• Ruled for three columns of text, the middle column on this page contains the double-spaced words of the Gospel, while glosses occupy some of the space between the lines and fill the side columns., Glossed Matthew and Mark, with capitula

Latin.ff. 4 and 148 are parchment leaves with various inscriptions. Large initials in red or blue, some with simple penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Running chapter numbers in red. Glossed Matthew and Mark, with capitula The Augustinian priory

• Illuminated initial 'E'(piscopus), at the beginning of causa 24., Decretum

79). 1 foliate initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of part 1 (f. 1). Initials in gold on blue and rose, red, or purple grounds with penwork decoration in white, at the beginning of causa 22-24, 27-32, 34-36,

• Diagram of the Tree of Consanguinity., Decretum

79). 1 foliate initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of part 1 (f. 1). Initials in gold on blue and rose, red, or purple grounds with penwork decoration in white, at the beginning of causa 22-24, 27-32, 34-36,

• Decorated initial 'A'(stronomie) at the beginning of Herman of Carinthia Liber iudicum., Aretea, extract from De natura deorum (f. 95v); Liber iudicum (ff. 75-84), and other texts

p. 22 Part 2 is perhaps the earliest classical text on paper. Large initial in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red with blue penwork decoration (f. 89). Large and small simple initials in red, some with penwork decoration.

• Decorated initials 'B'(eato) and 'N'(ovum) with interlace at the beginning of Jerome's letter to Pope Damasus., Gospels, with the Epistle to Damasus, Canon tables, and prefaces, imperfect

in brown, orange, yellow, and sometimes blue, at the beginning of the text, and of Matthew, Mark, and John (ff. 1, 8, 46, 79). 4 smaller initials in yellow, orange, brown and sometimes blue, one with zoomorphic features, at the

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(aulus) with white lions interlaced with a foliate scroll and an attached portrait of Peter Lombard writing the first words of his commentary, 'hunc epistola[m] / s/cribit / ap[osto]l[us]s roma/nos'., Pauline Epistles, with the commentary of Peter Lombard

with penwork decoration in green, red, and blue, at the beginning of other Epistles (ff. 54, 89, 107, 122, 133, 140, 146v, 151v, 154v, 162, 166v, 169). Smaller initials in green, red, or blue, some with penwork decoration, throughout the

• Blank frame for a miniature, with the hindquarters of a horse on the left., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork

• Miniature of Cuthbert discovering a dolphin cut and prepared for cooking, from Chapter 11 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork

• Miniature of Cuthbert building his hermitage with the help of an angel on the island of Farne, from Chapter 17 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork

• Miniature of Cuthbert digging a water pit with a monk for his hermitage on the island of Farne, from Chapter 18 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork

• Miniature of Cuthbert speaking to the birds and driving them away from the crops which he had sown, from Chapter 19 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork

• Miniature of a crow bringing lard to Cuthbert, in atonement for the crows carrying off straw from the house of his brethren, from Chapter 14 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork

• Miniature of Cuthbert speaking to a crowd and giving instruction in the way of salvation to those who have come to him from across Britain, from Chapter 22 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork

• Miniature of the abbess Aelfflaed and one of her nuns being healed by Cuthbert's girdle, which she wraps around her head, from Chapter 23 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork

• Miniature of the abbess Aelfflaed at the feet of Cuthbert; she is begging him for information and prophecy concerning her brother, king Ecgfrith, from Chapter 24 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork

• Miniature of Cuthbert accepting the bishopric at a synod of fellow monks, from Chapter 24 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork

• Miniature of Cuthbert accepting the bishopric at a synod of fellow monks; miniature of a man ministering to his ailing servant with holy water blessed by Cuthbert, from Chapter 24 & 25 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork

• Miniature of a man ministering to his ailing servant with holy water blessed by Cuthbert, from Chapter 25 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork

• Miniature of a priest ministering to the dying wife of a gesith with holy water blessed by Cuthbert, which heals her instantly, from Chapter 29 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork

• Miniature of Cuthbert anointing an ill girl with holy oil and healing her immediately, from Chapter 30 of Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert., Prose Life of Cuthbert; extracts from the Historia Ecclesiastica (History of the English Church and People)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 4). 1 smaller initial in olive green with red penwork decoration (f. 87). Smaller initials in red with blue or brown pen-flourishing/penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing/penwork