1). Large and small initials mostly in red with blue

• Decorated initial 'P'(aucorum) at the beginning of Maximus of Turin's Homily hiemales de tempore, II (attributed to Ambrose)., Various sermons, including several of Augustine's sermons for Easter, with list of contents, ff. 1v-2

Ambrose). Contemporary title, f. 1. Large initials in red, blue, green or yellow, many with foliate or geometric decoration, and 7 with penwork decoration in another colour (ff. 50v, 60, 69, 112v, 119, 146v, 157); 1 with a cross (f.

• Decorated initials 'N'(atalis) and 'H'(esterno) with foliate forms., Various sermons, including several of Augustine's sermons for Easter, with list of contents, ff. 1v-2

forms. Contemporary title, f. 1. Large initials in red, blue, green or yellow, many with foliate or geometric decoration, and 7 with penwork decoration in another colour (ff. 50v, 60, 69, 112v, 119, 146v, 157); 1 with a cross (f.

• Decorated initial 'P'(astoralis) at the beginning of Gregory the Great's Liber pastoralis., Regula pastorali

Great's Liber pastoralis. Added paper flyleaf with 18th century text in English after f. 62. 1 large initial in yellow with green penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red, yellow, or green, some with penwork decoration. Regula pastorali A

• Decorated initials 'D'(e) in a theological miscellany., Miscellany, including charters for Durham and letters to the bishop of Durham, Walter Map's De nummo (f. 10v)

Note that there are 51 texts listed in the 1819 catalogue.From f. 26 there is medieval foliation starting from '1'.1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing and foliated decoration in red and blue (f. 114v). Large and small

• Coloured initial 'P'(ater)., De septem sacramentis; Expositio in orationem Dominicam; Synonyma, ends imperfect

initial 'P'(ater). 1 large initial in red and green (f. 18v). Small initials in red or black. Marginal notations in red. De septem sacramentis; Expositio in orationem Dominicam; Synonyma, ends imperfect The Carthusians of Mainz 14th century (inscription: ' liber

• Detail of the decorated initial 'C'(ivilis) at the beginning of chapter 6 of book 1 of Cicero's De inventione., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

of chapter 6 of book 1 of Cicero's De inventione. 6 large decorated initials in brown ink with yellow and red washes, 2 with zoomorphic features of a animal head, or a bird (ff. 1, 3, 4, 24, 51v, 70).

• Decorated initial 'P'(auci) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Jerome's Adversus Iovinianum., Adversus Iovinianum; Liber de fide catholica

with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Jerome's Adversus Iovinianum. 1 large decorated initial in gold on a ground in blue and red, with pen-flourishing in red with green infill (f. 1). Large and small initials mostly in red with blue

• Donatus writing his grammar, his ink-pot held by a monk labelled 'Heinre'(?), at the end of Sedulius Scotus's Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici., Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici

at the end of Sedulius Scotus's Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici. 1 large miniature (f. 80v), in brown ink and red, green and yellow. Large initials in red with blue decoration or green with red decoration. Some large initials

• Decorated initial 'P'(ronomen), at the beginning of the chapter on the pronoun., Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici

of the chapter on the pronoun. 1 large miniature (f. 80v), in brown ink and red, green and yellow. Large initials in red with blue decoration or green with red decoration. Some large initials in red or green without decoration.

• Decorated initial 'H'(esterno) with foliate forms., Various sermons, including several of Augustine's sermons for Easter, with list of contents, ff. 1v-2

forms. Contemporary title, f. 1. Large initials in red, blue, green or yellow, many with foliate or geometric decoration, and 7 with penwork decoration in another colour (ff. 50v, 60, 69, 112v, 119, 146v, 157); 1 with a cross (f.

• Decorated initial 'P'(aucorum) at the beginning of Maximus of Turin's Homily hiemales de tempore, II (attributed to Ambrose)., Various sermons, including several of Augustine's sermons for Easter, with list of contents, ff. 1v-2

Ambrose). Contemporary title, f. 1. Large initials in red, blue, green or yellow, many with foliate or geometric decoration, and 7 with penwork decoration in another colour (ff. 50v, 60, 69, 112v, 119, 146v, 157); 1 with a cross (f.

• 'Champ' initial with foliate feathering at the beginning of the text., The Brut Chronicle (the common version to 1377), imperfect to the year 1356

'Champ' initial with foliate feathering at the beginning of the text. 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate extensions into the margin (f. 1). Large initial in gold with blue penwork decoration (f. 122).