• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of a woman kissing a dying man, at the beginning of Esdras 1., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Historiated initial 'F'(actum est) of Jeremiah speaking with god, at the beginning of Kings 4, 39., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Historiated initial 'F'(actum est) of David before Saul, at the beginning of Kings 2, with an instruction to an illuminator in the margin., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Historiated initial 'P'(revaricatus) of Ahaziah falling from a tower, at the beginning of Kings 4, with an instruction to an illuminator in the margin., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Historiated initial 'L'(ibrum) of Ahasuerus and Esther banqueting, at the beginning of Esther., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of Manasses and his wife outside the temple, at the beginning of Esther 2., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Historiated initial 'M'(ortuo) of the death of Simon, last of the Maccabee brothers, at the beginning of Maccabees 2, 2., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Historiated initial 'A'(nno) of the Ascension, at the beginning of acts, with an instruction to an illuminator in the margin., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Historiated initial 'R'(everendo) of Peter Comestor with a partial bar border, at the beginning of the preface., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Detail of an historiated initial 'R'(everendo) of Peter Comestor, at the beginning of the preface., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of an angel and Zacharias censing the altar, with a full bar-border with foliate cornerpieces, marginal animals (including a squirrel, lion, rabbit, birds, dog, peacock and hybrids) and shields with the arms of Edward I, Edward of Caernarvon, Richard, King of the Romans (Edward's I uncle), and his son Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, at the beginning of Luke., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Detail of an historiated initial 'F'(uit) of an angel and Zacharias censing the altar, at the beginning of Luke., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Detail of a miniature of a lion, a rabbit with a trumpet,and a perching bird, from the border of the folio., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Detail of a border with a peacock and hybrid grotesques, at the beginning of Luke., Historia scholastica (The 'Ashridge Petrus Comestor')

190). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and 'I'-band borders in red and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers with pen-flourishing in red and blue, line-fillers in red and blue. Omitted text written in the margins in blue and yellow

• Miniature of the presentation of the Decretals to Gregory IX by Raymond of Penyafort, at the beginning of book 1., Decretals of Gregory IX, with glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma

at the beginning of chapters and major gloss divisions. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing in the main text and initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing in the gloss. Cadels and line-fillers highlighted in

• Detail of a miniature of the presentation of the Decretals to Gregory IX by Raymond of Penyafort., Decretals of Gregory IX, with glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma

at the beginning of chapters and major gloss divisions. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing in the main text and initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing in the gloss. Cadels and line-fillers highlighted in

• Detail of a miniature of a priest performing a marriage ceremony, at the beginning of book 4., Decretals of Gregory IX, with glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma

at the beginning of chapters and major gloss divisions. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing in the main text and initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing in the gloss. Cadels and line-fillers highlighted in

• Miniature of a priest performing a marriage, and a foliate initial 'D'(e Francia), at the beginning of book 4., Decretals of Gregory IX, with glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma

at the beginning of chapters and major gloss divisions. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing in the main text and initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing in the gloss. Cadels and line-fillers highlighted in

• Text page., Decretals of Gregory IX, with glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma

at the beginning of chapters and major gloss divisions. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing in the main text and initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing in the gloss. Cadels and line-fillers highlighted in

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a drunk hermit and woman embracing on the ground near a windmill; the miller emerges carrying a mallet., Decretals of Gregory IX with glossa ordinaria (the 'Smithfield Decretals')

ebginning of each book. 'Champ' initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Initials in red with pen-flourished decoration in purple or blue, or in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Line-fillers in brown ink