• Decorated initials'H'(eredes), 'M'(ulier), and 'C'(irca)., Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus Regni Angliae

gold with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller initials in red with blue penwork decoration and in blue with red penwork decoration. Plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics and paraphs in red, now faded. Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus

• Diagram representing the genealogy of Jupiter., Genealogy of the gods (ff. 1-4), Names of rivers (f. 4v), Commentary on Aeneis (f. 5), Aeneis (index Aeneid) with marginal gloss (ff. 5v-168v)

red and blue (ff. 5v (x2), 6 (x2), 31v, 43, 83v, 84, 97, 109, 122v (x2), 137v (x2)). Large initial in red with reserved designs (f. 109v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Paraphs in alternating red or blue. Various

• Decorated initial 'C'(es) at the beginning of the statutes of Westminster., Various legal texts including Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae) and Hengham's Summa magna and Summa parva, Registrum brevium (reign of king Edward I), imperfect

1808. 3 large puzzle initials in blue and red with red pen-flourishing (ff. 45, 54, 58), including a lion's head (f. 45). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Various legal texts including Statutes of

• Pen-flourished initial 'P'(ie recordationis affectu, fratres carissimi)., Fragments of a liturgical manuscript, including De commendatione animarum and De sepultura mortuorum, with musical notation

liturgical mansucript (ff. 1*- 4* and 95-98v).ff. 1-94: Horizontal catchwords. Large blue initials with red pen-flourishing. Smaller plain initials in blue or red. Rubrics in red. Paraphs in blue. Staves of five lines, ruled in red. Fragments of a liturgical

• Initial with foliate decoration at the beginning of Avicenna, 'Canon medicinae'., Collection of medical texts and notes, including Avicenna, 'Canon medicinae' (ff. 7-53), Pseudo-Mesue, 'Canones universales' (ff. 56-92)

in blue or light brown on square grounds of contrasting colour with foliate decoration highlighted in gold or white (ff. 7, 56, 57). Chapter initials in red and blue with guide letters, paraph marks in alternating red and blue, and

• White vine initial 'E'(t) and unidentified arms., Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

blue, of various sizes, with red penwork decoration, and initials in red with purple penwork decoration. Plain initials and paraphs in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium) Unidentified arms of

• Puzzle initial 'N'(otandum)., Martyrology

initial in red and blue with foliate motifs and pen-flourishing in red, green and purple (f. 1). Smaller initials in red with purple pen-flourishing and in blue with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red or blue, some large, some small.

• Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing., Vox Clamantis (beginning imperfectly) (ff. 1-134v), Cronica Tripertita (ff. 134v-49v), and shorter poems (ff. 149v-61)

34v). 1 large initial in gold with purple pen-flourishing (f. 134v). Numerous large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in red and blue. Vox Clamantis (beginning imperfectly) (ff. 1-134v), Cronica Tripertita (ff. 134v-49v), and shorter poems (ff. 149v-61)

• Decorated initial 'C'(ome) wth pen-flourishing at the beginning of the statutes of Edward III., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), for the reign of Edward III (r. 1327-1377)(ff. 28-178), Richard II (r. 1377-1399)(ff. 178v-280v), Henry IV (r. 1399-1413) (ff. 281-336), up to 2 Henry V (r. 1413-1422) (ff. 336-354)

until c. 1414. Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs (ff. 28, 178v, 281, 336). Numerous smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs. Paraphs in red or blue. Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England;

• Decorated initial 'H'(ortaris)., Liber de viris illustribus, Chronica (index Greater Chronicle), and various other historical texts

73v, 85, 87, 88, 89v, 92, 95, 101, 117, 120v). Plain initials in red or blue, some with reserved lines. Rubrics in red. Paraphs in blue. Liber de viris illustribus, Chronica (index Greater Chronicle), and various other historical texts John

• Pen-flourished initial 'D' with floral motifs., Religious Poems, with an index of first lines (ff. 2-8) (index Poemata Varia Italice)

Cross in red (f. 2). 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 10). Plain initials in red. Plain initials in blue. Paraphs in the index in red or blue. Religious Poems, with an index of first lines (ff.

