• 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

• Inscription that the manuscript was made in 1458 for the library of St Cuthbert's, Durham, ordered by William Ebchester, Prior of Durham Cathedral '[v]enerabilis pater magister Willimus Ebchester nuper prior huis ecclesiae sancti Dunelin' fecit hunc librum fieri. . . with the date 1458 with a table of contents in the same hand., Theological works, including Joachim of Fiore's Expositio in Apocalypsim (ff. 137-220)

with extensions into the margins in red, gold, and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 232v). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, often in the form of leaves. Paraphs in red or blue, or in gold with pen-flourishing in colour(s). Theological

• Miniature of the Annunciation in the upper register and of the Nativity in the lower register., Psalter and Canticles

Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing (initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, f. 73v), at the beginning of other Psalms. Initials in red or blue at the beginning

• Puzzle initial 'L'(a purveiance) with pen-flourishing forming a three-sided border including foliate motifs and a dragon, at the beginning of the prologue to the Livre de Sydrac., Livre de Sydrac (index Book of Sydrac; Book of Sidrac; La Fontaine de toutes sciences; Le Tresor des sciences; Le Roman du philosophe Sydrac)(ff. 1-140); Edmund's 'Mireour de seinte eglise' (index Speculum ecclesiae; Miroir de sainte eglise; Mirror of the church)(ff. 141-156); a short text in Latin attributed to Ambrose (f. 156); La vie nostre dame seinte marie' (f. 156); Robert Grosseteste's Commencement du monde (ff. 156-168)

ff. 2v, 49v, 57v, 99v, 102, 108v, 132, 132v, etc.), or with simpler blue pen-flourishing (from f. 141). Paraphs in red or blue. Line-fillers in red and/or blue, often in the shape of a fish (e.g., ff. 2v, 11). Livre

• Illuminated initials 'M'(ark) and 'T'(he) at the beginning of the prologue and Mark., New Testament, in the later Wycliffite version

Mark. Catchwords, pricking. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose backgrounds with penwork decoration in white and foliate decoration with green washes and gold, at the beginning of books. Small blue initials with red pen-flourishing throughout the text. New

• 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

• Diagram of the seven tunics and three humours of the eye and the skull, labelled for the conjunctiva, cornea, uvea, albugineus (aqueous) humor, tunica aranea (interior capsule of the lens), cystalline humor or lens itself., Medical miscellany, including the 'book of Macharias on the eye called Salaracer or secret of secrets'

of the eye, in black and red (f. 68). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, often in foliate forms. Large and small simple initials in red, blue, or brown. Marginal drawings in black ink. Medical miscellany, including the

• Detail of a diagram of the seven tunics and three humours of the eye and the skull, labelled for the conjunctiva, cornea, uvea, albugineus (aqueous) humor, tunica aranea (interior capsule of the lens), cystalline humor or lens itself., Medical miscellany, including the 'book of Macharias on the eye called Salaracer or secret of secrets'

of the eye, in black and red (f. 68). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, often in foliate forms. Large and small simple initials in red, blue, or brown. Marginal drawings in black ink. Medical miscellany, including the

• Detail of a miniature of Albina and other daughters of Diodicias disembarking from a ship in Britain, with two giants and Brutus and his followers arriving in another ship, with a foliate initial 'E'(n), and a full border, at the beginning of the text., French Prose Brut

at the beginning of the text (f. 8). 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Paraphs in red or blue. French Prose Brut Unidentified coat of arms included in the initial 'C'(est) (f.

• Miniature of Albina and other daughters of Diodicias disembarking from a ship in Britain, with two giants and Brutus and his followers arriving in another ship, with a foliate initial 'E'(n), and a full border, at the beginning of the text., French Prose Brut

at the beginning of the text (f. 8). 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Paraphs in red or blue. French Prose Brut Unidentified coat of arms included in the initial 'C'(est) (f.

• Detail of decorated initial., Collection of Franciscan texts, including the life of Francis

Detail of decorated initial. Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, or in red with brown penwork decoration, often in the form of leaves. Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters 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

• null, Gradual, Use of Sarum, with portions of a Magnificat and motets

on blue and red grounds with white filigree and sometimes green leaf decoration. Large initials in brown or black ink with penwork decoration and highlights in red, a few with faces or animals. Small plain initials in red or blue.

• Detail of historiated initial 'R'(esurrexi) with Christ standing on the tomb, and sleeping soldiers., Gradual, Use of Sarum, with portions of a Magnificat and motets

on blue and red grounds with white filigree and sometimes green leaf decoration. Large initials in brown or black ink with penwork decoration and highlights in red, a few with faces or animals. Small plain initials in red or blue.

• Initials with reserved designs., L'histoire des trois Maries

Initials with reserved designs. Large initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Large and small initials in plain red. Small coloured 15th-century print with a Pietà inserted as f. 1*. L'histoire des trois Maries Jean-Baptiste