• Detail of miniature of Christ before Pilate., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Detail of miniature of the Deposition., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Detail of miniature of the souls ascending to Heaven., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Detail of miniature of Christ with the instruments of the Passion., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Text page from a commentary on the Song of Songs, with three small initials 'V'(ox), 'A'(peri), 'Q'(uia) at the beginning of quotations from the Scriptures; the latter are written in red and the commentary in black ink., Theological texts including a commentary on the Song of Songs (ff. 3-79v)

80). 5 large initials in red, blue or green, with a reserved line or penwork decoration in violet, blue, green and/or red (ff. 3, 4v, 33, 83, 91). Numerous small initials in green or blue, one in red (f. 3).

• Decorated initial 'O' (Thoughtful) and border with acanthus leaves, foliate feathering, and the coat of arms of John de Vere., Life of Our Lady

Catchwords decorated with scrolls; quire marks, pricking and ruling visible throughout. Decorated initial 'O' in blue with a full border of pink, green, and blue acanthus leaves with gold and foliate spray; John de Vere's shield partially covers the top

• Miniature of the Tree of Jesse with the Virgin and Child and gold crowns on a pink background; initial 'A' (floure) with pen-flourishing., Life of Our Lady

Catchwords decorated with scrolls; quire marks, pricking and ruling visible throughout. Decorated initial 'O' in blue with a full border of pink, green, and blue acanthus leaves with gold and foliate spray; John de Vere's shield partially covers the top

• Miniature depicting the Lamentation of Christ., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Miniature of John the Evangelist, probably with damage by kissing., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Decorated initial 'D'(omine) with full border featuring feathering, gold besants and acanthus at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, imperfect

and blue with red pen flourishing (f. 91v). Initials in blue or purple with red pen-flourishing (purple flourishing on f. 14v) or red with purple pen-flourishing. Initials in colours and gold. Small blue or red initials. Line-fillers in blue and/or

• Excision of the suffrage of Thomas Becket, in accordance with Henry VIII’s prescription of 1538: ‘the service, office, antiphones, collects, and prayers in his name shall not be read, but razed and put out of all the books.’, Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Text page with suffrage to Margaret. Decorated initial 'G'(aude) in gold and colours with foliate pattern., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Miniature with full foliate border depicting Margaret resurrected from the dragon's belly. God the Father blesses the saint (upper left)., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, a rare survival in an English context because of Henry VIII's law that Thomas's 'images and pictures through the whole realm shall be put down and avoided out of all churches, chapels, and other places.’, Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of the prologue and ownership inscription by William Petyt (b. 1636, d. 1707)., Polychronicon (to the coronation of Henry VI in 1429)

42, 58). Large red initial (f. 114v). Smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Coloured initials in red or blue (only in red from f. 86). Line-fillers in red and blue (ff. 2-85v). Polychronicon (to the coronation of Henry VI

• Decorated initial 'E'(go) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text. Both script and pen-flourishing show Italian influence., Epistulae ad familiares (index Epistolae ad familiares)

the pen-flourishing also shows Italian influence. Large initial in blue with reserved lines with red pen-flourishing, enclosing a blank coat of arms (f. 2). Large puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 10, 23, 30v, 41, 61, 71, 80v, 83,

• Decorated initial 'H'(er) combined with a full foliate border with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering at the beginning of the text., The Prose Brut (Chronicle of England; extended version to 1419, in the reign of Henry V (r. 1413-22))

1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs. Coloured initials in blue. Capitals marked in red. Some ascenders decorated with penwork in brown and red ink (e.g., ff. 36, 37). Paraphs in red or blue. The Prose Brut

• Decorated initial 'S'(epius) with pen-flourishing (2nd half of the 15th century)., Various theological and scholastic treatises and other texts including Turpin's Chronicle (ff. 138-139v)

red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour extending into the margins (ff. 25, 37, 48, 59v, 61, 81); puzzle initial on f. 59v). Smaller initials in red with purple, blue, brown or red pen-flourishing, or in blue with

• Historiated initial 'H'(enricus) with king Henry II combined with a full foliate border with acanthus leaves and feathering., Various legal texts including Registrum brevium, Vetera Statuta and Nova Statuta

in blue and red or coloured initial in blue or red with pen-flourishing in both colours forming a three-sided border (ff. 2, 12v, 36v (with purple)). Initial in colours and gold with foliate feathering (f. 238). Numerous initials in blue

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnibus) with blue penwork extensions., Eighty-eight sermons on the Gospel of John (index Homiliae 88 in S. Johannem)

1 very large initial in red, blue and green with blue penwork extensions (f. 2). 1 large initial in red with floral motifs in green and yellow (f. 5). Plain initials in red or blue, some with penwork decoration (e.g.,