• Diagram illustratng a treatise on free will, showing connections between various sorts of sin. In the lower portion of the diagram is a small rectangle with the word 'vicium' (meaning fault/blemish/flaw/vice) linked to four more similar rectangles, marked 'furtum', 'fraus', 'fallacia', and 'mendacium', words with similar meanings, all connected with fraud, trickery, deceit, treachery, etc., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

rectangles, marked 'furtum', 'fraus', 'fallacia', and 'mendacium', words with similar meanings, all connected with fraud, trickery, deceit, treachery, etc. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a

• Between the end of some prefatory treatises and the prologue to Leviticus is a rubric stating that this is 'The book of [the Cistercian abbey of] St. Mary, Buildwas, written in the year AD 1176' ('Liber Sancte Marie de Bildewas. Scriptus anno ab incarnatione domini Millesimo centesimo septuagesimo sexto') followed by a decorated initial 'E'., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

Sancte Marie de Bildewas. Scriptus anno ab incarnatione domini Millesimo centesimo septuagesimo sexto') followed by a decorated initial 'E'. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a

• Decorated initial 'V'(ocavit) at the beginning of Leviticus., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

the beginning of Leviticus. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue,

• Decorated initial 'I' at the beginning of John; visible through the parchment from the other side of the leaf is a green initial marking the start of the prologue to the Gospel. The first six lines of the main text is in a wider column than the rest, and has no interlinear gloss., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

six lines of the main text is in a wider column than the rest, and has no interlinear gloss. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a

• Decorated initials, and flyleaf., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

and flyleaf. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or

• Decorated initials., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

initials. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green,

• Text page with gloss., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

with gloss. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or

• Text page with gloss., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

with gloss. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or

• Decorated initial., Leviticus, glossed (ff. 7-58), and John, glossed, imperfect, with short thelogical treatises (ff. 3-7v)

initial. f. 1 is a leather fragment with text in English.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf with text in Latin in a 12th-century hand.This is the earliest dated English Cistercian manuscript. Large initials in red, yellow, blue, brown or green,

• Decorated initial 'Q'(ueris)., Dragmaticon philosophiae

Decorated initial 'Q'(ueris). We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 1).1 smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller initials in plain red or

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uamvis)., Dragmaticon philosophiae

Decorated initial 'Q'(uamvis). We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 1).1 smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller initials in plain red or

• null, Dragmaticon philosophiae

We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 1).1 smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with

• null, Dragmaticon philosophiae

We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 1).1 smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with

• null, Dragmaticon philosophiae

We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 1).1 smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with

• null, Dragmaticon philosophiae

We thank François Avril for the localisation and dating of this manuscript. 1 large decorated initial, in colours (f. 1).1 smaller initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 2). Smaller initials in plain red or blue, some with

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus), at the beginning of Psalm 1, and two initials 'P'(rimus) and 'A'(biit) with penwork extensions, at the beginning of gloss divisions, and a drawing of a hand in the margin., Psalter, glossed, with 5 Canticles

of Psalm 1, and two initials 'P'(rimus) and 'A'(biit) with penwork extensions, at the beginning of gloss divisions, and a drawing of a hand in the margin. Includes 5 Canticles: 'Canticum Ysaie prophete' (Isaiah 12, 37:10-20), 'Canticum Anne' (1 Samuel,

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) depicting Zacharias(?), at Luke 1:5., Glossed Gospel of Luke, followed (f. 110r-v) by the prologue 'Plures fuisse …'

…' usually introduces the Four Gospels, rather than Luke. 1 historiated initial, in colours and gold (f. 1v). 1 puzzle initial in red and blue, with red and blue decoration (f. 1). Small initials alternately red, blue, or green (or

• Inhabited initial 'P'(ur) with lions interlaced with a foliate scroll, at the beginning of the Roman de Rou., Roman de Rou, part 2

II: ff. 223-149).Part 3 contains the Miracle of Sardenai in French verse (ff. 270-279v). Quire signatures (ff. 1 - 122); catchwords (ff. 249-279v). 1 large inhabited initial in outline drawing, at the beginning of the text (f. 249). Initials in

• Illuminated initial 'E'(piscopus), at the beginning of causa 24., Decretum

and gold (ff. 287v, 288). 1 historiated initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of part 2 (f. 79). 1 foliate initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of part 1 (f. 1). Initials in gold on blue

• Diagram of the Tree of Consanguinity., Decretum

and gold (ff. 287v, 288). 1 historiated initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of part 2 (f. 79). 1 foliate initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of part 1 (f. 1). Initials in gold on blue