• Coloured drawings of Adam and Eve at work, and Noah's Ark., Speculum humanae salvationis

Coloured drawings of Adam and Eve at work, and Noah's Ark. Beginning with a list of contents, prohemium and prologue (ff. 1-3v). Quire marks.f. 1* is a paper fragment pasted onto f. [iv].f. 47 is a ruled leaf with

• Decorated initial 'H'(oc) with reserved designs and penwork decoration including arabesque motifs., Diadema monachorum

occasionally with script in later medieval hands.The manuscript has been intensely used.Ampersands. 1 large puzzle initial in red and green with penwork decoration in red (f. 1).1 large initial in blue with reserved designs and penwork decoration including arabesque

• Decorated intials 'D'(e) and 'E'(cclesia)., Speculum ecclesiae

Samuel Knott (d. 1687), rector of Combe Raleigh, Devon (1661-1668), antiquary and collector of manuscripts: inscribed with his name (f. 1). The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and

• Decorated initial 'P'(receptis), and the Pinelli number '7899' in the upper left-hand corner., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

Decorated initial 'P'(receptis), and the Pinelli number '7899' in the upper left-hand corner. 1 large puzzle initial (f. 1). Small initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of

• Decorated initials 'N'(eminem) and 'R'(ex); the lower margin with a note stating that from the creation of the world (5199 years before the birth of Christ) to the present is 6,434 years., Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

creation of the world (5199 years before the birth of Christ) to the present is 6,434 years. 1 large puzzle initial (f. 1). Small initials alternately blue with red penwork decoration, or vice versa. Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(cribere) in the form of a dragon, at the beginning of Seneca's De clementia; with an erased inscription in the upper margin., De clementia (ff. 1-9), and other short texts

the Celestine monastery of Ste-Croix d’Offémont is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 10898. 1 large zoomorphic initial in red, green, silver, and gold (f. 1). 4 large foliate initials (ff. 6v, 17, 25v, 64v), and simpler initials, in red,

• Decorated initial 'U'(t) at the start of Book 2 of Seneca's De clementia, and a decorative run-over symbol in the lower margin., De clementia (ff. 1-9), and other short texts

the Celestine monastery of Ste-Croix d’Offémont is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 10898. 1 large zoomorphic initial in red, green, silver, and gold (f. 1). 4 large foliate initials (ff. 6v, 17, 25v, 64v), and simpler initials, in red,

• Initial 'I'(n) in the form of a dragon, and 'B'(eatus) with two bishops with crosiers, the lower with a closed book;and the ownership inscription: 'Liber Sancte Trinitatis de Kirkham' in the lower margin., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

pp. 74-77. 1 historiated initial of two bishops in green, red, and brown on a blue ground (f. 1). 2 large initials with animals or animals heads in red, green, and brown, or also with blue (ff. 1, 18v). Simple

• initial 'P'(etisa) and three pairs of busts men and women, labelled Ioachim and Anna, Ioseph and Sancte Maria, and Alpheus and [Mary] Cleophe., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

pp. 74-77. 1 historiated initial of two bishops in green, red, and brown on a blue ground (f. 1). 2 large initials with animals or animals heads in red, green, and brown, or also with blue (ff. 1, 18v). Simple

• null, De clementia (ff. 1-9), and other short texts

the Celestine monastery of Ste-Croix d’Offémont is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 10898. 1 large zoomorphic initial in red, green, silver, and gold (f. 1). 4 large foliate initials (ff. 6v, 17, 25v, 64v), and simpler initials, in red,

• null, De clementia (ff. 1-9), and other short texts

the Celestine monastery of Ste-Croix d’Offémont is Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 10898. 1 large zoomorphic initial in red, green, silver, and gold (f. 1). 4 large foliate initials (ff. 6v, 17, 25v, 64v), and simpler initials, in red,

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnis) with geometric pattern and foliage, at the beginning of the prologue to Hypognosticon., Hypognosticon

geometric pattern and foliage, at the beginning of the prologue to Hypognosticon. 1 foliate initial in colours, at the beginning of the prologue Hypognosticon (f. 2) and 1 large puzzle initial with penwork decoration in green, blue and red, at

• Pen-flourished initial 'F'(ides) at the beginning of the first book with the ownership inscription of Worcester Cathedral Priory., Summa aurea (Summa super sententias Petri Lombardi) with an imperfect table of rubrics (ff. 200 r-v)

'Fides est rerum sperandarum argumentum'. 3 puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours (ff. 1, 22, 160). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing and in blue with red pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red. Rubrics in

• Detail of inscription at the bottom of the folio., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

the folio. 2 historiated initials in colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green, or blue. Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury (see f. 2; Gameson 1999

• Miniature of Ursato Manulesso adoring the Virgin with the Child., Commission from Aloysio Mocenico, Doge of Venice, to Ursato Manulesso, delegating the Government of Padua to him

the Virgin with the Child. 1 miniature and a titlepiece with heraldic decoration, in colours and gold (ff.1v- 2). Display script. Commission from Aloysio Mocenico, Doge of Venice, to Ursato Manulesso, delegating the Government of Padua to him Ursato Manulesso:

• Puzzle initial., Psalter, a metrical version (the Surtees Psalter version)

One of six known manuscript copies. Full border in colours and gold with foliate forms, with the initial of Psalm 1 excised (f. 2). 7 large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue pen-flourishing forming a partial

• Decorated initial at the beginning of 'Grammatica'., Grammatica

Decorated initial at the beginning of 'Grammatica'. In part 1, the script and the hand change between ff. 20r-v. 1 large red ink initial with green decoration (f. 33). Grammatica Val-St-Lambert, the Cistercian abbey of St Mary near Liège, Belgium:

• Illuminated initial 'R'(egine) at the beginning of Ambrose's De fide, decorated with acanthus leaves., De fide, de spiritu sancto, and de incarnationis dominicae sacramento

acanthus leaves. Large initials, 1 in colours on a gold ground, and the other puzzle initials in red and blue. Guide letters. De fide, de spiritu sancto, and de incarnationis dominicae sacramento Erased inscription (f. 1, upper border). The Benedictine

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uisnam) at the beginning of the prologue to book five of Ambrose's De fide, with pen-flourishing., De fide, de spiritu sancto, and de incarnationis dominicae sacramento

with pen-flourishing. Large initials, 1 in colours on a gold ground, and the other puzzle initials in red and blue. Guide letters. De fide, de spiritu sancto, and de incarnationis dominicae sacramento Erased inscription (f. 1, upper border). The Benedictine

• Decorated initial 'P'(ronomen), at the beginning of the chapter on the pronoun., Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici

of the chapter on the pronoun. 1 large miniature (f. 80v), in brown ink and red, green and yellow. Large initials in red with blue decoration or green with red decoration. Some large initials in red or green without decoration.