• Initials with penwork decoration for the month of April in the liturgical calendar., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of St Giles,

• Initials with penwork decoration for the month of October in the liturgical calendar., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of St Giles,

• Puzzle initial 'R'(egulariter) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of Book 8 relating to the observances of the house., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of St Giles,

• Miniature of the Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John, within the text on the mass of the Holy Cross., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of St Giles,

• Puzzle initial 'P'(er) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the table of contents., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of St Giles,

• Puzzle initial 'R'(egnante) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the prologue., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of St Giles,

• Initial 'A' with two parrots and another bird., Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Winter season

red or yellow. Small initials in red. Heading on bands of pink and green (f. 1). Decorated catchwords in brown and sometimes yellow or red. 1 initial in green (f. 82v). Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Winter season The Cistercian abbey

• Decorated initial 'I'(sti) with an animal head, and a bird in the lower margin., Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Winter season

red or yellow. Small initials in red. Heading on bands of pink and green (f. 1). Decorated catchwords in brown and sometimes yellow or red. 1 initial in green (f. 82v). Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Winter season The Cistercian abbey

• Decorated initial 'Q'(ui) with two birds., Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Winter season

red or yellow. Small initials in red. Heading on bands of pink and green (f. 1). Decorated catchwords in brown and sometimes yellow or red. 1 initial in green (f. 82v). Antiphoner (index antiphonal, antiphonary), Winter season The Cistercian abbey

• null, The four Gospels, adapted for liturgical use (index New Testament, Bible)

5 headpieces, 1 in brown and blue (f. 1), and 4 decorated with foliate patterns in gold and colours, together with large initials in gold and colours, at the beginning of each Gospel (ff. 9, 76, 121, 197). Large brown

• Detail of decorated initial., St Albans register of properties

Abbates exempti Monasterii Sancti Albani', and '. . . a domino Thomas: Ramryge: abbas: monasterii: Sancti: Albani R. Blakene[s?]' (f. 1) (Ramryge was abbot 1492-1521).English 16th-century inscription 'By me Thomas marles [his?] bocke witnes by Edward Stretcham by Robarte hatene(?),

• Detail of puzzle initial., Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium

Detail of puzzle initial. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red and decorated extension (f. 1). Small initials in red with blue or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in

• Illuminated headpiece decorated in foliate patterns on a gold ground enclosing the title, and an illuminated initial 'B'(iblos) at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., The four Gospels, adapted for liturgical use (index New Testament, Bible)

the title, and an illuminated initial 'B'(iblos) at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew. 5 headpieces, 1 in brown and blue (f. 1), and 4 decorated with foliate patterns in gold and colours, together with large initials in gold

• Puzzle initial 'L'(egitur) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Innocent IV's Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium., Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium

at the beginning of Innocent IV's Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red and decorated extension (f. 1). Small initials in red with blue or purple pen-flourishing or in

• Text page in the annals., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• Text page in the annals., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• Initial 'C' with a dog-headed hybrid., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• Decorated initial with a bird biting a dog., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• Decorated initial 'A'(nglia), with a hooded hybrid creature, at the beginning of a description of England., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• End of the annals from the birth of Christ to 1294, with an entry for the birth of King Edward II for 1284., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).