• Historiated initial 'C'(onsule) at the beginning of the passion of Tharacus, Probus and Andronicus, three early Christian martyrs who died in the persecutions of the Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century, each holding the palms of martyrdom., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of the life of Venantius Fortunatus, a 6th-century abbot and bishop of Poiters., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Anthropomorphic initial 'T'(emporibus) at the beginning of the passion of Theodoret the priest of Antioch, made up of a man holding snakes, standing on a devil., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Historiated initial 'I'(llo) at the beginning of the passion of Benignus, a priest in the time of the Emperor Aurelian (270-275). He is shown nimbed seated at the top of the letter holding a closed book in his left hand., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Inhabited initial 'I'., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Historiated initial 'M'(emoriam) with the archangel Michael spearing and standing on a dragon, at the beginning of a sermon for the dedication of the church of the archangel Michael., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Inhabitied initial 'S', including a hybrid creature., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Inhabited initial 'S'., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Inhabited initial 'C'(um)., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Text page., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Decorated initial 'S'., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Decorated initial 'D'., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Detail of decorated initial 'B'., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Histoirated initial 'T' with Theodore., Passionale (Lives of the Saints) 21 September- 9 November

MS Fell 2. Large historiated, anthropomorphic, or decorated initials at the beginning of each life or passion, mostly in green, blue, purple, and sometimes red or yellow, usually with geometric or foliate decoration, and some also with men, hybrid creatures,

• Zoomorphic initial 'M'(agnitudo) in dark brown ink, red and green and some blue, with knot-work and foliate motifs, in the shape of a grotesque(s)., De mysteriis (ff. 1-4v); De sacramentis (ff. 4v-16v); Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini (serm. 17, ff. 16v-18v); Contra Iouinianum (ff. 18v-69v); Hypomnesticon (ff. 69v-90)

ink, red and green and some blue, with knot-work and foliate motifs, in the shape of a bird or grotesque(s) (ff. 6, 16v, 19, 69v). Large and smaller Initials in red, green or occasionally blue, some with penwork decoration including

• Zoomorphic initial 'I' in dark brown ink, red and green and some blue, with knot-work and foliate motifs, in the shape of a bird., De mysteriis (ff. 1-4v); De sacramentis (ff. 4v-16v); Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini (serm. 17, ff. 16v-18v); Contra Iouinianum (ff. 18v-69v); Hypomnesticon (ff. 69v-90)

ink, red and green and some blue, with knot-work and foliate motifs, in the shape of a bird or grotesque(s) (ff. 6, 16v, 19, 69v). Large and smaller Initials in red, green or occasionally blue, some with penwork decoration including

• Historiated initial with the Adoration of the Magi at Sext in the Hours of the Virgin, with a hybrid creature in the lower margin., Psalter-Hours

with foliate decoration. Numerous small initials in blue with red penwork decoration or in gold with dark blue penwork. Larger initials with cadels in brown ink (f. 226v, 228v). Line-fillers in gold, blue and red ink (some with fish or

• Large decorated initial 'N'., De officiis ministrorum

in green with penwork decoration. Two large initials in red, one with penwork decoration in blue (f. 1), and one in green (f. 80). Numerous small initials in red with penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Paraphs and capitals highlighted in

• Miniature of the Ascension., Gospel Lectionary, imperfect

silk curtains, which have now been removed and are stored with the original covers as Egerton 809B. These covers are blue velvet over boards, with an inset painting of Bishop Blaise, Agnes and ? Anthony Abbot. 4 full-page framed miniatures

• Miniature of the Ascension., Gospel Lectionary, imperfect

silk curtains, which have now been removed and are stored with the original covers as Egerton 809B. These covers are blue velvet over boards, with an inset painting of Bishop Blaise, Agnes and ? Anthony Abbot. 4 full-page framed miniatures