• 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)

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, some with penwork decoration in the same or another colour or colours on ff. 3-8. Large

• 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)

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, some with penwork decoration in the same or another colour or colours on ff. 3-8. Large

• 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)

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, some with penwork decoration in the same or another colour or colours on ff. 3-8. Large

• Miniature of the Presentation, with Moses and Malachi below holding scrolls., Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion')

on green grounds (ff. 9v, 10). Small initials in red on gold grounds within green frames and in gold within blue frames (ff. 9v-10). Psalter, fragment ('Psalter of Henry the Lion') Commissioned by Henry the Lion (b. 1129, d. 1195)

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O'(mn…)., Arnstein Passional (the first of three volumes, with January-May)

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue at the beginning of each saint's passion. Large initials in red, green or in both colours. Display script in

• Detail of a decorated initial 'B', with clasps., Arnstein Passional (the first of three volumes, with January-May)

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue at the beginning of each saint's passion. Large initials in red, green or in both colours. Display script in

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P' with a man and a bird., Arnstein Passional (the first of three volumes, with January-May)

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue at the beginning of each saint's passion. Large initials in red, green or in both colours. Display script in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(er) with a man., Arnstein Passional (the first of three volumes, with January-May)

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue at the beginning of each saint's passion. Large initials in red, green or in both colours. Display script in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(hillipus) with a man on horseback., Arnstein Passional (the first of three volumes, with January-May)

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue at the beginning of each saint's passion. Large initials in red, green or in both colours. Display script in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ost) with a man and birds., Arnstein Passional (the first of three volumes, with January-May)

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue at the beginning of each saint's passion. Large initials in red, green or in both colours. Display script in

• Detail of a coloured initial., Arnstein Passional (the first of three volumes, with January-May)

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue at the beginning of each saint's passion. Large initials in red, green or in both colours. Display script in

• Detail of an anthropomorphic initial of a man (the saint?) holding a bird., Arnstein Passional (the first of three volumes, with January-May)

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue at the beginning of each saint's passion. Large initials in red, green or in both colours. Display script in

• Detail of a historiated initial with a saint blessing, holding a book., Arnstein Passional (the first of three volumes, with January-May)

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue at the beginning of each saint's passion. Large initials in red, green or in both colours. Display script in

• Historiated initial with a saint blessing, holding a book, and a decorated initial with clasps., Arnstein Passional (the first of three volumes, with January-May)

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue at the beginning of each saint's passion. Large initials in red, green or in both colours. Display script in

• Detail of a historiated initial with a saint blessing, holding a book., Arnstein Passional (the first of three volumes, with January-May)

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue at the beginning of each saint's passion. Large initials in red, green or in both colours. Display script in

• Detail of a foliate initial 'P'(ost)., Passional (the 'Arnstein Passional'), the last of three volumes with October-December, with a calendar (ff. 2v-3v), including the Vita of Fronto of Perigueux

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue, at the beginning of each saint's passion. Initial painted in colours with clasps, perhaps additional (f. 56). Large initials

• Detail of a foliate initial 'P'., Passional (the 'Arnstein Passional'), the last of three volumes with October-December, with a calendar (ff. 2v-3v), including the Vita of Fronto of Perigueux

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue, at the beginning of each saint's passion. Initial painted in colours with clasps, perhaps additional (f. 56). Large initials

• Detail of foliate initial 'B'(eatus) at the beginning of the life of Leonard., Passional (the 'Arnstein Passional'), the last of three volumes with October-December, with a calendar (ff. 2v-3v), including the Vita of Fronto of Perigueux

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue, at the beginning of each saint's passion. Initial painted in colours with clasps, perhaps additional (f. 56). Large initials

• Detail of an historiated initial 'T' with a man holding a large branch or trunk., Passional (the 'Arnstein Passional'), the last of three volumes with October-December, with a calendar (ff. 2v-3v), including the Vita of Fronto of Perigueux

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue, at the beginning of each saint's passion. Initial painted in colours with clasps, perhaps additional (f. 56). Large initials

• Detail of a historiated initial 'C' with a Thomas, at the beginning of his life., Passional (the 'Arnstein Passional'), the last of three volumes with October-December, with a calendar (ff. 2v-3v), including the Vita of Fronto of Perigueux

red, some with animals or hybrids, all with foliate decoration, and some with clasps; usually on grounds of green and blue, at the beginning of each saint's passion. Initial painted in colours with clasps, perhaps additional (f. 56). Large initials