• Historiated initial 'Q'(uisquis) with standing figures and a dragon forming the tail of the letter., Musical miscellany

in red, blue, and gold (ff. 92, 92v, 115). Large initials in gold or blue with pen-flourishing in gold, and/or red and usually blue forming a one-sided border. Small initials in gold with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with

• Illuminated initial 'V'(eritas) with a man standing on a dragon spearing an owl., Musical miscellany

in red, blue, and gold (ff. 92, 92v, 115). Large initials in gold or blue with pen-flourishing in gold, and/or red and usually blue forming a one-sided border. Small initials in gold with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with

• Illuminated initial 'B'(ulla) with foliate decoration., Musical miscellany

in red, blue, and gold (ff. 92, 92v, 115). Large initials in gold or blue with pen-flourishing in gold, and/or red and usually blue forming a one-sided border. Small initials in gold with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with

• Historiated initial 'A' with a standing Catherine, and the letter formed by an animal body and head., Musical miscellany

in red, blue, and gold (ff. 92, 92v, 115). Large initials in gold or blue with pen-flourishing in gold, and/or red and usually blue forming a one-sided border. Small initials in gold with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with

• Puzzle initial 'T'(hese), at the beginning of Exodus, and pen-flourished initial 'A'(ftir), at the beginning of chapter 2 of Exodus., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version (from Genesis to Job), with glosses

volume is Harley 5017.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. Puzzle initials in red and blue with red and violet pen-flourishing, at the beginning of biblical books and smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing throughout the text. Running titles and chapter numbers

• Detail of a foliate initial 'D'(omine) with an instruction for illuminator 'oro' next to it, at the beginning of Matins., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

17, 20v, 23, 31v). Large initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in red with dark purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Psalms, hymns, lections, capitula, and orationes, and smaller initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in

• Decorated initials on a text page., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

17, 20v, 23, 31v). Large initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in red with dark purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Psalms, hymns, lections, capitula, and orationes, and smaller initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in

• Decorated initials on a text page., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

17, 20v, 23, 31v). Large initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in red with dark purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Psalms, hymns, lections, capitula, and orationes, and smaller initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in

• Illuminated initial 'A'(d) in colours on a gold ground., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

17, 20v, 23, 31v). Large initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in red with dark purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Psalms, hymns, lections, capitula, and orationes, and smaller initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in

• Front binding., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

17, 20v, 23, 31v). Large initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in red with dark purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Psalms, hymns, lections, capitula, and orationes, and smaller initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in

• Illuminated initial 'S'(eynte) in gold with purple pen-flourishing in the shape of leaves, with paraphs., Miscellany of devotional works in prose and verse

23v-31v) . Initials and paraphs in gold with penwork decoration in purple or in blue with penwork decoration in red. Rubric in red and line-fillers in blue (f. 3). Miscellany of devotional works in prose and verse Flyleaves contain additional

• Flap of the original binding., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

17, 20v, 23, 31v). Large initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in red with dark purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Psalms, hymns, lections, capitula, and orationes, and smaller initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in

• Text page from the Hours of the Sorrow of the Virgin, with an illuminated initial 'A'., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

17, 20v, 23, 31v). Large initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in red with dark purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Psalms, hymns, lections, capitula, and orationes, and smaller initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in

• Text page from the Hours of the Sorrow of the Virgin, with coloured lettering., Book of Hours of the Sorrows of the Virgin

17, 20v, 23, 31v). Large initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in red with dark purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Psalms, hymns, lections, capitula, and orationes, and smaller initials in blue with light purple pen-flourishing or in

• Text page with flourished initial and decorated catchword of a crowned woman., Canterbury Tales

of a crowned woman. ff. 56-63v, and 271 are 19th-century replacements. 1 large initial in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing (f. 1). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Canterbury Tales Edward Haistwell of the Middle Temple, by 1718: his

• Historiated initial 'N'(on) depicting crowned emperor(?) holding a gold staff/sceptre at the beginning of Cornelius Nepos's Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium; the lower margin with arms party per fess, ~gules~ and ~vert~, a letter 'B' ~or~, the shield depicted as if hanging from a hook., Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium

historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Heraldic arms (f. 1). Small initials alternately gold with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Liber de excellentibus ducibus exterarum Gentium Unidentified original(?) owner: with

• Decorated initials with penwork and pen-flourishing in Martinus Polonus Chronicon., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, to 1285

in Martinus Polonus Chronicon. 1 small initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate filigree extending into the margins (f. 1). Initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes foliate, and pen-flourishing. Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, to

• Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) at the beginning of a register of briefs., Registrum brevium, from the reign of Edward III to Henry V

two clasp-fittings visible (ff. [iii-iv]).Added index (ff. 1-8). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue, with red penwork decoration and red, brown, and blue pen-flourishing extending into the margin as a partial border (f. 9). Paraphs in red. Registrum

• Decorated initial 'U' and full border, in the Antiphonary., Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), use of Sarum (begins and ends imperfectly)

brown penwork decoration, some including human heads, in the musical notation. Smaller initials in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Small initials in plain red or blue. Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), use of Sarum (begins and ends imperfectly) William Petty (~formerly~

• Detail of the lower part of the folio showing urine glasses with different bands of colour and floating particles at various levels, with the colours marked in Greek: 'kyanos' (blue), on the left, and 'inopos' (wine-coloured) on the right., Medical miscellany, including Godfridus super palladium (ff. 88-92); Agnus Castus, fragmentary (ff. 30-33v)

(blue), on the left, and 'inopos' (wine-coloured) on the right. Various additions (ff. 1-3; 112-119) Large simple initials in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Diagrams in red with washes of other colours (ff. 58-60). Rubrics in red or