• Zodiac signs of Leo (~Arie~) and Virgo (~Betulah~) in medallions, accompanying a liturgical poem (~piyyut~) for the Prayer for dew during Passover., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

during Passover. Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: initial word accompanied by two dogs, at the beginning of a poem for Passover., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f. 7 is bound

• Detail: initial-word panel ~or~ (light) with letters inhabited by hybrids, and framed by foliate scroll, at the beginning of a poem for Passover (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 1962)., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

no. 1962). Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: zodiac signs of Leo (~Arie~) and Virgo (~Betulah~) in medallions, accompanying a liturgical poem (~piyyut~) for the Prayer for dew during Passover., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

during Passover. Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: marginal drawing of a devil in the lower margin., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f. 7 is bound upside down.Numerous words

• Detail: marginal drawing of a deer in the lower margin, and a copy the same figure by a later hand., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

hand. Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f. 7

• Detail: initial word accompanied by a deer and a dog, at the beginning of a poem for Passover (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 2941)., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

no. 2941). Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: two decorated initial words with a hybrid in between, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Shavuot (Festival of Weeks) (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 7694)., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

no. 7694). Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: a stork is standing on the back of a dog, at a poem for ~Shavuot~ (Festival of Weeks) (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 7694)., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

no. 7694). Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: initial-word panel ~Wa-yehi~ (there was) with its frame inhabited by dragons with foliate scroll tails, at the beginning of Ruth., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

of Ruth. Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: marginal drawing of two dragons with their necks entwined with an inscription incorporated the drawing, ‘Dragon Samael’, perhaps added, in Ruth., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

in Ruth. Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: marginal drawing of a lion in the outer margin, partially mutilated., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

[405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f. 7 is bound upside down.Numerous

• Detail: decorated initial word ~Barukh~ (blessed) with six dog busts on top of its letters., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f. 7 is bound

• Coloured initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Coloured initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51. Includes a 'Psalter romanum', with marginal glosses in Latin and interlinear Old English gloss, attributed to Aethelwold (ff. 8-171) (see Gretsch, 1999), 12 canticles (ff. 171v-186v) and a Gloria entitled

• Coloured initial 'B'(eatus) with display script, at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the pressmark of Christ Church, Canterbury 'r', and ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer and Lord Lumley., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Coloured initial 'B'(eatus) with display script, at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the pressmark of Christ Church, Canterbury 'r', and ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer and Lord Lumley. Includes a 'Psalter romanum', with marginal glosses in Latin and

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) of Moses and the Israelites passing through the Red Sea, at the beginning of Exodus., Genesis and Exodus, with the Glossa ordinaria

V, and 4 E VI, but not executed in the same workshop.Catchwords and corrector's signatures 'cor' at the end of quires, bifolium signatures. 2 historiated initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of each book (ff. 4, 125v). Foliate

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the Days of Creation, at the beginning of Genesis., Genesis and Exodus, with the Glossa ordinaria

V, and 4 E VI, but not executed in the same workshop.Catchwords and corrector's signatures 'cor' at the end of quires, bifolium signatures. 2 historiated initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of each book (ff. 4, 125v). Foliate

• Decorated initial 'A'(rchidiaconus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of 'De officio archidiaconi et eius visitacione tractatus'., Constitutiones of bishop Peter Quivil (index Peter Quinil) at the 1287 Exeter Synod (ff. 4-48v), 'Summula Sinodi' (ff. 49-58v), 'De officio archidiaconi et eius visitacione tractatus' (ff. 59-70), 'Constitutio de pastore in viduatam ecclesiam (ff. 70v-71)

and 77 are former pastedowns. ff. 71v-[73a] are ruled leaves originally unwritten. ff. 1-3v and ff. 74-77 are medieval parchment quires with later additions. Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red

• Foliate initial 'C'(umque) at the beginning of the prologue., Genesis and Exodus, with the Glossa ordinaria

V, and 4 E VI, but not executed in the same workshop.Catchwords and corrector's signatures 'cor' at the end of quires, bifolium signatures. 2 historiated initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of each book (ff. 4, 125v). Foliate

• Ownership inscription of a Franciscan convent, Canterbury, reading 'Iste liber est de communitate fr[atru]m minorum Cantuarie', and a 16th-century note describing the manuscript as the first volume of a Bible in 8 volumes, and referring to the set of books, now Royal 3 E I-V, VII-VIII, reading 'In this Bible withe a glosse and Com[m]entairies are 8 volumes and / in them are contayned Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, / Deuteronomie, Esaye, Jeremye, Ezachiel, Daniel, Job, Psalmi / Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Cantica, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus, Osee, / Joel, Amos, abdias, Jonas, Micheas, Nahum, Abacuc, Sophonias, / Aggeus, Zacharye, Malachye, Machabees, Matheum, Marc, / Luke, John, Act. Apost., Epist. Ad Romanos 1, ad Cotinth. 2, ad Galat. 1,/ ad Ephes. 1, ad Philipp. 1, ad Colocess. 1, ad Thessal 2, ad Thimoth 2., /ad Titu[m] 1, ad Philemonem 1, ad Hebreos 1, Jacobi 1, Petri 2, Joh[ann]is 3, / Juda 1, Apocalipse. Mss these are bounde in redde lether prynted./ Memorandum that in an other sute of the same order bounde in white lether in / 7 volumes you maye supplye yor wante of these followinge Josue, Judic. / Esdras, Ruth, Tobias, Hester. (added) ved. 3 E I-VIII./ So you wante in bothe only the bookes of Kinges and Chronicles. / Wherefore I woulde wishe yt bothe these fortes be kepte whollye and entierely / togither, that the one maye supplie / the wante of the other.', Genesis and Exodus, with the Glossa ordinaria

V, and 4 E VI, but not executed in the same workshop.Catchwords and corrector's signatures 'cor' at the end of quires, bifolium signatures. 2 historiated initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of each book (ff. 4, 125v). Foliate