• Decorated initials 'C'(um turbas) and 'O'(bsculta), with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the preface and the text., Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti

Initials in red, blue or green. Expositio in Regulam S. Benedicti The Benedictine cathedral priory of Holy Trinity or Christ Church, Canterbury: inscribed [under erasure] 'Liber Ricardi ...ham monachi' and 'ecc[lesi]e xp[ist]I cantuar[ie]', with a title 'Expo[s]it[i]o s[anc]ti du[n]stani sup[er]

• Decorated initials in a list of church personnel (deacons, archdeacons, etc.) and their duties. Osmund bishop of Sarum (d. 1099) is named in line 9., Ordinal, Use of Sarum

a list of church personnel (deacons, archdeacons, etc.) and their duties. Osmund bishop of Sarum (d. 1099) is named in line 9. Musical notation (ff. 18v, 38, 38v, 126, 153v-155). Catchwords.Text in Gothic cursive (ff. 53-54v, 70v).ff. 162v, 163 contain

• Prayers, and in the lower portion of the page, the ownership inscription of the church of Risby, Suffolk: 'Iste liber constat ecclesie de Rysbey in comitatu de Suffolke. Ordinele., Ordinal, Use of Sarum

the page, the ownership inscription of the church of Risby, Suffolk: 'Iste liber constat ecclesie de Rysbey in comitatu de Suffolke. Ordinele. Musical notation (ff. 18v, 38, 38v, 126, 153v-155). Catchwords.Text in Gothic cursive (ff. 53-54v, 70v).ff. 162v, 163 contain

• Coloured drawing of the Trinity at the beginning of the text., Passion poem

6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his

• Coloured drawing of the Original Sin, with Adam and Eve on either side of the tree., Passion poem

2, 6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary:

• Coloured drawing of God standing before ?Adam., Passion poem

9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift to

• Coloured drawing of the Betrayal with Judas kissing Christ and soldiers standing by., Passion poem

2, 6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary:

• Coloured drawing of Christ before the High Priest Caiaphas., Passion poem

7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift

• Coloured drawing of Christ before Herod., Passion poem

9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift to

• Coloured drawing of Christ before Pilate., Passion poem

9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift to

• Coloured drawing of the Flagellation., Passion poem

10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift to Robert

• Coloured drawing of the Carrying of the Cross., Passion poem

7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift

• Coloured drawing of the Crucifixion., Passion poem

10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift to Robert

• Detail of a decorated initial 'D'(ixim)., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

Church, Canterbury (see f. 2; Gameson 1999 p. 94).Dover Priory, by 14th century: inscribed with its press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), Old English scholar and

• Detail of historiated initial 'R'(ege) with a seated scribe labelled 'OSBEARNVS', a censing monk, animals, and animal heads., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

Church, Canterbury (see f. 2; Gameson 1999 p. 94).Dover Priory, by 14th century: inscribed with its press mark 'D VII' and title (f. 2); included in the 1389 catalogue.John Joscelin [Joscelyn] (b. 1529, d. 1603), Old English scholar and

• Historiated initial with the Visitation; heraldic arms and the letters 'Z' and 'G'., Missal, Use of Utrecht?

of Utrecht? Gervasius de Someren of Utrecht, for the Church of St John Baptist, Utrecht, 1510, four Latin verses stating that Gervasius de Someren presented the manuscript in 1510 to the Church of St John Baptist: inscribed 'Annis verbgene quingentis

• Coloured drawing of the Trinity at the beginning of the text., Passion poem

6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his

• Coloured drawing of the Original Sin, with Adam and Eve on either side of the tree., Passion poem

2, 6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary:

• Coloured drawing of the Betrayal with Judas kissing Christ and soldiers standing by., Passion poem

2, 6v, 7v, 9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary:

• Coloured drawing of Christ before Pilate., Passion poem

9, 10, 11v, 14v, 15v). Initial in red with brown penwork decoration (f. 1). Passion poem Sancreed church (Cornwall): thought to have been found in Sancreed church.John Anstis the elder (b. 1669, d. 1744), herald and antiquary: his gift to