Royal MS 2 B VII

Psalter, in Latin, with preceding Old Testament cycle and calendar, followed by Canticles, Litanies, and prayers.

Contents:

ff. 1r-66v: Cycle of 223 tinted drawings illustrating Old Testament scenes, from the Fall of Lucifer and the Creation to the Death of Solomon, with accompanying Anglo-Norman explanatory verses, beginning, 'Coment lucifer chayit de ciel e devient diable e grant multitudo des angeles ouesqe li' (f. 1v).

ff. 67r-68r: Full-page miniatures of the Tree of Jesse opposite the Holy Family.

ff. 69v-70r: Full-page miniatures of paired Old Testament prophets and Apostles. Each prophet carries a scroll inscribed with verses (not always correctly assigned); each Apostle carries a scroll inscribed with sections of the Creed.

ff. 71r-83v: Calendar, with accompanying miniatures of the signs of the Zodiac and labours of the month. Notable saints in the calendar include: St Wulfstan (19 January); St Cedda (2 March); Edward the Confessor (18 March); St Cuthbert (20 March); St Richard (3 April); St Alphege (19 April); St Dunstan (19 May); St Aldhelm (25 May); Translation of St Richard (16 June); Translation of Edward the Confessor (20 June); St Werburg (21 June, her usual day is 3 February); St Alban (22 June); St Etheldreda (23 June); Translation of St Thomas Becket (7 July, partially erased); Translation of St Swithun (15 July); St Cuthberga (31 August); Translation of St Cuthbert (4 September); St Edith (16 September); St Wilfrid (12 October); Translation of Edward the Confessor (13 October, duplicate); St Fredeswide (19 October); St Edmund (16 November); St Hugh (17 November); St Thomas Becket (29 December, erased).

f. 84r: A later inscription by Henry Manners, 2nd earl of Rutland (b. 1526, d. 1563), courtier and soldier, arrested at the accession of Queen Mary in 1553: 'This boke was sume tyme [under erasure: the Erle of Rutelands], and it was his wil / that it shulde by successioun all way / go to the [under erasure: lande of Ruteland] or to / [partially erased: him that linyally succedis by reson / of inheritaunce in the seide lande’].

ff. 84r-280r: Psalter, illustrated with miniatures of the Life of Christ, and bas-de-page scenes with images from the bestiary, legends of saints, and other sources (including hunting scenes).

ff. 280v-302r: Canticles, with scenes from the Passion of Christ and other miniatures.

ff. 302v-318v: Litany, with miniatures of saints and scenes from the Bible.

f. 319r-v: Later inscription by Customs Officer Baldwin Smith, who seized the manuscript in the course of his duties in October 1553 and presented it to Queen Mary Tudor: inscribed, 'hunc librum nautis ad exteros transvehendum datu[m]: / spectatus et honestus vir Baldwinus Smithus Londini / a portoriis et vectigalibus retraxit atq[ue] Marieae illustrissi / mae angliae, ffranciae, et hiberniae Reginae donavit, / mense Octobri, Anno domini millesimo quingentesimo / quinquagesimo tertio, Regni sui primo' (f. 319v).

Decoration:

223 prefatory miniatures in colours, in tinted drawing, generally two per page, of the Old Testament cycle with Anglo-Norman explanatory verses (ff. 1v-66v) and 4 miniatures in colours and gold of the tree of Jesse, Ancestors of Christ, and Apostles and Prophets (ff. 67v-70v).

12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Labours of the Months and 12 miniatures in colours and gold of the Signs of Zodiac, in the calendar (ff. 71v-83r).

87 half- or full-page miniatures in colours and gold of the life of Christ, some on burnished or tooled grounds, in Psalms, and 13 miniatures in colours and gold of Saints, in the Litany (ff. 304r-310r).

23 historiated initials in colours and gold with foliated extensions, at the beginning of the major text divisions.

464 bas-de-page scenes in tinted drawing (ff. 85v-318r).

Foliate initials in gold and colours with marginal extensions. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white.

Line-fillers in rose, blue, and gold with penwork decoration in white.

The subjects of the miniatures, historiated initials and bas-de-page scenes are as follows:

f. 1v: Miniature of God holding a compass with angels and cherubim, and Lucifer with fallen angels and devils.

f. 2r: Miniature of God creating the animals.

f. 2v: Miniature of God creating the fishes.

f. 3r: Miniature of God creating Adam and Eve in the upper register; and God giving the Garden of Eden to Adam and Eve in the lower register.

f. 3v: Miniature of God enthroned, in the upper register; and of the Temptation of Adam and Eve, in the lower register.

f. 4r: Miniature of the Expulsion from paradise, in the upper register; and of an angel holding out a garment to Adam and Eve in the lower register.

f. 4v: Miniature of Adam digging and Eve spinning after their expulsion from Paradise, in the upper register; and of Cain and Abel, in the lower register.

f. 5r: Miniature of Cain killing Abel, in the upper register; and of Cain hiding the body of Abel, in the lower register.

f. 5v: Miniature of God speaking to Cain, in the upper register; and of an angel speaking to Noah, and of Noah building the ark, in the lower register.

f. 6r: Miniature of a devil meeting Noah's wife, Noah and his wife, and Noah's wife giving Noah a chalice, in the upper register; and of an angel speaking to Noah, and of Noah building the ark, in the lower register.

f. 6v: Miniature of Noah, his family, and animals entering the Ark.

f. 7r: Miniature of Noah sending out the raven and the dove from the Ark, and of the dove returning to Noah with a branch in its beak.

f. 7v: Miniature of Thare giving idols to Abraham.

f. 8r: Miniature of Abraham breaking idols, in the upper register; and of Thare making idols, in the lower register.

f. 8v: Miniature of the marriage of Abraham and Sarah, in the upper register; and of God giving Abraham three cities in the lower register.

f. 9r: Miniature of Abraham and Sarah praying to God, in the upper register; and of Abraham sacrificing a ram to God, in the lower register.

f. 9v: Miniature of God speaking to Abraham, in the upper register; and of Abraham and Hagar, in the lower register.

f. 10r: Miniature from the prefatory cycle of Hagar and Sarah, in the upper register; and Hagar abandoning her child in a wood, and an angel instructing Hagar, in the lower register.

f. 10v: Miniature of God speaking to Abraham, in the upper register, and renaming him from Abram; miniature of Abraham and Sarah, after she has been told that she is with child, in the lower register.

f. 11r: Miniature of Abraham and three angels in the upper register; and of Abraham with his flock speaking to an angel, in the lower register.

f. 11v: Miniature of Abraham and Isaac carrying wood, in the upper register; and of Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac, in the lower register.

f. 12r: Miniature of the dying Abraham sending his steward to find a wife for Isaac, in the upper register; and of Abraham's steward finding Rebecca for Isaac, in the lower register.

f. 12v: Miniature of Rebecca and Isaac, in the upper register; and of the birth of Esau and Jacob, in the lower register.

f. 13r: Miniature of Esau with Isaac and Jacob with Rebecca.

f. 13v: Miniature of Isaac giving Jacob the blessing intended for Esau, in the upper register; miniature of Esau bringing food to Isaac, in the lower register.

f. 14r: Illuminated initial 'D'(e) on a text page.

f. 14v: Miniature of Jacob listening to Joseph's dreams, in the upper register; and of Joseph's brothers throwing him into a pit, in the lower register.

f. 15r: Miniature of Joseph being sold into slavery to the seneschal of Egypt, in the upper register; and of Joseph on a horseback with the seneschal of Egypt, in the lower register.

f. 15v: Miniature of Joseph's brothers displaying his coat to Jacob, in the upper register; and of Joseph before the king of Egypt, in the lower register.

f. 16r: Miniature of the king of Egypt hunting, in the upper register; and of Joseph and the wife of Potiphar, in the lower register.

f. 16v: Miniature of Joseph imprisoned with the king of Egypt's chief baker and butler, in the upper register; miniature of Joseph interpreting dreams for the king of Egypt, in the lower register.

f. 17r: Miniature of the king of Egypt and his councillors, in the lower register.

f. 17v: Miniature of the king of Egypt making Joseph an overseer, in the upper register; and of Joseph ordering the filling of granaries, in the lower register.

