• Historiated initial 'L'(iber) of the Tree of Jesse, at the beginning of Matthew., Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria

Passion (ff. 1, 90v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing throughout the main text. Small initials and paraphs, some with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Matthew, with the

• Historiated initial 'P'(ater) of Christ blessing and holding a book, at the beginning of the Pater Noster., Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria

Passion (ff. 1, 90v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing throughout the main text. Small initials and paraphs, some with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Matthew, with the

• Illuminated initial 'I'(nitium) with dragons and human masks in medallions, at the beginning of Mark., Gospel of Mark, with the Glossa ordinaria

of Mark (f. 2v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing throughout the main text. Small initials and paraphs, some with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Mark, with the

• Historiated initial 'H'(ic est) formed by a dragon and a lion, of John writing on a tablet and the dove of the Holy Spirit approaching to his ear, at the beginning of the prologue to John., Gospel of John, with the Glossa ordinaria

the Passion (f. 68v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing throughout the main text. Small initials and paraphs, some with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of John, with the

• Initial 'D' with foliate decoration., Orationes; Anonymous prayers; De animae, Sententiae

initial (f. 106v). Large initial in red with penwork decoration in red, green and blue (f. 3). Initials in red, blue, green, brown or red and blue, some with penwork decoration in colours. Rubrics and page numbers in red. Orationes;

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rofessores) with foliate penwork decoration, at the beginning of Edward Grim's Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis, with the ink-stamp of the Royal Society in the lower margin., Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis; epistolae, and related texts, imperfect

145-190 in a 16th-century (?) hand. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue foliate penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red or blue, many with penwork decoration in the other colour. Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis;

• Decorated initials 'I'(nter), 'R'(ex), and 'D'(esiderio), and later, possibly seventeenth-century marginal notations., Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis; epistolae, and related texts, imperfect

145-190 in a 16th-century (?) hand. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue foliate penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red or blue, many with penwork decoration in the other colour. Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis;

• Decorated initials 'D'(omino) and 'M'(odicum) at the beginning of the prologue of Innocent III's De contemptu mundi., De consideratione, ad Eugenium III (ff. 6-77v); De contemptu mundi (ff. 78-109v); treatise on the office of the mass, ending imperfectly (ff. 110-147v)

contemptu mundi. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (f. 54v). Large initials in green with red penwork decoration, and in red with blue penwork decoration. Spaces left for initials. De consideratione,

• Decorated initials 'T'(ria) and 'N'(ichil) with part of a list of chapters, at the beginning of the second part of Innocent III's De contemptu mundi., De consideratione, ad Eugenium III (ff. 6-77v); De contemptu mundi (ff. 78-109v); treatise on the office of the mass, ending imperfectly (ff. 110-147v)

contemptu mundi. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (f. 54v). Large initials in green with red penwork decoration, and in red with blue penwork decoration. Spaces left for initials. De consideratione,

• Puzzle initial 'P'(rofessores) with foliate penwork decoration, at the beginning of Edward Grim's Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis., Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis; epistolae, and related texts, imperfect

145-190 in a 16th-century (?) hand. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue foliate penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red or blue, many with penwork decoration in the other colour. Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis;

• Decorated initials 'I'(nter), 'R'(ex), and 'D'(esiderio)., Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis; epistolae, and related texts, imperfect

145-190 in a 16th-century (?) hand. 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue foliate penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red or blue, many with penwork decoration in the other colour. Vita S. Thomae Cantueriensis;

• Decorated initials 'D'(omino) and 'M'(odicum) at the beginning of the prologue of Innocent III's De contemptu mundi., De consideratione, ad Eugenium III (ff. 6-77v); De contemptu mundi (ff. 78-109v); treatise on the office of the mass, ending imperfectly (ff. 110-147v)

contemptu mundi. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (f. 54v). Large initials in green with red penwork decoration, and in red with blue penwork decoration. Spaces left for initials. De consideratione,

• Decorated initials 'T'(ria) and 'N'(ichil), at the beginning of the second part of Innocent III's De contemptu mundi., De consideratione, ad Eugenium III (ff. 6-77v); De contemptu mundi (ff. 78-109v); treatise on the office of the mass, ending imperfectly (ff. 110-147v)

contemptu mundi. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (f. 54v). Large initials in green with red penwork decoration, and in red with blue penwork decoration. Spaces left for initials. De consideratione,

• Decorated initial 'E'(xpletis)., Medical miscellany, including the Viaticum (ff. 4-44); Practica (ff. 46-68v); part of the Chirurgia (ff. 70-87), with extensive glosses

and 94v-98v are added texts. Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red with blue penwork decoration, some with decoration in both colours. Small initials in red or blue. Medical miscellany, including the Viaticum (ff. 4-44); Practica

• Decorated initial 'P'(ractica) at the beginning of Bartholomaeus of Salerno's Practica., Medical miscellany, including the Viaticum (ff. 4-44); Practica (ff. 46-68v); part of the Chirurgia (ff. 70-87), with extensive glosses

and 94v-98v are added texts. Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red with blue penwork decoration, some with decoration in both colours. Small initials in red or blue. Medical miscellany, including the Viaticum (ff. 4-44); Practica

• Initial 'C'(reator) with foliate decoration and a dragon, and marginal decoration including a dragon., Medicina speculativa et practica, with table of contents, imperfect

red and blue penwork decoration, sometimes forming a partial border (ff. 108, 114, 118, 131, 165). 5 large initials in gold with penwork decoration in colours (ff. 125v, 137, 146v, 152v, 197). Small initials in red with blue penwork decoration,

• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ater) of Christ blessing and holding a book, at the beginning of the Pater Noster., Gospel of Matthew, with the Glossa ordinaria

Passion (ff. 1, 90v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing throughout the main text. Small initials and paraphs, some with penwork decoration, in red or blue, throughout the gloss. Gospel of Matthew, with the

• Puzzle initial 'F'(rater) with penwork decoration., Bible

blue with pen-flourishing in both colours, one including an animal head (f. 15). Numerous initials in blue or red with pen-flourishing in the alternate colour. Simple initials in red or blue. Running headers and chapter numbers in red and

• After readings for the Temporal, Sanctoral, and the Common of Saints are (in the lower right-hand corner) readings for the ordination of deacons, priests, and bishops: these ordinations would be performed by an archbishop, further evidence that this manuscript was written for use at Canterbury, not Dover., Bible, imperfect, with table of contents (ff. 1v-2), liturgical calendar (ff. 423-424), and sermon notes between the Old and New Testaments, (ff. 425-429v) and lections (f. 534r-v)

blue, or in blue, with highlighting in red. In the Psalms, larger initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 244v-270v). In the calendar, large 'KL' initials in red and blue with red and

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uatuor), at the beginning of Peter's the Chanter commentary., Diatessaron

with foliate penwork decoration in green, yellow, and brown (ff. 1, 2v, 3, 8v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diatessaron The English Royal library: Westminster inventory number 'no. 1023' (f. 1), acquired by