• Initial 'I'(Nterea) with penwork decoration., Anonymous comments to Virgil's Aeneid, Books 4-6 (ff. 1-77v, imperfect at the beginning), Bucolics (ff. 77v-94v), and Georgics (ff. 95-95v, imperfect at the end), Anselm's comment to Aeneid, Books 7-12 (ff. 25v-77v), and 'Fabularius', possibly a compendium of Boccaccio's 'Genealogia deorum gentilium' (ff. 96-110v) with table of contents (ff. 110v-111)

excised after f. 95. Puzzle initials in red and blue with penwork decoration in red and black (ff. 77v, 95, 96). Initials in red or blue with penwork decoration in red, blue and black. Initials in red. Titles and rubrics

• Decorated initials 'C'(um) and 'P'(rincipio) at the beginning of the prologue and first book of Justinus's Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi., Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi (ff. 2-78v), followed by the prologues (ff. 79-83); and other shorter works

Justinus's Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi. 1 large iniital in blue and red (f. 2). 1 smaller initial in blue with red tendril penwork (f. 84). Small initials and paraphs in blue. Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi (ff. 2-78v), followed by the

• Foliate initial 'C'(ogitanti) and full border, at the beginning of Cicero's De oratore., De oratore (ff. 1-88); De senectute (ff. 89-101); De amicitia (ff. 101v-116v); De optimo genere oratorum (ff. 116v-118v)

gold (ff. 1, 26v, 64, 89). 2 large initials in blue with red penwork or in red with blue penwork (ff. 101v, 116v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De oratore (ff. 1-88); De senectute (ff. 89-101); De amicitia

• Foliate initial 'T'(Tite), [should be 'O'], and partial border, at the beginning of Cicero's De senectute., De oratore (ff. 1-88); De senectute (ff. 89-101); De amicitia (ff. 101v-116v); De optimo genere oratorum (ff. 116v-118v)

gold (ff. 1, 26v, 64, 89). 2 large initials in blue with red penwork or in red with blue penwork (ff. 101v, 116v). Small initials in plain red or blue. De oratore (ff. 1-88); De senectute (ff. 89-101); De amicitia

• Historiated initial 'W'(han) with Lydgate as a monk riding a horse, at the beginning of the prologue of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes., The Siege of Thebes

gold (ff. 18, 43). Small initials in gold on blue and red grounds with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with blue or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters on f. 34v at

• Foliate initial 'P'(assed) with three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of part 2 of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes., The Siege of Thebes

gold (ff. 18, 43). Small initials in gold on blue and red grounds with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with blue or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters on f. 34v at

• Foliate initial 'S'(irs) including the heraldic arms of William de la Pole, with a full foliate border, at the beginning of part 1 of Lydgate's Siege of Thebes., The Siege of Thebes

gold (ff. 18, 43). Small initials in gold on blue and red grounds with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with blue or purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Capital letters on f. 34v at

• Detail of the upper portion of an illuminated border and initial 'O', with various flowers., Troy book, imperfect (translated from the Latin of Guido de Columna)

lost) (ff. 26, 73v, 105, 143v). Small gold initials on blue and red grounds, with illuminated foliate decoration extending into the margins. Small gold initials with blue penwork decoration, and blue initials with red penwork decoration. Troy book, imperfect (translated

• Illuminated border with flowers and a peacock at the beginning of book 5 of John Lydgate's Troy book., Troy book, imperfect (translated from the Latin of Guido de Columna)

lost) (ff. 26, 73v, 105, 143v). Small gold initials on blue and red grounds, with illuminated foliate decoration extending into the margins. Small gold initials with blue penwork decoration, and blue initials with red penwork decoration. Troy book, imperfect (translated