• Decorated initial 'D'(ominus) at the beginning of Psalm 26, with dragons, leaves, and faces., Psalter, including material for determining hours of daylight, a calendar, Canticles and hymns, and creed (ff. 139v-141v), litany and prayers

blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing or in red with blue penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, including in the form of leaves or faces. Small initials in red or blue. Small initials in brown with penwork decoration. Paraphs in

• Marginal drawing of travellers, speaking In English, in the margin of Jacobus de Voragine's life of Cecila., Legenda aurea (index Legendae sanctorum; Legends of the saints; Golden Legend)

and blue with red and blue penwork decoration and pen flourishing, the first two extending to form a partial border (ff. 2, 3, 139v, 164). Large and small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red with blue

• Historiated initial 'R'(everendo) with Christ in Majesty holding a book, at the beginning of Guillelmus Durandus's Speculum juris., Speculum juris

the margins. Small initials in red with painted extensions in blue, with pen-flourishing in blue and red, or in blue with painted extensions in red, with pen-flourishing in red and blue. Speculum juris Copied and corrected from a pecia manuscript

• Historiated initial 'F'(ormavit) with a bishop(?) holding a book, at the beginning of Book 4 of Guillelmus Durandus's Speculum juris., Speculum juris

the margins. Small initials in red with painted extensions in blue, with pen-flourishing in blue and red, or in blue with painted extensions in red, with pen-flourishing in red and blue. Speculum juris Copied and corrected from a pecia manuscript

• Decorated initial 'F'(uit) with foliate decoration., Lives and Passions of saints

15th-century antiphonal, with large initials in brown with brown and green penwork decoration, one in blue with red penwork decoration, and one in red with blue penwork decoration, and musical notation on red four-line staves (ff. 1, 2, 128, 129).Guglielmo

• Puzzle-initial 'T'(ranscriptum) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Robert Grosseteste's translation of Tertullian, 'Testamentum XII patriarcharum'., Testamentum XII patriarcharum (ff. 1-15); Beniamin minor, in verse (ff. 15-20); Elucidarius (ff. 20v-34v)

initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing (f. 1). 1 large initial in blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 15). Small initials, alternately red or blue; with pen-flourishing in the other colour (ff. 1-15). Simple initials in blue (ff. 1-10v) or

• 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

Gothic cursive (ff. 53-54v, 70v).ff. 162v, 163 contain various pen trials. Initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Initials in red or blue. Paraphs in blue or red. Highlighting of initials in red. Rubrics in red. On ff.

• 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

Gothic cursive (ff. 53-54v, 70v).ff. 162v, 163 contain various pen trials. Initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Initials in red or blue. Paraphs in blue or red. Highlighting of initials in red. Rubrics in red. On ff.

• Decorated initial 'B'(eatus) combined with a full foliate bar border including interlace at the beginning of Psalm 1., Psalter, imperfect

beginning of Psalm 1. Beginning with a calendar (ff. 1-5v, lacking the end) including in blue: Judoci (9 Jan.), in gold: Valentini (14 Feb.), Barnabe (11 June), Grimbaldi and his translation (8 July, and 3 Sept. in red), translatio reliquiarum

• Decorated initial 'D'(ixit) combined with a full foliate bar border including interlace at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter, imperfect

beginning of Psalm 38. Beginning with a calendar (ff. 1-5v, lacking the end) including in blue: Judoci (9 Jan.), in gold: Valentini (14 Feb.), Barnabe (11 June), Grimbaldi and his translation (8 July, and 3 Sept. in red), translatio reliquiarum

• Detail of decorated initial., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated in green and/or red (ff. 35v, 43v, 56v, 88, 88v, 95v, 104). Small initials in plain red, green or blue, sometimes with ornamental

• Detail of decorated initial., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated in green and/or red (ff. 35v, 43v, 56v, 88, 88v, 95v, 104). Small initials in plain red, green or blue, sometimes with ornamental

• Diagrams., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated in green and/or red (ff. 35v, 43v, 56v, 88, 88v, 95v, 104). Small initials in plain red, green or blue, sometimes with ornamental

• Diagram., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

in gold on a blue ground (f. 16). 7 large initials in red, green or blue, decorated in green and/or red (ff. 35v, 43v, 56v, 88, 88v, 95v, 104). Small initials in plain red, green or blue, sometimes with ornamental

• Decorated initials 'Q'(uattuor) and 'B'(ello) at the beginning of the text., Antiquitates iudaicae

the prologue and the five books (ff. 1, 22, 30v, 40, 49). 3 small initials in red and one in blue (ff. 49, 53, 64, 66). Rubrics in red. Antiquitates iudaicae The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): probably

• Detail of a decorated initial 'P'., Theological texts

initials in red, brown or green, some with penwork decoration in green, blue, red and/or brown, completed by a different but contemporary hand. Initials in red, green, or blue (ff. 109-174v) Theological texts Added table of contents, 12th century (f.

• Decorated initial 'T'(enebrosa) with foliate patterns and highlighted display script at the beginning of Homily VI., In Ezechielem

Initials outlined in red, blue or green with penwork decoration in zoomorphic (e. g. ff. 38, 85v) and/or foliate patterns on coloured background, at the beginning of each homily. Display capitals highlighted in red and blue. Rubrics in red and

• Initial 'M'(emoratis with zoomorphic and foliate decoration at the beginning of Homily V of the last ten homilies., In Ezechielem

Initials outlined in red, blue or green with penwork decoration in zoomorphic (e. g. ff. 38, 85v) and/or foliate patterns on coloured background, at the beginning of each homily. Display capitals highlighted in red and blue. Rubrics in red and

• Decorated initials 'd'(ilectissimo) and 'D'(ei omnipotentis) at the beginning of Gregory's epistle to Marinium and Homily I., In Ezechielem

Initials outlined in red, blue or green with penwork decoration in zoomorphic (e. g. ff. 38, 85v) and/or foliate patterns on coloured background, at the beginning of each homily. Display capitals highlighted in red and blue. Rubrics in red and

• Initial 'Q'(uia) with zoomorphic and foliate decoration at the beginning of Homily I of the last ten homilies., In Ezechielem

Initials outlined in red, blue or green with penwork decoration in zoomorphic (e. g. ff. 38, 85v) and/or foliate patterns on coloured background, at the beginning of each homily. Display capitals highlighted in red and blue. Rubrics in red and