• Puzzle initial 'E' with penwork decoration., Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

1979 vol. I, no. 511; see also Doyle 1990 p. 8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n)., Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

1979 vol. I, no. 511; see also Doyle 1990 p. 8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large

• Puzzle initial 'S' and decorated initial 'H'., Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

1979 vol. I, no. 511; see also Doyle 1990 p. 8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large

• Detail of decorated initial 'E'(go)., Historia Brittonum, Vita Gildae, and other Vitae

1979 vol. I, no. 511; see also Doyle 1990 p. 8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large

• Puzzle initial., Historiae ecclesiasticae

1979 vol. I, no. 511; see also Doyle 1990 p. 8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large

• Detail of decorated initial with a leaf., Historiae ecclesiasticae

1979 vol. I, no. 511; see also Doyle 1990 p. 8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large

• Decorated initial 'E'(go)., Historia Brittonum, Vita Gildae, and other Vitae

1979 vol. I, no. 511; see also Doyle 1990 p. 8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large

• null, Petit Livre d'Amour

A transcription of the content has been added later on paper (ff. 18-34), probably by Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839). 12 emblematical miniatures (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 9*, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17); on

• Colophon: ‘scriptus per manum Guillelmi dicti du Stiphel de Britania pro venerabili et religioso viro domino Utredo Dunelmensi monacho ac sancte sacre pagine doctore. Anno domini millesimo ccco/ octuagesimo primo vicesimo sexto die mensis augusti. In fincal’, and, in the lower margin, the signature ‘G. du Stiphel’., Historiae ecclesiasticae

1979 vol. I, no. 511; see also Doyle 1990 p. 8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 4., Aeneid (index Aeneis)

the beginning of book 4. ff. 1 and 133 are a flyleaves made of fragments of book 6 of Justinian's Codex (late 14th-century, Italy) with initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and in red with purple pen-flourishing.f. 9 is a

• Decorated initial 'R'(egistrum) with penwork decoration of leaves, at the beginning of the cartulary of John Blaunchard., Cartulary of John Blaunchard

marks from the two clasps at the fore-edge (ff. 2-4 and [2a]). 1 large initial in black with red penwork decoration in the form of leaves (f. 4). 1 large initial in brown ink with foliate decoration highlighted in yellow

• Decorated initial 'R'(egistrum) with penwork decoration of leaves, at the beginning of the cartulary of John Blaunchard., Cartulary of John Blaunchard

marks from the two clasps at the fore-edge (ff. 2-4 and [2a]). 1 large initial in black with red penwork decoration in the form of leaves (f. 4). 1 large initial in brown ink with foliate decoration highlighted in yellow

• Puzzle initial 'A'(pocalipsis), in Haimo Halberstatensis's In Apocalypsim., In Apocalypsim (ff. 1-106), In Cantica Canticorum (ff. 107-135v)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.8.5’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with human head, in Haimo Halberstatensis's In Apocalypsim., In Apocalypsim (ff. 1-106), In Cantica Canticorum (ff. 107-135v)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.8.5’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Decorated initial 'KL', accompanied by a bar developing foliate extensions with a dragon, at the beginning of August in the Calendar., Kalendarium, cum figuris eclipsum, tabulis, et canonibus

15v, 18, 20v, 23, 25v, 27v, 29v). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground (f. 40v). Smaller initials (2 lines) in blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red. Small initials (1 line) in blue with foliate pen-flourishing

• Diagrams of the eclipse of the moon., Kalendarium, cum figuris eclipsum, tabulis, et canonibus

15v, 18, 20v, 23, 25v, 27v, 29v). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground (f. 40v). Smaller initials (2 lines) in blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red. Small initials (1 line) in blue with foliate pen-flourishing

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with human head, in Haimo Halberstatensis's In Apocalypsim., In Apocalypsim (ff. 1-106), In Cantica Canticorum (ff. 107-135v)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.8.5’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Puzzle initial 'A'(pocalipsis), in Haimo Halberstatensis's In Apocalypsim., In Apocalypsim (ff. 1-106), In Cantica Canticorum (ff. 107-135v)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XV.8.5’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Calendar page with illuminated initials., Kalendarium, cum figuris eclipsum, tabulis, et canonibus

15v, 18, 20v, 23, 25v, 27v, 29v). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground (f. 40v). Smaller initials (2 lines) in blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red. Small initials (1 line) in blue with foliate pen-flourishing

• Text page., Polychronicon with other historical works

Anglorum of Ailred of Rievaulx (ff. 222v-225);Testamenta xii patriarcharum, translated from Greek by Robert Grosseteste (ff. 225-236v);2 summary chronicles (from 1 to 1208, and from 1140 to 1385), and mirabilia (ff. 237-246v);'Recapitulatio omnium terrarum civitatumque totius mundi primo de Asia