• Historiated initial 'I'(n) divided into five niches, each containing a seated figure, at the beginning of the Codex Justinianus of Justinian's Corpus iuris civilis. At the top is a crowned figure, representing the Emperor Justinian, looking down at the other men, each of whom holds a gold book, and small coloured initials., Corpus iuris civilis, including the Digestum novum (ff. 1-121v); the Codex Justinianus (ff. 122-276v); Institutiones (ff. 277-307); and Novellae constitutiones post codicem (ff. 307-378v) (index Digest, Pandects)

gold, sometimes with animal heads, and 2 red and blue puzzle initials. Small red initials with blue pen-flourishing alternating with red initials with blue pen-flourishing. Some books with inicipits of alternating blue and red letters and penwork decoration. Corpus iuris

• Marginal drawing of a bishop with the letters 'Bau.' beside his mouth, in the Tractatus de conflictu interiori et exteriori., Miscellany, including the Tractatus de conflictu interiori et exterior

initial in blue with brown pen-flourishing, and yellow and blue infill, at the beginning of the Tractatus de conflictu interiori et exterior (f. 100). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Miscellany, including

• Puzzle initial 'F' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of I Kings., Bible with prologues (ff. 1-373), with the Interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 373v-405)

and smaller puzzle initials in red and blue, mostly with pen-flourishing, some with penwork decoration, in blue and red, some with green infill. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Bible with prologues (ff.

• Marginal drawing of a bishop with the letters 'Bau.' beside his mouth, in the Tractatus de conflictu interiori et exteriori., Miscellany, including the Tractatus de conflictu interiori et exterior

initial in blue with brown pen-flourishing, and yellow and blue infill, at the beginning of the Tractatus de conflictu interiori et exterior (f. 100). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Miscellany, including

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of the Psalms., Bible with prologues (ff. 1-373), with the Interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 373v-405)

and smaller puzzle initials in red and blue, mostly with pen-flourishing, some with penwork decoration, in blue and red, some with green infill. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Bible with prologues (ff.

• Detail of a miniature of a female saint, from the calendar page for February., Psalter and Book of Hours, Use of Saint-Omer

smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, developing three-sided bars. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold, red and blue. Psalter and Book of Hours, Use

• Detail of an historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of God and a naked David in the water, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter and Book of Hours, Use of Saint-Omer

smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, developing three-sided bars. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold, red and blue. Psalter and Book of Hours, Use

• Detail of the lower section of the border with a two-bodied grotesque., Psalter and Book of Hours, Use of Saint-Omer

smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, developing three-sided bars. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold, red and blue. Psalter and Book of Hours, Use

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(antate) of monks singing., Psalter and Book of Hours, Use of Saint-Omer

smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, developing three-sided bars. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold, red and blue. Psalter and Book of Hours, Use

• Detail of the lower section of the border with a hybrid grotesque creature wearing a bishop's mitre and holding a crozier., Psalter and Book of Hours, Use of Saint-Omer

smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, developing three-sided bars. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold, red and blue. Psalter and Book of Hours, Use

• Detail of a book plate identifying the manuscript as part of Henry Yates Thompson's collection., Bible

foliate decoration, in colours and gold. Smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Bible William Paget (b. 1609, d. 1678), 5th

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of a king and a fool, at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter and Book of Hours, Use of Saint-Omer

smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, developing three-sided bars. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold, red and blue. Psalter and Book of Hours, Use

• Miniature of the earth in a circle, with personifications of the four cardinal points., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera); Hippocras, De Contemptu Mundi; Astronomical treatises, etc.

cardinal points. Crossed tironian ets. Large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in red, green, or blue. Paraphs in green, red, or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Large astronomical diagrams in

• Diagram of the earth, sun, and moon., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera); Hippocras, De Contemptu Mundi; Astronomical treatises, etc.

and moon. Crossed tironian ets. Large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in red, green, or blue. Paraphs in green, red, or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Large astronomical diagrams in

• Initial 'P' with foliate decoration; rubrics and small initials., De civitate Dei

green, blue or brown with penwork decoration, at the beginning of each chapter (in books 11-22 only). Small initials in blue, green or red, some with decoration, in chapter lists (of books 11-22 only). Rubrics in alternating red, blue, green

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a crowned woman holding a flowering sceptre probably representing the concept of 'Nature', and in the margin, a naked boy playing a harp, at the beginning of the third book of Physics., Libri Naturales, with extensive glosses

and blue. Running headers in blue, and red and sometimes gold, with penwork decoration, some in the form of heads. Paraphs in blue. Rubrics in while, red, or blue. Marginal diagrams in red, brown, and blue, with green and blue,

• Historiated initial 'S' with a man reading a book and pointing to the heavens, and in the margin, a man pushing a naked man in a cart, with a bird, a man with an ax, and a dragon and human head in the letter form, at the beginning of book four., Libri Naturales, with extensive glosses

and blue. Running headers in blue, and red and sometimes gold, with penwork decoration, some in the form of heads. Paraphs in blue. Rubrics in while, red, or blue. Marginal diagrams in red, brown, and blue, with green and blue,

• Historiated initial 'S'(umma) with Christ holding the world, and an monkey and a hybrid grotesque in the upper margin., Libri Naturales, with extensive glosses

and blue. Running headers in blue, and red and sometimes gold, with penwork decoration, some in the form of heads. Paraphs in blue. Rubrics in while, red, or blue. Marginal diagrams in red, brown, and blue, with green and blue,

• Historiated initial 'G'(eneratione) with a couple in bed, and a nursemaid with an infant in a cot below, at the beginning of the third book 'On Coming Into Being and Passing Away' ('De Generatione et Corruptione') concerning chemical transformations and conditions of existence., Libri Naturales, with extensive glosses

and blue. Running headers in blue, and red and sometimes gold, with penwork decoration, some in the form of heads. Paraphs in blue. Rubrics in while, red, or blue. Marginal diagrams in red, brown, and blue, with green and blue,

• Historiated initial 'P' with a man pointing to the heavens, and in the margins, a armed man shooting an arrow at another, at the beginning of the treatise on weather ('Meteorologica')., Libri Naturales, with extensive glosses

and blue. Running headers in blue, and red and sometimes gold, with penwork decoration, some in the form of heads. Paraphs in blue. Rubrics in while, red, or blue. Marginal diagrams in red, brown, and blue, with green and blue,