• Detail of colophon: 'Explicit Register beati Gregorij pape urbis Rome. Quem scripsit frater johannes dictus toussens monaschus de camberone'., Register of letters (ff. 7v-198v), with table of chapters (ff. 1-7); Dialogue of Basil and John Chrysostom (ff. 198-224); Isidore of Seville on Music (ff. 224v-225)

Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Line-endings in red. Unfinished: spaces left for initials and red initials without blue pen-flourishing (ff. 224v-225v).

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) of William of Nangis writing, with a partial bar border., Chronicle

red and blue with pen-flourishing in red and blue (ff. 288, 319). 2 lin-fillers in the form of dragons in red and blue ink (ff. 205, 207). Initials and paraphs in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red

• Detail from the roll of two roundels of Alured (or Alfred) and his son Edward., Genealogical roll of the kings of England

diagram of the seven kingdoms of Heptarchy, at the beginning. Initials in gold with red pen-flourishing, red with blue pen-flourishing, or blue with red pen-flourishing. Genealogical roll of the kings of England Added text and outlined drawings of a continuation

• Detail from the roll of Edward the Confessor holding a crown., Genealogical roll of the kings of England

diagram of the seven kingdoms of Heptarchy, at the beginning. Initials in gold with red pen-flourishing, red with blue pen-flourishing, or blue with red pen-flourishing. Genealogical roll of the kings of England Added text and outlined drawings of a continuation

• Detail from the roll of queen Maud (or Matilda of Scotland) and Henry I., Genealogical roll of the kings of England

diagram of the seven kingdoms of Heptarchy, at the beginning. Initials in gold with red pen-flourishing, red with blue pen-flourishing, or blue with red pen-flourishing. Genealogical roll of the kings of England Added text and outlined drawings of a continuation

• Coloured initials, and in the lower right corner a human-animal hybrid creature, perhaps intended to ornament the run-over word at the bottom of the column., Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names)

century; it lists the Hebrew names alphabetically, and gives their Latin equivalent. Initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Numerous small initials in alternating red or blue. Rubrics in red. Drawings in lower margins in brown or red of hybrid

• Initial with floral decoration. Coloured initials, line-fillers and paraphs. Added in the upper margin is the note 'Ex monasterio cestrie': From the monastery of Chester., Interpretaciones nominum Ebreorum (Interpretation of the Hebrew names)

century; it lists the Hebrew names alphabetically, and gives their Latin equivalent. Initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Numerous small initials in alternating red or blue. Rubrics in red. Drawings in lower margins in brown or red of hybrid

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus)., The Secretum secretorum, imperfect, translated by Philip of Tripoli (index Philippus Tripolitanus)

Illuminated initial 'D'(eus). Catchwords Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, some with filigree decoration. Small initials in red or blue. The Secretum secretorum, imperfect, translated by Philip of Tripoli (index Philippus Tripolitanus) Allatby(?) Williams: 14th-century inscription (f.

• Decorated initial 'A'., Miscellany, including alchemical texts, such as the Rosarius philosophorum (ff. 11-39)

Large initials in blue, with red foliate penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Large initials in red with red pen-flourishing, or also with a leaf in brown (f. 11). Large initial in green with red pen-flourishing (f. 24). Small initials in brown,

• Coloured initial with contrasting penwork decoration including a bird and a monster., Pharsalia, imperfect

glosses and maniculae. Large puzzle initials in blue and red with pen-flourished decoration in red, some in form of birds or creatures (ff. 1, 8v, 13v, 25, 36, 46, 56). Two initials in blue with penwork decoration in red (f.

• Bar border with extensions ending in grotesques with human faces, decorated initial with silver, smaller initials with foliate penwork decoration, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

1, 24, 43, 74v, 81v, 95). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes with foliate forms (e.g., f. 33), and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of

• Decorated initial 'A'(lexander) with ivy leaves and a partial bar border., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

1, 24, 43, 74v, 81v, 95). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes with foliate forms (e.g., f. 33), and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of

• null, The four Gospels, adapted for liturgical use (index New Testament, Bible)

in brown and blue (f. 1), and 4 decorated with foliate patterns in gold and colours, together with large initials in gold and colours, at the beginning of each Gospel (ff. 9, 76, 121, 197). Large brown or red simple

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uator), at the beginning of Egidius Corboliensis's Liber de pulsibus versibus., Liber de pulsibus versibus

'Q'(uator), at the beginning of Egidius Corboliensis's Liber de pulsibus versibus. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, with decorated extension (f. 73). No other illumination. Liber de pulsibus versibus Unidentified owner, 16th

• Bar border with extensions ending in grotesques with human faces, decorated initial with silver, and smaller initials with foliate penwork decoration., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

1, 24, 43, 74v, 81v, 95). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes with foliate forms (e.g., f. 33), and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of

• Decorated initial 'S'(ecundus) and partial foliate border., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

1, 24, 43, 74v, 81v, 95). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes with foliate forms (e.g., f. 33), and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of

• Decorated initial 'S'(ecundus)., Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of Tyre (ff. 33-42v); and the Historia de Preliis Alexandri Magni (ff. 43-71)

1, 24, 43, 74v, 81v, 95). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, sometimes with foliate forms (e.g., f. 33), and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Miscellaneous theological and other texts, including Secretum secretorum, Apollonius of

• Calendar page for January with coloured initials., Calendar

includes Anglo-Saxon saints such as Aldhelm, Guthlac, Oswald, and Dunstan. Large 'KL' letters in red, green, or blue. Small letters in red, blue, or green. Calendar The Benedictine abbey of St Mary, Abingdon, Berkshire (text includes the annals of Abingdon).Part

• Puzzle initial 'L'(abo) with pen-flourishing, in the Vocabularium., Vocabularium (ends imperfectly)

work, 2nd half of the 13th century, are used as flyleaves. Puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in red and blue (ff. 36, 39, 39v, 46v, 56, 59v, 61, 74, 75v (unfinished, and guide-letter), 79

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lexander), at the beginning of Aristoteles's Epistola Ypocratis ad Alexandrum., Epistola Ypocratis ad Alexandrum (ends imperfectly)

'A'(lexander), at the beginning of Aristoteles's Epistola Ypocratis ad Alexandrum. 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with penwork decoration in red and blue (f. 1). 1 smaller initial with reserved designs (f. 4). Small initials in plain red.