• Ownership inscription of a Franciscan convent, Canterbury, reading 'Iste liber est de communitate fr[atru]m minorum Cantuarie', and a 16th-century note describing the manuscript as the first volume of a Bible in 8 volumes, and referring to the set of books, now Royal 3 E I-V, VII-VIII, reading 'In this Bible withe a glosse and Com[m]entairies are 8 volumes and / in them are contayned Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, / Deuteronomie, Esaye, Jeremye, Ezachiel, Daniel, Job, Psalmi / Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Cantica, Sapientia, Ecclesiasticus, Osee, / Joel, Amos, abdias, Jonas, Micheas, Nahum, Abacuc, Sophonias, / Aggeus, Zacharye, Malachye, Machabees, Matheum, Marc, / Luke, John, Act. Apost., Epist. Ad Romanos 1, ad Cotinth. 2, ad Galat. 1,/ ad Ephes. 1, ad Philipp. 1, ad Colocess. 1, ad Thessal 2, ad Thimoth 2., /ad Titu[m] 1, ad Philemonem 1, ad Hebreos 1, Jacobi 1, Petri 2, Joh[ann]is 3, / Juda 1, Apocalipse. Mss these are bounde in redde lether prynted./ Memorandum that in an other sute of the same order bounde in white lether in / 7 volumes you maye supplye yor wante of these followinge Josue, Judic. / Esdras, Ruth, Tobias, Hester. (added) ved. 3 E I-VIII./ So you wante in bothe only the bookes of Kinges and Chronicles. / Wherefore I woulde wishe yt bothe these fortes be kepte whollye and entierely / togither, that the one maye supplie / the wante of the other.', Genesis and Exodus, with the Glossa ordinaria

1, ad Cotinth. 2, ad Galat. 1,/ ad Ephes. 1, ad Philipp. 1, ad Colocess. 1, ad Thessal 2, ad Thimoth 2., /ad Titu[m] 1, ad Philemonem 1, ad Hebreos 1, Jacobi 1, Petri 2, Joh[ann]is 3, / Juda

• Detail of puzzle initial., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Detail of puzzle initial. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Extension of descenders into the margin on

• Detail of inscription., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Detail of inscription. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Extension of descenders into the margin on the

• Decorated initial 'A'(d) at the beginning of Guitmundus's De corpore et sanguine Domini., De corpore et sanguine Domini (ff. 1-16v); Sermon De sacramento altaris (sermon 52) (ff. 16v-17)

continuous foliation to f. 33.17th-century inscriptions on the title of works, f. 1; f. 28v of Arundel 181. 1 large initial in green with red penwork decoration (f. 1). Simple large and small initials in red, green, or brown. De

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 1 of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum., Gesta Normannorum ducum

the beginning of book 1 of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum. 8 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red at the beginning of the prologue and the books (ff. 1, 1v, 5, 8, 11,

• Detail of a historiated initial of a lover presenting his verses to a lady., 49 love sonnets

lady. 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

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 Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235:

• null, Historia adversus paganos (ff. 1-68v), and an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v)

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 Old Testament history (ff. 69-73v) ? Written in or shortly before 1235:

• Decorated initial 'S'(ecundus) at the beginning of the second book, in which Haymo comments on Isaiah 6, the prophet's vision of the Lord surrounded by chanting seraphim and the cleansing of his lips with a burning coal. The marks in the margin indicate citation of Isaiah., Commentary on Isaiah

decoration (ff. 1, 14), and in blue with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 1). Initials in red. Commentary on Isaiah The Benedictinne abbey of St Edmund, King and Martyr, Bury St Edmunds: its pressmark 'H.1' (f. 1); inscription 'Haymo

• Decorated initials 'C'(onvenuit) and 'O'(mnis) with several pointing hands or maniculae in the margins., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Decorated initials 'C'(onvenuit) and 'O'(mnis) with several pointing hands or maniculae in the margins. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ixerat) at the beginning of book 5 of Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

extensions forming a partial border at the beginning of each book (f. 1, 6, 13, 23v, 32v). Simple initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. 1 marginal drawing of a face (f. 37). De Consolatione Philosophiae (index

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uod)., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Puzzle initial 'Q'(uod). 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Extension of descenders into the margin on the

• Detail of decorated initial., De diaetis universalibus; text on plants and herbs (f. 48r-v)

Detail of decorated initial. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Extension of descenders into the margin on

• Full-page illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate decoration surrounded by roundels of animals playing instruments and an ape on a chain, and in the frame, half-roundels of a king playing a harp and a man with a raised club towards the chained ape, and in roundels in the corners four seated figures, the upper two holding scrolls on the left, and on the facing folio an illuminated initial 'Q'(uare) of Christ blessing at the beginning of Psalms 1 and 2 with a large fish in the lower margin., Psalter, with calendar

life of Christ (ff. 7-11v). 1 full-page miniature of David and a musician (f. 12). 1 full-page framed historiated initial in colours on a gold ground at the beginning of Psalm 1 (f. 12v). 1 large historiated initial in colours

• Inhabited initial 'P'(er) of a double headed eagle, at the beginning of the Sententia de libro retractationum and an inhabited initial 'I'(nter) with double headed eagles and white lions, at the beginning of Book 1 of the De consensu evangelistarum., De consensu evangelistarum

at the beginning of Book 1 of the De consensu evangelistarum. Contains Sententia de libro retractationum of Augustine (f. 1)Quire signatures 1 inhabited initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of book 1, and 1 initial in colours, at

• Detail of a historiated initial 'A'(d comentum) of Gregory delivering a letter to two cardinals., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

yellow. 2 historiated Initials in colours and gold, with full or partial borders, at the beginning of book 1 and 2 (ff. 1, 186v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with red and purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of chapters.

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D'(e) of plaintiffs before a judge, at the beginning of book 2., Lectura in quinque libros Decretalium (Books 1-2)

yellow. 2 historiated Initials in colours and gold, with full or partial borders, at the beginning of book 1 and 2 (ff. 1, 186v). Puzzle initials in red and blue with red and purple pen-flourishing, at the beginning of chapters.

• White vine initial 'Q'(uam) at the beginning of De officiis., De officiis

Part 1: original foliation. Ends with a table of contents (ff. 87v-89) Large white vine initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 38v, 61). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. De officiis Part 1 written

• White vine initial 'Q'(uemadmodum) in colours at the beginning of the book., De officiis

Part 1: original foliation. Ends with a table of contents (ff. 87v-89) Large white vine initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 38v, 61). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. De officiis Part 1 written

• Miniature of Innocent IV writing, with another pope kneeling before a cardinal and a scholar (Innocent IV?) dictating to a scribe, with a full border, at the beginning of book 1., Apparatus in quinque libros Decretalium

(f. 1).Catchwords, quire and bifolium signatures; instructions for rubrics; pecia marks. 1 added miniature in colours and gold with a full border, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 1). Apparatus in quinque libros Decretalium Colophon: 'Explicit opus pp innocencii