• Two illuminated initials 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Timothy and Peter Lombard's commentary on Timothy., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

235v, 237). 1 initial in gold at the beginning of the capitula to Romans (f. 1). Initials in red, green, blue, or brown, some with penwork decoration, larger at the beginning of other capitula. Gloss on the Pauline Epistles The

• Two illuminated initials 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of 2 Corinthians and Peter Lombard's commentary on 2 Corinthians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

235v, 237). 1 initial in gold at the beginning of the capitula to Romans (f. 1). Initials in red, green, blue, or brown, some with penwork decoration, larger at the beginning of other capitula. Gloss on the Pauline Epistles The

• Ownership inscription of Kirkstead Abbey in capitals., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

large initial in red and silver (oxidised) with penwork decoration and coloured rubric (f. 1). Initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in the same colour at the beginning of books and chapters. Rubrics in red. Underlining and

• Initial 'D'(ionysius) with foliate decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

large initial in red and silver (oxidised) with penwork decoration and coloured rubric (f. 1). Initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in the same colour at the beginning of books and chapters. Rubrics in red. Underlining and

• Initial 'P'(rimus) with decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

large initial in red and silver (oxidised) with penwork decoration and coloured rubric (f. 1). Initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in the same colour at the beginning of books and chapters. Rubrics in red. Underlining and

• Large initial 'I'(udei) with decoration in angular and foliate patterns., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

large initial in red and silver (oxidised) with penwork decoration and coloured rubric (f. 1). Initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in the same colour at the beginning of books and chapters. Rubrics in red. Underlining and

• Initial 'H'(is) with decoration., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius' Hierarchia caelestis (index Commentaria in Hierarchiam Coelestem S. Dionysii Areopagitae)

large initial in red and silver (oxidised) with penwork decoration and coloured rubric (f. 1). Initials in red, green or blue with penwork decoration in the same colour at the beginning of books and chapters. Rubrics in red. Underlining and

• Decorated initial 'A'(nnum) with an animal head mask., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

a copy of Montpellier Faculté de médecine 117: see Dunston 1952.ff. i-ii are paper flyleaves.Ampersands. ae caudatas. Large initial in blue, yellow, red, and green with an animal mask (f. 2). 2 large initials in red, yellow and green, with

• Detail of decorated initial., Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

see the Arundel catalogue description.ae caudatas, ampersands Large initials in blue, red, or green with penwork decoration in red and/or green. 1 diagram (f. 1v). Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table Part 1 (Calendar):? The Benedictine abbey of

• Detail of decorated initial., Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

see the Arundel catalogue description.ae caudatas, ampersands Large initials in blue, red, or green with penwork decoration in red and/or green. 1 diagram (f. 1v). Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table Part 1 (Calendar):? The Benedictine abbey of

• Text page., De emendatione vitae (ff. 2-26v, begins imperfectly); Treatise in nine chapters (ff. 27-47v, begins imperfectly); De cognitione verae vitae (ff. 47v-76v); Dialogus inter quandum vere penetentem et suum bonum angelum (ff. 77-81)

MSS 628-709), and a further 17 lots were purchased subsequently for £2 9s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. De emendatione vitae (ff. 2-26v, begins imperfectly); Treatise in nine chapters (ff. 27-47v, begins imperfectly);

• Puzzle initial., Miscellany, including a history of Susanna, 58 Aesopic fables (ff. 171-187), a liber 'de doctrina cordis' (ff. 5-141v); Alan of Lille's Parabolae (ff. 161-171); and Regulae theologicae (ff. 270-318v); Alan of Meaux's Metrical treatise on Susanna (ff. 1-4)

initials in red and brown or blue (ff. 1, 5, 5v, 76, 142, 161v, 270). Small initials in plain red. Miscellany, including a history of Susanna, 58 Aesopic fables (ff. 171-187), a liber 'de doctrina cordis' (ff. 5-141v); Alan of

• Decorated initial 'T'(itus)., De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

copy of Montpellier Faculté de médecine 117: see Dunston 1952.ff. i-ii are paper flyleaves.Ampersands. ae caudatas. Large initial in blue, yellow, red, and green with an animal mask (f. 2). 2 large initials in red, yellow and green, with foliate

• Coloured letters in a late 12th or early 13th century glossed Matthew, chapter 2., 2 leaves from a glossed Gospel, of Matthew 2

English Troper (Sanctus and Agnus tropes). Musical notation: square notation on four-line red staves. Small plain initials in red or blue. 2 leaves from a glossed Gospel, of Matthew 2 f. 2: from the same manuscript as Cambridge, Corpus Christi

• Coloured initial., Epistola de sacrificio azymi et fermentati, and misc. theological texts

(pp. 134-35) and Burney 357, f. 24v, for a list of contents of the manuscript. Simple small red, brown, or blue initials, a few with simple decoration in a second colour. Epistola de sacrificio azymi et fermentati, and misc. theological

• Illustration of the constellation of Aries, the ram, with text or scholia written within the figure of the zodiacal sign., Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures

of the solar system in brown and red (f. 19). Small initials in brown or red. Text in red or blue. Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures f. 1 is a slightly later addition (c. 1000,

• Illustration of Perseus, a hero of Greek mythology, with the head of the snake-haired Medusa, with text or scholia within the figure of the constellation., Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures

of the solar system in brown and red (f. 19). Small initials in brown or red. Text in red or blue. Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures f. 1 is a slightly later addition (c. 1000,

• Illustration of the faces of the Pliades, seven sisters who lived in the heavens as stars, with their names inscribed around them., Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures

of the solar system in brown and red (f. 19). Small initials in brown or red. Text in red or blue. Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures f. 1 is a slightly later addition (c. 1000,

• Illustration of Lepus the hare, the favourite prey of the hunter Orion, located beneath his feet, with its body formed of text or scholia. In the 'Aratea' verses below, an Anglo-Saxon reader has written a correction between the lines., Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures

of the solar system in brown and red (f. 19). Small initials in brown or red. Text in red or blue. Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures f. 1 is a slightly later addition (c. 1000,

• Illustration of the sea-monster Coetus (Cetus) with its body formed of text or scholia. In the verses of the 'Aratea' below, an Anglo-Saxon reader has made some corrections between the lines., Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures

of the solar system in brown and red (f. 19). Small initials in brown or red. Text in red or blue. Aratea, with extracts from Hyginus's Astronomica in the constellation figures f. 1 is a slightly later addition (c. 1000,