• Detail of illuminated initial., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

initial, in colours and gold (f. 3). Large initials alternating red, blue, or pale brown, usually with simple decoration in one of the other colours. Small initials alternating red, blue, or pale brown. Spaces for coloured initials left blank after

• Detail of decorated initial., Glossed Gospel of Matthew, preceded by prologues (f. 2r-v)

initial, in colours and gold (f. 3). Large initials alternating red, blue, or pale brown, usually with simple decoration in one of the other colours. Small initials alternating red, blue, or pale brown. Spaces for coloured initials left blank after

• Cutting of an initial 'A'(nno) at the beginning of Daniel, with penwork decoration., Fragment of a Bible with the beginning of the book of Daniel (recto) and part of the chapter list (verso)

38, 40, 77r-v, 78r-v, 80r-v, 83r-v). 1 large initial in green, blue, yellow, and red, with filigree penwork decoration (f. 44). Small initials in red, yellow, green, or blue. Fragment of a Bible with the beginning of the book of

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nter)., Observationum ex libris antiquorum

118v, 133v, 143, 153v, 163, 177, 184v, 192v). Numerous smaller initails in blue with red pen-flourishing or red with purple pen-flourishing, usually alternating. Paraphs in red or blue. Observationum ex libris antiquorum The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• null, Remedies (begins and ends imperfectly)

3 vols. (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1868-1881), I, 373-380. Large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red. Small initials in plain red or blue. Zoomorphic cadels. Added sketches (ff. 14v, 37). Remedies (begins and ends imperfectly) Inscription, 15th-century:

• null, De cognitione verae vitae (ff. 1-39) and other tracts

Blue initial with red pen-flourishing. Other simple red initials. Red highlighting of some letters. Cadels. De cognitione verae vitae (ff. 1-39) and other tracts Inscribed 'Carolus dei gracia Angliae Scocie Franc et Hibernii Rex fidei defensor etc.' (f. 106).A

• 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 and border., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

Full border with initial 'S'(eynt) in blue, pink, and green with foliate spray. Numerous large 'champ' initials in gold with colours. Small initials in red and blue (ff. 1-2v). Paraph marks in red and blue. Cadels. Legenda Aurea (The Golden

• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

Full border with initial 'S'(eynt) in blue, pink, and green with foliate spray. Numerous large 'champ' initials in gold with colours. Small initials in red and blue (ff. 1-2v). Paraph marks in red and blue. Cadels. Legenda Aurea (The Golden

• Detail of 'champ' initials with foliate feathering., Legenda Aurea (The Golden Legend), ending imperfectly

Full border with initial 'S'(eynt) in blue, pink, and green with foliate spray. Numerous large 'champ' initials in gold with colours. Small initials in red and blue (ff. 1-2v). Paraph marks in red and blue. Cadels. Legenda Aurea (The Golden

• Initial 'A'(bba) with penwork decoration., Commentary on the Song of Songs (ff. 1-52); Regula S. Benedicti (ff. 52-84)

(f. 54v). Some large and several smaller initials in blue, red or green. Display script in red or blue for letters following hree large initials (ff. 1, 52). Rubrics in red, blue or brown. Bible text in red (ff. 1v-2v).

• Initial 'I'(am) decorated with acanthus leaves and besants at the beginning of Book 3., De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy)

extending into the margin on 2 sides (f. 1). Numerous smaller initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or red with purple or blue pen-flourishing. Red or blue paragraph marks. Drawing of a face in profile in ink in the loop

• Ink drawings of an autalops (antelope) with its horns caught in a shrub, an onocentaur, a hedgehog, a fox feigning death in order to catch birds, and a unicorn resting its head in the lap of a virgin, being pursued by a man with a spear., Bestiary

12. 28 drawings in brown ink, some partially painted in red, green or blue. Small initials in blue or red (the red oxidised), some of the blue with dots of green or red. Highlighting of letters in red. From f.

• Explicit of the first text: 'Explicit liber q[ue] intitulatur liber niger qui fuit inventus cu[m] cruce magna de Waltham S[an]c]t]e Crucis'., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany' ; beginning and end imperfect), part 2

king (f. 37v). Large puzzle initial in red and blue with elaborate pen-flourishing in red including oak and ivy leaves, acorns, birds, knotwork (f. 49). Large puzzle initial in red and blue with cruder pen-flourishing in red and purple (f.

• Foliate initial 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of Genesis., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

initials in blue or red and blue with dark red and blue pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles and of book 10 of Liber exceptionum (f. 160v, 214v). Initial in blue with red

• Text page with pen-flourished initials., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

initials in blue or red and blue with dark red and blue pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles and of book 10 of Liber exceptionum (f. 160v, 214v). Initial in blue with red

• Foliate initial 'T'(ertia) at the beginning of Leviticus., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

initials in blue or red and blue with dark red and blue pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles and of book 10 of Liber exceptionum (f. 160v, 214v). Initial in blue with red

• Text page with pen-flourished initials., Historia scolastica, with glosses and the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles; Liber exceptionum

initials in blue or red and blue with dark red and blue pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the paraphrase of the Acts of the Apostles and of book 10 of Liber exceptionum (f. 160v, 214v). Initial in blue with red