• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a bishop baptising children in a font., 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

• Decorated initial 'V'(irginis) with penwork decoration containing a human head., Processional

a human head. Musical notation. A few large initials in blue with red penwork decoration or in red with brown penwork decoration. Large and small initials in plain red or blue. Processional Petrus Lauzelli, priest of the church of St.

• Detail of text page, Aeneis (index Aeneid) , with a verse preface (ff. 1-201); Extract from Servius on Aeneis 6 (f. 202)

I is a paper flyleaf.Marginal commentary (ff. 87v to 97). 18 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with red, blue, and brown penwork decoration (ff. 1, 1v, 2, 16, 16v, 32v, 47, 47v, 61v, 79, 79v, 97v,

• Inhabited foliate initial 'A'(bsenti) with small figures, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum., Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum

25v, 33, 62). 8 large puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 79, 107, 117v, 129, 130v, 163v, 182v, 204v). 10 large and smaller initials in plain red or blue (ff. 190, 203, 283v, 284v [with reserved designs], 296, 311

• Inhabited foliate initial 'A'(bsenti) with a seated man and a naked man, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum., Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum

25v, 33, 62). 8 large puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 79, 107, 117v, 129, 130v, 163v, 182v, 204v). 10 large and smaller initials in plain red or blue (ff. 190, 203, 283v, 284v [with reserved designs], 296, 311

• Circular diagram against lightning; below, a diagram connected with solar and lunar cycles., Medical recipes and charms

British Library, Royal 17 B XLIX and Royal 17 B L. Circular ink diagrams (f. 1). Initials in red or blue. Medical recipes and charms On f. 21 is the colophon 'Amen quod I. ff. [] qui scripsit hoc (sic)

• Decorated initial 'E'(t)., The Historia Aseneth (ff. 53-64v) and Testamenta xii. Patriarcharum filiorum Jacob (ff. 65-96v)

Catchwords Initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in brown, some with penwork decoration, especially of two parallel lines. The Historia Aseneth (ff. 53-64v) and Testamenta xii. Patriarcharum filiorum Jacob (ff. 65-96v) Allatby(?) Williams: 14th-century inscription (f. 96v).

• Drawing of a winged figure, drawing a bow, surrounded by fiends., Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter; Saint Patrick's Purgatory; Vision of Tondal (imperfect)

116). 2 initials in colours (f. 132). Initials in green with brown and green pen-flourishing, in blue or in brown with brown and blue pen-flourishing (ff. 4-115v). Initials in red (ff. 150-184v). Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter;

• Text page., Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter; Saint Patrick's Purgatory; Vision of Tondal (imperfect)

116). 2 initials in colours (f. 132). Initials in green with brown and green pen-flourishing, in blue or in brown with brown and blue pen-flourishing (ff. 4-115v). Initials in red (ff. 150-184v). Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter;

• Drawing of Patrick as a bishop surrounded by souls in Purgatory, preceding the Saint Patrick's Purgatory., Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter; Saint Patrick's Purgatory; Vision of Tondal (imperfect)

116). 2 initials in colours (f. 132). Initials in green with brown and green pen-flourishing, in blue or in brown with brown and blue pen-flourishing (ff. 4-115v). Initials in red (ff. 150-184v). Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter;

• null, Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter; Saint Patrick's Purgatory; Vision of Tondal (imperfect)

116). 2 initials in colours (f. 132). Initials in green with brown and green pen-flourishing, in blue or in brown with brown and blue pen-flourishing (ff. 4-115v). Initials in red (ff. 150-184v). Voyage d'outre mer in English translation; Sir Gowghter;

• Full knotwork border with a decorated initial 'F'(acturus), and arms in the shape of a bisected axe head, with a black eagle poised on a sword on a gold ground in the upper half, two crossed swords on a blue ground in the lower half, and the initials 'V' and 'B' on either side., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

a black eagle poised on a sword on a gold ground in the upper half, two crossed swords on a blue ground in the lower half, and the initials 'V' and 'B' on either side. f. 152 is a ruled

• Text pages with marginal commentary and illuminated initial 'S'(ic), at the beginning of Book VI: 'Sic factur lacrimans, classique immittit habenas'., Aeneis (index Aeneid) , with a verse preface (ff. 1-201); Extract from Servius on Aeneis 6 (f. 202)

I is a paper flyleaf.Marginal commentary (ff. 87v to 97). 18 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds with red, blue, and brown penwork decoration (ff. 1, 1v, 2, 16, 16v, 32v, 47, 47v, 61v, 79, 79v, 97v,

• White vine initial 'P'(roficiscenti)., Apologeticus and various sermons

la Mare 1985)Horizontal catchwords.Marginal commentary. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 1). 6 plain initials In blue (f. 2, 27, 48, 50, 57v, 66v) . Rubrics, paraphs, and colophon in red. Apologeticus and various sermons Ser

• Pen-flourished initials, Meditations on the Life of Christ

catchwords. Alternating initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with violet pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red (now faded). Meditations on the Life of Christ Written in 1454 by Jacobus de Parma in Bologna for Frater Gabriel, provincial vicar: colophon,

• Detail of white vine initial 'P'(roficiscenti)., Apologeticus and various sermons

la Mare 1985)Horizontal catchwords.Marginal commentary. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold (f. 1). 6 plain initials In blue (f. 2, 27, 48, 50, 57v, 66v) . Rubrics, paraphs, and colophon in red. Apologeticus and various sermons Ser

• White vine initial 'H'(erbarum) with a butterfly., De viribus herbarum

pastedowns.Marginal notes list ailments for which the various herbs are recommended. 1 large white vine initial in gold, purple, blue and green: 'H'(erbarum), with a butterfly in the upper margin (f. 3). De viribus herbarum Written by Geptius de Lucignano

• Detail of an illuminated initial with knotwork motifs 'A'(nnus)., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

a black eagle poised on a sword on a gold ground in the upper half, two crossed swords on a blue ground in the lower half, and the initials 'V' and 'B' on either side (f. 1).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681,

• Detail of an illuminated initial with knotwork motifs 'S'(equitur)., Ab urbe condita (index De gestis romanorum; Historia romana)

a black eagle poised on a sword on a gold ground in the upper half, two crossed swords on a blue ground in the lower half, and the initials 'V' and 'B' on either side (f. 1).Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681,

• Decorated initial 'C'(UM) with interlace accompanied by a partial decorated border with flowers and arms of Schioppo of Verona., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi

and colours with interlace combined with a partial decorated border with flowers and heraldry (f. 1). A smaller initial in blue marks the beginning of each book. Marginal notes in green, purple, and red ink, sometimes accompanied by a small