• Decorated initial 'Q'(uoniam) enclosing a flower at the beginning of Luke's gospel., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Text page with rubric in capitals at the beginning of the Gospel of John., Bodmin Gospels (St Petroc Gospels); records of grants of manumission in Old English and Latin added on blank leaves and in margins (ff. 1, 8, 13, 141)

St Petroc, Bodmin by the end of the 10th century: records of public manumissions at the high altar of the church were added in Anglo-Saxon minuscule in the 2nd half of the 10th and the 11th centuries. They include the

• Historiated initial 'O' of the Adoration of the Magi, including an African king, measuring 140 x 160. On the reverse, partial two four-line staves, musical notation and text: '...regi da et m /...filio regis'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'D' of a Memento Mori, measuring 125 x 110. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...antur'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'P' of the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, measuring 250 x 210. On the reverse, partial two four-line staves, musical notation and text: '...lo tu /… Co[n]. Exulta'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'I' of a male martyr saint, measuring 100 x 95. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...ti eum'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Historiated initial 'C' of Lawrence, measuring 135 x 120. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...tate domi /...?ium can'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Foliate initial 'E', measuring 75 x 75. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '...me'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Foliate initial 'S', measuring 75 x 80. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '…tate e'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Foliate initial 'S', measuring 80 x 80. On the reverse, partial four-line stave, musical notation and text: '…um no(n)'., Cuttings from a Gradual

colours and gold, of a Memento Mori (f. 6), Larewnce (f. 11), a male martyr saint (f. 8), and a church (f. 12) with one four-line red stave, musical notation and text on their versos. 3 foliate initials in colours

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a monk and a queen entering a church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

a monk and a queen entering a church. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part II: the Calendarium illuminated and

• White vine initial 'G'(rammatica) and wreath enclosing the arms and helm of John Tiptoft, earl of Worcester, at the beginning of Suetonius' De grammaticis et rhetoribus., De grammaticis et rhetoribus (ff. 2-14v); Dialogus de oratoribus (ff. 15-42v)

minister: his library sold on 21 November 1687, lot 108 (Wright 1972).Ambrose Bonwicke, the elder (b. 1652, d. 1722), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster, headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School from 1686 to 1691: inscribed 'Ambrosij Bonvici 1687'

• Illuminated initial 'S'(aepe) at the beginning of Tacitus' Dialogus de oratoribus., De grammaticis et rhetoribus (ff. 2-14v); Dialogus de oratoribus (ff. 15-42v)

minister: his library sold on 21 November 1687, lot 108 (Wright 1972).Ambrose Bonwicke, the elder (b. 1652, d. 1722), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster, headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School from 1686 to 1691: inscribed 'Ambrosij Bonvici 1687'

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a man leading a woman to church., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

a man leading a woman to church. Part I: the text and gloss written in Southern France, perhaps in Toulouse: lemmata underlined in yellow, with the decoration left unfinished.Catchwords and bifolium signatures; numerous corrections.Part II: the Calendarium illuminated and added

• Miniature of Dante and Virgil in the area devoted to the punishment of robbers, and Dante and Virgil speaking to Vanno Fucci, the pillager of a church in Pistoia, and three others tormented by serpents, in illustration of Canto XXIV., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

robbers, and Dante and Virgil speaking to Vanno Fucci, the pillager of a church in Pistoia, and three others tormented by serpents, in illustration of Canto XXIV. Pope-Hennessy 1993 proposed a date after 1444, partly depending on the representations of

• Miniature of Dante and Virgil witnessing Vanno Fucci, the pillager of a church in Pistoia, being attacked by the monster Cacus, who is half-centaur and half-dragon, and Dante and Virgil speaking to three other souls, tormented by snakes and lizards, in illustration of Canto XXV., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

Vanno Fucci, the pillager of a church in Pistoia, being attacked by the monster Cacus, who is half-centaur and half-dragon, and Dante and Virgil speaking to three other souls, tormented by snakes and lizards, in illustration of Canto XXV. Pope-Hennessy

• Miniature of Dante and Beatrice in the sphere of the sun being greeted by Aquinas and Albertus Magnus, while ten other great intellectural authorities (the Doctors of the Church) are seated below, including Bede, Ambrose, Isidore, and Boethius., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

Aquinas and Albertus Magnus, while ten other great intellectural authorities (the Doctors of the Church) are seated below, including Bede, Ambrose, Isidore, and Boethius. Pope-Hennessy 1993 proposed a date after 1444, partly depending on the representations of the dome and

• Miniature of Dante and Beatrice, on the left, and Bonaventure, on the right, hovering over the Twelve Doctors of the Church (Paradiso XII)., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

on the right, hovering over the Twelve Doctors of the Church (Paradiso XII). Pope-Hennessy 1993 proposed a date after 1444, partly depending on the representations of the dome and cupola of Florence Cathedral, in building during these years. 3 large

• Historiated initials 'I'(n) of a building with a small face visible behind the bars of the window, and 'N'(isi) of a church building., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

visible behind the bars of the window, and 'N'(isi) of a church building. Other manuscripts associated with the Master of Duke Humfrey's Psalms are: Guildhall, Corporation of London Records Office, 'Statuta Antiqua Angliae', f. 137, London, Drapers' Company, Patent of

• Detail of an historiated initial 'N'(isi) of a church building., Selection of Psalms, with calendar, prayers, and litanies ('The Psalter of Humfrey of Gloucester')

initial 'N'(isi) of a church building. Other manuscripts associated with the Master of Duke Humfrey's Psalms are: Guildhall, Corporation of London Records Office, 'Statuta Antiqua Angliae', f. 137, London, Drapers' Company, Patent of Arms, 10 March 1439, Capetown, South African