• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin.', Commentary on Wisdom

full border in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Some catchwords in decorated frames. Commentary on Wisdom John of Lutton, written by him: his

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin, with a full border containing a dragon and two shields with arms of the Reading abbey (three escallops) and of the donor (a fesse between six pears)., Commentary on Wisdom

full border in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Some catchwords in decorated frames. Commentary on Wisdom John of Lutton, written by him: his

• Partialy repainted miniature of Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the author, Honoré Bouvet, in a prior's habit with a blue hood, with a full border with Jean's arms, and a foliate initial 'A'( la sainte), at the beginning of the dedicatory letter to Charles VI of France., L'Arbre des batailles

repainted miniature of Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the author, Honoré Bouvet, in a prior's habit with a blue hood, with a full border with Jean's arms, and a foliate initial 'A'( la sainte), at the beginning

• Puzzle initial 'D'(icco), at the beginning of book 6 of Bartholomaeus Anglicus's De proprietatibus rerum., De proprietatibus rerum, with an index in a later hand (ff. 388-392)

Anglicus's De proprietatibus rerum. Large and smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. De proprietatibus rerum, with an index in a

• Illuminated initial., Alchemical tracts, including the Secretum secretorum, imperfect

with foliage decoration, damaged (f. 100v). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red with blue penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Alchemical tracts, including

• null, De Remediis ad utramque fortunam

initial, developing a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold with blue or brown pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Cadels. De Remediis ad utramque fortunam William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d.

• null, De Remediis ad utramque fortunam

initial, developing a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold with blue or brown pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Cadels. De Remediis ad utramque fortunam William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d.

• null, De Remediis ad utramque fortunam

initial, developing a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold with blue or brown pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Cadels. De Remediis ad utramque fortunam William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d.

• Puzzle initial 'A'(d) with penwork decoration in foliate forms at the beginning of the prologue to a Life of Thomas Becket., Vita Sancti Thomae Becket

Becket. 2 elaborate puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration, often with foliate forms, and pen-flourishing extending into the margins (ff. 3, 8v). 1 large initial in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (f.

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) with penwork decoration in foliate forms at the beginning of a Life of Thomas Becket labelled in the rubric 'edita a magistro Willielmo filio Stepheni'., Vita Sancti Thomae Becket

Stepheni'. 2 elaborate puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration, often with foliate forms, and pen-flourishing extending into the margins (ff. 3, 8v). 1 large initial in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (f.

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n)., Ethica (index Ethics), and Expositio super libros Ethicorum

red or red and blue at the beginning of each book, some with a crown of thorns motif. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with a crown of thorn motif and red and blue penwork decoration (f. 83v).

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) and partial border, at the beginning of Petrarch's De Remediis ad utramque fortunam., De Remediis ad utramque fortunam

initial, developing a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold with blue or brown pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Cadels. De Remediis ad utramque fortunam William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d.

• Illuminated initial 'A'(bsolutio)., Floretum evangelicum (ff. 1-334) (a list of theological commonplaces, arranged alphabetically) with a table of contents (ff. 1-6).

'A'(bsolutio) in gold, red, and blue (f. 7). 1 large initial 'I'(hesu) in gold, red, and blue with a partial bar border and floral extensions (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds with floral sprays, at

• Text page with a marginal note by Humfrey, duke of Gloucester., De administratione principium (Le livre de l'information des princes)

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red and blue, at the beginning of books. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Line-fillers in red and blue. De administratione principium

• Historiated initial 'C'(ome) of king Edward III, crowned with a scepter on a throne, and a full border with a dragon, at the beginning of the first statute of Edward III., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book) for Edward III (ff. 1-212v) and Richard II (ff. 213-329v)

in red and blue, with a bar and foliate extensions in gold (f. 223). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with foliate extensions in red and blue or in gold. Paraph marks in blue with red pen-flourishing,

• Decorated initial 'R'(ichard), with a bar and foliate extensions, at the beginning of the first statute under the government of Richard II., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book) for Edward III (ff. 1-212v) and Richard II (ff. 213-329v)

in red and blue, with a bar and foliate extensions in gold (f. 223). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with foliate extensions in red and blue or in gold. Paraph marks in blue with red pen-flourishing,

• Historiated initial 'C'(ome) of king Edward III, crowned with a scepter on a throne, at the beginning of the first statute of Edward III., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book) for Edward III (ff. 1-212v) and Richard II (ff. 213-329v)

in red and blue, with a bar and foliate extensions in gold (f. 223). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with foliate extensions in red and blue or in gold. Paraph marks in blue with red pen-flourishing,

• Decorated initial 'R'(ichard), at the beginning of the first statute under the government of Richard II., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book) for Edward III (ff. 1-212v) and Richard II (ff. 213-329v)

in red and blue, with a bar and foliate extensions in gold (f. 223). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with foliate extensions in red and blue or in gold. Paraph marks in blue with red pen-flourishing,

• Illuminated initial 'I'(hesu) with a partial bar border and floral extensions., Floretum evangelicum (ff. 1-334) (a list of theological commonplaces, arranged alphabetically) with a table of contents (ff. 1-6).

'A'(bsolutio) in gold, red, and blue (f. 7). 1 large initial 'I'(hesu) in gold, red, and blue with a partial bar border and floral extensions (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds with floral sprays, at

• Smaller drawing from a text on the Song of Songs., Theological texts including a commentary on the Song of Songs (ff. 3-79v)

80). 5 large initials in red, blue or green, with a reserved line or penwork decoration in violet, blue, green and/or red (ff. 3, 4v, 33, 83, 91). Numerous small initials in green or blue, one in red (f. 3).