• Historiated initial 'U'(lpianus) with the portrait of the Roman jurist Ulpian, at the beginning of book 16 of the Digestorum Juris Civilis., Glossed Digestorum Juris Civilis (vol. 2)

Historiated initial 'U'(lpianus) with the portrait of the Roman jurist Ulpian, at the beginning of book 16 of the Digestorum Juris Civilis. F. 2v has the same text as the beginning of the gloss on f. 3; recycled as

• Zodiac signs of Leo (~Arie~) and Virgo (~Betulah~) in medallions, accompanying a liturgical poem (~piyyut~) for the Prayer for dew during Passover., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

during Passover. Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: initial word accompanied by two dogs, at the beginning of a poem for Passover., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f. 7 is bound

• Detail: initial-word panel ~or~ (light) with letters inhabited by hybrids, and framed by foliate scroll, at the beginning of a poem for Passover (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 1962)., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

no. 1962). Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: zodiac signs of Leo (~Arie~) and Virgo (~Betulah~) in medallions, accompanying a liturgical poem (~piyyut~) for the Prayer for dew during Passover., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

during Passover. Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: marginal drawing of a devil in the lower margin., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f. 7 is bound upside down.Numerous words

• Detail: marginal drawing of a deer in the lower margin, and a copy the same figure by a later hand., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

hand. Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f. 7

• Detail: initial word accompanied by a deer and a dog, at the beginning of a poem for Passover (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 2941)., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

no. 2941). Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: two decorated initial words with a hybrid in between, at the beginning of a liturgical poem for Shavuot (Festival of Weeks) (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 7694)., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

no. 7694). Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: a stork is standing on the back of a dog, at a poem for ~Shavuot~ (Festival of Weeks) (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 1, no. 7694)., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

no. 7694). Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: initial-word panel ~Wa-yehi~ (there was) with its frame inhabited by dragons with foliate scroll tails, at the beginning of Ruth., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

of Ruth. Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: marginal drawing of two dragons with their necks entwined with an inscription incorporated the drawing, ‘Dragon Samael’, perhaps added, in Ruth., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

in Ruth. Watermark on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f.

• Detail: marginal drawing of a lion in the outer margin, partially mutilated., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

[405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f. 7 is bound upside down.Numerous

• Detail: decorated initial word ~Barukh~ (blessed) with six dog busts on top of its letters., Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for the Special Shabbatot, Passover, Shavuot with the Book of Ruth, and Ninth of Av with the Book of Lamentations, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Tinted Mahzor')

on f. [405] of a monogram VCF. Instead of catchwords, the end and the beginning of the quires are numbered with Hebrew characters included into decorated panels starting with ~alef~ (numerical value 1) on ff. 15v-16. f. 7 is bound

• Coloured initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Coloured initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51. Includes a 'Psalter romanum', with marginal glosses in Latin and interlinear Old English gloss, attributed to Aethelwold (ff. 8-171) (see Gretsch, 1999), 12 canticles (ff. 171v-186v) and a Gloria entitled

• Coloured initial 'B'(eatus) with display script, at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the pressmark of Christ Church, Canterbury 'r', and ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer and Lord Lumley., Psalter, in the Roman version, with Old English gloss, and 12 canticles

Coloured initial 'B'(eatus) with display script, at the beginning of Psalm 1, with the pressmark of Christ Church, Canterbury 'r', and ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cranmer and Lord Lumley. Includes a 'Psalter romanum', with marginal glosses in Latin and

• Decorated initial 'A'(rchidiaconus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of 'De officio archidiaconi et eius visitacione tractatus'., Constitutiones of bishop Peter Quivil (index Peter Quinil) at the 1287 Exeter Synod (ff. 4-48v), 'Summula Sinodi' (ff. 49-58v), 'De officio archidiaconi et eius visitacione tractatus' (ff. 59-70), 'Constitutio de pastore in viduatam ecclesiam (ff. 70v-71)

and 77 are former pastedowns. ff. 71v-[73a] are ruled leaves originally unwritten. ff. 1-3v and ff. 74-77 are medieval parchment quires with later additions. Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red

• Centre section of the folios showing marginal notes., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

The manuscript contains the rare fourth Decade as well as unusual textual variants. It is missing its initial and final quires; 'instead of the whole of the first, third and fourth Decade, it only gives the text of the Ab