f. 18r: Miniature of Joseph throwing chaff on the water, and Jacob seeing the wheat chaff and instructing his sons, in the upper register; and of Joseph meeting his brothers, in the lower register.

f. 18v: Miniature of Joseph's brothers finding money in their sacks and returning to Egypt, in the upper register; and of Joseph placing a cup in Benjamin's sack and of Joseph's brothers before Joseph, in the lower register.

f. 19r: Miniature of Joseph revealing himself to his brothers, in the upper register; miniature of Joseph reunited with his father and mother, in the lower register.

f. 19v: Miniature of Jacob being introduced to the king of Egypt, in the upper register; miniature of Jacob and Joseph, in the lower register.

f. 20r: Miniature of Joseph presenting his two sons to Jacob, in the upper register; and of Joseph and his parents on horseback, in the lower register.

f. 22v: Miniature of the king of Egypt demanding that all Jewish infants be killed, in the upper register; of the birth of Moses, and of Moses exposed in the ark on the banks of the Nile, in the lower register.

f. 23r: Miniature in two parts of Moses found in the river, in the upper register; and of the king of Egypt and his court seated at table with Moses striking the king of Egypt's son in play, in the lower register.

f. 23v: Miniature of Moses throwing the king of Egypt's crown on a fire, in the upper register; and of Moses helping a Jew fighting with an Egyptian, in the lower register.

f. 24r: Miniature of Moses separating two fighting Jews, in the upper register; of Moses as a shepherd, and of God speaking to him from the Burning Bush, in the lower register.

f. 24v: Miniature of Moses freeing the Israelites from the king of Egypt, in the upper register; miniature of Moses and the king of Egypt's troops facing each other across the Red Sea, in the lower register.

f. 25r: Miniature of Moses and the Israelites at camp in the desert, in the upper register; and of Moses receiving the tables of the Law on Mount Sinai, in the lower register.

f. 25v: Miniature of the Israelites worshipping the Golden Calf, and Moses destroying the Tablets of the Law, in the upper register; miniature of Moses speaking to Aaron, in the lower register.

f. 26r: Miniature of God giving the laws to Moses for a second time, in the upper register; and of Moses showing the laws to the Israelites, in the lower register.

f. 26v: Miniature of people in a city plotting against Moses.

f. 27r: Miniature of Moses placing the tables of the Law, and Moses sending Joshua and other Israelites to the promised land, in the upper register; and of Joshua and his scouts returning from the promised land with fruits, in the lower register.

f. 27v: Miniature of four scenes (1) of Miriam, (2) God speaking to Moses, (3) Moses giving his rod to Joshua, and (4) of the burial of Moses.

f. 28r: Miniature of Joshua instructing his people and sending men to spy on Jericho, in the upper register; and of Rehab helping a spy sent by Joshua to escape from Jericho, and Rehab and a spy on the right, in the lower register.

f. 28v: Miniature of Joshua at his tent being addressed by an angel, with two angels playing trumpets and Jericho collapsing, with a coloured initial 'C'(oment).

f. 29r: Miniature of Acor's greed, in the upper register; of the stoning of Acor, in the lower register.

f. 29v: Miniature of Joshua speaking to God, and distributing his winnings among the Patriarchs, in the upper register; and of the burial of Joshua on Mount Ephraim, in the lower register.

f. 30r: Miniature of Phineas praying to God for his leader, Judah, in the upper register; and of the tribes of Judah and Simeon destroying their enemies in the cities of Canee and Canaan.

f. 30v: Miniature of the tribes of Judah and Simeon fighting a battle against their enemies.

f. 31r: Miniature of Eliud offering a sword to a king and Eliud killing the king, in the upper register; and of Deborah sending the Israelites into battle, in the lower register.

f. 33r: Miniature of king Sisera drinking with Jael (here Deborah), and Jael (here Deborah) killing king Sisera, in the upper register; and of Joash threshing, with Joash visited by an angel who sends him to deliver the people from servitude, in the lower register.

f. 33v: Miniature of Gideon and the angel, in the upper register; of Gideon destroying the altar of Baal, and of Gideon (Jerubbaal) making a sacrifice, in the lower register.

f. 34r: Miniature of God commanding Jerubbaal to stretch out a fleece, in the upper register; and of Jerubbaal selecting men for his army, in the lower register.

f. 34v: Miniature of Jerubbaal and his servant Phurah in the Midianite camp, in the upper register; and of the attack on the Midianites with Gideon and his men blowing their trumpets and holding their lamps, and the Midianites killing themselves, in the lower register.

f. 36r: Miniature of Jerubbaal asking for meat for his men, in the upper register; miniature of Jerubbaal slaying the people of Zebah and Zalmumna, in the lower register.

f. 36v: Miniature of kings Zebah and Zalumna taken to execution, in the upper register; and of Jerubbaal asking a youth about the rich people of Succoth, and of the destruction of Penuel, in the lower register.

f. 37r: Miniature of Jerubbaal commanding his son to execute the kings Zebah and Zalumna, in the upper register; and of the people of Israel making him king, in the lower register.

f. 37v: Miniature of Jerubbaal having earrings hung in the tabernacle and the death of Jerubbaal, in the upper register; miniature of Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, asking the people of Israel to make him king, in the lower register.

f. 38r: Miniature of Abimelech slaying his brothers, in the upper register; and of the coronation of Abimelech, in the lower register.

f. 38v: Miniature of Abimelech being driven from Shechem, in the upper register; and of the coronation of Gaal, in the lower register.

f. 39r: Miniature of Abimelech killing Gaal in battle, in the upper register; and of the death of Abimelech, in the lower register.

f. 40r: Miniature of Jepthah and the worship of an idol and of God, in the upper register; and of the coronation of Jepthah, in the lower register.

f. 40v: Miniature of Jepthah being driven from the city by his brothers, in the upper register; and of the people of Gilead asking Jepthah to be their leader, in the lower register.

f. 41r: Miniature of Jepthah sacrificing his daughter to God, in the upper register; miniature of Jepthah winning a battle, in the lower register.

f. 42v: Miniature of the annunciation to the father and mother of Samson, in the upper register; and a miniature of Samson's father making an offering to God, in the lower register.

f. 43r: Miniature of the birth of Samson, in the upper register; and of the meeting of Samson and Delilah at a feast, in the lower register.

f. 43v: Miniature of Samson fighting with a lion, in the upper register; and of Samson and his father, in the lower register.

f. 44r: Miniature of Samson taking a honeycomb from the mouth of a lion, in the upper register; and of Samson's father arranging Delilah's engagement to Samson, in the lower register.

f. 44v: Miniature of Samson killing 30 men, in the upper register; and of Samson sending wolves with firebrands tied to their tails to burn the land of the Philistines, in the lower register.

f. 45r: Miniature of Philistines capturing Samson, in the upper register; and of Samson killing 30 men with the jawbone of an ass, in the lower register.

f. 45v: Miniature of God speaking to Samson, and of Samson drinking water from the jawbone of an ass, in the upper register; and of Samson recovering his wife, in the lower register.

f. 46r: Miniature of Samson betrayed by Delilah, shaved, blinded and bound, in the upper register; and of Samson tortured by a miller, in the lower register.

f. 46v: Miniature of a blinded Samson breaking the pillars.

f. 47r: Miniature of Elimelech, Naomi and their children going to the land of Moab, in the upper register; and of the sons of Elimelech marrying wives, in the lower register.

f. 47v: Miniature of Naomi and Ruth returning to Bethlehem, in the upper register; and a miniature of Boaz meeting Ruth gleaning with Naomi in his fields, in the lower register.

f. 48r: Miniature of Elkanah and his wife finding Eli and sons in the Temple, in the upper register; and of the birth of Samuel, in the lower register.

f. 48v: Miniature of Hannah offering her son in the Temple, in the upper register; and of an angel talking to Eli, in the lower register.

f. 49r: Miniature of God calling Samuel, in the upper register; and of the sons of Eli killed in battle and the Ark being carried off by the Philistines, in the lower register.

f. 49v: Miniature of the death of Eli, in the upper register; and of Samuel making a sacrifice to God and a battle with the Philistines, in the lower register.

