• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin.', Commentary on Wisdom

full border in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Some catchwords in decorated frames. Commentary on Wisdom John of Lutton, written by him: his

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin, with a full border containing a dragon and two shields with arms of the Reading abbey (three escallops) and of the donor (a fesse between six pears)., Commentary on Wisdom

full border in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Some catchwords in decorated frames. Commentary on Wisdom John of Lutton, written by him: his

• Miniature of Simon de Hesdin writing his book, in the upper register, and Simon de Hesdin in a hospitaller's habit giving his book to Charles V of France, in the lower register, with a full border containing the royal arms of England, and a foliate initial 'L'(a brevite), at the beginning of book 1., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

181, 211, 232, 261, 297). Initials in gold on rose and blue grounds with penwork decoration in white, those at the beginning of chapters with foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue and rose with penwork decoration in white. Facta et Dicta

• Miniature of Anthony in a monk's habit, holding a martyr's palm, with a full foliate border with coat of arms., Noted Breviary of Anthony of Burgundy

in a monk's habit, holding a martyr's palm, with a full foliate border with coat of arms. Leaves excised after ff. 9 (off-set from heraldic device on preceding unfoliated flyleaf), 132, 147, 151, 158, 184, 191 (off-set from heraldic device

• Miniature of a debate between a clerk and a knight in a garden, before the king of France and the personifications of Spiritual Power in a Franciscan habit, and Temporal Power represented as a queen, with the author sleeping, at the beginning of the text., Le Songe du Vergier

154v, 192v). Initials, paraphs, and running titles in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and blue. Marginal notes and catchwords in frames in red and blue. Le Songe du Vergier Charles V (b.

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

of the Millere Whan that the knyght , had thus his tale I told<note><notetxt><ctp>1</ctp>The blue of the illuminated letter is not the same of the blue of the paraph mark. This is evident on folio 39r. The capital has been

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

and al hir myght And by hir beddes heed , she made a Muwe And couered it , with veluettes blue In signe of trouthe , that is in wommen sene And al with oute , the Muwe is peynted

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

fyghte Lest that she wold hem with hir hondes sleen Or with hir meynye putten hem to flighte In kynges habit wenten hir sones two As heyres , of hir fadres regnes alle And hermanno and tymolao Hir names were

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

fantasyk And shortly turned , was al vp so doun Bothe habit , and eke disposicio&#363; Of hym , this wooful louyer Arcite What shuld I al day , of hys woo endite Whan he endured had , a ȝere

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

that she wolde , hem wt hir handes slen Or with hir meignee , putten hem to flighte In kynges habit , wente hir sones two As heires , of hir fadres regnes alle And Hermanno , and Thymalao Hir

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

(Doyle, 1987, pp. 11-12). One-line coloured (normally blue or red) or gold initials, which normally have contrasted and alternating penwork. Quires 32-36, and 41 have one-line gold initials with brown penwork and blue or orange paraphs. Quires 44-47 have violet

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Three-line blue initials with red penwork extending into border. Red and blue paraphs. Item 4: four/five-line initial A in blue as before. Red and blue paraphs. Two-line blue initials with red penwork. Item 5: fourteen-line initial I in blue with

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

begins with a blue initial with the remainder in red. Item 10.2: Four-line blue initial C surrounded by red penwork box around. Rubric in red. Some words underlined in red. Red paraphs. Blue paraphs. Red and blue line fillers. Not

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

with historiated initial D depicting the Virgin with child Christ. Virgin in blue with a red throne on a gold filigree ground. Bar-frame border with burgundy and blue vine and a gold bar. Interlace at the corner with a cluster

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

squiggles. Two-line blue initials with extending red penwork decorate the manuscript until f. 70v where there is also a change of ink but not a change of scribe. Later texts: eg. f. 71r three-line blue initial and blue paraphs, f.

• London

churches with crosses, two castles, wall with one gate, white paint, blue roofs, round windows and portcullis in silver leaf, now tarnished, spires in gold leaf Icons decoration decoration decorated roofs gate castles (multiple) churches with cross (mutliple) Description Appearances

• Plynlimon

mountains, scarcely visible, omitted from the OS 1935 reproduction (Parsons) Early Maps plu(n)loth (Totius Britanniae; circle with wavy lines on blue background) Overwritten no Attested spelling Plimlvmon 1476; earlier forms include the first element in the form Pum-/Pimp-/Pym-; the name