• Bar border and initial 'N'(ow) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of Chaucer's Retraction., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

in colours and gold. Initials in gold against grounds of blue and red with white tracery and spray decoration. Initials in blue or red with penwork decoration in red or blue. Running titles in black. Rubrics and marginal notes in

• A fragment of the original parchment flyleaf with ownership inscriptions., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

in colours and gold. Initials in gold against grounds of blue and red with white tracery and spray decoration. Initials in blue or red with penwork decoration in red or blue. Running titles in black. Rubrics and marginal notes in

• Detail of inscription., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

62, 66, 70, 72, 77v, 78, 79v, 81v, 82).date checked JH Large and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, some with reserved designs. Domesday book (ends imperfectly) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary,

• Decorated initial 'P'(ost), with the book number in the upper margin. Citations of the Gospel are marked with their first letters in red (contrasting with green for sections of the commentary) and a diplet in the margin by each line., In Lucam

part of 12.2, according to unpublished notes of Michael Gullick.Quire signatures in small Roman numerals. Catchwords. 7 large initials in blue, red, and green with intricate penwork decoration at the beginning of books and prefatory material (ff. 2, 7, 42v,

• In the lower margin, the ownership inscription of Margam abbey, at the beginning of the Domesday book., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

62, 66, 70, 72, 77v, 78, 79v, 81v, 82).date checked JH Large and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, some with reserved designs. Domesday book (ends imperfectly) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary,

• Flourished initials with records for Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the Domesday book with small decorated initials., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

62, 66, 70, 72, 77v, 78, 79v, 81v, 82).date checked JH Large and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, some with reserved designs. Domesday book (ends imperfectly) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary,

• Marginal sketch in the lower margin, related to other marginal drawings in the manuscript, depicting royal and noble figures; with the ownership inscription Margam abbey in the upper margin., Domesday book (ends imperfectly)

62, 66, 70, 72, 77v, 78, 79v, 81v, 82).date checked JH Large and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, some with reserved designs. Domesday book (ends imperfectly) The Cistercian abbey of St Mary,

• Miniatures forming a diptych with Adam and Eve and the Annunciation, accompanied by angels and the Marriage of the Virgin in the frame, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome (ends imperfectly)

Large and smaller initials in light pink on gold and red grounds. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red, blue or brown grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Rome (ends imperfectly) Inscribed 'XXIX D' (f. 1v).Sir Hans Sloane (b.

• Miniatures with the labour of the month and the zodiacal signs for November and December in the Calendar, and John the Evangelist writing the Apocalypse, with his martyrdom in the bas-de-page, at the beginning of the Gospels., Book of Hours, Use of Rome (ends imperfectly)

Large and smaller initials in light pink on gold and red grounds. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red, blue or brown grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Rome (ends imperfectly) Inscribed 'XXIX D' (f. 1v).Sir Hans Sloane (b.

• Diagrams in brown ink in the main text., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

(ff. 39v, 50v, 53v, 70) and in the margins (ff. 12v, 28v, 37v, 42v, 43, 52v). 1 large initial in blue with a reserved design and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Initials wanting (ff. 6v, 43v, 46v). Pointing hands, human faces

• Detail of text page with a diagram on rainfall in the lower margin at the end of the first book of Macrobius' Commentary on Cicero's 'De somno Scipionis'., Commentary on Cicero's De somno Scipionis

(ff. 39v, 50v, 53v, 70) and in the margins (ff. 12v, 28v, 37v, 42v, 43, 52v). 1 large initial in blue with a reserved design and red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Initials wanting (ff. 6v, 43v, 46v). Pointing hands, human faces

• Decorated initial 'E'(go), at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares., Epistolae ad familiares

36, 46, 61, 73v, 87, 101, 116, 134, 146v, 162v, 188v, 195, 209). Small initials mostly in plain red or blue, a few with pen-flourishing or penwork decoration in red or brown. Epistolae ad familiares Written in Bologna in 1446

• White vine initial 'T'(ytire) in colours and gold., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 2-19v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 19v-66); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 67-276v); Appendix (ff. 277-310).

83, 99v, 115, 130, 148v, 167v, 185, 200v, 218, 237, 256v, 277, 286, 288v, 300v, 309, 309v). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 2-19v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 19v-66); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 67-276v); Appendix (ff. 277-310).

• White vine initial 'A'(rma) in colours and gold., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 2-19v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 19v-66); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 67-276v); Appendix (ff. 277-310).

83, 99v, 115, 130, 148v, 167v, 185, 200v, 218, 237, 256v, 277, 286, 288v, 300v, 309, 309v). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 2-19v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 19v-66); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 67-276v); Appendix (ff. 277-310).

• Detail of white vine initial 'A'(rma)., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 2-19v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 19v-66); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 67-276v); Appendix (ff. 277-310).

83, 99v, 115, 130, 148v, 167v, 185, 200v, 218, 237, 256v, 277, 286, 288v, 300v, 309, 309v). Plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 2-19v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 19v-66); Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 67-276v); Appendix (ff. 277-310).

• Text page., De bello Italico adversus Gotos

feature in Bryn Mawr College Library, MS 43. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Catchwords. 5 large gold initials on a blue or dark red panel (ff. 2, 3v, 28v, 47, 68v). Medallion with partly defaced coat of arms of the

• Text page., De bello Italico adversus Gotos

feature in Bryn Mawr College Library, MS 43. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Catchwords. 5 large gold initials on a blue or dark red panel (ff. 2, 3v, 28v, 47, 68v). Medallion with partly defaced coat of arms of the

• Decorated initial 'E'(t) at the beginning of the prologue. Partly defaced coat of arms of the Schioppo family of Verona in the margin., De bello Italico adversus Gotos

feature in Bryn Mawr College Library, MS 43. f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf.Catchwords. 5 large gold initials on a blue or dark red panel (ff. 2, 3v, 28v, 47, 68v). Medallion with partly defaced coat of arms of the

• null, One gathering of a treatise of rights of the Marshall in wartime

Large initials in gold on blue and pink backgrounds with white or black filigree (f. 1). Paraphs in blue. LIne-fillers in blue. Rubrics in red. One gathering of a treatise of rights of the Marshall in wartime The remainder of

• Illuminated initial 'C'(ome) at the beginning of the statutes of Edward III., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI

initials in gold on blue, white, and red grounds, with green and gold foliage extending into the margins (ff. 114, 172, 203v, 224v). Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue or red. Nova Statuta