f. 50r: Miniature of Samuel before a judge, assisted by four others, in the upper register; and of Saul and another child meeting maidens outside a city, in the lower register.

f. 50v: Miniature of the anointing of Saul by Samuel, in the upper register; and of the coronation of Saul as the king of Gilgal, in the lower register.

f. 51r: Miniature of Jonathan killing Philistines and eating honey, in the upper register; miniature of the anointing of David, in the lower register.

f. 51v: Miniature of Saul with David playing the harp, in the upper register; miniature of David and Goliath, in the lower register.

f. 52r: Miniature of Michal saving David from Saul, in the upper register; miniature of Saul killing Abimlech and other priests, in the lower register.

f. 52v: Miniature of David cutting off a piece of Saul's cloak, in the upper register; and of David showing the cut cloak to Saul, in the lower register.

f. 53r: Miniature of the death of Samuel, in the upper register, and of Saul killing himself in battle, in the lower register.

f. 53v: Miniature of a messenger bringing David proof of Saul's death, in the upper register; and of the anointing of David, in the lower register.

f. 54r: Miniature of Abner and the coronation of Ishbosheth, in the upper register; and of Abner killing Asahel, in the lower register.

f. 54v: Miniature of David receiving Abner, in the upper register; and of Joab killing Abner, in the lower register.

f. 55r: Miniature of Baanah and Rechab killing Ishbosheth, in the upper register; and of Baanah and Rechab bringing the head of Ishbosheth to David, in the lower register.

f. 55v: Miniature of David ordering the hands and feet of Baanah and Recheb to be cut off, in the upper register; and of the coronation of David, in the lower register.

f. 56r: Miniature of David besieging Jerusalem, in the upper register; and of a battle of David's army with the Philistines, in the lower register.

f. 56v: Miniature of David playing the harp, with musicians in procession carrying the Ark, in the upper register; and of David and Bathsheba, in the lower register.

f. 57r: Miniature of David and Bathsheba lying together in bed, in the upper register; and of David dining with Uriah, in the lower register.

f. 57v: Miniature of David giving Uriah a letter, in the upper register; and of Uriah being killed in battle, in the lower register.

f. 58r: Miniature of Nathan reproving David, in the upper register; and of Amnon and Tamar lying in bed, in the lower register.

f. 58v: Miniature of the sons of Absolom killing Amnon, in the upper register; and of David lamenting, in the lower register.

f. 59r: Miniature of Absalom and his sons fleeing, in the upper register; and of Absalom and David, in the lower register.

f. 59v: Miniature of Absalom and David, in the upper register; and of Absalom fighting his father, David, in Jerusalem, in the lower register.

f. 60r: Miniature of Ahithopel hanging himself, in the upper register; and of Absalom defeated in battle, in the lower register.

f. 60v: Miniature of the death of Absalom, in the upper register; and of David lamenting the death of Absalom, in the lower register.

f. 61r: Miniature of David and his people entering Jerusalem, in the upper register; and of David praying to God, in the lower register.

f. 61v: Miniature of David and his councillors, in the upper register; and of the hanging of the sons of Saul and Michal, in the lower register.

f. 62r: Miniature of Joab before David, in the upper register; and of David praying to God, in the lower register.

f. 62v: Miniature of Gad before David, in the upper register; and of death from a pestilence outside the city of Jerusalem, in the lower register.

f. 63r: Miniature of David seeking mercy against the sword of an angel, in the upper register; and of David sacrificing at an altar, in the lower register.

f. 63v: Miniature of Adonijah's feast, in the upper register; and of Bathsheba before David, in the lower register.

f. 64r: Miniature of the anointing of Solomon by Zadok and Nathan, in the upper register; and of David confirming Solomon's anointing, in the lower register.

f. 64v: Miniature of David instructing Solomon, in the upper register; and of the death of David, in the lower register.

f. 65r: Miniature of God appearing to Solomon, in the upper register; and of the Judgement of Solomon, in the lower register.

f. 65v: Miniature of Solomon supervising the construction of the temple, in the upper register; and of Solomon meeting queen Sabah, in the lower register.

f. 66r: Miniature of Solomon and his wives sacrificing to idols, in the upper register; and of a prophet telling Solomon that God will punish him, in the lower register.

f. 66v: Miniature of the battle of the Philistines in Jerusalem, in the upper register; and of the death of Solomon, in the lower register.

f. 67v: Miniature of the Tree of Jesse, featuring nine figures, five of whom are crowned.

f. 68r: Four-register miniature (from top to bottom): Christ enthroned, with Simon & Jude, sons of Alpheus, and John, son of Zebedee; the Virgin and Child, with James the Less, son of Alpheus, and James the Greater, son of Zebedee; the three Marys and their husbands, Joseph, Alpheus, and Zebedee; St Anne and her three husbands, Joachim, Cleophas, and ‘Salomee’.

f. 69v: Six-part miniature with a prophet and an Apostle in each section: Jeremiah & Peter; David & Andrew; Isaiah & James; Zechariah & John; Hosea & Thomas; and Amos & James the Less.

f. 70r: Six-part miniature with a prophet and an Apostle in each section: Zephaniah & Philip; Joel & Bartholemew; Micah & Matthew; Malachai & Simon; Daniel & Thaddeus; and Ezekiel & Matthias.

f. 71v: Miniature of a royal feast, with a king, a queen, and an elderly man at table, served by a youth with a cup and a harper, on a calendar page for January.

f. 72r: Miniature of three men in a boat pouring water from jugs (for the zodiac sign Aquarius), on a calendar page for January.

f. 72v: Miniature of a man seated on a bed before a fire, with a kneeling youth handing him a stocking, and another youth behind him, on a calendar page for February.

f. 73r: Miniature of three men fishing in a Viking-style boat, and catching in a net a double fish (for the zodiac sign Pisces), on a calendar page for February.

f. 73v: Miniature of men pruning vines, on a calendar page for March.

f. 74r: Miniature of shepherds with their flocks, watching two rams butting heads (for the zodiac sign Aries), on a calendar page for March.

f. 74v: Miniature of a group of five young women picking flowers, from a calendar page for April.

f. 75r: Miniature of men driving oxen and bulls (for the zodiac sign Taurus), from a calendar page for April.

f. 75v: Miniature of men hawking, on a calendar page for May.

f. 76r: Miniature of a nude man and woman holding a shield between them (uncoloured, charged with a lion's head between four fleurs-de-lis in saltire), flanked by trees and lions (for the zodiac sign Gemini), from a calendar page for May.

f. 76v: Miniature of three men scything grass, on a calendar page for June.

f. 77r: Miniature of two men in a boat pulling in a crab from the sea (for the zodiac sign Cancer), from a calendar page for June.

f. 77v: Miniature of men harvesting, and a woman with a sheaf of wheat, on a calendar page for July.

f. 78r: Miniature of a man leading a lion by a chain (for the zodiac sign Leo), from the calendar for July.

f. 78v: Miniature of men harvesting wheat with reaping-hooks, on a calendar page for August.

f. 79r: Miniature of four women dancing, flanked by two women tending flowers (for the zodiac sign Virgo), on a calendar page for August.

f. 79v: Miniature of wine-making, on a calendar page for September.

f. 80r: Miniature of a youth holding scales (for the zodiac sign Libra), with a vendor and purchaser on either side of him, on a calendar page for October.

f. 80v: Miniature of a youth with a basket sowing corn, with another man addressing him and a youth with a pack horse, on a calendar page for October.

f. 81r: Miniature of two men holding a large scorpion (for the zodiac sign Scorpio), from a calendar page for October.

f. 81v: Miniature of men beating down acorns to feed their pigs, on a calendar page for November.

f. 82r: Miniature of two centaurs with bows, aiming their arrows at nearby birds (for the zodiac sign Sagittarius), from a calendar page for November.

f. 82v: Miniature of men killing and slaughtering pigs, on a calendar page for December.

f. 83r: Miniature of goatherds and goats (for the zodiac sign Capricorn), on a calendar page for December.

