• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man shooting at a bird, with an owl at the top of the tree., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

ebginning of each book. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Initials in red with pen-flourished decoration in purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Line-fillers in brown ink

• Text page with decorated initials 'S'(anctissimo) and 'R'(omanorum) at the beginning of the ~Flores cronicorum~., Various tracts including Flores cronicorum, Arbor genealogiae regum Francorum, de comitibus Tholosanis, de temporibus et annis generalium et particularium conciliorum, de officio Missae, de nominibus apostolorum et 72 discipulis, de articulis fidei, 7 sacrementis, and decalogo (the last is imperfect)

141v, 142v, 150). Smaller initials in blue with red penwork decoration in plain red, or in red with purple penwork decoration. Even smaller plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in

• Genealogical miniatures of various French kings and a queen at the beginning of the ~Arbor genealogiae regum Francorum~., Various tracts including Flores cronicorum, Arbor genealogiae regum Francorum, de comitibus Tholosanis, de temporibus et annis generalium et particularium conciliorum, de officio Missae, de nominibus apostolorum et 72 discipulis, de articulis fidei, 7 sacrementis, and decalogo (the last is imperfect)

141v, 142v, 150). Smaller initials in blue with red penwork decoration in plain red, or in red with purple penwork decoration. Even smaller plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in

• Detail of a text-page with flourished initials 'S'(alehadins) and 'I'(l)., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing of a man's head (f. 211v). Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

• Detail of an initial 'P'(uis) with pen-flourishing., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing of a man's head (f. 211v). Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

• Detail of a text-page with flourished initials 'T'(andis) and 'I'(usqua)., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing of a man's head (f. 211v). Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

• Miniature depicting God in heaven telling Moses (with horns), Aaron (a bishop with crozier and mitre), and an attendant, all standing before an altar, to instruct the Children of Israel in proper forms of sacrifice. Illuminated initial 'A'(pres) begins Leviticus Chapter One. Decoration extends into a partial border. Instructions to the artist are found at the lower part of the folio., Old Testament (index Bible)

Decorated initials and partial borders, in red, blue and gold, for minor text divisions. 1 diagram, in brown ink (f. 73v). Smaller and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Old Testament (index Bible)

• Inhabited illuminated initial 'P'(rimum) with human figures and animals, at the beginning of book 1., De universo seu De rerum naturis

(f. 6). Decorated initials with arabesque foliate ornament in blue, red, and green, larger at the beginning of books, and smaller at the beginning of chapters. Small initials in red, blue, or green throughout the text. De universo seu De

• Coloured initials with pen-flourished decoration and music staves., Fragments of a leaf from an early 14th century English Missal containing the Mass for the 5th and 6th Sunday after Pentecost

Museum in the 1814 and 1891 (see notes on f. 1).Musical notation Initials in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Initials and rubrics in red. Paraphs in blue. Musical notation: square notation on four-lines red staves. Fragments of a leaf from

• Detail of an historiated initial 'R'(eines) with a mail-coated Nureddin, the Sultan of Damascus, with bare legs and an open helmet, fleeing on horseback with a foal underfoot from two knights (Godfrey Martel and Hugh de Lusignan the elder) pursuing him on war horses, trampling a dismembered torso., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing of a man's head (f. 211v). Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(uymonz) of Saladin's mounted soldiers forcing captives and livestock from the burning city., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing of a man's head (f. 211v). Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(ez) of Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy lying in state with a mitre, a crozier, and a chalice on his breast, and a number of ecclesiastical figures about him., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing of a man's head (f. 211v). Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(pres) of the Emperor John enthroned, with a courtier and a messenger, who points to the lower part of the initial that extends into the margin, where John's knights are assaulting two men., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing of a man's head (f. 211v). Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' of the Sultan of Egypt falling from his horse and breaking his neck whilst out hunting., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing of a man's head (f. 211v). Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

• Detail of an historiated initial 'M'(ot) of a group of boys with bleeding arms; they include Baldwin IV, who was found to have leprosy., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

188v, 193, 204); another initial torn out from f. 1. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing or in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Added drawing of a man's head (f. 211v). Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(er) of a man pointing at a depiction of air, shown as a passage of wavy blue., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

at a depiction of air, shown as a passage of wavy blue. The only known, and probably autograph copy of the Omne Bonum of James le Palmer, being a general encyclopaedia arranged in alphabetical order. Bound in four volumes: Royal

• Foliate initial 'C'(lemens) with a medallion of a portrait of the author, pope Clement I, at the beginning of the text., Collectio Lanfranci

author, in colours and gold (f. 1). Decorated initials, some with arabesque ornament, in green, red, purple, or / and blue. Initials in red, green, purple. Collectio Lanfranci The Benedictine abbey, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire: attributed to its scriptorium on palaeographical and

• Initial 'N'(ow) with pen-flourished decoration., 'Handlyng Synne' (f. 1); 'Medytacyouns of the soper of oure Lorde' (ff. 84-91v); King Robert's romance in couplets (ff. 92-95)

a third hand. 5 initials in gold with penwork decoration in purple (ff. 1, 20v, 57, 63, 75). Initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Rubrics and marking of verse couplets in red. Initials highlighted in red. 'Handlyng Synne'

• Calendar page for January, with marginal scenes, including the water carrier, Aquarius., Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of Yolande of Flanders')

grotesque figures, in colours and gold. Small decorated initials and line-fillers, in red, blue and gold; many line-fillers including figural decoration in colours. Written alternately in blue and gold. Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of Yolande of

• Double-page with a historiated initial 'A'(d) with a monkey standing on a dog, and full borders, in the Book of Hours., Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of Yolande of Flanders')

grotesque figures, in colours and gold. Small decorated initials and line-fillers, in red, blue and gold; many line-fillers including figural decoration in colours. Written alternately in blue and gold. Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of Yolande of