• Decorated initials 'A'(b) and 'A'(ghi) [Agni] at the beginning of a excerpt from Oribasius's Apla de herbarum uirtutibus., Macer's De viribus herbarum, imperfect (ff. 1-11, 13-17v); Oribasius, Apla de herbarum virtutibus, excerpt (ff. 19-34); Hippocrates, Dinamedia (ff. 34-40v)

shelfmark of this manuscript is '84 or 670'. 3 large initials in blue, red and green with penwork decoration (ff. 1, 19, 34v). Large and small initials in red, green, yellow, purple, blue, or brown, some with simle penwork decoration,

• Decorated initial 'E'(t)., Leaf with the start of Book 5 of a grammatical (?) work

67-76, and 82 were printed fragments and have been removed.Musical notation (e.g., ff. 18v, 38, 40, 77r-v, 78r-v, 80r-v, 83r-v). 1 large initial in red with blue penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Paraph in red. Leaf with

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with king David (?) praying, from a fragment of Psalm 101 in a glossed Psalter., Fragment from a glossed Psalter, with Psalm 100: 8-101:1-8

Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with king David (?) praying, from a fragment of Psalm 101 in a glossed Psalter. The manuscript is a collection of fragments and leaves. Not described separately: ff. 1-23v; 25-29v; 31, 34, 36-37, 41-43, 45, 48-51,

• Detail of puzzle initial., Viaticum; De elephantia aliisque morbis (ff. 92v-94v)

with red and blue (or black) penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 3v, 35, 50v, 82v). Small initials in red with black pen-flourishing, and in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or blue. Viaticum; De elephantia aliisque morbis

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of God enthroned in the upper register and God blessing in the lower register, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

guide running titles and guide chapter numbers, pricking. Numerous pointing hands. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold and 6 medallions of Creation, at the beginning of Genesis (f. 1). 21 historiated initials in colours, sometimes with pen-flourished decoration (ff.

• Detail of 6 medallions of the days of Creation, in the lower margin., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

guide running titles and guide chapter numbers, pricking. Numerous pointing hands. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold and 6 medallions of Creation, at the beginning of Genesis (f. 1). 21 historiated initials in colours, sometimes with pen-flourished decoration (ff.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(onfortatus) of Salomon enthroned, at the beginning of Chronicles II., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

guide running titles and guide chapter numbers, pricking. Numerous pointing hands. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold and 6 medallions of Creation, at the beginning of Genesis (f. 1). 21 historiated initials in colours, sometimes with pen-flourished decoration (ff.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(t rex) of David and Abisag, at the beginning of Kings III., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

guide running titles and guide chapter numbers, pricking. Numerous pointing hands. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold and 6 medallions of Creation, at the beginning of Genesis (f. 1). 21 historiated initials in colours, sometimes with pen-flourished decoration (ff.

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

moralium. Quam scripsit Sifridus canonicus sancte marie sanctique nicolai in arenstein' (f. 1). A near contemporary hand century hand added John the Deacon's Vita S. Gregorii papae (f. 1). Notes in later hands including that of abbot Heinrich Schupp (d.

• Zoomorphic initial 'C'(oncede) with a dragon and foliate motifs., Gospel lectionary with collects and a calendar

99v). 6 large zoomorphic or historiated initials in colours (ff. 77v, 80v, 81, 85, 92v, 93v). 1 very large initial in red (f. 153). 1 smaller initial in red (f. 105v). 4 large initials in red and/or blue (ff. 100v,

• Inhabited initial 'I'(nicium) at the beginning of Mark with lions and an animal playing a fiddle., Mark with the Glossa ordinaria and interlinear glosses; preceded by a table of' capitula sive distinctiones', beginning 'De Iohanne baptista' (ff. 2 r-v), and by the prologue 'Marcus evangelista Dei' (ff. 3-4v), imperfect at the end (the last leaf has been cut out)