f. 84v: Miniatures of the Annunciation, and the Visitation. In niches at the sides are found (left to right and top to bottom): the Law (Synagogue) as a blindfolded woman, dropping two Tables of the Law; the Gospel (Church) as a woman, crowned and nimbed, holding a church and a chalice; a king; a king holding a church; Moses holding the two Tables of the Law; and an Evangelist holding the Gospels.

f. 85r: Miniature of the Nativity of Christ, flanked by Apostles (SS John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter, Paul, Andrew, and James the Greater, with emblems), with an historiated initial 'B'(eatus) of David playing the harp, inspired by the Holy Spirit as a dove in a cloud above, at Psalm 1.

f. 85v: Historiated initial 'Q' of a bearded man, with a bas-de-page scene of a hunter, blowing a horn and carrying a spear, chasing after a leaping lion.

f. 86r: Bas-de-page scene of a lion seated between two trees (sleeping, according to legend, with its eyes open).

f. 86v: Bas-de-page scene of a lion breathing life into its cub, with a decorated initial 'D'(omine).

f. 87r: Bas-de-page scene of a lion attacking a man.

f. 87v: Bas-de-page scene of an antelope drinking from a stream (according to legend, the River Euphrates), with an inhabited initial 'V'(erba).

f. 88r: Bas-de-page scene of a hunter spearing an antelope, who is so swift he cannot be caught unless his horns are snared in the branches of a tree.

f. 88v: Bas-de-page scene of the serra, a winged sea monster (with the body of a four-legged animal), with a decorated initial 'D'(omine).

f. 89r: Bas-de-page scene of four men and a woman in a boat that is being attacked by the serra, a winged sea monster.

f. 89v: Bas-de-page scene of a caladrius bird perched at the foot of a man on his sickbed; the bird is gazing at the ill man (indicating that he is going to recover), with a decorated initial 'D'(omine).

f. 90r: Bas-de-page scene of two people at the sickbed of a man; a caladrius bird is perched on the foot of the bed, turned away from the ill man (indicating that he is going to die).

f. 90v: Bas-de-page scene of a pelican, perched on the edge of its nest and gazing at its young.

f. 91r: Bas-de-page scene of a pelican, pecking its breast to feed its young with its blood.

f. 91v: Bas-de-page scene of a man with a flowering branch chasing after a flying bat.

f. 92r: Bas-de-page scene of two men on either side of a flying bat.

f. 92v: Bas-de-page scene of an eagle, crouching over a hill and drinking from a stream (to renew itself when old).

f. 93r: Bas-de-page scene of an eagle exposing its young to the rays of the sun.

f. 93v: Bas-de-page scene of a phoenix seated on a burning next, with a man standing to the right (perhaps the priest of Heliopolis).

f. 94r: Bas-de-page scene of a renewed phoenix, risen from the ashes, with a man standing to the right (perhaps the priest of Heliopolis).

f. 94v: Bas-de-page scene of a bird (a hoopoe or upapa) seated in a nest, with three birds perched around it; according to legend, its young will feed it and groom its feathers until new feathers are grown.

f. 95r: Bas-de-page scene of a bird (a hoopoe or upapa), renewed after grooming, flying with two of its young.

f. 95v: Bas-de-page scene of a hill between two trees, covered in small animals (ants).

f. 96r: Bas-de-page scene of three ants, the size and shape of guard dogs (said to live in Ethiopia) attacking two men, armed with swords and shields.

f. 96v: Bas-de-page scene of two sirens (one winged, with clawed feet, and the other with a fish's tail, holding a mirror), near to the sleeping crew of a ship.

f. 97r: Bas-de-page scene of two sirens (one winged) attacking the sleeping crew of a ship.

f. 97v: Bas-de-page scene of a hedgehog with grapes impaled on its spines, in a landscape with three trees.

f. 98r: Bas-de-page scene of a hedgehog being attacked by two dogs.

f. 98v: Bas-de-page scene of an ibis in flight, above the shores of the sea where it lives.

f. 99r: Bas-de-page scene of an ibis feeding on carrion, pecking at the severed leg of a horse.

f. 99v: Bas-de-page scene of a fox feigning death, in order to attack the birds that gather round.

f. 100r: Bas-de-page scene of a fox attacking a rooster, while other birds fly away.

f. 100v: Bas-de-page scene of a battle between an elephant and a unicorn.

f. 101r: Bas-de-page scene of a unicorn being speared by a hunter as it rests in the lap of a virgin.

f. 101v: Bas-de-page scene of a beaver, pursued by a hunter with a horn and an axe, biting off his testicles to dissuade the hunter; the testicles of beavers were thought to have medicinal properties, and according to legend a beaver, when chased, would detach them.

f. 102r: Bas-de-page scene of a man gesturing at a beaver, lying prone nearby (presumably to indicate to the hunter that he has already been castrated; see f. 101v.

f. 102v: Bas-de page scene of a crocodile in the water.

f. 103r: Bas-de-page scene of a hyena eating the corpse of a shrouded man in a coffin.

f. 103v: Bas-de-page scene of a hyena attacking a man who is lying on the ground.

f. 104r: Bas-de-page scene of a hydrus (or water-snake), entering the mouth of a sleeping crocodile and eating its way through the crocodile's side.

f. 104v: Bas-de-page scene of two ibexes (or wild goats) climbing a mountain to escape from a hunter.

f. 105r: Bas-de-page scene of three ibexes (or wild goats) browsing on a mountainside.

f. 105v: Bas-de-page scene of a male ass examining a newly-born foal, with its mother beside it (according to legend, the male will castrate any newly-born male foal).

f. 106r: Bas-de-page scene of a male ass examining a newly-born foal, with its mother beside it.

f. 106v: Bas-de-page scene of two men hailing an ape, which seems to be drawing on a man's boot (probably because it is kept as a pet).

f. 107r: Bas-de-page scene of two hunters trying to catch an ape.

f. 107v: Bas-de-page scene of a mother ape being pursued by a hunter, blowing a horn and carrying a spear; according to legend, she will carry her favourite child in her arms and her less favourite on her back, but will likely drop the favourite when pursued.

f. 108r: Bas-de-page scene of a mother ape being pursued by two hunters, one with a horn.

f. 108v: Bas-de-page scene of a panther, curled up to sleep for three days after eating a meal.

f. 109r: Bas-de-page scene of a multi-coloured panther, with a lion, a deer, and other animals inhaling the odour from his mouth.

f. 109v: Bas-de-page scene of a fulica (a kind of bird), crouching on the water, where it makes its nest.

f. 110r: Bas-de-page scene of two fulicas (a kind of bird), one resting on its nest, built on the water, while the other is catching a fish from a stream.

f. 110v: Bas-de-page scene of a crew of men in a ship at sea.

f. 111r: Bas-de-page scene of the crew of a ship lighting a fire on the back of a whale.

f. 111v: Bas-de-page scene of four partridges flying above a field of corn.

f. 112r: Miniature of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, with a bas-de-page scene of a man snaring partridges with a net, at the end of Psalm 25.

f. 112v: Miniature of the Adoration of the Magi, flanked by female saints in niches (The Virgin Mary, crowned, with a lily-sceptre; St Clare (?) with a book; St Catherine, with her wheel; St Margaret, with a long cross and a dragon; a female saint with no emblem; and St Mary Magdalene, with her pot of ointment), preceding Psalm 26, with an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of David pointing to his eyes, before the lord, and a bas-de-page scene of weasels, who are said to conceive young through their mouths, and to give birth through their ears, at Psalm 26.

f. 113r: Two bas-de-page scenes of a weasel with its young, and running away whilst carrying its young in its mouth.

f. 113v: Bas-de-page scene of an ostrich laying its eggs on the ground, while another vainly attempts to fly.

f. 114r: Bas-de-page scene of a man feeding horseshoes and nails to an ostrich.

f. 114v: Bas-de-page scene of two turtle-doves standing together.

f. 115r: Bas-de-page scene of a turtle-dove perched in a dead tree, mourning its lost mate.

f. 115v: Bas-de-page scene of four stags standing in water.

f. 116r: Bas-de-page scene of a stag killing and eating a serpent.

f. 116v: Bas-de-page scene of a salamander biting a dragon.

f. 117r: Bas-de-page scene of a salamander perched in a tree, eating fruit (which, according to the legend, will poison the fruit).

