• Zoomorphic initial made up of animal bodies and heads and interlace, in the last section concerning the community's practice during the different seasons of the year., Rule of St Benedict, with a calendar

Large initials in brown with penwork decoration, or in red with highlighting in green and/or blue. Small initial with penwork decoration and highlighting in blue, Small initials and letters in red or green. Tables in green and red with an

• Decorated initial 'A'(nno) with animal heads at the beginning of a copy of a statute from the Lateran Palace in Rome, issued in 917, during the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV., Rule of St Benedict, with a calendar

Large initials in brown with penwork decoration, or in red with highlighting in green and/or blue. Small initial with penwork decoration and highlighting in blue, Small initials and letters in red or green. Tables in green and red with an

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a prisoner seeking sanctuary from monks., 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

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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

• Detail of a bas-de-page scene of a castle flanked by grotesques., 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

• Detail of a miniature of a mermaid and merman with bow and arrow in the border of the folio., 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

• Detail of medallion scenes within the lower border of the folio., 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

• Text page., Part leaf of a noted Missal with part of the text for Holy Saturday including the Canticle of Moses

Text page. ff. 69-72 are fragments from the same manuscript as Stowe 1061 f. 125. Musical notation in many fragments.Mostly removed from bindings.ff. 1-21v; 24-47v; 51-57v; 61-63v; 65; 67-68v; 73 are various fragments, including of the Laws of Alfred

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at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in red with penwork decoration in blue, initials in green with penwork decoration in red or blue, initials in purple with penwork decoration in red or/and green, some with the penwork

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at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in red with penwork decoration in blue, initials in green with penwork decoration in red or blue, initials in purple with penwork decoration in red or/and green, some with the penwork

• Inhabited initial 'B'(eatus) with dragons and griffins, at the beginning of the commentary to Psalm 1., Enarrationes in Psalmos (volume 1)

at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in red with penwork decoration in blue, initials in green with penwork decoration in red or blue, initials in purple with penwork decoration in red or/and green, some with the penwork

• null, Enarrationes in Psalmos (volume 1)

at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in red with penwork decoration in blue, initials in green with penwork decoration in red or blue, initials in purple with penwork decoration in red or/and green, some with the penwork

• Decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Ovid's Metamorphosisis., Metamorphoses, with commentary

3). Large initial in blue with reserved lines and red pen-flourishing at the beginning of each subsequent book (ff. 15v, 29v, 41v, 54v, 65v, 77, 91, 105v, 118v, 130, 143, 153, 168v, 182). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing or

• Historiated initial 'C'(um) depicting a tonsured master teaching tonsured pupils, at the beginning of the prologue to the commentary on Matthew., Expositio super Matthaeum (ff. 1-159v), Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas (ff. 165-217), and other texts

incorporating miniatures in roundels. Large foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials alternately blue with red flourishing, or red with purple flourishing. Paraphs alternately blue or red. Expositio super Matthaeum (ff. 1-159v), Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas (ff. 165-217),

• Ownership inscriptions, the first dated 1403, the second dated 1757., Expositio super Matthaeum (ff. 1-159v), Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas (ff. 165-217), and other texts

incorporating miniatures in roundels. Large foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials alternately blue with red flourishing, or red with purple flourishing. Paraphs alternately blue or red. Expositio super Matthaeum (ff. 1-159v), Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas (ff. 165-217),

• Illuminated initial 'S'(enior) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the commentary on III John., Expositio super Matthaeum (ff. 1-159v), Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas (ff. 165-217), and other texts

incorporating miniatures in roundels. Large foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials alternately blue with red flourishing, or red with purple flourishing. Paraphs alternately blue or red. Expositio super Matthaeum (ff. 1-159v), Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas (ff. 165-217),

• Detail of decorated initial 'O'., Canticles, litany, and collects (ff. 135-144v); Hymnal and Office of the Dead (ff. 147-170v)

some charters for King Cnut. Large initials in red, green, yellow, and blue with foliate decoration (ff. 147, 162v). Large and small initials in green, red, yellow, or blue, some with simple penwork decoration, sometimes in another colour or colours.

• Decorated initial 'O' at the beginning of a series of hymns added to the manuscript in the middle of the twelfth century., Canticles, litany, and collects (ff. 135-144v); Hymnal and Office of the Dead (ff. 147-170v)

some charters for King Cnut. Large initials in red, green, yellow, and blue with foliate decoration (ff. 147, 162v). Large and small initials in green, red, yellow, or blue, some with simple penwork decoration, sometimes in another colour or colours.

• Anitphon with neumes., Fragments of an Antiphoner including parts of offices for Lawrence, Hippolitus, and Peter and Paul

the Laws of Alfred and Ine (f. 42). Large simple initials in green or red; small initial and rubrication in blue or red; the original order of leaves: ff. 71, 72, 70, 69. Musical notation: Anglo-Saxon neumes, England (Canterbury), 11th

• Illuminated headpiece decorated with geometric patterns, and initial 'A'(ndres) at the beginning of Gregory Nazianzus' De pauperum amore (Oratio 14)., In patrem tacentem (ff. 1-3); De pauperum amore (ff. 3v-18v), both imperfect

were formerly gatherings 31-33 of a larger volume. Headpiece decorated with geometric patterns in colours and gold. Large gold and blue initial (f. 3v). Simple endpiece (f. 3). In patrem tacentem (ff. 1-3); De pauperum amore (ff. 3v-18v), both imperfect