• Detail of a folio with a version of the Lord's prayer in English., Theological works in prose and verse including The Lay Folks' Mass Book and Speculum Mundi

Detail of a folio with a version of the Lord's prayer in English. Northern dialect features include 'kirc' for church (f. 100) and 'þo' for þe throughout. The middle English verses in this manuscript catalogued by Boffey and Edwards

• Inhabited initial 'P'(lures) in outline drawing, at the beginning of the Gospel Prologue, with a man fighting with a dragon., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Historiated initial 'L' (incipit unfinished) of a devil urging a monk to gluttony, with a portrait of Matthew below, a naked man pointing his mouth and a man with a head of an ox, at the beginning of a prologue to Matthew, with the instruction 'non scribatur' (not to be written) in the space above the opening of the prologue., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Decorated initial 'H'(ic est), with an instruction for display script., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Records of the revenues of the Benedictine abbey of St Augustine, Canterbury., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Zoomorphic initial 'A'(monius) formed of dragons, with display script, at the beginning of the epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Initial 'M'(atheus) of the archangel Michael killing a dragon, at the beginning of an 'argumentum' to Matthew., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Inhabited initial 'L'(iber) with a dog, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Inhabited initial 'I'(nicium) with a horse, a dragon, and a lion, at the beginning of the prologue to Mark., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uoniam) in outline drawing, at the beginning of Luke., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'P'(lures) in outline drawing, at the beginning of the Gospel Prologue, with a man fighting with a dragon., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Detail of an historiated initial 'L' (incipit unfinished) of a devil urging a monk to gluttony, with a portrait of Matthew below, a naked man pointing his mouth and a man with a head of an ox, at the beginning of a prologue to Matthew, with the instruction 'non scribatur' (not to be written) in the space above the opening of the prologue., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Detail of a decorated initial 'H'(ic est), with an instruction for display script., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'A'(monius) formed of dragons, with display script, at the beginning of the epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Detail of an inhabited initial 'I'(nicium) with a horse, a dragon, and a lion, at the beginning of the prologue to Mark., Gospels

initials in outline drawing, partially coloured, and display script in red and blue, at the beginning of Mathew, Luke, and John (ff. 9, 72, 114v). 2 historiated (ff. 6, 6v), 5 inhabited or zoomorphic (ff. 2v, 5, 44, 46, 70),

• Decorated initial 'P'(revaricatur) at the beginning of IV Kings (II Samuel)., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 166-185v) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 378-397)

scenes, dragon and serpent; f. 135v: king Cyrus; f. 138v: Nehemiah, f. 181: blessing Christ, f. 326v: eagle, symbol of John, on a column, f. 335: Paul holding a sword, f. 343v: Paul). Numerous large initials with foliate decoration, interlaced

• Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid, at the reading for 27 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

historiated initial 'V'(alde) of John writing on a scroll ('S. Iohannes') with an eagle, his symbol, at his feet, with a partial bar border including a grotesque hybrid, at the reading for 27 December. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided

• Historiated initial 'F'(ratres) with a friar writing, for the beginning of the prologue to Genesis., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 166-185v) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 378-397)

scenes, dragon and serpent; f. 135v: king Cyrus; f. 138v: Nehemiah, f. 181: blessing Christ, f. 326v: eagle, symbol of John, on a column, f. 335: Paul holding a sword, f. 343v: Paul). Numerous large initials with foliate decoration, interlaced

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D' of John the Baptist, holding the Agnus Dei., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

historiated initial 'D' of John the Baptist, holding the Agnus Dei. 46 large historiated initials, with three-sided or partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 16v, 20v, 23v, 25v, 27v, 40, 87, 109, 121, 125v, 128, 130, 131, 136,

• End of II Macchabees followed by an early 16th-century ownership inscription 'p[er]tinet prioratui de Walsyngh[a]m' (see Provenance)., Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 166-185v) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names (ff. 378-397)

scenes, dragon and serpent; f. 135v: king Cyrus; f. 138v: Nehemiah, f. 181: blessing Christ, f. 326v: eagle, symbol of John, on a column, f. 335: Paul holding a sword, f. 343v: Paul). Numerous large initials with foliate decoration, interlaced