• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(postate) of a tonsured ex-cleric, armed with a sword and a shield and his black habit on the ground, facing an abbot., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

armed with a sword and a shield and his black habit on the ground, facing an abbot. The only known, and probably autograph copy of the Omne Bonum of James le Palmer, being a general encyclopaedia arranged in alphabetical order.

• Puzzle initial 'A'(ppellationibus), in Bartolus de Saxoferrato's Commentary on the first and second part of the New Digest., Commentary on the first and second part of the Digestum novum

blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 1, 55, 140, 299). Smaller and small initials in red with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing or in blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or

• Initial 'Q'(uae), and 'I'(erarchia) in blue, red, and green with penwork decoration, in Hugh of Saint Victor's Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy

67-72. Large gold initials, some with foliate decoration in blue, red, and green and zoomorphic features (ff. 6v, 42). Large initials with penwork decoration in red, blue and green. Small blue initials with red penwork decoration. Straight red lines around

• Initial 'H'(actenus) in blue, red, and green with penwork decoration, in Hugh of Saint Victor's Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy., Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy

67-72. Large gold initials, some with foliate decoration in blue, red, and green and zoomorphic features (ff. 6v, 42). Large initials with penwork decoration in red, blue and green. Small blue initials with red penwork decoration. Straight red lines around

• Detail of a miniature of Matthew with an angel, his symbol, holding a scroll inscribed 'evangeli[a] secu[n]du[m] matheu[m]., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

gold with ivy extensions. Initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and blue, or blue and gold. Running titles in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

with historiated initial D depicting the Virgin with child Christ. Virgin in blue with a red throne on a gold filigree ground. Bar-frame border with burgundy and blue vine and a gold bar. Interlace at the corner with a cluster

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

infill of blue penwork. Along the top and left margins are two faint blue lines extending from the capital across the folio and flanked either side by red, and blue penwork motifs forming a two-sided border. A blue trefoil leaf

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Blue initials vary from three to eight lines. Catchwords with a blue paraph mark, one boxed in red. Running titles marked by a blue paraph. Rubrics and Latin quotations boxed in brown but ff. 58r-75v boxed in red, and

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

hand. First initial: four-line red Lombardic h with blue patterns, infill of self colour flowers with outlines in blue and boxed in red. Two-line Lombardic red capitals with blue decoration. Red and blue one-line Lombardic capitals. Catchwords in black scrolls

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

initial page - four-line initial E in blue and red with red penwork and a four-sided border made of red and blue decoration. Seven-line blue initials with red and blue penwork. Three-line blue initials with red penwork decoration. Four-line lombardic