• Decorated initial 'M'(ulier) and a partial border with many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, at the beginning of chapter 1 of Bernardus de Gordonio's De conservatione vitae humanae., De conservatione vitae humanae (ff. 1-61); Tacuinum sanitatis (ff. 61v-110v)

chapter 1 of Bernardus de Gordonio's De conservatione vitae humanae. 4 large decorated initials, developing partial borders, the second with many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 3v,

• Decorated initials 'T'(acuinum) and partial borders, at the beginning of the Tacuinum sanitatis., De conservatione vitae humanae (ff. 1-61); Tacuinum sanitatis (ff. 61v-110v)

many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 3v, 61v (x2)). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate extensions into the margins (f.

• null, De conservatione vitae humanae (ff. 1-61); Tacuinum sanitatis (ff. 61v-110v)

many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 3v, 61v (x2)). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate extensions into the margins (f.

• null, De conservatione vitae humanae (ff. 1-61); Tacuinum sanitatis (ff. 61v-110v)

many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 3v, 61v (x2)). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate extensions into the margins (f.

• null, De conservatione vitae humanae (ff. 1-61); Tacuinum sanitatis (ff. 61v-110v)

many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 3v, 61v (x2)). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate extensions into the margins (f.

• null, De conservatione vitae humanae (ff. 1-61); Tacuinum sanitatis (ff. 61v-110v)

many birds, a squirrel, a butterfly and a grotesque figure fighting a snake, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 3v, 61v (x2)). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate extensions into the margins (f.

• Historiated initial 'P'(uer) with a Majestas Domini, in the Gradual., Icelandic Gradual

162, 171, 183-186).Little booklet containing a prayer in French and dated 'xi Juin 1674' pasted to f. 8 (ff. 2-7). 1 large historiated initial, in colours (f. 33). Large decorated initials, in colours. Smaller initials in red, blue, green, or

• Decorated initial 'B'(enedicta), and initials with pen-flourishing, in the Gradual., Icelandic Gradual

162, 171, 183-186).Little booklet containing a prayer in French and dated 'xi Juin 1674' pasted to f. 8 (ff. 2-7). 1 large historiated initial, in colours (f. 33). Large decorated initials, in colours. Smaller initials in red, blue, green, or

• Flourished initials, in the Register book of the Archbishop of York., Register book of the Archbishop of York

Flourished initials, in the Register book of the Archbishop of York. Large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Register book of the Archbishop of York Inscribed 'Regestum Archiep. Eborac. FN', and 'Histor. Eborac

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) of monks singing, with a three-sided border including a hound, bird, lion, and grotesque hybrid, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the fool, with a full border including a unicorn, birds, and a grotesque., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of David drowning in water with God above., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, with a partial border including a grotesque., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the fool, with a section of the full border including a unicorn and a grotesque., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Detail of an historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of David drowning in water with God above., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, with a partial border including a grotesque., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Flourished initials, in the Breviary., Breviary, Use of Sarum, fragment, with prayers and meditations in English

Flourished initials, in the Breviary. Large and small initials in gold with purple or brown foliate pen-flourishing or in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Breviary, Use of Sarum, fragment, with prayers and meditations in English Inscribed 'LLd No. 62'

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the fool, with a section of the full border including a unicorn., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Calligraphic specimens with decorated initial 'O' signed by Petruccio Ubaldini, dated 1550, and dedicated to Edward VI (in the fourth year of his reign)., Specimens of Calligraphy

brown ink (f. 48). Specimens of Calligraphy Written in London by Petruccio Ubaldini; signed and dated 20 July 1550 (ff. 1, 21, 42).Edward VI (b. 1537, d.1553), king of England and Ireland, king from 1547: apparently intended for him (ff.

• Marginal drawing of the standard used at the Battle of the Standard, with an inscription reading 'Standard'., Chronica; Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regum Angliae, and other texts

Battle of the Standard in red, green, and blue ink (f. 88), and of a red star (f. 100), and 1 drawing in black and red ink of a seal of William, king of Sicily (f. 160v). Initials in red