f. 117v: Bas-de-page scene of pigeons flying into a pigeon house.

f. 118r: Bas-de-page scene of pigeons flying out of a pigeon house.

f. 118v: Bas-de-page scene of an elephant with her calf, having just given birth in water to avoid the dragon, flying above.

f. 119r: Bas-de-page scene of a soldier leading an elephant and castle (with three soldiers inside).

f. 119v: Bas-de-page scene of mandrake plants (whose roots grow in the shapes of human beings) being pulled from the ground by a cord tied to the neck of a hungry dog.

f. 120r: Bas-de-page scene of a man carrying male and female mandrake plants towards a group of three other men.

f. 120v: Bas-de-page scene of a wolf, turned away from a man standing before him (according to legend, if a wolf sees a man before the man can see him, the man will lose his voice).

f. 121r: Bas-de-page scene of a wolf looking at a man (according to legend, if a wolf sees a man before the man can see him, the man will lose his voice).

f. 121v: Bas-de-page scene of a wolf moving against the wind to take a sheep from its fold.

f. 122r: Bas-de-page scene of a wolf with a sheep in his mouth, being pursued by a man and his dog.

f. 122v: Bas-de-page scene of a tiger pursuing a horseman, who is carrying off its cub.

f. 123r: Bas-de-page scene of a hunter distracting a tiger from the capture of its cub by casting a mirror onto the ground in front of it.

f. 123v: Bas-de-page scene of four cranes, one of which is carrying a pebble in its claws in order to keep awake at night whilst on watch.

f. 124r: Bas-de-page scene of three cranes flying in formation.

f. 124v: Bas-de-page scene of two peacocks.

f. 125r: Bas-de-page scene of a peahen and a peacock.

f. 125v: Bas-de-page scene of musicians trying to charm an aspis, which holds one ear to the ground and stops up the other with its tail, to avoid hearing the music.

f. 126r: Bas-de-page scene of two musicians lulling an aspis to sleep with music, while two others steal balm from the tree which the aspis was guarding.

f. 126v: Bas-de-page scene of two vipers (depicted as quadrupeds); the male viper is inserting his snout into the mouth of the female, who bites it off and thus conceives her young.

f. 127r: Bas-de-page scene of a female viper (depicted as a quadruped), with her young emerging from her side.

f. 127v: Bas-de-page scene of a creature called a serpens (who runs from a man if he is naked, but attacks the man if he is clothed), escaping from a naked man.

f. 128r: Bas-de-page scene of a creature called a serpens (who runs from a man if he is naked, but attacks the man if he is clothed), attacking a clothed man.

f. 128v: Bas-de-page scene of an owl in a tree, being attacked by two other birds.

f. 129r: Bas-de-page scene of crows in flight.

f. 129v: Bas-de-page scene of a crow perched above its young, in a nest.

f. 130r: Bas-de-page scene of a crow pecking at the eyes of a nude corpse.

f. 130v: Bas-de-page scene of a bear and a horse fighting or playing together.

f. 131r: Miniature of the three Magi before Herod, with two knights in banded mail in niches, with a bas-de-page scene of a bear on a chain springing at a woman, while a man is whipping him, at the end of Psalm 37.

f. 131v: Miniature of the Three Magi asleep, with an angel appearing to them to warn them, with six figures in niches without nimbi (prophets), and the last a crowned King David, with an historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David pointing to his eyes, and a bas-de-page scene of two knights jousting, at Psalm 38.

f. 132r: Miniature of Herod, with half-drawn sword, sitting amidst the Massacre of the Innocents, with six prophets in niches, and a bas-de-page scene of two grotesques fighting.

f. 132v: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesque hybrids (with grotesque mounts) jousting each other.

f. 133r: Bas-de-page scene of two men fighting; one is riding a bull and armed with a spear, whilst the other is riding a horse and carrying a sword.

f. 133v: Bas-de-page scene of a grotesque hybrid jousting a knight, whose horse has collapsed beneath him.

f. 134r: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesque hybrids (one half-man, half-bear) fighting each other with swords and shields.

f. 134v: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesque hybrids (half-man, half-lion) fighting each other with swords and axes, and shields.

f. 135r: Bas-de-page scene of an armoured knight riding a lion, jousting with a grotesque hybrid (half-man, half-horse and lion), with a sword and shield.

f. 135v: Bas-de-page scene of a siren with a shield and lance spearing a grotesque hybrid (half-man, half-horse) with a shield and sword.

f. 136r: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesques (one half-dragon, half-lion, and the other half-man, half-horned dragon) fighting with each other.

f. 136v: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesque dragons fighting, biting one another.

f. 137r: Bas-de-page scene of a winged lion-like grotesque biting the neck of a kneeling horse.

f. 137v: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesques fighting; one, half-man, half-lion, with a bow and arrow, and the other, half-man, half-boar, with a shield and scimitar.

f. 138r: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesques fighting, one, half-man, half-winged lion, with a sword, and the other, half-man, half-lion, with a club.

f. 138v: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesque dragons, with heads in their tails, twisted together (similar to the amphivena of bestiaries).

f. 139r: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesques fighting.

f. 139v: Bas-de-page scene of an ape with a shield and lance mounted on a donkey, jousting with a long-eared grotesque hybrid.

f. 140r: Bas-de-page scene of a griffin biting the neck of a kneeling dragon.

f. 140v: Bas-de-page scene of an ape with a shield and lance, mounted on a bull-bear hybrid grotesque, spearing a falling man, armed with a sword and a shield.

f. 141r: Bas-de-page scene of mounted grotesque hybrids fighting.

f. 141v: Bas-de-page scene of two rams butting heads in combat.

f. 142r: Bas-de-page scene of a ram and a stag butting heads in combat.

f. 142v: Bas-de-page scene of two roosters fighting and pecking at each other.

f. 143r: Bas-de-page scene of two sea creatures with sail-like fins in combat.

f. 143v: Bas-de-page scene of two hybrid grotesques (each half-fish), with shields and lances, jousting with one another in the ocean.

f. 144r: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesque hybrids fighting with each other.

f. 144v: Bas-de-page scene of dogs baiting a chained bull, urged on by two men.

f. 145r: Bas-de-page scene of three hounds attacking a boar.

f. 145v: Bas-de-page scene of a griffin attacking a lion.

f. 146r: Bas-de-page scene of a grotesque archer (half-man, half-long eared lion) fighting with an armoured grotesque (half-man, half-horned horse).

f. 146v: Bas-de-page scene of two men fighting with swords and shields.

f. 147r: Bas-de-page scene of two men fighting with swords and shields.

f. 147v: Bas-de-page scene of two mounted grotesques fighting, with bow and lance.

f. 148r: Bas-de-page scene of a grotesque knight encountering two snails.

f. 148v: Two-register miniature of the Nativity of Christ, and the Flight into Egypt, with six prophets in niches, and a bas-de-page scene of a lion and dragon fighting, at the end of Psalm 50.

f. 149r: Miniature of the Presentation in the Temple, with Joseph carrying a basket containing three doves, and a woman holding a tall taper, with an historiated initial 'Q'(uid) of David beheading Goliath, with a bas-de-page scene of a horned grotesque, at Psalm 51.

f. 149v: Bas-de-page scene of a Saracen carrying off a lady, pursued by an armoured knight.

f. 150r: Miniature of the Virgin, crowned and enthroned, nursing the Christ child, with angels swinging censers and holding tapers, with a bas-de-page scene of an armoured knight fighting with a Saracen on horseback, at Psalm 52.

f. 150v: Miniature of Christ in the Temple disputing with the doctors, with the Virgin Mary behind, and six niches with prophets, with an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of David and the fool, and a bas-de-page scene of a mounted hunter and two hounds pursuing a stag, at Psalm 52.

f. 151r: Miniature of Christ in the Temple speaking to the doctors, with the Virgin and Joseph behind, and six niches with prophets, accompanying the text of Psalm 52, with a bas-de-page scene of a mounted man and two mounted women hawking, with a man on foot holding a lure, and a hawk attacking a duck.

f. 151v: Bas-de-page scene of a mounted hunter, followed by an attendant with bows and arrows, and two dogs.

f. 152r: Bas-de-page scene of two dogs hunting a stag.

