• Detail of an historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber) of a Tree of Jesse including Mary and Christ, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

or white animals. Large and small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, and in red with blue pen-flourishing, often extending into a partial border. Running headers and chapter divisions in red and blue. Capitals highlighted in red. Bible, with prologues

• Detail of an historiated illuminated initial 'L'(iber) of a Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible, with prologues and interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 426-465v) and some explanatory notes on each book, entitled 'glose divinorum librorum' (ff. 466-478v)

or white animals. Large and small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, and in red with blue pen-flourishing, often extending into a partial border. Running headers and chapter divisions in red and blue. Capitals highlighted in red. Bible, with prologues

• Illuminated initial 'T'(uit)., Life of Thomas Becket

1 large gold initial with foliate infill (f. 1). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or blue or green with red pen-flourishing. Simple initials in red, blue, or green. Life of Thomas Becket Part 1: Numerous inscriptions in a fourteenth-century

• Decorated initial 'S'(eynt) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Apocalypse (in Wycliffe translation), with commentary

large initials in gold and blue with brown and red pen flourishing (ff. 2, 4v). Smaller initials in blue, some with red decoration. Capitals marked with stroke of red. Paraph marks in red or blue. Quire signatures with penwork decoration

• Puzzle initial 'O'(riens) with foliate motifs at the beginning of the 'Liber sancti Gilberti'., The Book of St Gilbert

129v); catchwords.Crossed tironian ets. 1 large and framed puzzle initial in red, blue and brown, with foliate motifs on a coloured ground (f. 4v). Numerous initials in blue or red with penwork decoration in the alternate colour. 2 initials in

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus)., Various texts, including Liber pontificalis and papal decretals

with foliate decoration, the red oxidised (ff. 4, 72). Initials in blue or green with red penwork decoration, or in red with blue penwork decoration. Small initials in blue or red. Various texts, including Liber pontificalis and papal decretals Brian

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., De diversis materiis predicabilibus distinctis in septem partibus secundum septem dona Spiritus, imperfect

some text lost. Puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (f. 3). Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour. Paraphs in red of blue. Capitals marked in red. De diversis materiis

• Puzzle initial 'P'(eritorum)., Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Caesarea, in Latin translation, with a table of contents preceding each book

32v, 50v, 67v, 88v, 109, 123, 134v, 145, 160v). 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 2). Plain initials in green, red, or blue, some large, some small. Rubrics in red. Unfinished initials sketched in plummet (1 in ink)

• Puzzle initial 'P'(arabole) with penwork decoration., Commentaries on single books of the Old Testament, including Proverbs (ff. 3-91), Ecclesiastes (ff. 92-145v), the Book of Wisdom (apocryphal) (ff. 146-183), Prophets (ff. 184-227), and the Song of Songs (ff. 228-238v), preceded by a table an index of contents, imperfect (ff. 1v-2v)

Puzzle initials with penwork decoration in blue and red (ff. 3, 4, 92). Initials in blue with penwork decoration in red (ff. 146, 184, 199, 201). Initials in red, oxidised. Running titles in blue and red (ff. 3-92). Initials highlighted

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(ui) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the text., Summa theologica (ff. 1-66v); Peter the Chanter's Tropus sive De tropis loquendi (index Summa de tropis et modo loquendi)(ff. 67-83) and Summa de sacramentis et animae consiliis (ff. 84-143v)

initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (ff. 4, 67). Smaller initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour or in both colours. Coloured initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red. Unfinished

• Illuminated initial 'M'(ecenas) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Horace's Odes, with the cipher of Jean Lebègue in the lower right-hand corner., Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

large initials in gold with red, blue, and green foliate decoration (ff. 1, 53). 2 similar large foliate initials in blue, red, and green (ff. 21, 59v). Small initials alternately red with simple blue decoration, or vice versa. Guide letters.

• Illuminated initial 'H'(umano) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Horace's Ars poetica., Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

large initials in gold with red, blue, and green foliate decoration (ff. 1, 53). 2 similar large foliate initials in blue, red, and green (ff. 21, 59v). Small initials alternately red with simple blue decoration, or vice versa. Guide letters.

• Diagram in William of Conches' Tract on Philosophy and Man., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated in green and/or red (ff. 35v, 43v, 56v, 88, 88v, 95v, 104). Small initials in plain red, green or blue, sometimes with ornamental

• Initial 'V'(olens), at the beginning of the Tractatus Magistri Habrahe de tabulis plantetarum., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated in green and/or red (ff. 35v, 43v, 56v, 88, 88v, 95v, 104). Small initials in plain red, green or blue, sometimes with ornamental

• Decorated initial 'A'(mantissimo) at the beginning of Baldwin of Ford's De sacramento altaris., De sacramento altaris

of Worcester. Baldwin was archbishop of Canterbury from 1184-1190. Large initial in blue and red with yellow, green, and blue foliate decoration (f. 1). Large initials in blue, red, or green, some with penwork decoration in the same or another

• Decorated initial 'N'(on) in Baldwin of Ford's De corpore et sanguine Dei, with the guide-letter 'N' and the prickings in the left margin, and traces of a quire-signature and catchword at the extreme lower edge of the page., De sacramento altaris

of Worcester. Baldwin was archbishop of Canterbury from 1184-1190. Large initial in blue and red with yellow, green, and blue foliate decoration (f. 1). Large initials in blue, red, or green, some with penwork decoration in the same or another

• null, Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

large initials in gold with red, blue, and green foliate decoration (ff. 1, 53). 2 similar large foliate initials in blue, red, and green (ff. 21, 59v). Small initials alternately red with simple blue decoration, or vice versa. Guide letters.

• null, Odes (ff. 1-43), Carmen saeculare (ff. 43-44), Epodes (ff. 44-52v), Ars poetica (ff. 53-59), Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 59v-87), Epistolae (ff. 87-107v)

large initials in gold with red, blue, and green foliate decoration (ff. 1, 53). 2 similar large foliate initials in blue, red, and green (ff. 21, 59v). Small initials alternately red with simple blue decoration, or vice versa. Guide letters.

• Various ownership inscriptions, including that of Holy Cross abbey, Waltham, below which are typical Holy Cross markings including a short-title and press-marks, the book-plate of Osmund Beauvoir, headmaster of King's School, Canterbury, and the signature and notes of Thomas Richards., De sacramento altaris

of Worcester. Baldwin was archbishop of Canterbury from 1184-1190. Large initial in blue and red with yellow, green, and blue foliate decoration (f. 1). Large initials in blue, red, or green, some with penwork decoration in the same or another

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Psalm 1; the psalm with an Ango-Norman French translation written above the Latin text., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

large gold initials with foliate decoration in colours on a blue wash background (f. 7, 54v, 100v, 114v) at Psalms 1, 51, 101, and 109. Large initials in red, blue, yellow, or green, most with foliate and other patterned decoration