• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

red and placed within a ruled column by scribes 1, 3 and 5 but not by scribes 2 and 4. Blue initials with red penwork flourishing, all by the same artist, eg. ff. 140 vb, 324r-v. Not medieval. A second

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Formata, ff. 52v. In red: paraphs, two-line red initials, letters frequently tinted, extended ascenders on top line. One five-line initial, blue and red, f. 1r. Spaces for five-line initials: ff. 23r, 33v, 39v, 43v, 47v. Spaces for two-line initials: ff.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

angels either side. Christ's halo in bright orange and blue. Angels with blue wings and rose collars. Bar-frame of miniature in rose with pairs of blue and rose single leaves and blue balls. Monks in white habits. Text: 'O veronicle

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Item 2: red paraphs, two-line blue initials with red penwork; eight-line red initials with mauve penwork (faded), three-line red initials with mauve penwork; initial letter A red and blue nine-line, with red patterned infill and blue dots; red incipits. Item

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Scribe 2: Item 3 is written in a contemporary business hand. Red paraphs to f. 16v. F. 17r - historiated blue initial A - head of St. Anselm? ff. 17-32v - one-line red initials, red paraphs, two-line red initials, hands

• Miniature of two banners, of Anjou (fleur-de-lys on blue ground) and another in yellow and red, kept by a young man., Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town of Prato in Tuscany (the 'Regia Carmina')

incorporated in them (ff. 1v, 2v, 4v-5, 6-9, 10v-13, 15, 19v-25, 27, 28v-30v). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with purple or blue pen-flourishing. Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town

• Detail of decorated initial 'U'., Mainly scientific and grammatic miscellany, including the Summa Chiromantiae (ff. 100-108v; 109-34), the Mirror of Light (ff. 155-168); Cistercian statuta and ordinationes (ff. 200-220); De sphaera (ff. 59-75); algorismus with commentary (ff. 26-43)

169, 198). 1 large initial in red with blue and red penwork decoration (f. 3). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or green. Paraphs in red, blue, or green. Highlighing of letters in red. Marginal

• Drawing of the Mocking of Christ., Speculum humanae salvationis, imperfect

39r-v, 51v, 52v, 53v, 54); and 'C' of 1 miniature, of c. 1400-1410 (f. 53). Large initials in blue. Paraphs in blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Marginal drawings in ink. Speculum humanae salvationis, imperfect Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• Drawing of the Betrayal., Speculum humanae salvationis, imperfect

39r-v, 51v, 52v, 53v, 54); and 'C' of 1 miniature, of c. 1400-1410 (f. 53). Large initials in blue. Paraphs in blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Marginal drawings in ink. Speculum humanae salvationis, imperfect Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• Drawing of Saul holding a spear towards David, who holds a harp., Speculum humanae salvationis, imperfect

39r-v, 51v, 52v, 53v, 54); and 'C' of 1 miniature, of c. 1400-1410 (f. 53). Large initials in blue. Paraphs in blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Marginal drawings in ink. Speculum humanae salvationis, imperfect Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,