f. 152v: Bas-de-page scene of two ladies on horseback, one blowing a horn.

f. 153r: Bas-de-page scene of woman shooting a stag with an arrow, while her hunting dog siezes the wounded animal.

f. 153v: Bas-de-page scene of four men urging on a small dog, while a boy follows behind holding two greyhounds on a leash.

f. 154r: Bas-de-page scene of a man with two greyhounds, one of whom is seizing a hare.

f. 154v: Bas-de-page scene of two men, one blowing a horn, and two dogs hunting.

f. 155r: Bas-de-page scene of a stag on its back on the ground, being attacked by two dogs, while the hunter blows his horn.

f. 155v: Bas-de-page scene of women catching rabbits with a net and ferret.

f. 156r: Bas-de-page scene of two women hunting rabbits with clubs.

f. 156v: Bas-de-page scene of two young men on horseback, each carrying a hawk.

f. 157r: Bas-de-page scene of a mounted young man, with hawk striking a heron.

f. 157v: Bas-de-page scene of a fox, with a mitre and a pastoral staff, preaching to a crane, a goose, a duck, and a robin.

f. 158r: Bas-de-page drawing of a fox with a duck in his jaws being pursued by a woman, striking at the fox with a distaff.

f. 158v: Bas-de-page scene of three men and two women.

f. 159r: Bas-de-page scene of two knights with lances, each standing in a boat being rowed by two men, and tilting at each other.

f. 159v: Bas-de-page scene of a man with a lance striking at an ape which is climbing a tree.

f. 160r: Bas-de-page scene of two men, one with a club, pursuing a dog (or fox) carrying off a fowl.

f. 160v: Bas-de-page scene of two wrestlers in short drawers being watched by groups of seated spectators, and one man holding aloft a pole with a cock on top (a reward for the winner).

f. 161r: Bas-de-page scene of two men shooting arrows at a cock and another bird.

f. 161v: Bas-de-page scene of two men wrestling, each mounted on the shoulders of another man.

f. 162r: Bas-de-page scene of three men, two pushing against the raised foot of the third man.

f. 162v: Bas-de-page scene of two archers with crossbows shooting at a bird in a tree.

f. 163r: Bas-de-page scene of a man with a sword and small round shield fighting a dragon.

f. 163v: Bas-de-page scene of two boys with butterflies, and another boy with a bird, at the end of strings that they carry.

f. 164r: Bas-de-page scene of two boys whipping a top.

f. 164v: Bas-de-page scene of a knight fighting a lion, which is springing on his horse from behind.

f. 165r: Bas-de-page scene of a horseman shooting an arrow at a grotesque behind him.

f. 165v: Bas-de-page scene of two men with flails threshing corn in sheaves.

f. 166r: Bas-de-page scene of a young woman and a man, in the guise of a satyr, dancing together.

f. 166v: Bas-de-page scene of four young men playing bob-cherry.

f. 167r: Bas-de-page scene of two young men playing at club-kayles with pins and a stick.

f. 167v: Bas-de-page scene of two men, one nude and one clothed, playing at knucklebones.

f. 168r: Bas-de-page scene of two nude men wrestling.

f. 168v: Miniature of the marriage feast at Cana with a kneeling maid holding up a cup of the miraculous wine and six angels playing musical instruments in niches, three on either side, with an historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of Jonah being cast from his boat and praying in the sea, with two grotesques battling in the lower margin.

f. 169r: Miniature of Christ and the Feeding of the Five Thousand, with six nimbed figures in niches (Apostles?), and a bas-de-page scene of a dragon fighting with a grotesque armed with a small shield and axe.

f. 169v: Bas-de-page scene of a swimming master standing up in a boat, indicating the direction to two pupils.

f. 170r: Bas-de-page scene of a man swimming, and another treading water.

f. 170v: Bas-de-page scene of a man blowing a horn, while two greyhounds are catching a hare.

f. 171r: Bas-de-page scene of a man leading two greyhounds on a leash, while a boy follows, carrying the dead hare.

f. 171v: Bas-de-page scene of a man blowing a horn, and another, with an axe on his shoulder, leading two dogs, while a third dog runs in advance.

f. 172r: Bas-de-page scene of a hunter with a prone stag, while two hounds look on, with a decorated initial 'D'(eus).

f. 172v: Bas-de-page scene of king and two attendants hunting, preceded by a youth leading two dogs, with a decorated initial 'I'(n).

f. 173r: Bas-de-page scene of a wild man, covered with hair, baited by three dogs.

f. 173v: Bas-de-page scene of two young men and two young women standing in a row, their hands connected by ribbons.

f. 174r: Bas-de-page scene of two musicians dancing, one playing a mandora, and the other a fiddle, with a decorated initial 'D'(eus).

f. 174v: Bas-de-page scene of two men blowing horns, with a small dog between them.

f. 175r: Bas-de-page scene of two men with spades, digging a fox out of its earth, while the fox bolts and a dog pursues it.

f. 175v: Bas-de-page scene of a confrontation between two apes riding on the backs of two other apes, with a decorated initial 'Q'(uam).

f. 176r: Bas-de-page scene of a combat between apes ridden by other apes.

f. 176v: Bas-de-page scene of a monk, a friar, and two nuns in a row, their hands connected by ribbons.

f. 177r: Bas-de-page scene of a nun playing a psaltery and a monk playing a mandora.

f. 177v: Bas-de-page scene of two women carrying hawks, and a small dog in front of them, with an inhabited initial 'U'(t).

f. 178r: Bas-de-page scene of two women with two dogs, and a hawk striking at a heron.

f. 178v: Bas-de-page scene of two men and two women in a row, holding ribbons.

f. 179r: Bas-de-page scene of three musicians, two with trumpets, and the third with cymbals.

f. 179v: Bas-de-page scene of four apes, hand in hand, wearing smocks with hoods, with a decorated initial 'C'(onfitebimur).

f. 180r: Bas-de-page scene of two apes, similarly clad, playing a fiddle and a harp, with a decorated initial 'N'(otus).

f. 180v: Bas-de-page scene of two dragons fighting, with an inhabited initial 'V'(oce).

f. 181r: Bas-de-page scene of two dragons fighting.

f. 181v: Bas-de-page scene of two men and two women in a row, holding ribbons.

f. 182r: Bas-de-page scene of two women playing tambourines, with a decorated initial 'A'(ttendite).

f. 182v: Bas-de-page scene of a man leading a tame lion by a rope.

f. 183r: Bas-de-page scene of a man whipping a puppy to attract a lion by its howls.

f. 183v: Bas-de-page scene of two knights jousting with lances.

f. 184r: Bas-de-page scene of a knight, armed with a sword, being unhorsed by another armed with a lance.

f. 184v: Bas-de-page scene of two servants carrying dishes, preceded by another playing a fiddle.

f. 185r: Bas-de-page scene of a king and two others at a table, with a kneeling attendant holding up a cup.

f. 185v: Bas-de-page scene of two knights fighting or jousting.

f. 186r: Bas-de-page scene of a group of knights battling, with a trumpeter on the left.

f. 186v: Bas-de-page scene of a man, with a sword and sheild, fighting against a dragon.

f. 187r: Bas-de-page scene of a man, with a sword and shield, being defeated by a dragon.

f. 187v: Bas-de-page scene of a cock and a winged serpent fighting, with a decorated initial 'D'(eus).

f. 188r: Bas-de-page scene of a wild cat jumping mid-air towards a dragon-grotesque.

f. 188v: Bas-de-page scene of a seated king taking a cup from a kneeling attendant, with a decorated initial 'Q'(ui).

f. 189r: Bas-de-page scene of four youths in a row, their hands connected by ribbons, and a musician playing a mandora.

f. 189v: Bas-de-page scene of a king, with a hawk perched on his arm, riding with two others.

f. 190r: Bas-de-page scene of a hawk striking at a heron over water, with a falconer on the left.

f. 190v: Miniature of the Baptism of Christ, with an historiated initial 'E'(xultate) of David playing the bells, at the beginning of Psalm 80, and a bas-de-page drawing of a unicorn and a lion.

