• White vine historiated initial 'O'(rigo) with the head of emperor Hadrian (inscribed 'ADRIANUS') combined with a partial white vine border, including a grasshopper, two birds and a wreath supported by two putti enclosing the arms of Ludovicus Petronius., Historia augusta

enclosing the arms of Ludovicus Petronius. Catchwords written vertically.Some damaged illegible folios.The central and flanking bifolia of one of the quires is stained, as if possibly an inlay had been removed (?) (ff. 101v-102, 103v-104, 105v-106). Large white vine historiated

• Detail of pen drawings of a male bust and a hare in the margin., ~Baal ha-Lashon~ (The Master of the Language)

unfoliated blank leaves at the end ff. [287]-[289]. Six unfoliated blank leaves after f. 2. Quires are numbered with Hebrew characters starting with alef on f. 13v until f. 163v. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible.

• Initial-word panel with pen-flourishing and a medallion formed by foliate motifs: a rooster holding a piece of wheat with a snake coiling on it in its beak, and above the rooster, there is a moon and a hexagram; probably the emblem of the patron., ~Baal ha-Lashon~ (The Master of the Language)

emblem of the patron. 3 unfoliated blank leaves at the end ff. [287]-[289]. Six unfoliated blank leaves after f. 2. Quires are numbered with Hebrew characters starting with alef on f. 13v until f. 163v. Flesh side and hair side

• Detail of added historiated initial in the margin., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• In the lower margin is an added historiated initial 'D' of God in a cloud throwing down arrows at men with swords, shields, and axes cut from an early 13th-century Magna Glossatura, pasted into the lower margin., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Detail of historiated initial 'S' with the Crucifixion., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Illuminated border with foliate decoration and animal faces, and initial ''T'(he) at the beginning of Psalm 26 (27)., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Detail of illuminated initial., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Historiated initial 'T'(he) of the tetramorph, a standing figure with the four heads of the symbols of the Evangelists of a man, an ox, an eagle, and a lion, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Detail of a historiated initial of the tetramorph with the heads of the symbols of the Four Evangelists, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.

• Multiplication table for 1 through 10, framed by four fish, a circle and three dogs chasing a hare, between chapters 26 and 27 of book 1 of Boethius' 'De institutione arithmetica'., De institutione arithmetica

'De institutione arithmetica'. Quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of quires 1-8); quire signature (in the centre of the lower margin of the recto of the first leaf of the

• Initial 'P'(ost) with reserved designs and penwork decoration at the beginning of Arnold of Bonneval's 'De sex verbis Domini in cruce'; the final design differs from the underdrawing in crayon., De operibus sex dierum (ff. 1-30); De sex verbis Domini in cruce (ff. 31-49v); Sermons (ff. 49v-53)

in crayon. Quire marks (in the centre of the lower margin of the verso of the last leaf of the quires) and catchwords (ff. 38v, 46v). 1 large initial in red and blue on a light brown ground, with penwork

• Three puzzle initials 'M'(atheus), 'M'(atheus) and 'L'(iber), with pen-flourishing and one with a lion, at the beginning of two prologues to and at the beginning of Matthew; in the outer margin is a threaded book-mark., Bible (ff. 3-476); Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 477-579)

Three puzzle initials 'M'(atheus), 'M'(atheus) and 'L'(iber), with pen-flourishing and one with a lion, at the beginning of two prologues to and at the beginning of Matthew; in the outer margin is a threaded book-mark. Catchwords; quire marks (in

• Illuminated historiated initial 'U' at the beginning of Leviticus, showing Aaron(?), dressed as a thirteenth-century priest, sacrificing a sheep on an altar, watched by similarly dressed Israelites., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' of Paul handing the book to the messenger Phebe at the beginning of Romans., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Illuminated historiated initial at the beginning of Luke, with Luke shown writing, with the head of his symbol, an ox, and an illuminated initial below of Zacharias censing the altar (Luke 1:9)., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' at the beginning of Acts, of Luke writing and of Theophilus, to whom the Acts are addressed in the opening lines, with two smaller decorated illuminated initials., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' at the beginning of I Peter, of Peter writing, and his arrest; the buildings at the top probably represent the cities to which Peter's epistle was addressed., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Illuminated historiated initial 'P' of Paul in prison, giving a scroll to a messenger, at the beginning of Philippians., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

first and last historiated initials: 'Abbe. bono. / Robe. Aug'i (?)' (f. 2) and 'bono robe. abb.' (f. 506v); many quires are marked 'em(en)dat(us)' (e.g. ff. 42, 54, 78, 282).The Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury, second half of the

• Illuminated initial 'M'(ark) and border., Bible in two volumes with prologues, in the Later Wycliffite version, preceded by a table of readings

and sometimes with faces (e.g., vol. II, f. 326v) and pen-flourishing; inconsistently tinted with a yellow wash (e.g. vol. I, quires 3-14, 35, 43). [The style of the initials, borders, and running-titles changes from the beginning of volume II, f.