• Detail of puzzle initial., Commentary on the Decretum Gratiani (begins imperfectly)

decoration in purple and red. 1 smaller space for illuminated initial left empty (f. 64). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials (1 line) and paraph marks in

• Headpiece with geometric and foliate decoration and inscribed with title in coloured display capitals, and decorated initial 'T'., Gospel Lectionary, imperfect

capitals, and decorated initial 'T'. Missing leaves at the beginning and after ff. 1, 23, 36, 135, 197, 219.Pericopes arranged according to the ecclesiastical calendar. Headpieces with geometric and foliate decoration in gold or silver and colours and inscribed with

• Puzzle initial 'S'(exta)., Commentary on the Decretum Gratiani (begins imperfectly)

decoration in purple and red. 1 smaller space for illuminated initial left empty (f. 64). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials (1 line) and paraph marks in

• Detail of puzzle initials., Commentary on the Decretum Gratiani (begins imperfectly)

decoration in purple and red. 1 smaller space for illuminated initial left empty (f. 64). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials (1 line) and paraph marks in

• Detail of puzzle initial, with a hybrid creature and a flower., Commentary on the Decretum Gratiani (begins imperfectly)

decoration in purple and red. 1 smaller space for illuminated initial left empty (f. 64). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials (1 line) and paraph marks in

• Detail of puzzle initials., Commentary on the Decretum Gratiani (begins imperfectly)

decoration in purple and red. 1 smaller space for illuminated initial left empty (f. 64). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials (1 line) and paraph marks in

• Detail of puzzle initials., Commentary on the Decretum Gratiani (begins imperfectly)

decoration in purple and red. 1 smaller space for illuminated initial left empty (f. 64). Small initials (2 lines) in red with purple penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials (1 line) and paraph marks in

• Coloured initials at the beginning of Psalm 61; text in Greek, Latin and Arabic., Trilingual Psalter

of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red (f. 1, 99v). Large and small initials in red, some with penwork decoration, one with a face (f. 158). Trilingual Psalter

• Coloured initial at the beginning of Psalm 87., Trilingual Psalter

of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red (f. 1, 99v). Large and small initials in red, some with penwork decoration, one with a face (f. 158). Trilingual Psalter

• Coloured initials., Trilingual Psalter

of Antioch in the mid-eleventh century. This may be the earliest surviving manuscript of this translation. Headpieces in red (f. 1, 99v). Large and small initials in red, some with penwork decoration, one with a face (f. 158). Trilingual Psalter

• Illuminated white vine initial 'G'(loriosissimam) at the beginning of Augustine's first book of the City of God., De civitate dei (index City of God)

and 22, Additional 16983, the first three having the inscription ‘Vale Gaspar’; King's 18 is dated 1464. Title page (f. 1) and end page (f. 315v) of capitals in alternating colours; a full border of white vine scroll with the

• Initial 'Q'(uae), and 'I'(erarchia) in blue, red, and green with penwork decoration, in Hugh of Saint Victor's Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy

Initial 'Q'(uae), and 'I'(erarchia) in blue, red, and green with penwork decoration, in Hugh of Saint Victor's Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy. ff. 107 and 108 watermarked with an image of Britannia? in an oval medallion topped

• Initial 'H'(actenus) in blue, red, and green with penwork decoration, in Hugh of Saint Victor's Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy

Initial 'H'(actenus) in blue, red, and green with penwork decoration, in Hugh of Saint Victor's Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy. ff. 107 and 108 watermarked with an image of Britannia? in an oval medallion topped by a

• Decorated initial 'A'(n) with pen-flourishing., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), for 1-38 Edward III (ff. 1-77), and other legal texts, imperfect

red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours including foliate motifs extending into the borders on all sides (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs and flowers (ff. 5v (with face), 9, 12, 14v,

• Inhabited illuminated initial 'P'(rimum) with human figures and animals, at the beginning of book 1., De universo seu De rerum naturis

and animals, at the beginning of book 1. Includes the De universo seu De rerum naturis, an encyclopaedia arranged in 22 books, based on the 'Etymologies' of Isidore, of Rabanus Maurus (b. c. 776, d. 856), abbot of Fulda and

• Foliate initial 'C'(lemens) with a medallion of a portrait of the author, pope Clement I, at the beginning of the text., Collectio Lanfranci

Quire signatures.One of 12 surviving English Romanesque copies of the text. 1 large foliate initial with a medallion of a portrait of the author, in colours and gold (f. 1). Decorated initials, some with arabesque ornament, in green, red, purple,

• Four miniatures: 1. the Ark with the dove and the rave; 2. the Sin of Ham; 3. the building of the Tower of Babel; 4. the separation of Abraham and Lot., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

miniatures: 1. the Ark with the dove and the rave; 2. the Sin of Ham; 3. the building of the Tower of Babel; 4. the separation of Abraham and Lot. The only known, and probably autograph copy of the Omne

• Four miniatures: 1. Abraham and five captive kings; 2. the Circumcision of Abraham; 3. the burning of Sodom; 4. the Sacrifice of Isaac., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

miniatures: 1. Abraham and five captive kings; 2. the Circumcision of Abraham; 3. the burning of Sodom; 4. the Sacrifice of Isaac. The only known, and probably autograph copy of the Omne Bonum of James le Palmer, being a general

• Four miniatures: 1. the anointing of Saul; 2. David playing the harp before Saul; 3. David and Goliath; 4. the anointing of David., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

miniatures: 1. the anointing of Saul; 2. David playing the harp before Saul; 3. David and Goliath; 4. the anointing of David. The only known, and probably autograph copy of the Omne Bonum of James le Palmer, being a general

• Four miniatures: 1. the Judgement of Solomon; 2. the building of the Temple; 3. Judith killing Holofernes; 4. Esther, Ahasuerus and the death of Haman., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

miniatures: 1. the Judgement of Solomon; 2. the building of the Temple; 3. Judith killing Holofernes; 4. Esther, Ahasuerus and the death of Haman. The only known, and probably autograph copy of the Omne Bonum of James le Palmer, being