f. 191r: Miniature in two registers of the Temptations of Christ, surrounded by six niches with figures of kings, seraphim and angels, and a bas-de-page scene of two mermaids, one with a harp, the other with a trumpet and mirror.

f. 191v: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesques playing a stringed instrument and a trumpet.

f. 192r: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesques, one playing a mandora and one playing a horned instrument, with an inhabited initial 'D'(eus) with a lion at its centre.

f. 192v: Bas-de-page scene of an ape and a grotesque playing a mandora and a trumpet, with a decorated initial 'D'(eus).

f. 193r: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesques, one playing a psaltery and one playing a rebec.

f. 193v: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesques, both playing piped instruments.

f. 194r: Bas-de-page scene of a donkey playing a trumpet and a cat beating a tabor.

f. 194v: Bas-de-page scene of an ape riding a stag-like animal whilst playing a trumpet.

f. 195r: Bas-de-page scene of a stag-like grotesque with raised arms, with a decorated initial 'B'(enedixisti).

f. 195v: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesques playing tambourines.

f. 196r: Bas-de-page scene of two grotesques playing instruments, one playing a trumpet and one playing a rebec.

f. 196v: Bas-de-page scene of three men dancing and one man singing.

f. 197r: Bas-de-page scene of two men, one with bagpipes, dancing, and the other with a tabor, with an inhabited initial 'F'(undamenta) with a dragon at its centre.

f. 197v: Bas-de-page scene of two women with lances and shields, jousting on horseback, with a decorated initial 'D'(omine).

f. 198r: Bas-de-page scene of two women blowing long trumpets.

f. 198v: Bas-de-page scene of a man and a woman playing chess or draughts.

f. 199r: Bas-de-page scene of two young men holding gold cups, with a decorated initial 'M'(isericordias).

f. 199v: Bas-de-page scene of three men and a woman at a table.

f. 200r: Bas-de-page scene of three servants carrying dishes.

f. 200v: Bas-de-page scene of two men and two women seated on a bench, with one of the women holding a lapdog.

f. 201r: Bas-de-page scene of four young men standing in a row, with joined hands, and two others blowing long trumpets.

f. 201v: Bas-de-page scene of two men and two women sitting on a bench, gesticulating.

f. 202r: Bas-de-page scene of three young men carrying gold cups.

f. 202v: Bas-de-page scene of three men at a table, with a kneeling attendant holding up a gold cup, with a decorated initial 'D'(omine).

f. 203r: Bas-de-page scene of two men dancing, one playing a mandora, and the other a rebec.

f. 203v: Bas-de-page scene of an elderly man and three younger men at a table, with a harper on the right seated on a stool, with a decorated initial 'Q'(ui).

f. 204r: Bas-de-page scene of four men standing in a row, with hands joined.

f. 204v: Bas-de-page scene of Theophilus seeking aid from the Virgin, and kneeling before a statue of the Virgin and child over an altar.

f. 205r: Bas-de-page scene of the Virgin forcing the Devil to restore the deed by which Theophilus bartered his soul.

f. 205v: Bas-de-page scene of a sacristan, crossing a river from seeing his mistress, being drowned by a devil then rescued and restored back to life by the Virgin Mary.

f. 206r: Bas-de-page scene of Ebbo, the thief, surrounded by five figures, two of them bearing knives, and being supported by the Virgin for two days on the gallows, with a decorated initial 'D'(ominus).

f. 206v: Bas-de-page scene of the Virgin Mary coming to the aid of a devoted nun on her deathbed, with a decorated initial 'D'(eus).

f. 207r: Bas-de-page scene of the Virgin preventing the attack on a monk by the Devil, in the form of a lion.

f. 207v: Bas-de-page scene of a Jewish child at Bourges entering a Christian church and receiving the Eucharist.

f. 208r: Bas-de-page scene of the Virgin preventing a father from throwing his child into a burning oven, with an inhabited initial 'V'(enite).

f. 208v: Bas-de-page scene of an abbess accused by her nuns of inchastity, imploring the help of the Virgin Mary, with the Virgin relieving her of her infant and sending it by an angel to a hermit to be nurtured.

f. 209r: Bas-de-page scene of an angel, sent by the Virgin, delivering an infant to a hermit to be nurtured, with a decorated initial 'C'(antate).

f. 209v: Bas-de-page scene of a clerk of Chartres who was buried outside the cemetery on account of his vicious life, to whom the Virgin Mary appeared and complained of this treatment of one who was devoted to her.

f. 210r: Bas-de-page scene of six figures witnessing the opening of a bishop's tomb, and a lily growing from his mouth, with a decorated initial 'D'(ominus).

f. 210v: Miniature of Martha meeting Christ and the apostles, with four figures in niches, two on each side, with a bas-de-page scene of a clerk who sung daily an antiphon to the Virgin containing five Gaudes, and how she visited him on his death-bed and promised him a share of the joy he had wished her, at Psalm 96.

f. 211r: Miniature of the raising of Lazarus by Christ, with a bas-de-page scene of a monk painting a fresco of the Virgin Mary; his ladder is broken by the devil but he is then rescued by the Virgin, at Psalm 96.

f. 211v: An historiated initial 'C'(antate), with three clerks singing at a lectern, with a bas-de-page scene of the Virgin Mary who heals the leg of man wounded with an axe.

f. 212r: Bas-de-page scene of the Virgin, who calls to Paradise a poor man on his death-bed who had given away alms bestowed upon him for her sake, with a decorated initial 'D'(ominus).

f. 212v: Bas-de-page scene of a priest who was suspended for knowing no Mass except that of the Virgin, with a decorated initial 'I'(ubilate).

f. 213r: Bas-de-page scene of a priest appealing to Becket, the archbishop, to restore him, with a decorated initial 'M'(ise).

f. 213v: Miniature of John the Baptist preaching, with an ox, a lion and a calf behind him, with four figures in niches, two on each side, with a bas-de-page scene of two devils pushing a sacristan off a bridge and the Virgin Mary rescuing him.

f. 214r: Miniature of Christ teaching, with a bas-de-page scene of a miracle of the Virgin.

f. 214v: Historiated initial, 'D'(omine) with the anointing of David by Samuel below a cloud with the hand of God, with a bas-de-page scene of a monk of St. Peter's at Cologne who had died unconfessed and devils had seized his soul, then had appealed to the Virgin, who restored his soul.

f. 215r: Bas-de-page scene of King Louis VII being made to believe in miracles by seeing victims of the 'mal des ardents' healed by the Virgin in the cathedral of Soissons.

f. 215v: Bas-de-page scene of the monk Anselm who spilt sacramental wine over the corporale, and how the Virgin Mary removed the stain.

f. 216r: Bas-de-page scene of the Virgin addressing a group of worshippers.

f. 216v: Bas-de-page scene of a knight bargaining with the devil to bring back his wife, with a decorated initial 'B'(enedic).

f. 217r: Bas-de-page scene from a legend of the Virgin in which a virtuous woman whose husband has bargained her away in exchange for wealth (see f. 216v), stops at a church to pray and her place is taken by the Virgin in order to confound the Devil.

f. 217v: Bas-de-page scene of a Roman matron being denounced for incest and murder before the emperor by the devil disguised as a clerk.

f. 218r: Bas-de-page scene from one of the legends of the Virgin Mary in which a nun confesses her sins before the pope and is transformed into the figure of the Virgin, thus confounding the devil, who is her accuser.

f. 218v: Bas-de-page scene of a nun, who was devoted to the Virgin, eloping with a clerk.

f. 219r: Bas-de-page scene of a kneeling nun confessing to an abbess.

f. 219v: Bas-de-page scene of a priest being saved by the Virgin Mary, having confessed on his death-bed for debauching a nun.

f. 220r: Bas-de-page scene of the Virgin holding out a candle to a virtuous drowning girl.

f. 220v: Bas-de-page scene of the death of a monk, with three figures at his bedside, with a decorated initial 'C'(onfitemini).

f. 221r: Bas-de-page scene of the Virgin curing a monk of mouth cancer, assisted by an angel.

f. 221v: Bas-de-page scene of a monk kneeling before the Virgin Mary.

f. 222r: Bas-de-page scene of a knight, who had become a Cistercian and could learn no Latin other than the words 'Ave Maria', which he repeated over and over until his death; then during his entombment, a lily grew from his mouth.

