• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul holding a scroll, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Philippians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Philippians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

193v, 196, 198), at the beginning of the Epistles and Peter Lombard's commentaries on the Epistles. Small initials in red, blue, or green, at the beginning of verses of each Epistle. Gloss on the Pauline Epistles Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Corinthians, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Corinthians., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

193v, 196, 198), at the beginning of the Epistles and Peter Lombard's commentaries on the Epistles. Small initials in red, blue, or green, at the beginning of verses of each Epistle. Gloss on the Pauline Epistles Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl

• Historiated initial 'P'(aulus) of Paul, at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Romans, and an illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Romans., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

193v, 196, 198), at the beginning of the Epistles and Peter Lombard's commentaries on the Epistles. Small initials in red, blue, or green, at the beginning of verses of each Epistle. Gloss on the Pauline Epistles Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl

• Decorated initial, with addorsed animals., Policraticus

widow of Ephesus (f. 95 x 2). Initials in colours, with zoomorphic motifs (ff. 1v, 2). Initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in green with red penwork decoration. Plain initials in red or green. Policraticus The cathedral priory

• Initial 'I'(nter) with foliate decoration., Policraticus

widow of Ephesus (f. 95 x 2). Initials in colours, with zoomorphic motifs (ff. 1v, 2). Initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in green with red penwork decoration. Plain initials in red or green. Policraticus The cathedral priory

• Decorated initials., Policraticus

widow of Ephesus (f. 95 x 2). Initials in colours, with zoomorphic motifs (ff. 1v, 2). Initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in green with red penwork decoration. Plain initials in red or green. Policraticus The cathedral priory

• Decorated initials., Policraticus

widow of Ephesus (f. 95 x 2). Initials in colours, with zoomorphic motifs (ff. 1v, 2). Initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in green with red penwork decoration. Plain initials in red or green. Policraticus The cathedral priory

• Marginal drawing of a scribe at work, in the upper left margin., Policraticus

widow of Ephesus (f. 95 x 2). Initials in colours, with zoomorphic motifs (ff. 1v, 2). Initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in green with red penwork decoration. Plain initials in red or green. Policraticus The cathedral priory

• Marginal drawing of a woman., Policraticus

widow of Ephesus (f. 95 x 2). Initials in colours, with zoomorphic motifs (ff. 1v, 2). Initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in green with red penwork decoration. Plain initials in red or green. Policraticus The cathedral priory

• Coloured initials., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

2v). 2 foliate initials in colours, at the beginning of the preface and the text (f. 3). Initials in red, blue or green. Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed

• Decorated initials 'C'(um turbas) and 'O'(bsculta), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the preface and the text., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

2v). 2 foliate initials in colours, at the beginning of the preface and the text (f. 3). Initials in red, blue or green. Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D'(ixim)., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green, or blue. Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury (see f. 2; Gameson 1999 p. 94).Dover Priory, by 14th century:

• Detail of historiated initial 'R'(ege) with a seated scribe labelled 'OSBEARNVS', a censing monk, animals, and animal heads., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

animal heads. 2 historiated initials in colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green, or blue. Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury (see f. 2; Gameson 1999

• Illuminated miniature of Carrying Adderwort or snakeweed (Basilica) (polygonum bistorta)with animal heads, which the text advises protected from several kinds of snakes, and the roots of which sometimes assume the form of a bear's paw, also shown. One of the presumed virtues of this herb is the protection against all manner of evil serpents., Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis (ff. 49v-73); Sextus Placitus, De medicina ex animalibus

initials in colours with zoomorphic and foliate decoration on gold grounds (ff. 1v, 7v, 8). Large and small initials in blue, green, or red, a few with penwork decoration. Medical and herbal collection, including Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius; Pseudo-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis

• Diagram illustratng a treatise on free will, showing connections between various sorts of sin. In the lower portion of the diagram is a small rectangle with the word 'vicium' (meaning fault/blemish/flaw/vice) linked to four more similar rectangles, marked 'furtum', 'fraus', 'fallacia', and 'mendacium', words with similar meanings, all connected with fraud, trickery, deceit, treachery, etc., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green, some with penwork decoration in the same or another colour or colours on ff. 3-8. Large

• Between the end of some prefatory treatises and the prologue to Leviticus is a rubric stating that this is 'The book of [the Cistercian abbey of] St. Mary, Buildwas, written in the year AD 1176' ('Liber Sancte Marie de Bildewas. Scriptus anno ab incarnatione domini Millesimo centesimo septuagesimo sexto') followed by a decorated initial 'E'., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green, some with penwork decoration in the same or another colour or colours on ff. 3-8. Large

• Decorated initial 'V'(ocavit) at the beginning of Leviticus., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green, some with penwork decoration in the same or another colour or colours on ff. 3-8. Large

• Decorated initial 'I' at the beginning of John; visible through the parchment from the other side of the leaf is a green initial marking the start of the prologue to the Gospel. The first six lines of the main text is in a wider column than the rest, and has no interlinear gloss., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green, some with penwork decoration in the same or another colour or colours on ff. 3-8. Large

• Miniature of the Presentation, with Moses and Malachi below holding scrolls., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

on green grounds (ff. 9v, 10). Small initials in red on gold grounds within green frames and in gold within blue frames (ff. 9v-10). Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion') Commissioned by Henry the Lion (b. 1129, d. 1195)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O'(mn…)., Arnstein Passional (the first of three volumes, with January-May)

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue at the beginning of each saint's passion. Large initials in red, green or in both colours. Display script in