• Miniature of a hunting scene., Account of the Norman noblemen who accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066; a treatise on Elizabethan heraldry and genealogy; and an account on the Court of Queen Elizabeth

large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 32). Smaller and small decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials also in gold on red or blue grounds. Line fillers decorated in gold on red, blue, or green grounds,

• Painted binding with hunting scenes., Account of the Norman noblemen who accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066; a treatise on Elizabethan heraldry and genealogy; and an account on the Court of Queen Elizabeth

large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 32). Smaller and small decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials also in gold on red or blue grounds. Line fillers decorated in gold on red, blue, or green grounds,

• Detail of decorated initial., Extracts from the Moralia in Job

Large and small initials in red, some with patterned decoration, or red or blue penwork decoration. 1 blue initial with red penwork decoration (f. 148v); 2 blue initials without decoration (ff. 219v, 222v). Highlights in red at the beginning of

• Decorated initial 'M'(arcus) at the beginning of the prologue., Glossed Mark

is a parchment leaf with a 15th-century inscription. Large puzzle initials in blue and red and red and blue pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 2). Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in brown. Marginal decoration in brown, including of a bird

• List of books headed 'Books of the big bookcase'. Rubrics separate lists of books by Ambrose, High of St.-Victor, and Anselm, while others are grouped as glossed books or small books (the latter perhaps on shallower shelves). Eight lines down in the second column is recorded two copies of Mark, glossed: presumably one of them is the present manuscript., Glossed Mark

is a parchment leaf with a 15th-century inscription. Large puzzle initials in blue and red and red and blue pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 2). Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in brown. Marginal decoration in brown, including of a bird

• Decorated KL letters in a calendar that includes a number of entries relating to Durham cathedral, and to the Benedictine priory of the Virgin Mary, Coldingham, which was a cell of Durham. In the left margin, for example, half-way down the page and cropped at the edge, is a record of Herbert, prior of Coldingham. Another damaged Coldingham entry is immediately above it., Portion of a calendar

binding on f. 58 and final end leaf. KL letters in blue with red penwork decoration, or in red with blue penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Portion of a calendar The Benedictine priory of the Virgin Mary,

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with masks, animals heads, and interlace, within a rectangular frame. The first several words of the Psalm are written in gold letters on the blue diaper background, and have been written out twice in the lower margin by a 16th-century reader., Psalter, with canticles (ff. 136v-139v)

the letters, or zoomorphic in the form of fish, hybrids, or dragons. Small initials in red or blue. Line-fillers in red or blue. Rubrics in red or gold. Psalter, with canticles (ff. 136v-139v) Inscribed 'Ane Grenwell ? (f. 10v).Inscribed '

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with a coat of arms featuring a bird on gold ground, at the beginning of the Psalms., Breviary, Franciscan use

large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and black pen flourishing. Smaller initials in blue with red pen flourishing or red with black pen flourishing. Numerous small initials in red or blue. Breviary, Franciscan use Half-erased inscription; post-medieval

• Initial 'L'(iber) with penwork decoration and a reserved design, at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., Gospel of Matthew, glossed (ff. 7-147), with prologues (ff. 1-6)

decoration in blue, occasionally with a reserved design. Numerous initials in red, occasionally with minor penwork decoration or with a reserved line. Some initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Some few paragraph marks in red with some blue. Gospel of

• Initial 'A'(ngelus) with penwork decoration., Commentary on Revelation

6 large initials in red and blue, one with light brown, with penwork decoration and reserved designs including dotted lines (ff. 1, 1v, 83, 99, 108v, 127). Numerous large and small initials in blue, red, light brown or yellow (f.

• Puzzle initial 'P'(uis) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs and a dog at the beginning of book 3., Lumiere as lais

dog (f. 18), a face (f. 26), a dragon (f. 68v). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Lumiere as lais Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d. 1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple

• Historiated initial 'V'(ocavit) with two Israelites offering lambs at an altar, at the beginning of Leviticus., Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, glossed

(f. 175v). Small initials in red or blue with penwork decoration in the alternate colour. Running headers and chapter numbers in alternate red and blue with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, glossed Added note

• Decorated initials 'D'(eus) and 'E'(cce)., Office of Saint Martha

a paper flyleaf.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf. 2 puzzle initials in blue and red (ff. 6, 7v). Large initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Staves in red. Office

• Decorated initials 'H'(ec) and 'S'(aepe)., Liber Pastoralis Curae (ff. 1-39), Verbum Abbreviatum (abridged selections) (ff. 41-87), Conference on the Vices from Galand's Parabolarium (ff. 88-92), Allegories of the Old and New Testaments (some from Pseudo-Hugh of St. Victor's Allegoriae in Evangelia) (ff. 114-137), Summa metrica and various notes for priests (ff. 143-144), chart of the Virtues and Vices (f. 144v)

Decorated initials 'H'(ec) and 'S'(aepe). Initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration. Plain initials in red, some large, some small. A few initials in blue. Paraphs in red. Liber Pastoralis Curae (ff. 1-39),

• White vine initial 'I'(n) and border at the beginning of the prologue., Comoediae (index Comedies), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 1-19v), Asinaria (ff. 19v-35v), Aulularia (ff. 35v-50), Captivi (ff. 50-67), Circulio (ff. 67-79v), Casina (ff. 79v-93v), Cistellaria (ff. 93v-101), Epidicus (ff. 101-112)

smaller initials in green or blue on a gold panel (f. 1). Large initials in gold on a red, blue and/or green panel (ff. 19v, 35v, 50, 67, 79v, 93v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Comoediae (index Comedies), with

• Decorated intials 'D'(e) and 'E'(cclesia)., Speculum ecclesiae

in red, some large, some small, a few with red or red and blue penwork decoration. Initials in blue or green, some with red or red and blue penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Speculum ecclesiae Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709),

• Text page from Usuard's Martyrologies., Martyrologium (Martyrologies), Pauline epistles with Jerome's prologue, Epistolae canonicae, imperfect at the end

initial in blue with gold penwork decoration and purple pen-flourishing (f. 1v). 1 initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 228). 1 initial in red with purple pen-flourishing (f. 228v). Numerous large plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics in

• Decorated initial 'D'(ulciter) and musical notation., Letter of dedication to count Henry I of Champagne, sermons, exposition on the Psalms, responsory, lections, and sequences (ff. 129v-140) (index responsoria, sequentias)

foliate motifs, some large, some small. Large initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 109-140). Small plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Cadels. Some initials are unfinished. Letter of

• Ownership inscription of the Franciscan convent of Babwell, Bury St Edmunds (with text showing through from the other side of the leaf)., Bible with prologues

English Tyndale translation. Large puzzle initials in red and blue, with flourishing in the same colours. Small initials alternately blue or red, with flourishing in the other colour. One-line initials alternately blue or red (only in red in quires xii-xv;

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Genesis., Bible with prologues

English Tyndale translation. Large puzzle initials in red and blue, with flourishing in the same colours. Small initials alternately blue or red, with flourishing in the other colour. One-line initials alternately blue or red (only in red in quires xii-xv;