• Text page., Decretals of Gregory IX, with glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma

6 miniatures in colours and gold and large foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 25, 165, 233, 259, 332). Numerous foliate initials, some with dragons, in colours and gold, with marginal extensions forming

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of a woman kissing a dying man, at the beginning of Esdras 1., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

a dying man, at the beginning of Esdras 1. Includes table of contents (ff. 1r-v).The manuscript is related in style to the Alphonso Psalter (Add. 24686) and, according to Sandler 1986, was illuminated by two artists (Hand I: ff. 3,

• Detail of a miniature of a priest performing a marriage ceremony, at the beginning of book 4., Decretals of Gregory IX, with glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma

6 miniatures in colours and gold and large foliate initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of books (ff. 1, 25, 165, 233, 259, 332). Numerous foliate initials, some with dragons, in colours and gold, with marginal extensions forming

• Text page in the annals., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• Text page in the annals., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• Initial 'C' with a dog-headed hybrid., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• Decorated initial with a bird biting a dog., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• Decorated initial 'A'(nglia), with a hooded hybrid creature, at the beginning of a description of England., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• End of the annals from the birth of Christ to 1294, with an entry for the birth of King Edward II for 1284., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• Decorated initial with a hybrid creature with a human face, at the beginning of a chronicle of the Saxons to 1294., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) with a hybrid creature, and 'B'(ritannia) with hybrid creatures biting, at the beginning of the prologue to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, with the signature of William Herbert in the upper margin., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• Centre section of the folios showing marginal notes., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

by Petrarch and Lorenzo Valla.Billanovich dates Decade III to the late twelfth or early thirteenth century (ff. 93-121v, 214-219v (col 1). The final section of Decade I (about 50 pages: ff. 65v-92r), and the end of Decade III (ff. 213,

• Historiated puzzle initial 'D'(ominus) of a figure blessing, in a list of Benedictine houses, with the names of Ely (Eliens), London (Londonicus), Norwich, Stratford, and Thetford visible, and annals from the birth of Christ to 1294., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(ff. 1-80v79), and other texts, including Annals from the Nativity to 1294 (ff. 83v-104v)

parchment leaf, ff. 202-204 are parchment leaves. 1 historiated puzzle initial (f. 83v). 7 large puzzle initials in blue and red, with pen-flourishing forming a partial border, and hybrid creatures or animals (f. 1 (x2), 9, 14, 46v, 81, 105).

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) with a Gnadenstuhl (Throne of Grace) Trinity, with two angels with incense on either side., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) with the Visitation, and below Christ writing in the sand before the woman caught in adultery with hands clasped and onlookers, one pushing her forward (?) (identified by Morgan as '(?) Mercy and Truth', at the beginning of Psalm 26., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixi) with Mary nursing Jesus, while Joseph and the midwife look on, above Job on the dungheap, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultate) with Jacob wrestling the angel (perhaps because Jacob is mentioned in the first verse), and the Presentation in the Temple below, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) with three monks, and below, Christ teaching in the temple, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Illuminated 'KL' letters in the calendar page for February, with the later additions of the death of 'John Holebrook' in 1400 added to 13 February. The inscription in red in the last line gives the number of hours for nights (14) and days (10) in February., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold

• Full-page miniature in two registers, of Catherine (with her wheel), Mary Magdalen (holding a small vial), Margaret (trampling the dragon), and below, the stoning of Stephen., Psalter (the 'Egerton Psalter'), with calendar, Office of the Dead (imperfect), litany, and prayers

to have depicted a person kneeling at the foot of an enthroned figure. 1 full-page miniature divided into two registers in colours and gold (f. 10v). 1 full-page miniature excised (an offset visible, f. 9v). 9 historiated initials on gold