• Detail from the lower margin of the folio of a cat playing a rebec., Book of Hours (fragmentary)

All folios containing large historiated initials excised. Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with red or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers in gold on

• Closer detail from the lower margin of the folio of a cat playing a rebec., Book of Hours (fragmentary)

All folios containing large historiated initials excised. Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with red or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers in gold on

• Detail of a blacksmith at work, from the lower margin of the folio., Book of Hours (fragmentary)

All folios containing large historiated initials excised. Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with red or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line fillers in gold on

• Decorated initial 'H'(eri) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the sermon of Fulgentius for the feast of Stephen, at the beginning fo the Sanctorale., Breviary, or Nocturnal, Cistercian Use (see Notes)

Decorated initial 'H'(eri) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the sermon of Fulgentius for the feast of Stephen, at the beginning fo the Sanctorale. The Psalms are in two columns.Includes a Calendar (ff. 1-6v); Abbreviated Psalms, Canticles, and

• Detail of an illuminated initial., Breviary, or Nocturnal, Cistercian Use (see Notes)

Detail of an illuminated initial. The Psalms are in two columns.Includes a Calendar (ff. 1-6v); Abbreviated Psalms, Canticles, and Litany (ff. 7-32); Abbreviated Missal (ff. 32v-42); Breviary Temporale (ff. 43-200) and Sanctorale (ff. 200-335); a table of readings (f.

• Illuminated initial 'D'(ixi)., Breviary, or Nocturnal, Cistercian Use (see Notes)

Illuminated initial 'D'(ixi). The Psalms are in two columns.Includes a Calendar (ff. 1-6v); Abbreviated Psalms, Canticles, and Litany (ff. 7-32); Abbreviated Missal (ff. 32v-42); Breviary Temporale (ff. 43-200) and Sanctorale (ff. 200-335); a table of readings (f. 335), a

• Illuminated intial., Breviary, or Nocturnal, Cistercian Use (see Notes)

Illuminated intial. The Psalms are in two columns.Includes a Calendar (ff. 1-6v); Abbreviated Psalms, Canticles, and Litany (ff. 7-32); Abbreviated Missal (ff. 32v-42); Breviary Temporale (ff. 43-200) and Sanctorale (ff. 200-335); a table of readings (f. 335), a hymn

• Decorated initials., Breviary, or Nocturnal, Cistercian Use (see Notes)

Decorated initials. The Psalms are in two columns.Includes a Calendar (ff. 1-6v); Abbreviated Psalms, Canticles, and Litany (ff. 7-32); Abbreviated Missal (ff. 32v-42); Breviary Temporale (ff. 43-200) and Sanctorale (ff. 200-335); a table of readings (f. 335), a hymn

• Calendar page for February, with the dedication of the church of St. Lawrence, Ludlow (the largest parish church in Shropshire): about half-way down the page, written in red ink at 13 February, is 'Dedicacion de la eglise seint Laurence de Lodelawe'., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

Calendar page for February, with the dedication of the church of St. Lawrence, Ludlow (the largest parish church in Shropshire): about half-way down the page, written in red ink at 13 February, is 'Dedicacion de la eglise seint Laurence

• The ownership inscription of John Clerk, grocer and apocetharius of King Edward IV, and warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475. The apocetharius of the royal household was the official responsible for preserved fruits and condiments., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

The ownership inscription of John Clerk, grocer and apocetharius of King Edward IV, and warden of the London Company of Grocers in 1467 and 1475. The apocetharius of the royal household was the official responsible for preserved fruits and

• Coloured initials in the litany. Each column on this page has the saint's name to the left, followed by a space and an abbreviation of the word 'priez' (pray [for me]), with a hybrid creature in the lower right margin., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

Coloured initials in the litany. Each column on this page has the saint's name to the left, followed by a space and an abbreviation of the word 'priez' (pray [for me]), with a hybrid creature in the lower right

