• Coloured initial 'E'(t) in Oedipus., Tragoediae (index Tragedies): Hercules furens (ff. 5-29), Thyestes (ff. 29-50), Phoenissae (ff. 50v-62v), Phaedra (ff. 63-86), Oedipus (ff. 86v-106), Troades (ff. 106v-128), Medea (ff. 128v-147v), Agamemnon (ff. 148-166), Octavia (ff. 167-185), Hercules Oetaeus (ff. 185v-221v)

unfinished or in brown ink. Small initials in blue with red penwork. 1 diagram showing the family relationship of Nero and Claudius (f. 166v). Some marginal sketches (e.g. ff. 76v, 81v, 82, 94). Tragoediae (index Tragedies): Hercules furens (ff. 5-29),

• null, Tragoediae (index Tragedies): Hercules furens (ff. 5-29), Thyestes (ff. 29-50), Phoenissae (ff. 50v-62v), Phaedra (ff. 63-86), Oedipus (ff. 86v-106), Troades (ff. 106v-128), Medea (ff. 128v-147v), Agamemnon (ff. 148-166), Octavia (ff. 167-185), Hercules Oetaeus (ff. 185v-221v)

brown ink. Small initials in blue with red penwork. 1 diagram showing the family relationship of Nero and Claudius (f. 166v). Some marginal sketches (e.g. ff. 76v, 81v, 82, 94). Tragoediae (index Tragedies): Hercules furens (ff. 5-29), Thyestes (ff. 29-50),

• Detail of a miniature of two groups of knights in armour fighting., Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius)

601v). Small foliate initials in colours and gold with extensions. Initials in gold on blue and rore grounds with penwork decoration in gold. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Ab urbe condita (Les decades de

• Illuminated initial 'D' in colours and gold with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves, ivy, and foliate feathering extending into the margins to form a partial border, including a male figure., Confessio amantis, imperfect

gold with purple (occasionally faded to grey; often combined with blue; including a dragon (f. 102v), a hybrid creature and male face (f. 109)) or ochre pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Running titles written in elaborate Gothic bookhand

• Illuminated puzzle initials 'Q'(ue) and 'D'(ixit), with line flourishing in blue., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing the text for the Hours of the Virgin as said during Advent (ff. 1-3), the Penitential Psalms (ff. 4-8), Litanies (ff. 8-12), and Office of the Dead (ff. 13-21), Use of Rome

Caroline Zöhl (Paris: Brepols; Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2007), pp. 192-202. 36 initials in gold with infills of blue penwork and blue penwork flourishing scrolling into the margins. Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing the text for the Hours

• Detail of puzzle initial 'G'(aufridus de mandeville comes)., Cartularium abbatiae de Walden (Cartulary of Walden made for Abbot John Pentelowe, arranged mainly topographically, with sections of foundation, royal and episcopal charters (ff. 18-42), papal privileges (ff. 69v-75).

and blue with red and purple pen-flourishing, often with partial bar borders in the same colours. Large blue initials with red pen-flourishing, some with foliate motifs or faces. Rubrics, marginal annotations, and headers in red. Smaller plain initials in blue.

• Pen-flourished initials., Cartularium abbatiae de Walden (Cartulary of Walden made for Abbot John Pentelowe, arranged mainly topographically, with sections of foundation, royal and episcopal charters (ff. 18-42), papal privileges (ff. 69v-75).

and blue with red and purple pen-flourishing, often with partial bar borders in the same colours. Large blue initials with red pen-flourishing, some with foliate motifs or faces. Rubrics, marginal annotations, and headers in red. Smaller plain initials in blue.

• Pen-flourished initials., Cartularium abbatiae de Walden (Cartulary of Walden made for Abbot John Pentelowe, arranged mainly topographically, with sections of foundation, royal and episcopal charters (ff. 18-42), papal privileges (ff. 69v-75).

and blue with red and purple pen-flourishing, often with partial bar borders in the same colours. Large blue initials with red pen-flourishing, some with foliate motifs or faces. Rubrics, marginal annotations, and headers in red. Smaller plain initials in blue.

