• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a woman bringing an infant to a hairy hermit., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

century (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Henrician title 'Decretales' and Westminster inventory number 'no. 1059' (f. 1), acquired by the Upper Library at Westminster after the inventory of 1542; in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix

• 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

• Detail of a historiated initial 'S'(ub) of the Virgin and Child, at the beginning of a motet to the Virgin by Benedictus de Opitiis., Motets

notation. 1 full-page miniature in colours and gold of the Tudor rose (f. 2). 2 miniatures in colours and gold of red roses of Lancaster surrounded by couplets with music inscribed on two circular staves (ff. 2v, 3). 1 historiated

• Detail of an illuminated initial with a red rose., Motets

notation. 1 full-page miniature in colours and gold of the Tudor rose (f. 2). 2 miniatures in colours and gold of red roses of Lancaster surrounded by couplets with music inscribed on two circular staves (ff. 2v, 3). 1 historiated

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'B'(eati)., Motets

notation. 1 full-page miniature in colours and gold of the Tudor rose (f. 2). 2 miniatures in colours and gold of red roses of Lancaster surrounded by couplets with music inscribed on two circular staves (ff. 2v, 3). 1 historiated

• Text page., Historical writings; Life and Miracles of St. Louis

(ff. 20-60v); bifolium signatures Bands in colours enclosing columns of the text (1-11v). 1 initial in blue with red pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in red or blue. Space left for initials (ff. 7-11v). Historical

• Canon in circular form with a horseman, a dragon and the motto of the Garter, 'Hony soit qui mal y pense' in the centre., Book of 28 motets

badges of a portcullis adopted by Henry VIII and the Tudor rose, with Katherine's badge of a pomegranate (ff. 2v-3).[f. 1 only: Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl of Arundel (b. 1512, d. 1580), magnate, or his father William Fitzalan, 11th earl

• Calligraphic initials 'A'(bsalon), 'T'(enor), 'C', and 'B'., Book of 28 motets

badges of a portcullis adopted by Henry VIII and the Tudor rose, with Katherine's badge of a pomegranate (ff. 2v-3).[f. 1 only: Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl of Arundel (b. 1512, d. 1580), magnate, or his father William Fitzalan, 11th earl

• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist pointing to the Lamb of God in a landscape, at the beginning of the reading for the feast of John the Baptist., Epistle Lectionary

initials with three, or two-sided borders in colours and gold below miniatures and at the beginning of other divisions (ff. 1, 8, 10v, 11v, 13v, 14v-16, 20v, 21v-22v, 23v, 25v, 26v, 27v-28, 29, 29v), with a hunting scene in the