• List of books headed 'Books of the big bookcase'. Rubrics separate lists of books by Ambrose, High of St.-Victor, and Anselm, while others are grouped as glossed books or small books (the latter perhaps on shallower shelves). Eight lines down in the second column is recorded two copies of Mark, glossed: presumably one of them is the present manuscript., Glossed Mark

is a parchment leaf with a 15th-century inscription. Large puzzle initials in blue and red and red and blue pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 2). Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in brown. Marginal decoration in brown, including of a bird

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with a coat of arms featuring a bird on gold ground, at the beginning of the Psalms., Breviary, Franciscan use

large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and black pen flourishing. Smaller initials in blue with red pen flourishing or red with black pen flourishing. Numerous small initials in red or blue. Breviary, Franciscan use Half-erased inscription; post-medieval

• Initial 'L'(iber) with penwork decoration and a reserved design, at the beginning of the Gospel of Matthew., Gospel of Matthew, glossed (ff. 7-147), with prologues (ff. 1-6)

decoration in blue, occasionally with a reserved design. Numerous initials in red, occasionally with minor penwork decoration or with a reserved line. Some initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Some few paragraph marks in red with some blue. Gospel of

• Initial 'A'(ngelus) with penwork decoration., Commentary on Revelation

6 large initials in red and blue, one with light brown, with penwork decoration and reserved designs including dotted lines (ff. 1, 1v, 83, 99, 108v, 127). Numerous large and small initials in blue, red, light brown or yellow (f.

• Initials 'P'(hebeo) and 'S'(epe) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the text., Claudianus maior

signatures 'a'-'g' in crayon.Uncrossed tironian ets. 1 large initial in blue with a reserved line and penwork decoration in red and blue (f. 1). Numerous smaller initials in red or blue, with penwork decoration in the alternate colour or, rarely,

• Puzzle initial 'P'(uis) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs and a dog at the beginning of book 3., Lumiere as lais

dog (f. 18), a face (f. 26), a dragon (f. 68v). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Lumiere as lais Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d. 1709), prebendary of Exeter in 1701, archdeacon of Barnstaple

• Decorated initials 'D'(eus) and 'E'(cce)., Office of Saint Martha

a paper flyleaf.f. 2 is a parchment flyleaf. 2 puzzle initials in blue and red (ff. 6, 7v). Large initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Staves in red. Office

• White vine initial 'I'(n) and border at the beginning of the prologue., Comoediae (index Comedies), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 1-19v), Asinaria (ff. 19v-35v), Aulularia (ff. 35v-50), Captivi (ff. 50-67), Circulio (ff. 67-79v), Casina (ff. 79v-93v), Cistellaria (ff. 93v-101), Epidicus (ff. 101-112)

smaller initials in green or blue on a gold panel (f. 1). Large initials in gold on a red, blue and/or green panel (ff. 19v, 35v, 50, 67, 79v, 93v). Coloured initials in red or blue. Comoediae (index Comedies), with

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

in red, some large, some small, a few with red or red and blue penwork decoration. Initials in blue or green, some with red or red and blue penwork decoration. Rubrics in red. Speculum ecclesiae Robert Burscough (b. 1650/51, d.1709),

• Decorated initial 'D'(ulciter) and musical notation., Letter of dedication to count Henry I of Champagne, sermons, exposition on the Psalms, responsory, lections, and sequences (ff. 129v-140) (index responsoria, sequentias)

foliate motifs, some large, some small. Large initials in red with blue penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 109-140). Small plain initials in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Cadels. Some initials are unfinished. Letter of

• Illuminated initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the prologue of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)

Britanniae. 2 large initials in gold enclosing red and blue decoration (ff. 1v, 2v). Small initials alternately in blue with red decoration, or vice versa. Verse initials alternately in red or blue. Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum) Unidentified institutional

• Decorated initials 'C'(umque) and 'K'(imbelinus) in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)

Britanniae. 2 large initials in gold enclosing red and blue decoration (ff. 1v, 2v). Small initials alternately in blue with red decoration, or vice versa. Verse initials alternately in red or blue. Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum) Unidentified institutional

• Iluminated initial 'I'(n) decorated with foliate and geometric patterns, and a full border with roundels in which archers shoot at 'white lions' or dogs, and in a half-circle on the right border, a seated king with a sword., Decretum; collections of Alexander III's decretals, with marginal glosses

192v, 193). Large red and blue puzzle initials with penwork decoration. Small red or blue initials, most with penwork decoration in the other colour or in black. Chapter numbers and headings in red or blue letters. Decretum; collections of Alexander

• Illuminated 'Channel-style' foliate initial 'H' with naked men 'white lions' or dogs, and animal head terminations., Decretum; collections of Alexander III's decretals, with marginal glosses

192v, 193). Large red and blue puzzle initials with penwork decoration. Small red or blue initials, most with penwork decoration in the other colour or in black. Chapter numbers and headings in red or blue letters. Decretum; collections of Alexander

• Illuminated initial 'I'(n), in the form of a hybrid creature, with a man's head and body and an winged and serpentine lower half, with paws, holding a snake in its mouth., Decretum; collections of Alexander III's decretals, with marginal glosses

192v, 193). Large red and blue puzzle initials with penwork decoration. Small red or blue initials, most with penwork decoration in the other colour or in black. Chapter numbers and headings in red or blue letters. Decretum; collections of Alexander

• null, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy

67-72. Large gold initials, some with foliate decoration in blue, red, and green and zoomorphic features (ff. 6v, 42). Large initials with penwork decoration in red, blue and green. Small blue initials with red penwork decoration. Straight red lines around

• Illuminated initial 'C'(um) at the beginning of the prologue of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae., Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)

Britanniae. 2 large initials in gold enclosing red and blue decoration (ff. 1v, 2v). Small initials alternately in blue with red decoration, or vice versa. Verse initials alternately in red or blue. Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum) Unidentified institutional

• Detail of marginal figure in the right border, of a seated king with a sword within an illuminated half-circle., Decretum; collections of Alexander III's decretals, with marginal glosses

192v, 193). Large red and blue puzzle initials with penwork decoration. Small red or blue initials, most with penwork decoration in the other colour or in black. Chapter numbers and headings in red or blue letters. Decretum; collections of Alexander

• Detail of illuminated initial 'I'(n) decorated with foliate and geometric patterns., Decretum; collections of Alexander III's decretals, with marginal glosses

192v, 193). Large red and blue puzzle initials with penwork decoration. Small red or blue initials, most with penwork decoration in the other colour or in black. Chapter numbers and headings in red or blue letters. Decretum; collections of Alexander

• Illuminated 'Channel-style' foliate initial 'H' with naked men 'white lions' or dogs, and animal head terminations., Decretum; collections of Alexander III's decretals, with marginal glosses

192v, 193). Large red and blue puzzle initials with penwork decoration. Small red or blue initials, most with penwork decoration in the other colour or in black. Chapter numbers and headings in red or blue letters. Decretum; collections of Alexander