• Miniature of the Annunciation, and full foliate border, at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Change to another system of decoration, beginning on f. 87v: 1 large and 4 smaller initials in blue, with reserved designs,

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) with Christ in the garden of Gethsemane, and full foliate border, at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Change to another system of decoration, beginning on f. 87v: 1 large and 4 smaller initials in blue, with reserved designs,

• Initial 'G'(racias) and partial border with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of a prayer., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Change to another system of decoration, beginning on f. 87v: 1 large and 4 smaller initials in blue, with reserved designs,

• Inscription that the manuscript was made in 1458 for the library of St Cuthbert's, Durham, ordered by William Ebchester, Prior of Durham Cathedral '[v]enerabilis pater magister Willimus Ebchester nuper prior huis ecclesiae sancti Dunelin' fecit hunc librum fieri. . . with the date 1458 with a table of contents in the same hand., Theological works, including Joachim of Fiore's Expositio in Apocalypsim (ff. 137-220)

with extensions into the margins in red, gold, and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 232v). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, often in the form of leaves. Paraphs in red or blue, or in gold with pen-flourishing in colour(s). Theological

• Diagram of the seven tunics and three humours of the eye and the skull, labelled for the conjunctiva, cornea, uvea, albugineus (aqueous) humor, tunica aranea (interior capsule of the lens), cystalline humor or lens itself., Medical miscellany, including the 'book of Macharias on the eye called Salaracer or secret of secrets'

of the eye, in black and red (f. 68). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, often in foliate forms. Large and small simple initials in red, blue, or brown. Marginal drawings in black ink. Medical miscellany, including the

• Detail of a diagram of the seven tunics and three humours of the eye and the skull, labelled for the conjunctiva, cornea, uvea, albugineus (aqueous) humor, tunica aranea (interior capsule of the lens), cystalline humor or lens itself., Medical miscellany, including the 'book of Macharias on the eye called Salaracer or secret of secrets'

of the eye, in black and red (f. 68). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, often in foliate forms. Large and small simple initials in red, blue, or brown. Marginal drawings in black ink. Medical miscellany, including the

• Detail of a miniature of Albina and other daughters of Diodicias disembarking from a ship in Britain, with two giants and Brutus and his followers arriving in another ship, with a foliate initial 'E'(n), and a full border, at the beginning of the text., French Prose Brut

at the beginning of the text (f. 8). 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Paraphs in red or blue. French Prose Brut Unidentified coat of arms included in the initial 'C'(est) (f.

• Miniature of Albina and other daughters of Diodicias disembarking from a ship in Britain, with two giants and Brutus and his followers arriving in another ship, with a foliate initial 'E'(n), and a full border, at the beginning of the text., French Prose Brut

at the beginning of the text (f. 8). 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Paraphs in red or blue. French Prose Brut Unidentified coat of arms included in the initial 'C'(est) (f.

• null, De verbis domini, preceded by (ff. 1v-2v) a table of contents (index Sermons)

initial in green, blue, gold outlined in red, and silver (tarnished to metallic black), at the beginning of the sermons based on Matthew (f. 3). 2 large initials infilled with foliage in red, or red and other colours (ff. 77v,

• null, De verbis domini, preceded by (ff. 1v-2v) a table of contents (index Sermons)

initial in green, blue, gold outlined in red, and silver (tarnished to metallic black), at the beginning of the sermons based on Matthew (f. 3). 2 large initials infilled with foliage in red, or red and other colours (ff. 77v,

• Historiated initial with the Virgin and Child and the donor, at the beginning of a prayer., Book of Hours, Use of Tournai

Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds (2 lines) accompanied by partial foliate boarders, in colours and gold. Small initials (1 line) and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Tournai

• Historiated initials with Catherine, at the beginning of her suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Tournai

Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds (2 lines) accompanied by partial foliate boarders, in colours and gold. Small initials (1 line) and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Tournai

• Historiated initial with Michael and the dragon, at the beginning of his suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Tournai

Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds (2 lines) accompanied by partial foliate boarders, in colours and gold. Small initials (1 line) and line fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Tournai

• Decorated initial 'L'(a) and border., Modi singulari de cocina (recipes for made dishes, soups, sauces, pastry, etc.), with index at the end of the volume (ff. 1-23v, 105-107); Libro de manescalchia de tutte le febre ed ogni altre infirmitate che se generano in li caualli, composto per uno dicto Messer Joanne Facio per ordinatione de Re Carlo Magno Imperatore, preceded by a table of contents (ff. 25-104v)

small and 1 large initial in gold on a blue, red, (and green) ground, with three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 33). Small initials in plain red or blue. Modi singulari de cocina (recipes for made dishes,

• null, Gradual, Use of Sarum, with portions of a Magnificat and motets

on blue and red grounds with white filigree and sometimes green leaf decoration. Large initials in brown or black ink with penwork decoration and highlights in red, a few with faces or animals. Small plain initials in red or blue.

• Detail of historiated initial 'R'(esurrexi) with Christ standing on the tomb, and sleeping soldiers., Gradual, Use of Sarum, with portions of a Magnificat and motets

on blue and red grounds with white filigree and sometimes green leaf decoration. Large initials in brown or black ink with penwork decoration and highlights in red, a few with faces or animals. Small plain initials in red or blue.

• Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uecunque in ecclesiasticus)., Rationale divinorum officiorum

Pen-flourished initial 'Q'(uecunque in ecclesiasticus). Horizontal catchwords. Large initials in blue with red-pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Rationale divinorum officiorum Willelmus Vauce or Vaws (d. c. 1479), archdeacon of Worchester from c.

• Illuminated initial 'H'(enry) and three-sided foliate border, at the beginning of the statutes of the reign of Henry IV, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 31 Henry VI

foliate borders (ff. 2, 150, 238, 241, 252, 266, 271, 274, 275v). Small initials in blue with red flourishing. Paraph marks alternately red or blue. Probably by more than one artist. Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lta) and flourished initial 'M'(aiores) at the beginning of Johannes Andreae's Summaria Valerii Maximi., Summaria Valerii Maximi (ff. 129-168); Tabula (ff. 169-201v), a list of the words in the preceding index (ff. 202-205)

Valerii Maximi. Large puzzle initials in red and blue, flourished in the same colours, the first with predominantly red flourishing (ff. 129, 132, 135, 139, etc.). Small initials alternately in red with blue flourishing, or vice versa. Paraphs in red.

• Illuminated initial 'B'., Leaves formerly used as a cover from a Missal

Illuminated initial 'B'. 1 large initial in gold on a red and blue ground (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red with brown penwork decoration. Leaves formerly used as a cover from a Missal