• Historiated initial 'P'(etrus) of Peter holding his keys and a church, at the beginning of Peter 1., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

holding his keys and a church, at the beginning of Peter 1. Includes the Interpretation of Hebrew names (ff. 399v-431).Catchwords, quire signatures in the form of Roman numerals.According to Nigel Morgan (see Morgan 1988, p. 62), only a few initials

• Historiated initial 'V'(ir) of Job with his wife and two friends, at the beginning of Job., Bible (including the Psalms)

a security for a loan, 16 March 1330 (f. 306v).Erased inscriptions recording pledging of the manuscript, 1331, 1342 (f. 306v).The church of St. Michael in Crokedlane, London: ownership inscription, 1449, 'd[omi]n[u]s Iohannes Stampe / d[omi]n[u]s Iohannes / d[omi]n[u]s Mildenale /

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, at the beginning of Psalm 1., Bible (including the Psalms)

a security for a loan, 16 March 1330 (f. 306v).Erased inscriptions recording pledging of the manuscript, 1331, 1342 (f. 306v).The church of St. Michael in Crokedlane, London: ownership inscription, 1449, 'd[omi]n[u]s Iohannes Stampe / d[omi]n[u]s Iohannes / d[omi]n[u]s Mildenale /

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) of Jerome writing the Bible, at the beginning of the prologue., Bible (including the Psalms)

a security for a loan, 16 March 1330 (f. 306v).Erased inscriptions recording pledging of the manuscript, 1331, 1342 (f. 306v).The church of St. Michael in Crokedlane, London: ownership inscription, 1449, 'd[omi]n[u]s Iohannes Stampe / d[omi]n[u]s Iohannes / d[omi]n[u]s Mildenale /

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of the Days of Creation, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible (including the Psalms)

a security for a loan, 16 March 1330 (f. 306v).Erased inscriptions recording pledging of the manuscript, 1331, 1342 (f. 306v).The church of St. Michael in Crokedlane, London: ownership inscription, 1449, 'd[omi]n[u]s Iohannes Stampe / d[omi]n[u]s Iohannes / d[omi]n[u]s Mildenale /

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec sunt) of Moses and the Israelites, at the beginning of Exodus., Bible (including the Psalms)

a security for a loan, 16 March 1330 (f. 306v).Erased inscriptions recording pledging of the manuscript, 1331, 1342 (f. 306v).The church of St. Michael in Crokedlane, London: ownership inscription, 1449, 'd[omi]n[u]s Iohannes Stampe / d[omi]n[u]s Iohannes / d[omi]n[u]s Mildenale /

• Historiated initial 'F'(actum est) of Saul's suicide, at the beginning of Kings 2., Bible (including the Psalms)

a security for a loan, 16 March 1330 (f. 306v).Erased inscriptions recording pledging of the manuscript, 1331, 1342 (f. 306v).The church of St. Michael in Crokedlane, London: ownership inscription, 1449, 'd[omi]n[u]s Iohannes Stampe / d[omi]n[u]s Iohannes / d[omi]n[u]s Mildenale /

• Historiated initial 'I'(n anno) of Cyrus ordering the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, at the beginning of Ezra 1., Bible (including the Psalms)

a security for a loan, 16 March 1330 (f. 306v).Erased inscriptions recording pledging of the manuscript, 1331, 1342 (f. 306v).The church of St. Michael in Crokedlane, London: ownership inscription, 1449, 'd[omi]n[u]s Iohannes Stampe / d[omi]n[u]s Iohannes / d[omi]n[u]s Mildenale /

• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) of the Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., Bible (including the Psalms)

a security for a loan, 16 March 1330 (f. 306v).Erased inscriptions recording pledging of the manuscript, 1331, 1342 (f. 306v).The church of St. Michael in Crokedlane, London: ownership inscription, 1449, 'd[omi]n[u]s Iohannes Stampe / d[omi]n[u]s Iohannes / d[omi]n[u]s Mildenale /

