• Text page with coloured initials., Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers

94v, 166, 169, 170). Large initials in red, blue, green, or purple, many with foliate decoration in another colour or colours. Small initials in red, blue, green or purple. Line-filllers in red, blue, green, or purple. Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter')

• Historiated initial 'E'(x Cassiodoro) with the author Cassiodorus pointing at an open book, and a foliated tendril extending into the margin; the body of the letter contains a blue figure. Smaller historiated initial 'C'(um) with the head of a bishop., Miscellany including William of Malmesbury's De dictis et factis memorabilibus philosophorum (Polyhistor) (ff. 3- 40v), Cassiodorus' De orthographia (ff. 41-52), Marbod's Lapidarium, with gloss (ff. 106-123), Priscianus' Solutiones ad Chosroem [regem Persarum] (ff. 139v-160v), Nemesius' De natura hominis (ff. 168-196), Albericus' Flores Rhetorici (ff. 196-206), John of Salisbury's De septem septenis (ff. 206v-215v), Joachim of Fiore's Praephatio super Apocalypsim (ff. 216-224), imperfect; De praesagiis tempestatum (f. 224r-v), imperfect

and blue with purple and red pen-flourishing (ff. 77v, 106), or with brown and red pen-flourishing (f. 225). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs. Capitals marked in red or in yellow. Paraphs in red or blue. Space

• Puzzle initial 'F(rat[er]) at the beginning of the Prologue to Genesis., Bible

the manuscript. Pricking holes. Puzzle initials in red and blue at the beginning of the prologue to Genesis and at the beginning of Genesis (ff. 2, 4v). Plain initials in blue or red, many initials not added. Running titles. Bible

• Full-page miniature of the Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist, a full border inhabited by birds and flowers, and, in the lower margin, a jewelled cross in a subsidiary medallion., Missal

and the infant Christ (pasted onto f. 140). Large initials in blue or red with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in red and/or green. Plain initials in red or blue, some large, some small. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red.

• Added miniature of the Virgin Mary, her mother Anne, and the infant Christ., Missal

and the infant Christ (pasted onto f. 140). Large initials in blue or red with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in red and/or green. Plain initials in red or blue, some large, some small. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red.

• Detail from the plaque set in the front cover of Paul, holding an open book (according to Foot) or Matthew (according to Dalton; Lasko)., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

blue, green, and/or red with foliate decoration, and many with clasps, some with zoomorphic features (ff. 6, 8, 9v, 18v, 22, 52, 64, 96). Initials in gold with blue and/or green washes. Initials in red, some with red and

• Text page with note on Johannes de Grenborough, purchaser and compiler of this manuscript., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in both colours at the beginning of each book of the Compendium. Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in both colours. Small initials and numbers in alternating red or blue. Rubrics and paraphs

• Puzzle initial 'A' at the beginning of the Compendium, initials and inscriptions., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in both colours at the beginning of each book of the Compendium. Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in both colours. Small initials and numbers in alternating red or blue. Rubrics and paraphs

• Astrological tables concerning the moon and a diagram of four wheels, Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in both colours at the beginning of each book of the Compendium. Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in both colours. Small initials and numbers in alternating red or blue. Rubrics and paraphs

• Text page with recipes in English compiled by Ricardus, prior of Coventry., Compendium seu Lilium medicinae (ff. 5-127) with a composite miscellany of scientific tracts, medical recipes and charms

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in both colours at the beginning of each book of the Compendium. Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in both colours. Small initials and numbers in alternating red or blue. Rubrics and paraphs

• Detail from the plaque set in the front cover of Paul, holding an open book (according to Foot) or Matthew (according to Dalton; Lasko)., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

blue, green, and/or red with foliate decoration, and many with clasps, some with zoomorphic features (ff. 6, 8, 9v, 18v, 22, 52, 64, 96). Initials in gold with blue and/or green washes. Initials in red, some with red and

• Decorated initial 'E'(xpurgat), set on a painted purple background, inhabited by dragons painted in silver and gold., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

blue, green, and/or red with foliate decoration, and many with clasps, some with zoomorphic features (ff. 6, 8, 9v, 18v, 22, 52, 64, 96). Initials in gold with blue and/or green washes. Initials in red, some with red and

• Front cover, with a plaque set in the front cover of Paul, holding an open book (according to Foot) or Matthew (according to Dalton; Lasko)., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

blue, green, and/or red with foliate decoration, and many with clasps, some with zoomorphic features (ff. 6, 8, 9v, 18v, 22, 52, 64, 96). Initials in gold with blue and/or green washes. Initials in red, some with red and

• Miniature of Isaiah, who holds a scroll containing text from Isaiah 11; miniature of the tree of Jesse, with seven roundels containing doves, representing the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

blue, green, and/or red with foliate decoration, and many with clasps, some with zoomorphic features (ff. 6, 8, 9v, 18v, 22, 52, 64, 96). Initials in gold with blue and/or green washes. Initials in red, some with red and

• Miniature of Isaiah, who holds a scroll containing text from Isaiah 11, and on the right a tree of Jesse, with seven roundels containing doves, representing the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

blue, green, and/or red with foliate decoration, and many with clasps, some with zoomorphic features (ff. 6, 8, 9v, 18v, 22, 52, 64, 96). Initials in gold with blue and/or green washes. Initials in red, some with red and

• Decorated initial 'S', set on a painted purple background, inhabited by dragons painted in silver and gold, at the beginning of the reading for Epiphany., Lectionary ('The Siegburg Lectionary') (ff. 4v-77); with the Common of Saints (ff. 77-87v), directions and lessons for mass (ff. 87v-93v); various readings (see Notes)

blue, green, and/or red with foliate decoration, and many with clasps, some with zoomorphic features (ff. 6, 8, 9v, 18v, 22, 52, 64, 96). Initials in gold with blue and/or green washes. Initials in red, some with red and

• Puzzle initial 'K'(i) and rubric at the beginning of the Brut., The Scheme of the Heptarchy (f. 40), the Roman de Brut (ff. 40-113), the Estoire des Engles (ff. 113-150) (index Estoire des Engleis)

lance in red and brown ink (f. 81). 2 large puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 40v, 113). Plain initials in red and blue. Capitals marked in red. The Scheme of the Heptarchy (f. 40), the Roman de Brut

• null, Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

foliage and hybrid creatures (ff. 102v, 210). Large initials in red and sometimes also black on coloured grounds usually of blue, yellow, and green with foliate decoration and sometimes intertwined creatures (ff. 2, 24, 40, 51, 67v, 81, 81v, 90v,

• Diagrams of branches of science and a map of the world., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Job to Revelation), including the Psalms in three versions in three columns, and diagrams, including of the monstrous races (f. 243)

and the Gospels (ff. 57v, 155, 166, 173v, 185v). 3 full-page canon tables with decorated architectural frames in red, green, blue, and some yellow, some with people or animals (ff. 152v-154). 1 large historiated initials in colours, at the beginning

• Decorated initial 'P'(revaricatus) in column 2 at the beginning of IV Kings., Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volumes

foliage and hybrid creatures (ff. 102v, 210). Large initials in red and sometimes also black on coloured grounds usually of blue, yellow, and green with foliate decoration and sometimes intertwined creatures (ff. 2, 24, 40, 51, 67v, 81, 81v, 90v,