• Miniature of the Visitation, decorated initial 'D'(eus) and full foliate border, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

a red and blue ground accompanied by a bar with foliate decoration (f. 159). 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.

• Miniature of the Last Judgement, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Seven Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

a red and blue ground accompanied by a bar with foliate decoration (f. 159). 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.

• Miniature of the Raising of Souls to Heaven, decorated initial 'S'(ubvenite) and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Commendation of Souls., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

a red and blue ground accompanied by a bar with foliate decoration (f. 159). 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.

• Miniature of the Flagellation of Christ, decorated initial 'I'(n) and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Passion of Christ., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

a red and blue ground accompanied by a bar with foliate decoration (f. 159). 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.

• Miniature of God the Father and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Seven Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

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 red, blue and/or gold. Capital letters highlighted in red. Book of

• Illuminated initials 'H'(ora) and 'D'(omine)., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

a red and blue ground accompanied by a bar with foliate decoration (f. 159). 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.

• Puzzle initial 'P'(lecto genua mea) at the beginning of Bonaventure's Breviloquium., Theological Miscallany including the Breviloquium de veritate theologiae, various religious tracts, monastic rules, and a description of the Holy Land (ff. 141-158)

in blue and red with pen-flourishing in the same colours (f. 124). Large initials in red with purple pen-flourishing, and in blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 124-136v). Initials in blue with red penwork decoration and in red with blue penwork

• Miniature of the Pentecost., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

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 red, blue and/or gold. Capital letters highlighted in red. Book of

• Miniature of the Annunciation, and full foliate border, at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Change to another system of decoration, beginning on f. 87v: 1 large and 4 smaller initials in blue, with reserved designs,

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with Christ in the garden of Gethsemane, and full foliate border, at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Change to another system of decoration, beginning on f. 87v: 1 large and 4 smaller initials in blue, with reserved designs,

• Initial 'G'(racias) and partial border with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of a prayer., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Change to another system of decoration, beginning on f. 87v: 1 large and 4 smaller initials in blue, with reserved designs,

• Historiated initial 'A'(ve) with the Virgin and Child and a kneeling man, and as part of the lower border, a monk with a shield and sword fighting a dragon., 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 'H'(omo) with the Crucifixion and a kneeling woman, and one-sided border., 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 '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