• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uare) and a bas-de-page scene of Francis sitting on the ground, holding the hem of his habit, with a pair of scissors lying nearby., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

sitting on the ground, holding the hem of his habit, with a pair of scissors lying nearby. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of Francis sitting on the ground, holding the hem of his habit, with a pair of scissors lying nearby., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

on the ground, holding the hem of his habit, with a pair of scissors lying nearby. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two

• Drawing of Appas, in a monkish habit, gives poison to King Ambrosius., Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; Destruction de Rome; Fierabras

in a monkish habit, gives poison to King Ambrosius. The first quire misbound; the right order being ff. 2, 8, 3-7, 1, 9.French verse translation, in octosyllabic couplets, of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.One of the first images of

• Decorated initial at the beginning of the canon of the mass., Cistercian Missal, imperfect

in blue or green, with red penwork decoration, or in red with blue penwork decoration, at the canon of the mass (ff. 115v-116). 1 large initial in blue with penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red, green, or blue,

• Decorated initial 'A'(d) and coloured initials 'E'(xcita) and 'F'(ratres)., Cistercian Missal, imperfect

in blue or green, with red penwork decoration, or in red with blue penwork decoration, at the canon of the mass (ff. 115v-116). 1 large initial in blue with penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red, green, or blue,

• Historiated initial 'U' with an angel holding a book, a knight with a shield and spear, a crouching man, and a dragon's head forming part of the letter., Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan

forming part of the letter. 2 historiated initials in colours (ff. 1, 2). Small simple initials in red, green, or blue. Epistola de vita S. Dunstani; Life of St Dunstan The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury (see f.

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H'(odie) of the Nativity of Christ, at the beginning of the choir response during the morning prayers (lauds) for Christmas., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H'(esterna) of the martyrdom of Stephen, with a partial bar border including a grotesque, at the beginning of the reading for 26 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in

• 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')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'H'(erodes) of Herod overseeing the massacre of the innocents by knights, with a partial bar border including a dancing, hooded grotesque, at the reading for the feast of Holy Innocents on 28 December., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'E'(stote), with a partial bar border including a dragon, at the reading for Vespers for the second Saturday of Lent., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(idi) of a bishop sprinkling holy water on a church with a liturgical spoon; behind him a deacon stands next to a font of holy water and holds a hyssop, with a partial bar border including grotesques and hybrids., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David pointing to his closed mouth, with a partial bar border, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e) of Mary, accompanied by Joseph bearing gifts, presenting Jesus to the priest Simeon, with a partial bar border including a grotesque whose hood grows into a foliate extender, at the beginning of the reading for 2 February, the feast of the Purification of the Virgin, also known as Candlemas., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(e) depicting a monk venerating Christ on the cross, at the reading for 14 September., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of the Holy Face, or portrait of Christ, at the reading for the feast of the Circumcision on 1 January., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in

• Detail of a marginal drawing of a grotesque hybrid., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(eus) depicting the Resurrection of Christ with praying angels and sleeping knights, at the beginning of Easter prayers., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of a portrait of a man, perhaps John the Evangelist, at the beginning of a reading for Rogation Sunday, with the text of John 16:23., Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominica) of Judith beheading the sleeping Holofernes, with a partial bar border including a bearded grotesque hybrid, at the beginning of the reading for the last Sunday in September, for early morning prayers known as 'Judith.', Breviary, Use of Sarum with Norwich variants ('The Stowe Breviary')

329, 334v). Large decorated initials, many including human heads, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing, some including human heads or grotesque figures. 1 marginal drawing of a grotesque figure, in