• Pen-flourished initials., Cartularium abbatiae de Walden (Cartulary of Walden made for Abbot John Pentelowe, arranged mainly topographically, with sections of foundation, royal and episcopal charters (ff. 18-42), papal privileges (ff. 69v-75).

and blue with red and purple pen-flourishing, often with partial bar borders in the same colours. Large blue initials with red pen-flourishing, some with foliate motifs or faces. Rubrics, marginal annotations, and headers in red. Smaller plain initials in blue.

• Illuminated initials at the beginning of prayers to the Virgin., Book of Hours

colours and gold, sometimes with foliate feathering extending into the margins. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in gold with dark blue pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in blue and gold. Many initials have been excised; all folios with miniatures or large

• Detail of a historiated initial of a lover presenting his verses to a lady., 49 love sonnets

fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small initials in gold with red or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red or purple pen-flourishing or in silver with purple pen-flourishing. 1 small initial in gold with a woman's

• Heraldic arms and decorated initial 'T'(he), at the beginning of 'The statutys and ordynaunscys of the moste noble ordre of Satynte George named the Garter, refourmed explayned declared and renewed by the mooste high moste excellent and mooste puyssant prynce Henry the VIIIth'., Statutes and ordinances of the Order of the Garter of St George

Henry the VIIIth'. Small text fragments pasted to 2nd flyleaf recto and verso. Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Statutes and ordinances of the Order of the Garter of St George The order of the Garter: their

• Miniature in four segments: 1. Pierre Bersuire presenting the book to John II; 2. the wolf with Romulus and Remus; 3. John II enthroned; 4. Knights fighting, at the beginning of the prologue., Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius)

601v). Small foliate initials in colours and gold with extensions. Initials in gold on blue and rore grounds with penwork decoration in gold. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Ab urbe condita (Les decades de

• Miniature in four segments: 1. Pierre Bersuire reading; 2. the Death of Hasdrubal; 3. John II enthroned; 4. A battle illustrating the second Punic War, at the beginning of decade 2., Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius)

601v). Small foliate initials in colours and gold with extensions. Initials in gold on blue and rore grounds with penwork decoration in gold. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Ab urbe condita (Les decades de

• Decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of Augustine's Sermones., Various texts including Augustine's Sermones (index Sermons)(ff. 1-107); 'Vitis mystica' (ff. 108-152v); 'De septem columpnis' (ff. 153-159), and Griselda (index Decameron)(ff. 223-228v)

with foliate patterns and enclosing red and green penwork. Large initial in blue with reserved designs,with foliate patterns and flowers in colours (f. 108). Large initial in blue outlined with gold, with red penwork decoration and a green wash (f.

• Detail of a coloured drawing with knights jousting, including Tristan, designated by an inscribed 'Ti'., Roman de Tristan in prose (index Tristram) (imperfect)

5 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (ff. 35v, 46v, 51, 58v, 61v). Display initials with penwork decoration (f. 2). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. Roman de Tristan in prose (index

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the beginning of the prologue and Book 1 (ff. 4, 5v). 6 large puzzle initials in red and blue, with red and blue pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Books 2-7 (ff. 42, 72, 90, 100v, 112, 132v). De bello Judaico

• null, De bello Judaico

the beginning of the prologue and Book 1 (ff. 4, 5v). 6 large puzzle initials in red and blue, with red and blue pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Books 2-7 (ff. 42, 72, 90, 100v, 112, 132v). De bello Judaico

• Detail of a miniature in four segments: 1. Pierre Bersuire reading; 2. the Death of Hasdrubal; 3. John II enthroned; 4. A battle illustrating the second Punic War, at the beginning of decade 2., Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius)

601v). Small foliate initials in colours and gold with extensions. Initials in gold on blue and rore grounds with penwork decoration in gold. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Ab urbe condita (Les decades de

• Detail of a miniature in four segments: 1. Pierre Bersuire presenting the book to John II; 2. the wolf with Romulus and Remus; 3. John II enthroned; 4. Knights fighting, at the beginning of the prologue., Ab urbe condita (Les decades de Titus Livius)

601v). Small foliate initials in colours and gold with extensions. Initials in gold on blue and rore grounds with penwork decoration in gold. Line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white. Ab urbe condita (Les decades de