• Ink drawings of a huntsman and his dog chasing a female ape: the ape carries one child on her back, and the other on her front, and a mermaid and a ship in the sea., Miscellany, including a calendar, Psalter with prayers and Hours of the Virgin, imperfect, Bestiaire d'amour; Rules, and the Chronicle of Turpin (see Notes)

Ink drawings of a huntsman and his dog chasing a female ape: the ape carries one child on her back, and the other on her front, and a mermaid and a ship in the sea. Contents:Calendar (ff. 1-6v), which

• Contents list in humanistic script., Polychronicon (to 1327); Expugnatio Hibernia; travel writings, historical and religious texts (see Notes below for detailed contents)

which this manuscript is probably listed as 'Cronica mo[na]chi Cestr[ensis] cu[m] aliis', priced at 20 shillings.The pressmark 'P. lxi' (f. 1) may be from Norwich priory but is unidentified.The initials 'R.W.' in a later hand on f. I have not

• Text page with initials with pen-flourishing., Polychronicon (to 1327); Expugnatio Hibernia; travel writings, historical and religious texts (see Notes below for detailed contents)

which this manuscript is probably listed as 'Cronica mo[na]chi Cestr[ensis] cu[m] aliis', priced at 20 shillings.The pressmark 'P. lxi' (f. 1) may be from Norwich priory but is unidentified.The initials 'R.W.' in a later hand on f. I have not

• Illuminated initials., Psalter, Use of Sarum (the 'St Omer Psalter')

was formerly Additional 39810. 1 large historiated initial, accompanied by a full historiated foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 7). 5 smaller historiated initials or miniatures including a small initial in the right corner, accompanied by full (historiated) foliate

• Sales catalogue of books belonging to Symonis Bozoun, Prior of Norwich, with prices in shillings., Polychronicon (to 1327); Expugnatio Hibernia; travel writings, historical and religious texts (see Notes below for detailed contents)

which this manuscript is probably listed as 'Cronica mo[na]chi Cestr[ensis] cu[m] aliis', priced at 20 shillings.The pressmark 'P. lxi' (f. 1) may be from Norwich priory but is unidentified.The initials 'R.W.' in a later hand on f. I have not

• Puzzle initial 'Q' (uinta)with zoomorphic decoration and pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 3 of the Polychronicon., Polychronicon (to 1327); Expugnatio Hibernia; travel writings, historical and religious texts (see Notes below for detailed contents)

which this manuscript is probably listed as 'Cronica mo[na]chi Cestr[ensis] cu[m] aliis', priced at 20 shillings.The pressmark 'P. lxi' (f. 1) may be from Norwich priory but is unidentified.The initials 'R.W.' in a later hand on f. I have not

• Text page with initials, rubric and chronological dates in the margin., Polychronicon (to 1327); Expugnatio Hibernia; travel writings, historical and religious texts (see Notes below for detailed contents)

which this manuscript is probably listed as 'Cronica mo[na]chi Cestr[ensis] cu[m] aliis', priced at 20 shillings.The pressmark 'P. lxi' (f. 1) may be from Norwich priory but is unidentified.The initials 'R.W.' in a later hand on f. I have not

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the Polychronicon and ownership inscription of Symonis Bozoun., Polychronicon (to 1327); Expugnatio Hibernia; travel writings, historical and religious texts (see Notes below for detailed contents)

which this manuscript is probably listed as 'Cronica mo[na]chi Cestr[ensis] cu[m] aliis', priced at 20 shillings.The pressmark 'P. lxi' (f. 1) may be from Norwich priory but is unidentified.The initials 'R.W.' in a later hand on f. I have not

• Initial 'B'(onefacius) with decoration, small initials and rubric; chronological dates with numbering for the Polychronicon in the margin., Polychronicon (to 1327); Expugnatio Hibernia; travel writings, historical and religious texts (see Notes below for detailed contents)

which this manuscript is probably listed as 'Cronica mo[na]chi Cestr[ensis] cu[m] aliis', priced at 20 shillings.The pressmark 'P. lxi' (f. 1) may be from Norwich priory but is unidentified.The initials 'R.W.' in a later hand on f. I have not