• Large illuminated initial, with later ownership inscriptions in the lower margin., Decretals, an anonymous collection, the latest being attributed to Pope Lucius III (1181-1185), with marginal gloss

with foliate decoration (f. 1). Small initials in red with blue and/or red penwork decoration, or in blue with red and/or blue penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Decretals, an anonymous collection, the latest being attributed to Pope

• Illuminated initial 'P'(hilippus), and full border including harpies, a bust, serpents and flowers, at the beginning of the Statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece., Statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece

and a full border with all'antica ornament, in colours and gold (f. 4). Small initials in gold on red or blue grounds. Statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece Written not earlier than 1531: the appendix (f. 32r-v) ends

• Miniature of David in Prayer, and a full trompe l'oeil border, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds, with sprays and flowers. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in red, blue and gold. Book of Hours, Use of

• Miniature of David in Prayer, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds, with sprays and flowers. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in red, blue and gold. Book of Hours, Use of

• Coloured print with Christ as the Man of Sorrows surrounded by symbols of the Passion pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

the Rosary (f. 2v). 1 large decorated initial, in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials in plain red or blue. 1 headpiece with roses, in red and blue (f. 29v). Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27),

• Coloured print with the symbols of the Passion pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

the Rosary (f. 2v). 1 large decorated initial, in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials in plain red or blue. 1 headpiece with roses, in red and blue (f. 29v). Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27),

• Pages painted black with red drops of blood, representing the wounds of Christ, worn, perhaps as the result of kissing., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

the Rosary (f. 2v). 1 large decorated initial, in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials in plain red or blue. 1 headpiece with roses, in red and blue (f. 29v). Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27),

• Print with the Virgin nursing the Child., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

the Rosary (f. 2v). 1 large decorated initial, in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials in plain red or blue. 1 headpiece with roses, in red and blue (f. 29v). Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27),

• Pages painted red with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

the Rosary (f. 2v). 1 large decorated initial, in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials in plain red or blue. 1 headpiece with roses, in red and blue (f. 29v). Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27),

• Page painted red with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

the Rosary (f. 2v). 1 large decorated initial, in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials in plain red or blue. 1 headpiece with roses, in red and blue (f. 29v). Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27),

• Page painted red with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

the Rosary (f. 2v). 1 large decorated initial, in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials in plain red or blue. 1 headpiece with roses, in red and blue (f. 29v). Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27),

• Page painted red with streaming blood., Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

the Rosary (f. 2v). 1 large decorated initial, in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials in plain red or blue. 1 headpiece with roses, in red and blue (f. 29v). Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27),

• Miniature of a winged horse (Pegasus) with a facted initial 'D'(ivitias), epigraphic capitals, and two shields in the lower margin: one of two crossed sceptres with fleur-de-lis terminals on a blue ground, the other of a tower on a white ground., Works

sceptres with fleur-de-lis terminals on a blue ground, the other of a tower on a white ground. Miniature in colours of a winged horse (Pegasus), with a damaged faceted initial in yellow and blue, epigraphic capitals in alternating colours and

• Detail of decorated initial., Ars poetica (ff. 1-9), Epistolae (ff. 9-35), with marginal and interlinear glosses

Detail of decorated initial. 3 large foliate initials in blue, red, and green (ff. 1, 9, 26v). Initials for the lesser divisions are red with blue flourishing, or vice versa. Blue or red paraphs. Contemporary(?) marginal drawings (e.g. ff. 3v,

• Decorated initial 'C'(onverte), and trompe l'oeil border, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours (begins imperfectly)

50v, 54v, 61, 67v, 74, 82v, 90v, 147). 1 large blue initial, with reserved designs, with red pen-flourishing, for major divison (f. 20v). 5 smaller initials in red or blue, (with reserved designs), with red pen-flourishing, for minor divisions (ff.

• Detail of the bottom border of the folio with a bas-de-page scene of a messenger delivering a letter to a man seated at a desk., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

ebginning of each book. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Initials in red with pen-flourished decoration in purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Line-fillers in brown ink

• Historiated initial 'D'., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

ebginning of each book. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Initials in red with pen-flourished decoration in purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Line-fillers in brown ink

• Detail of the left-hand border., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

ebginning of each book. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Initials in red with pen-flourished decoration in purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Line-fillers in brown ink

• Illuminated initial with pen-flourished decoration., Fragment from a Missal, on parchment

century (f. 90).Musical notation (f. 79). Initials in gold with pen-flourishing purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourishing in red. Rubrics in red. Line-filler in blue and gold. Fragment from a Missal, on parchment ff. 59r-v [part 6] come

• Coloured print with Christ as Man of Sorrows being adored by a Carthsian, pasted to a page painted in red covered with streaming blood. A Carthusian kneels before a bloody Christ, who stands beside his cross. They converse by means of scrolls with texts in latin. The Carthusian petitions Christ: ‘O Lord I beseech, send me salvation’ (Domine obsecro dirige ad me salutem). He replies: ‘Son, shun (temptation, understood), subdue (it), say nothing, keep quiet (Fili fuge, vince, tace, quiesce). The formulation is found in Abelard’s Epistle VII on the foundation of a women’s convent, and the context is how to avoid the temptation to sin. Below is a caption in English: ‘The greatest comfort in al temptacyon Is the remembraunce of Crystes passyon.’, Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27), in two versions, and other devotional texts, including a litany

the Rosary (f. 2v). 1 large decorated initial, in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials in plain red or blue. 1 headpiece with roses, in red and blue (f. 29v). Psalter and Rosary of the Virgin (from f. 27),