• Initial with floral decoration. Coloured initials, line-fillers and paraphs. Added in the upper margin is the note 'Ex monasterio cestrie': From the monastery of Chester., Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names)

century; it lists the Hebrew names alphabetically, and gives their Latin equivalent. Initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Numerous small initials in alternating red or blue. Rubrics in red. Drawings in lower margins in brown or red of hybrid

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus)., The Secretum secretorum, imperfect, translated by Philip of Tripoli (index Philippus Tripolitanus)

Illuminated initial 'D'(eus). Catchwords Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, some with filigree decoration. Small initials in red or blue. The Secretum secretorum, imperfect, translated by Philip of Tripoli (index Philippus Tripolitanus) Allatby(?) Williams: 14th-century inscription (f.

• Pen-flourished initial 'G'(lorye)., The Cloud of Unknowing

f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf.Inscribed on fore-edge: 'The Cloud of Unknowing'. Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. The Cloud of Unknowing Richard Colchester (d. 1643),

• Zoomorphic word 'IN' with bird heads and interlace, at the beginning of John., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

in brown, orange, yellow, and sometimes blue, at the beginning of the text, and of Matthew, Mark, and John (ff. 1, 8, 46, 79). 4 smaller initials in yellow, orange, brown and sometimes blue, one with zoomorphic features, at the

• Decorated initial 'I'(ncipit) with a marginal extension containing a hybrid and birds at the beginning of the prologue to the apocryphal epistle of Jeremiah, and a historiated initial 'P'(ropter) of Jeremiah giving a letter to a messenger with a marginal extension containing a hybrid and a dragon, at the beginning of the apocryphal epistle of Jeremiah., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (The 'Bible of William of Devon')

full or partial borders (e.g., f. 5). Initials in blue with gold and blue, and red pen-flourishing. Running titles and chapter numbers alternately in red or blue with red and blue pen-flourishing and gold. Some rubrics and paraphs written in

• Detail of a miniature of a pope or an ecclesiastical judge and a bishop and a lay plaintiff before him, with a foliate initial 'Quidam', at the beginning of causa 10., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of a clerk disputing with laymen, with a foliate initial 'C'(lericus), at the beginning of causa 11., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of a dying clerk with two clerks at his bed, illustrating the making of a will, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 12., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of a judge with canons and two laymen before him, with a foliate initial 'C'(anonici), at the beginning of causa 14., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of a clerk and a woman, and the clerk committing a homicide, with a foliate initial 'Sacerdos', at the beginning of causa 15., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of an abbot and three monks in a church, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 16., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of an ill clerk with an abbot and two monks at his bed, illustrating a case of a clerk proposing to become a monk, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 17., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of an abbot and litigant bishops with their advisers before him, with a foliate initial 'A'(bbas), at the beginning of causa 18., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of clerics before a bishop and an altar, illustrating the clerics asking permission to leave their church or canon community and move to a monastery, at the beginning of causa 19., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of a clerk before a secular judge, and a clerk before a bishop, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 21., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of a clerk swearing before a secular judge and a bishop, with a foliate initial 'E'(piscopus), at the beginning of causa 22., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of a bishop and four plaintiffs before him, with a foliate initial 'E'(piscopus), at the beginning of causa 23., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of a bishop distributing communion and a priest behind him, illustrating a case of the priest deprived of his office, with a foliate initial 'E'(piscopus), at the beginning of causa 24., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of a bishop judging between a clerk and a monk with two sheaves behind them illustrating the subject of the litigation, with a foliate initial 'S'(acrosancta), at the beginning of causa 25., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted

• Detail of a miniature of a bishop as a judge and three litigants, with a foliate initial 'Q'(uidam), at the beginning of causa 26., Decretum, with the Glossa ordinaria

of major text and gloss divisions. Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue. Display script with cadels and first letters of sentences highlighted