• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'B'(enedicite) of a winged Michael holding a sword and a gold shield standing on the devil, at the feast of Michael, with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator or later note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin: 'archangele'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

matter briefly, in the lower margin on most of the folios with historiated initials.The final two leaves are later insertions. 1 miniature in colours and gold with a donor portrait (f. 262v). 11 full, 3-sided, or partial borders with foliate

• Illuminated miniature of the Trinity, with God the Father seated enthroned holding the cross with the crucified Christ and the dove of the Holy Spirit above the head of Christ (a 'Gnadenstuhl Trinity'), and below, a kneeling donor, William Melreth, alderman of London, in prayer, with his arms. Below this in gold letters and in English is the caption 'Blessed be the trinite', and an inscription detailing Melreth's gift of the missal to the church of St Lawrence, London., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

matter briefly, in the lower margin on most of the folios with historiated initials.The final two leaves are later insertions. 1 miniature in colours and gold with a donor portrait (f. 262v). 11 full, 3-sided, or partial borders with foliate

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, and full foliate border, facing the historiated initial 'T'(e) with the Instruments of the Passion of Christ, at the beginning of the 'Te igitur' in a Missal., Missal, Use of Rome

Instruments of the Passion of Christ, at the beginning of the 'Te igitur' in a Missal. 1 large miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 113v). 20 large historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff.

• Calendar page and historiated initial 'A'(d) with David, at the beginning of a Missal., Missal, Use of Rome

David, at the beginning of a Missal. 1 large miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 113v). 20 large historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 7, 15, 20v, 114, 122, 132, 135, 141, 164,

• Historiated initial 'R'(esurrexi) with the Resurrection of Christ, in a Missal., Missal, Use of Rome

Resurrection of Christ, in a Missal. 1 large miniature, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 113v). 20 large historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 7, 15, 20v, 114, 122, 132, 135, 141, 164, 171,

• Illuminated initials., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

in the lower margin on most of the folios with historiated initials.The final two leaves are later insertions. 1 miniature in colours and gold with a donor portrait (f. 262v). 11 full, 3-sided, or partial borders with foliate decoration in

• Illuminated initials., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

in the lower margin on most of the folios with historiated initials.The final two leaves are later insertions. 1 miniature in colours and gold with a donor portrait (f. 262v). 11 full, 3-sided, or partial borders with foliate decoration in

• Detail of historiated initial., Miscellany, including Liber Hermetis de alchimia (ff. 155-157); Liber triginta verborum (ff. 164-166); De duodecim aquis (ff. 166v-167v); and De naturis colorum iuxta Aristotelem 70 preceptorum (ff. 185v-186).

no. 11798 (dated 1457 to Würzburg). 1 large red initial with a human face (f. 84). Large and small initials in red, green, blue, or brown, two decorated with patterns. Paraphs in red. Marginalia. 1 table (f. 121). Blank spaces

• Decorated initial 'U'(trum) with acanthus leaf and ivy tendrils at the beginning of the text., Orator

Added text: late 15th century, prior to 1477 (f. 69).Renaud de Chauvigny de Blot, abbot of La Chaise-Dieu 1465-1491: until 1 August 1477, when it was given to the abbey, inscription recording the gift 'Reverendissimus ?ihesu christo pat[er] et dominus

• Text page., Part of a lectionary

(ff. 4-66). Initials in red (oxidised) Part of a lectionary Samuell Compton and Ch. Kirten: inscribed with their names (f. 1) in a sixteenth-century hand.John Theyer (bap. 1598, d. 1673), antiquary, included in the catalogue of his library left to

• Detail of inscription., Speculum, De disciplina christiananorum, and other texts

Detail of inscription. Small and large initials in red or green, sometime with foliate or geometric penwork decoration in the same and/or the other colour (e.g., ff. 2, 6, 7v); some with human or animal faces (ff. 19, 24v,

• Detail of inscription., Speculum, De disciplina christiananorum, and other texts

Detail of inscription. Small and large initials in red or green, sometime with foliate or geometric penwork decoration in the same and/or the other colour (e.g., ff. 2, 6, 7v); some with human or animal faces (ff. 19, 24v,

• Detail of decorated initial., Speculum, De disciplina christiananorum, and other texts

Detail of decorated initial. Small and large initials in red or green, sometime with foliate or geometric penwork decoration in the same and/or the other colour (e.g., ff. 2, 6, 7v); some with human or animal faces (ff. 19,

• Detail of decorated initial., Speculum, De disciplina christiananorum, and other texts

Detail of decorated initial. Small and large initials in red or green, sometime with foliate or geometric penwork decoration in the same and/or the other colour (e.g., ff. 2, 6, 7v); some with human or animal faces (ff. 19,

• Decorated initial., Medical miscellany, including Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicinae (ff 91-139), imperfect, On buboes (ff. 139-140); Guy de Chauliac's On bloodletting (f. 147v); and On scarifying and cupping (f. 147v)

Decorated initial. ff. 1-2 are parchment flyleaves. Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red. Marginal drawing of a face (f. 83). From ff. 81v-86v, large

• Detail of puzzle initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

red (and blue), with reserved designs, with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 19v, 40, 60v, 82v, 105v, 125v, 142v, 162v). Smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with brown pen-flourishing or penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue with brown

• Bar border and initial 'W'(han) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Prologue of the Canterbury Tales., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

Bar border and initial 'W'(han) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Prologue of the Canterbury Tales. The Prologue of the Cook's Tale is imperfect due to the loss of one leaf as well as an

• White vine initial 'T'(ytire) in colours and gold., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 2-19v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 19v-66); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 67-276v); Appendix (ff. 277-310).

in colours and gold. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf and there is a ruled leaf after f. 66.Vertical catchwords.A small square piece of parchment has been cut from the lower margin of f. 277 and the entire leaf is

• White vine initial 'A'(rma) in colours and gold., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 2-19v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 19v-66); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 67-276v); Appendix (ff. 277-310).

in colours and gold. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf and there is a ruled leaf after f. 66.Vertical catchwords.A small square piece of parchment has been cut from the lower margin of f. 277 and the entire leaf is

• Drawings, including of king Saul, the priest Eli, who falls dead after being told that his two sons had been killed and the ark of God taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:17-18); and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem., Summary of the Liber Concordiae Novi ac Veteris Testamenti (Harmony of the Old and New Testaments), imperfect

his two sons had been killed and the ark of God taken by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:17-18); and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem. Folios missing after f. 74.Joachim of Fiore, Cistercian abbot and mystic (b. at Celico,