• Decorated initial 'K'(alende)., Martyrology

and bifolium signatures; instructions for rubrics and chapter numbers. Decorated initials with arabesque foliate ornament in blue, red, brown, and green. Initials in blue, red, brown, and/or green. Martyrology The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury:

• Flyleaf., De consensu evangelistarum, De musica

colours and gold with full border, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. De consensu evangelistarum, De musica Probably made for a member of the Grey family:

• Decorated initials 'M'(undus) and 'A'(thomos) at the beginning of sections concerning the physical world, starting with a passage on the world, and followed by one on atoms., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

gold (f. 130v, 135, 144v, 153v, 164, 175, 182, 192). Decorated initials in blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with

• Decorated initial., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

gold (f. 130v, 135, 144v, 153v, 164, 175, 182, 192). Decorated initials in blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with

• Coloured initials, and marginal diagram is next to passages concerning the course of the sun through the sky, and the light of the moon, Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

gold (f. 130v, 135, 144v, 153v, 164, 175, 182, 192). Decorated initials in blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with

• Decorated initials., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

gold (f. 130v, 135, 144v, 153v, 164, 175, 182, 192). Decorated initials in blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with

• Text page., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

gold (f. 130v, 135, 144v, 153v, 164, 175, 182, 192). Decorated initials in blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with

• Zoomorphic initial, with a bird body., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

gold (f. 130v, 135, 144v, 153v, 164, 175, 182, 192). Decorated initials in blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with

• Circular diagram representing a map of the world (a so-called 'T-O' map)., Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae

gold (f. 130v, 135, 144v, 153v, 164, 175, 182, 192). Decorated initials in blue, red, green and brown (e. g., ff. 1, 2v). Smaller initials in blue or green, some with penwork decoration in red, or in red, some with

• Medieval binding of whittawed leather over oak boards with a flat spine and two projecting flaps, at the top and bottom. Fastened to a staple at the bottom of the front cover are three links of a chain. A white strap, secured by a decorated metal plate to the front cover, fits onto a pin in the middle of the back cover by means of a 16th-century metal loop. This is possibly a restoration of the original fastening, but previously two straps went from the front to the back, as is shown by the surviving sockets for them and their pins., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

by a bird (f. 3). Large initial in red with blue and red penwork decoration at the beginning of the prologue to Ezechiel (f. 90). Words in red, green, or blue. 6 large initials in red at the beginning of

• Detail of decorated initial 'E'(sse) with clasps, dragons and lions, at the beginning of book 13 of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job., Moralia in Job, books 10-23, imperfect

outlined in red, on a green, blue and yellow ground, with foliate motifs and dragon, for book 10 (f. 1v). 13 large initials, outlined in black, with red and light brown, mostly on blue and green grounds, frequently with foliate

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing the harp, and dragons intertwined in foliage, at the beginning of the Psalms., Book of Psalms, with marginal gloss

the Psalms followed by display script in red and blue (f. 4). Large initial in colours with foliate decoration at the beginning of Psalm 51 (f. 54). Initials in red or blue with simple penwork decoration in the other colour.

• Puzzle initial 'F'(rater) at the beginning of the Prologue., Bible, without the Psalms

543 and 544 are medieval parchment leaves with various inscriptions. Large puzzle initials in blue and red with pen flourishing in the same colours, marking the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 4, 49, 64, 84v, 101v, 113, 125, 126v,

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber)with the Tree of Jesse at the beginning of Matthew's Gospel. Maiden and unicorn in the margin., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 208v-231v; imperfect) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 494-533), imperfect (starts in the middle of Exodus)

with the Tree of Jesse (f. 389v). Numerous small initials in red or blue with pen flourishing in the same colours (including J-borders). Capitals in red or blue ink in the Psalms and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names. Bible, with

• Decorated initial 'R'(erum) (index arabesque) at the beginning of the text; ownership inscription in the lower margin indicating that the manuscript belonged to the Carthusian house of Rethel (Ardennes) in the 15th century, 'Iste liber est fr[atru]m carthusiensiu[m] in Rutila p[ro]pe Sirck'., 'Liber pancrisis': a theological miscellany

and his brother Ralph], [...]' (f. 1). Large initial in blue with penwork decoration in the same colour including foliate forms (index arabesque) (f. 1). Smaller coloured initials in red, blue or green, occasionally with penwork decoration in the same

• Miniatures of bees collecting pollen from flowering plants, and below, of doves nesting in the peridens tree. A dragon waits below the peridens' branches, hoping to have an opportunity to catch one of its enemies, the dove, according to the text. On the opposite page, a snake is depicted in the upper miniature, and a dragon below., Theological miscellany, including the Summa de vitiis (see Notes for contents)

miniatures on every page illustrating the bestiary (ff. 36-67v). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in brown or red. Rubrics in red. Paraphs in blue or red, some with penwork decoration. Decorated nota marks, some with

• Medieval binding of whittawed leather over oak boards with a flat spine and two projecting flaps, at the top and bottom. Fastened to a staple at the bottom of the front cover are three links of a chain. A white strap, secured by a decorated metal plate to the front cover, fits onto a pin in the middle of the back cover by means of a 16th-century metal loop. This is possibly a restoration of the original fastening, but previously two straps went from the front to the back, as is shown by the surviving sockets for them and their pins., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

by a bird (f. 3). Large initial in red with blue and red penwork decoration at the beginning of the prologue to Ezechiel (f. 90). Words in red, green, or blue. 6 large initials in red at the beginning of

• Ink drawings in roundels of a bearded man and a younger man holding a book, at the beginning of an exhortation to study, addressed by a father to his son., 'Scutum Bede', a collection of Latin treatises, including a Libellus de nominibus naturalium rerum (ff. 155v-165)

black, or blue, many with penwork decoration in another colour or colours, 2 with a face (ff. 48v, 93v). 3 initials in purple with red penwork decoration (ff. 64, 67v, 71). Small initials in red, green, or blue. Some highlighting

• Decorated initial 'P'(erfecti) with a human head in profile at the base of the initial, a decorated initial 'I' and prickings visible along the left-hand edge of the leaf made with a three-pointed tool., 'Scutum Bede', a collection of Latin treatises, including a Libellus de nominibus naturalium rerum (ff. 155v-165)

black, or blue, many with penwork decoration in another colour or colours, 2 with a face (ff. 48v, 93v). 3 initials in purple with red penwork decoration (ff. 64, 67v, 71). Small initials in red, green, or blue. Some highlighting

• Coloured initials 'Q'(uibus), 'R'(ex), 'H'(uic), and 'E'(llredus) in a page of the chronicle in which Thorney and Ramsey are mentioned a few lines above the rubric., 'Scutum Bede', a collection of Latin treatises, including a Libellus de nominibus naturalium rerum (ff. 155v-165)

black, or blue, many with penwork decoration in another colour or colours, 2 with a face (ff. 48v, 93v). 3 initials in purple with red penwork decoration (ff. 64, 67v, 71). Small initials in red, green, or blue. Some highlighting