• Puzzle initial 'H'(enricus) with pen-flourishing extending into the margins including birds at the beginning of the foundation charter., Cartulary of Reading abbey, imperfect

the abbey's liberties, with red initials, late 13th century with later additions (ff. 4-15v; 205-247v). Numerous additions throughout and on quires added at the end regarding the abbey, often written in Gothic cursive, mid-13th to mid-15th century.Inscribed 'Clayton in S.

• Text page., Epistolae and religious tracts

~Exhortationes~ (ff. 108-176).Catchwords. Quires numbered in roman numerals (i-xxii) on final versos. Quires i-vii, ix have been marked 'correctus sum' in on the final versos. Corrections and additions have been made to the ~Epistolae~ within these quires. 5 illuminated initials

• Initial 'H'(enrico) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the ~Compendium in Iob~ of Peter of Blois., Epistolae and religious tracts

~Exhortationes~ (ff. 108-176).Catchwords. Quires numbered in roman numerals (i-xxii) on final versos. Quires i-vii, ix have been marked 'correctus sum' in on the final versos. Corrections and additions have been made to the ~Epistolae~ within these quires. 5 illuminated initials

• Initial 'H'(enrico) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the prefatory epistle to Henry II in Peter of Blois' ~Epistolae~., Epistolae and religious tracts

~Exhortationes~ (ff. 108-176).Catchwords. Quires numbered in roman numerals (i-xxii) on final versos. Quires i-vii, ix have been marked 'correctus sum' in on the final versos. Corrections and additions have been made to the ~Epistolae~ within these quires. 5 illuminated initials

• Initial 'D'(um) decorated with a bird at the beginning of the ~Exhortationes~ of Peter of Blois., Epistolae and religious tracts

~Exhortationes~ (ff. 108-176).Catchwords. Quires numbered in roman numerals (i-xxii) on final versos. Quires i-vii, ix have been marked 'correctus sum' in on the final versos. Corrections and additions have been made to the ~Epistolae~ within these quires. 5 illuminated initials

• Puzzle initial 'P'(anis) and smaller initials with pen-flourishing., Pantheologus, books 2 and 3

(Roman numerals on the verso of the last leaf of the quires), and inscribed 'Emend.' on the verso of the last leaf of most quires, indicating that these quires were corrected.Space left blank on ff. 117r-v, at the end of

• Historiated initial 'E'(t rex) of David and Abisag, at the beginning of Kings III., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

Historiated initial 'E'(t rex) of David and Abisag, at the beginning of Kings III. Includes the Interpretation of Hebrew names, imperfect (ff. 340v-347v).Quires signatures on the recto of each first folio of a quire, catchwords, guide running titles and

• Historiated initial 'C'(onfortatus) of Salomon enthroned, at the beginning of Chronicles II., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

Historiated initial 'C'(onfortatus) of Salomon enthroned, at the beginning of Chronicles II. Includes the Interpretation of Hebrew names, imperfect (ff. 340v-347v).Quires signatures on the recto of each first folio of a quire, catchwords, guide running titles and guide chapter

• Trinitarian diagram with the tetragrammaton in chapter 6 ('De Trinitate') of Petrus Alfonsi's 'Dialogus contra Judaeos'., Dialogus contra Judaeos

Judaeos'. Running headers (ff. 1-17); catchwords (1 word respectively); quire signatures (on the first leaf of quires, near the gutter).Ampersands. 1 diagram in red and brown, with a yellow wash (f. 53v). Numerous large initials in red or green. Simple

• Decorated initial 'P'(arabolae) at the beginning of Proverbs., Glossed Proverbs (ff. 1-74) and Glossed Ecclesiastes (ff. 75-101v) with prologues (f. 74v) (index Old Testament)

gloss is present only in some sections (i.e., the first three quires of Proverbs). 3 large initials in combinations of green, yellow-brown, and blue, with foliate/arabesque motifs (ff. 1, 22, 57v); one in plain blue (f. 75). Small initials in

• Decorated initial 'U'(anitas) at the beginning of Ecclesiastes, Glossed Proverbs (ff. 1-74) and Glossed Ecclesiastes (ff. 75-101v) with prologues (f. 74v) (index Old Testament)

gloss is present only in some sections (i.e., the first three quires of Proverbs). 3 large initials in combinations of green, yellow-brown, and blue, with foliate/arabesque motifs (ff. 1, 22, 57v); one in plain blue (f. 75). Small initials in

• Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of God enthroned in the upper register and God blessing in the lower register, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

Detail of an historiated initial 'I'(n principio) of God enthroned in the upper register and God blessing in the lower register, at the beginning of Genesis. Includes the Interpretation of Hebrew names, imperfect (ff. 340v-347v).Quires signatures on the recto

• Detail of 6 medallions of the days of Creation, in the lower margin., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

Detail of 6 medallions of the days of Creation, in the lower margin. Includes the Interpretation of Hebrew names, imperfect (ff. 340v-347v).Quires signatures on the recto of each first folio of a quire, catchwords, guide running titles and guide

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(onfortatus) of Salomon enthroned, at the beginning of Chronicles II., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(onfortatus) of Salomon enthroned, at the beginning of Chronicles II. Includes the Interpretation of Hebrew names, imperfect (ff. 340v-347v).Quires signatures on the recto of each first folio of a quire, catchwords, guide running titles

• Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(t rex) of David and Abisag, at the beginning of Kings III., Bible, with the interpretation of Hebrew names

Detail of an historiated initial 'E'(t rex) of David and Abisag, at the beginning of Kings III. Includes the Interpretation of Hebrew names, imperfect (ff. 340v-347v).Quires signatures on the recto of each first folio of a quire, catchwords, guide

• Marginal sketch of a tonsured figure in prayer with the hand of God above., Bible (without the Psalms)

Proverbs, Esdras begins on f. 240 after another prologue on f. 239v (following Esther). Numbered subdivisions in the Gospels. Some quires numbered on the verso of the last folio. Catchwords. Pricking holes.ff. 1-3 are post-medieval parchment leaves added to bear

• Historiated initial 'F'(rater) for the Prologue of a friar writing on a scroll., Bible (without the Psalms)

Proverbs, Esdras begins on f. 240 after another prologue on f. 239v (following Esther). Numbered subdivisions in the Gospels. Some quires numbered on the verso of the last folio. Catchwords. Pricking holes.ff. 1-3 are post-medieval parchment leaves added to bear

• Historiated initial 'I'(n principio) with creation scenes and the Crucifixion at the beginning of Genesis., Bible (without the Psalms)

Proverbs, Esdras begins on f. 240 after another prologue on f. 239v (following Esther). Numbered subdivisions in the Gospels. Some quires numbered on the verso of the last folio. Catchwords. Pricking holes.ff. 1-3 are post-medieval parchment leaves added to bear

• Text page in Ecclesiastes., Bible (without the Psalms)

Proverbs, Esdras begins on f. 240 after another prologue on f. 239v (following Esther). Numbered subdivisions in the Gospels. Some quires numbered on the verso of the last folio. Catchwords. Pricking holes.ff. 1-3 are post-medieval parchment leaves added to bear

• Text page in Corinthians., Bible (without the Psalms)

Proverbs, Esdras begins on f. 240 after another prologue on f. 239v (following Esther). Numbered subdivisions in the Gospels. Some quires numbered on the verso of the last folio. Catchwords. Pricking holes.ff. 1-3 are post-medieval parchment leaves added to bear