• Flourished initials., Chronicle of England to Edward III (b. 1312, d. 1377)

subsequently for £2 9s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground with decorated extensions developing into a full border with red foliate pen-flourishing (f. 1). Smaller and small initials in blue with

• Coloured drawings of the Last Judgement and Creation of Eve., Speculum humanae salvationis

Coloured drawings of the Last Judgement and Creation of Eve. 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 later

• Coloured drawing of the Temptation of Eve by the serpent., Speculum humanae salvationis

Coloured drawing of the Temptation of Eve by the serpent. 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 later

• 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

• 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

• 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:

• 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.

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uia) with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Thomas of Erfurt's Summa curiae regis., Summa curiae regis, and others

at the beginning of Thomas of Erfurt's Summa curiae regis. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue, with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing in extensions in blue and red (f. 1). Small plain initials in red. Summa curiae regis, and

• Decorated initial 'P'(auci) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Jerome's Adversus Iovinianum., Adversus Iovinianum; Liber de fide catholica

with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Jerome's Adversus Iovinianum. 1 large decorated initial in gold on a ground in blue and red, with pen-flourishing in red with green infill (f. 1). Large and small initials mostly in red with blue