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of Elkanah and his two wives, Hannah and Peninnah, before an altar, at the beginning of Kings 1 (Samuel 1)., Bible (including the Psalms)

a security for a loan, 16 March 1330 (f. 306v).Erased inscriptions recording pledging of the manuscript, 1331, 1342 (f. 306v).The church of St. Michael in Crokedlane, London: ownership inscription, 1449, 'd[omi]n[u]s Iohannes Stampe / d[omi]n[u]s Iohannes / d[omi]n[u]s Mildenale /

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(eati) with Christ lowering a scroll to three apostles seated below, at the beginning of Psalm 118., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

an abbey of nuns in some relationship with the Cluniac monastery of La Charité-sur-Loire, north of Nevers: dedication of the church of La Charité in the calendar for March 9 'dedicatio ecclesiae de kar' (f. 2); prayer with reference to

• Musical notation, on four-line red staves, 13th century., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

(f. 250v). Inscribed, 15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in

• Historiated initial 'O'(iez) with baptism scene., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

(f. 250v). Inscribed, 15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uant) with interlace and a winged dragon at the beginning of the text., Chronique des ducs de Normandie (index Chronicle of Normandy; Chronique de Normandie)

(f. 250v). Inscribed, 15th century, price 'xxvi s. viii d.' (on a piece of parchment pasted onto f. [ii]).?The collegiate church of St. John of Beverley, Yorkshire, 15th century: inscribed 's[an]c[t]i Beverlaci' (f. 252).Added Prophecy of Merlin, 15th century, in

• Historiated initial 'E'(xultabo) with Christ surrounded by the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit in the form of seven doves at the beginning of Psalm 144., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

an abbey of nuns in some relationship with the Cluniac monastery of La Charité-sur-Loire, north of Nevers: dedication of the church of La Charité in the calendar for March 9 'dedicatio ecclesiae de kar' (f. 2); prayer with reference to

• Historiated initial 'B'(eati) with Christ lowering a scroll to three apostles seated below, at the beginning of Psalm 118. Coloured initials with pen decoration., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

an abbey of nuns in some relationship with the Cluniac monastery of La Charité-sur-Loire, north of Nevers: dedication of the church of La Charité in the calendar for March 9 'dedicatio ecclesiae de kar' (f. 2); prayer with reference to

• Detail of illuminated historiated initial 'D'(omine exaudi orationem meam) depicting David, on foot, fleeing from Absalom and two companions on horseback, with upraised swords., Psalter, imperfect, beginning with Psalm 2:8 and with folios excised (the 'Charité- sur- Loire Psalter), with a calendar and related tables (ff. 1-8v), with prayers (f. 87r-v); and litany and prayers (ff. 88-93v)

an abbey of nuns in some relationship with the Cluniac monastery of La Charité-sur-Loire, north of Nevers: dedication of the church of La Charité in the calendar for March 9 'dedicatio ecclesiae de kar' (f. 2); prayer with reference to

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixisse) depicting a king (Pyrrhus of Epirus?) in armour on horseback, in Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos, with eighteenth- century ink pagination by David Swan., Historia adversus paganos

blue, occasionally with human faces (e.g., f. 57v). Historia adversus paganos The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire (founded c. 1122): the main scribe (ff. 5-88v) also wrote Additional 38817, ff. 5-91v, from Kirkham, and

• Marginal drawing of an 'Elephant and Castle'; the adjacent text describes King Pyrrhus's battle elephants, with decorated initials 'A'(nno) and 'I'(psi) in Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos, and eighteenth-century ink pagination by David Swan., Historia adversus paganos

blue, occasionally with human faces (e.g., f. 57v). Historia adversus paganos The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire (founded c. 1122): the main scribe (ff. 5-88v) also wrote Additional 38817, ff. 5-91v, from Kirkham, and

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(ufficientia) in the form of a dragon, terminating in a bearded human head, in Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos, with eighteenth-century ink pagination by David Swan., Historia adversus paganos

blue, occasionally with human faces (e.g., f. 57v). Historia adversus paganos The Augustinian priory of the Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Kirkham, Yorkshire (founded c. 1122): the main scribe (ff. 5-88v) also wrote Additional 38817, ff. 5-91v, from Kirkham, and