• 'Champ' initial with foliate feathering at the beginning of the text., The Brut Chronicle (the common version to 1377), imperfect to the year 1356

'Champ' initial with foliate feathering at the beginning of the text. 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with foliate extensions into the margin (f. 1). Large initial in gold with blue penwork decoration (f. 122).

• Large initial 'H'(umano) with foliate decoration, flowers and besants and, in the lower margin, wreath enclosing unidentified arms, also surrounded by foliate decoration and flowers, Ars poetica (ff. 1-10); Sermones (index Satires) (ff. 10v-52v); Epistulae (ff. 53-83v)

wreath enclosing a coat of arms, also surrounded by foliate decoration and flowers at the beginning of the manuscript (f. 1). Large initial in colours and gold with foliate decoration, flowers and besants (f. 53). Coloured initials in blue. Smaller

• Large decorated initial 'Q'(uid) in colours with foliate decoration at the beginning of Psalm 51., Book of Psalms, with marginal gloss

volumes with continuous foliation: vol. 1 (ff. 1-167v), and vol. 2 (ff. 168-336v).ff. 1-2v are originally blank parchment flyleaves with later inscriptions. ff. 2v, 165v-[165a]v and 167v are blank; ff. 161-165 are later additions.f. 1 is a former pastedown.ff. 166

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing the harp, and dragons intertwined in foliage, at the beginning of the Psalms., Book of Psalms, with marginal gloss

volumes with continuous foliation: vol. 1 (ff. 1-167v), and vol. 2 (ff. 168-336v).ff. 1-2v are originally blank parchment flyleaves with later inscriptions. ff. 2v, 165v-[165a]v and 167v are blank; ff. 161-165 are later additions.f. 1 is a former pastedown.ff. 166

• Initials 'B'(ritannia), 'E'(neas) and 'h'(ic) at the beginning of Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'Historia regum Britanniae'., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)

regum Britanniae'. Catchwords.Part 1: Uncrossed tironian ets. Drawings in light brown ink of a bird, animal and face (margins of ff. 10, 19). 1 large initial in green with penwork decoration in green and red (f. 10v). 1 large initial

• Puzzle initial 'M'(arcus) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of the prologue, with an ownership(?) inscription in the upper margin., Glossed Gospel of Mark

beginning of the prologue, with an ownership(?) inscription in the upper margin. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue, with red and blue foliate decoration (f. 1). 2 large initials in red or blue, with red and blue foliate

• Text page showing layout of gloss, and with the name of John Stout in the lower margin., Glossed Gospel of Mark

gloss, and with the name of John Stout in the lower margin. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue, with red and blue foliate decoration (f. 1). 2 large initials in red or blue, with red and blue foliate

• null, Odes (ff. 5-78v), Epodes (ff. 79-93v), and Carmen saeculare (ff. 94-95v); preceded by a Life of Horace attributed here to Petrus Crinitus (ff. 1-4)

large faceted initials in gold, each on a square field of dark purple, brown, gold, or green (ff. 1, 5, 27, 41, 65, 79, 94). Small initials in gold on a square field of blue, red, purple, green, or gray

• null, Odes (ff. 5-78v), Epodes (ff. 79-93v), and Carmen saeculare (ff. 94-95v); preceded by a Life of Horace attributed here to Petrus Crinitus (ff. 1-4)

large faceted initials in gold, each on a square field of dark purple, brown, gold, or green (ff. 1, 5, 27, 41, 65, 79, 94). Small initials in gold on a square field of blue, red, purple, green, or gray

• Decorated initial 'C'(omplevimus) at the beginning of the Diaetarum., Diaetarum

signatures in Part 2.We thank François Avril for the localisation of this manuscript. 1 large initial with foliate decoration in brown and red on a blue ground (f. 47). Large initials in blue or red, one with penwork decoration in

• Decorated initial 'C'(omplevimus) at the beginning of the Diaetarum., Diaetarum

signatures in Part 2.We thank François Avril for the localisation of this manuscript. 1 large initial with foliate decoration in brown and red on a blue ground (f. 47). Large initials in blue or red, one with penwork decoration in

• null, Breviary, Use of Rome

289v, 305v, 317v, 336, 346, 356v, 366, 382v [with a three-sided border]). 1 large decorated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 173v). 1 small decorated initial in gold on a red and blue ground,

• null, Breviary, Use of Rome

289v, 305v, 317v, 336, 346, 356v, 366, 382v [with a three-sided border]). 1 large decorated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 173v). 1 small decorated initial in gold on a red and blue ground,

• null, Breviary, Use of Rome

289v, 305v, 317v, 336, 346, 356v, 366, 382v [with a three-sided border]). 1 large decorated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 173v). 1 small decorated initial in gold on a red and blue ground,

• null, Breviary, Use of Rome

289v, 305v, 317v, 336, 346, 356v, 366, 382v [with a three-sided border]). 1 large decorated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 173v). 1 small decorated initial in gold on a red and blue ground,

• Decorated initial with pen-flourishing., Liber Uricrisiarum, imperfect

Decorated initial with pen-flourishing. ff. 214-216 and the following leaf are added with text in English (ff. 214-216v). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, sometimes extending into a 1-sided border (e.g., ff. 4, 74v, 130v, 137v, 158v, 164v,

• Detail of a foliate initial 'D'(omino) with human heads, at the beginning of the preface., Commentary on Matthew

2 foliate inhabited initials in colours and gold with display script, at the beginning of the preface and book 1 (ff. 1, 2v). 2 large initials in brown or blue with penwork decoration in red and green, at the beginning

• Initial 'P'(roxime), at the beginning of the prologue., Breviarium on the Psalms

(f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (vol. 1, f. 1 ); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 429 and 866 (see ~The Lumley Library~, 1956);

• Foliate initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Romans, and a foliate initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Peter Lombard's commentary on Romans., Gloss on the Pauline Epistles

74, 121, 144v, 166v, 182v, 193, 202v, 209v, 214v, 226, 232v, 235v, 237). 1 initial in gold at the beginning of the capitula to Romans (f. 1). Initials in red, green, blue, or brown, some with penwork decoration, larger at

• Foliate initial 'D'(omino) with human heads, at the beginning of the preface, with the Westminster inventory number '207', in the upper corner., Commentary on Matthew

2 foliate inhabited initials in colours and gold with display script, at the beginning of the preface and book 1 (ff. 1, 2v). 2 large initials in brown or blue with penwork decoration in red and green, at the beginning