• Detail of miniature of Christ with the instruments of the Passion., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Text page from a commentary on the Song of Songs, with three small initials 'V'(ox), 'A'(peri), 'Q'(uia) at the beginning of quotations from the Scriptures; the latter are written in red and the commentary in black ink., Theological texts including a commentary on the Song of Songs (ff. 3-79v)

80). 5 large initials in red, blue or green, with a reserved line or penwork decoration in violet, blue, green and/or red (ff. 3, 4v, 33, 83, 91). Numerous small initials in green or blue, one in red (f. 3).

• Decorated initial 'O' (Thoughtful) and border with acanthus leaves, foliate feathering, and the coat of arms of John de Vere., Life of Our Lady

Catchwords decorated with scrolls; quire marks, pricking and ruling visible throughout. Decorated initial 'O' in blue with a full border of pink, green, and blue acanthus leaves with gold and foliate spray; John de Vere's shield partially covers the top

• Miniature of the Tree of Jesse with the Virgin and Child and gold crowns on a pink background; initial 'A' (floure) with pen-flourishing., Life of Our Lady

Catchwords decorated with scrolls; quire marks, pricking and ruling visible throughout. Decorated initial 'O' in blue with a full border of pink, green, and blue acanthus leaves with gold and foliate spray; John de Vere's shield partially covers the top

• Miniature depicting the Lamentation of Christ., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Miniature of John the Evangelist, probably with damage by kissing., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Decorated initial 'D'(omine) with full border featuring feathering, gold besants and acanthus at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, imperfect

and blue with red pen flourishing (f. 91v). Initials in blue or purple with red pen-flourishing (purple flourishing on f. 14v) or red with purple pen-flourishing. Initials in colours and gold. Small blue or red initials. Line-fillers in blue and/or

• Excision of the suffrage of Thomas Becket, in accordance with Henry VIII’s prescription of 1538: ‘the service, office, antiphones, collects, and prayers in his name shall not be read, but razed and put out of all the books.’, Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Text page with suffrage to Margaret. Decorated initial 'G'(aude) in gold and colours with foliate pattern., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Miniature with full foliate border depicting Margaret resurrected from the dragon's belly. God the Father blesses the saint (upper left)., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Miniature of the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, a rare survival in an English context because of Henry VIII's law that Thomas's 'images and pictures through the whole realm shall be put down and avoided out of all churches, chapels, and other places.’, Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Unidentified late

• Decorated initial 'E'(go) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text. Both script and pen-flourishing show Italian influence., Epistulae ad familiares (index Epistolae ad familiares)

the pen-flourishing also shows Italian influence. Large initial in blue with reserved lines with red pen-flourishing, enclosing a blank coat of arms (f. 2). Large puzzle initials in red and blue (ff. 10, 23, 30v, 41, 61, 71, 80v, 83,

• Decorated initial 'S'(epius) with pen-flourishing (2nd half of the 15th century)., Various theological and scholastic treatises and other texts including Turpin's Chronicle (ff. 138-139v)

red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour extending into the margins (ff. 25, 37, 48, 59v, 61, 81); puzzle initial on f. 59v). Smaller initials in red with purple, blue, brown or red pen-flourishing, or in blue with

• Puzzle initial 'D'(omino) with penwork decoration, and rubric with cadels at the beginning of the prologue., Liber de virtutibus Philippi Burgundie et Brabancie ducis

f. 83), which may be part of the same watermark. Puzzle initial in red and blue with blue penwork decoration (f. 1). Coloured initials in blue or red. Some cadels. Some ascenders decorated with ink drawings in red and brown

• Decorated initial 'O'(mnibus) with blue penwork extensions., Eighty-eight sermons on the Gospel of John (index Homiliae 88 in S. Johannem)

1 very large initial in red, blue and green with blue penwork extensions (f. 2). 1 large initial in red with floral motifs in green and yellow (f. 5). Plain initials in red or blue, some with penwork decoration (e.g.,

• Decorated initial with 'C'(um cepissent monasteria) at the beginning of the Liber gestorum Barlaam et Josaphat., Life of Saint Alexis (Vita S. Alexis) (imperfect) (f. 1), Barlaam and Josaphat (ff. 2-103v), Life of Saint Brendan the Abbot (Vita S. Brendani Abbatis) (index Navigatio S. Brendani) (ff. 103v-121v), Prognostications for weather and crops (ff. 121v-122), Commentary on Psalm 1 (ff. 122v-123), Forty-one sermons by Peter Comestor (index Sermones) (ff. 124-191), and various other theological texts (ff. 191v-272)

the Life of Saint Brendan.ff. 123-272v: added inscriptions in a later hand 1 large initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration at the beginning of the Life of Saint Brendan (f. 103v). 1 large initial in

• Decorated initials 'L' and 'E', each with penwork decoration, in Seneca's Controversiarum excerpta., Controversiarum excerpta, with contemporary marginal and interlinear glosses

Seneca's Controversiarum excerpta. Puzzle, pen-flourished and calligraphic initials, using red, blue, black, and some gold and silver; incorporating human faces, dragons, foliage, etc. Sometimes similar to those of Jean Miélot, as far as f. 17. Controversiarum excerpta, with contemporary marginal

• Decorated initials 'A' and 'S', each with penwork decoration, in Seneca's Controversiarum excerpta., Controversiarum excerpta, with contemporary marginal and interlinear glosses

Seneca's Controversiarum excerpta. Puzzle, pen-flourished and calligraphic initials, using red, blue, black, and some gold and silver; incorporating human faces, dragons, foliage, etc. Sometimes similar to those of Jean Miélot, as far as f. 17. Controversiarum excerpta, with contemporary marginal

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calligraphic initials, using red, blue, black, and some gold and silver; incorporating human faces, dragons, foliage, etc. Sometimes similar to those of Jean Miélot, as far as f. 17. Controversiarum excerpta, with contemporary marginal and interlinear glosses Charles Burney, (b.

• null, Controversiarum excerpta, with contemporary marginal and interlinear glosses

calligraphic initials, using red, blue, black, and some gold and silver; incorporating human faces, dragons, foliage, etc. Sometimes similar to those of Jean Miélot, as far as f. 17. Controversiarum excerpta, with contemporary marginal and interlinear glosses Charles Burney, (b.