Inhabited initial 'I'(nicium) at the beginning of Mark with lions and an animal playing a fiddle. ff. 1, 96 are parchment flyleaves. 1 large initial in colours, gold, and silver, with foliate and zoomorphic motifs at the beginning of Mark

• Text page., Tres libri

anathema] sit. Amen' (f. 1) (see Warner and Gilson).Added list of contents of the Tres libri, 14th-century English hand (ff. 264-265) .The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1356' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Puzzle initial 'I'(mperatoria) with display script and penwork decoration, at the beginning of the Institutiones., Institutiones and Authenticum with the Glossa ordinaria

anathema] sit. Amen' (f. 1) (see Warner and Gilson).Added list of contents of the Tres libri, 14th-century English hand (ff. 264-265) .The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1356' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Penwork initial 'I'(mperator)., Institutiones and Authenticum with the Glossa ordinaria

anathema] sit. Amen' (f. 1) (see Warner and Gilson).Added list of contents of the Tres libri, 14th-century English hand (ff. 264-265) .The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number 'no. 1356' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper

• Detail of a folio with a version of the Lord's prayer in English., Theological works in prose and verse including The Lay Folks' Mass Book and Speculum Mundi

Detail of a folio with a version of the Lord's prayer in English. Northern dialect features include 'kirc' for church (f. 100) and 'þo' for þe throughout. The middle English verses in this manuscript catalogued by Boffey and Edwards

• Text page with ink drawing and quire number 'X'., De officiis (ff. 1-58v); Paradoxa Stoicorum (ff. 59-66); De amicitia (ff. 66v-83); De senectute (ff. 84-98); De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 99-140)

both parts of the manuscript, which were bound together before this date (ff. 140v-143 and ff. 163v-164v).Quire signatures in Part 1 are in two series of Roman numerals: I-XI (ff. 1-98) and i-iiii (ff. 99-140), as the two sections were

• Two text pages with maniculae in the lower margins, one holding a thurible and one a branch., De officiis (ff. 1-58v); Paradoxa Stoicorum (ff. 59-66); De amicitia (ff. 66v-83); De senectute (ff. 84-98); De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 99-140)

both parts of the manuscript, which were bound together before this date (ff. 140v-143 and ff. 163v-164v).Quire signatures in Part 1 are in two series of Roman numerals: I-XI (ff. 1-98) and i-iiii (ff. 99-140), as the two sections were

• Text page with initial 'Q'(uamquam) with decoration., De officiis (ff. 1-58v); Paradoxa Stoicorum (ff. 59-66); De amicitia (ff. 66v-83); De senectute (ff. 84-98); De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 99-140)

both parts of the manuscript, which were bound together before this date (ff. 140v-143 and ff. 163v-164v).Quire signatures in Part 1 are in two series of Roman numerals: I-XI (ff. 1-98) and i-iiii (ff. 99-140), as the two sections were

• Large initial 'S'(epe) and display script at the beginning of Cicero's 'De Inventione'., De officiis (ff. 1-58v); Paradoxa Stoicorum (ff. 59-66); De amicitia (ff. 66v-83); De senectute (ff. 84-98); De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 99-140)

both parts of the manuscript, which were bound together before this date (ff. 140v-143 and ff. 163v-164v).Quire signatures in Part 1 are in two series of Roman numerals: I-XI (ff. 1-98) and i-iiii (ff. 99-140), as the two sections were

• Text page of ghost story from Byland, Yorkshire., De officiis (ff. 1-58v); Paradoxa Stoicorum (ff. 59-66); De amicitia (ff. 66v-83); De senectute (ff. 84-98); De inventione (index Rhetorica)(ff. 99-140)

both parts of the manuscript, which were bound together before this date (ff. 140v-143 and ff. 163v-164v).Quire signatures in Part 1 are in two series of Roman numerals: I-XI (ff. 1-98) and i-iiii (ff. 99-140), as the two sections were