f. 222v: Bas-de-page scene of Mercurius being roused from his tomb by the Virgin Mary and an angel.

f. 223r: Bas-de-page scene of St. Mercurius, who had been roused from his tomb, overthrowing Julian the Apostate in battle, with a decorated initial 'C'(onfitemini).

f. 223v: Bas-de-page scene of a devoted clerk from Pisa and a woman, being led on horseback to their wedding ceremony, assisted by two other men, one on horseback and one on foot.

f. 224r: Bas-de-page scene of a devoted clerk of Pisa, having left his bride to become a monk after the appearance of the Virgin at his wedding, who scolded him for deserting her.

f. 224v: Bas-de-page scene of a bishop, saved from the wreck of a ship laden with pilgrims to Jerusalem, who sees the souls of the drowned ascending to heaven whilst the Virgin saves one of the pilgrims still alive in the water.

f. 225r: Bas-de-page scene of the pilgrim recounting to a bishop his experience of being saved by the Virgin from a shipwreck (see f. 224v).

f. 225v: Bas-de-page scene showing the devotion of Eulalia, a nun of Shaftesbury, towards the Virgin Mary.

f. 226r: Bas-de-page scene of Eulalia, a nun of Shaftesbury, being visited by the Virgin at night and commanded to say her Ave Maria more slowly, with a decorated initial 'C'(onfitemini).

f. 226v: Bas-de-page scene of the devotion of Bon, the bishop of Clermont.

f. 227r: Bas-de-page scene of the devoted St. Bon, bishop of Clermont, celebrating Mass one night before the Virgin, who is accompanied by two women.

f. 227v: Bas-de-page scene of how a devoted clerk called up the devil through the means of necromancy in order to help him win over the girl he loved.

f. 228r: Bas-de-page scene of a devoted clerk giving himself up to the Virgin's service following her appearance to him on his wedding day (see f. 227v).

f. 228v: Bas-de-page scene of Dunstan at Canterbury having been led by the Virgin into her chapel.

f. 229r: Bas-de-page scene of a choir of virgins singing before St. Dunstan of Canterbury, with a decorated initial 'P'(aratum).

f. 229v: Bas-de-page scene of a widow, whose only child was being held captive, and finding prayers before an image of the Virgin of no avail, snatched the Christ-child from the Virgin Mary's arms to hold as a pledge.

f. 230: Bas-de-page scene of the Virgin returning a captured child back to his mother, with a decorated initial 'D'(eus).

f. 230v: Bas-de-page scene of a monk with an ulcered mouth presumed as dead, with four figures watching on.

f. 231r: Bas-de-page scene of the Virgin Mary restoring an ill monk with her milk.

f. 231v: Bas-de-page scene of a monk of Cambrai, who when living in the world, had a vision of judgement in which he saw the Virgin pleading for his soul.

f. 232r: Bas-de-page scene of a monk of Cambrai being visited by the Virgin Mary who warns him not to dismiss the zeal of his brothers after he objected to the Hours of the Virgin being sung daily.

f. 233v: Miniature of the Entry into Jerusalem with Christ on a donkey's back, two disciples, a boy in a tree and a man laying down a blue cloth, with an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, containing the Father and the Son holding spheres, and the Holy Spirit (dove) descending down between them, with a bas-de-page scene of Stephen preaching before three others, at Psalm 109.

f. 234r: Four-part miniature with scenes from the Life of Christ, including Christ healing the sight of Bartimaeus, the washing of Christ's feet by Mary Magdalene, Christ disputing, and Christ giving sop to Judas, with a bas-de-page scene of the martyrdom of Stephen.

f. 234v: Bas-de-page scene of John, standing with a palm-branch in his hand, preaching before three others, with a decorated initial 'C'(onfitebor).

f. 235r: Bas-de-page scene of John standing naked in a boiling cauldon whilst two men encourage the fire from either side.

f. 235v: Bas-de-page scene of Herod giving orders to three soldiers, with a decorated initial 'B'(eatus).

f. 236r: Bas-de-page scene of the Massacre of the Innocents, with a mother and her two infant children being stabbed by the swords of two soldiers, with a decorated initial 'L'(audate).

f. 236v: Bas-de-page scene of Thomas of Canterbury sitting at a table receiving the news of the arrival of four knights, with a zoomorphic initial 'I'(n) containing a dragon.

f. 237r: Bas-de-page scene of the martyrdom Thomas of Canterbury before the cross-bearer Grim holding up the cross and surrounded by four knights.

f. 237v: Bas-de-page scene of an assisted Fabian before the emperor.

f. 238r: Bas-de-page scene of the martyrdom of Fabian, lying on the ground, flanked by two soldiers pointing arrows at him.

f. 238v: Bas-de-page scene of an assisted Agnes before a judge, with a decorated initial 'D'(ilexi).

f. 239r: Bas-de-page scene of the martyrdom of Agnes, beheaded by a man holding up a sword, with a decorated initial 'C'(redidi).

f. 239v: Bas-de-page scene of an assisted Vincent before a judge, with one inhabited initial 'L'(audate) containing the head of a dragon and one decorated initial 'C'(onfitemini).

f. 240r: Bas-de-page scene of Vincent being laid on a fire with his hands bound, whilst the fire is provoked by a figure on each side.

f. 240v: Bas-de-page scene of Paul receiving letters from the High Priest to take to Damascus.

f. 241r: Bas-de-page scene of Paul being struck from his horse and blinded by lightning whilst en route to take letters to Damascus, as requested by the High Priest, with soldiers and horses rearing either side.

f. 241v: Miniature of four scenes in quatrefoils: (top left) Peter led out of prison by the angel, (top right) Christ enthroned, with the emblems of the Evangelists, (bottom left) the mystical institution of the Eucharist: Christ, with two disciples, behind an altar pointing to Himself in form of a child sitting on a corner of the altar, (bottom right) Christ washing Peter's feet, with a bas-de-page scene of an assisted Agatha before a king.

f. 242r: Miniature of four scenes at Gethsemane in quatrefoils: (top left) Christ addresses the three disciples, (top right) Christ finds the disciples sleeping, (bottom left) Christ prays and an angel appears to him, and (bottom right) Christ finds the disciples weeping from grief, with a bas-de-page scene of Agatha being tortured by two men, who tear at her breasts with pincers.

f. 242v: Bas-de-page scene of an assisted Valentine before a judge, with a zoomorphic initial 'I'(n) containing a dragon.

f. 243r: Bas-de-page scene of Valentine being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, with a decorated initial 'R'(etribue).

f. 243v: Bas-de-page scene of an assisted Juliana before a judge, with a decorated initial 'A'(dhesit).

f. 244r: Bas-de-page scene of Juliana being hanged by her hair from a tree, watched by two men.

f. 244v: Miniature of four scenes from Gethsemane in quatrefoils: (top left) Christ praying, (top right) Christ finds the three disciples sleeping, (bottom left) Christ addresses those who have come to take Him away, (bottom right) Judas kisses Christ and Christ is seized, Peter chopping off Malchus’ ear; with an historiated initial ‘L’(egem) of Christ and two others before the High Priest; and a bas-de-page scene of Edward, king and martyr, riding to hunt, with two figures on horseback, one on foot, and two dogs.

f. 245r: Miniature of four scenes from the Gospel of Mark in quatrefoils: (top left) Christ before the High Priest who wears a mitre, (top right) a man seizing another by pulling back his cloak as he leaves a building, from which he dropped his cloak and fled naked, (bottom left) the Flagellation of Christ, with the High Priest and Peter standing by, and (bottom right) Peter warming himself by the fire when a maid accuses him of being there at Nazareth with Jesus; and a bas-de-page scene of Edward, king and martyr, being stabbed while drinking by the cup-bearer, with his step-mother Ælfthryth and another woman looking on.

f. 245v: Bas-de-page scene of Tiburtius before a judge.

f. 246r: Bas-de-page scene of Tiburtius being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, with a decorated initial 'M'(emor).

f. 246v: Bas-de-page scene of Mark before an altar, with three men throwing a noose round his neck.

f. 247r: Bas-de-page scene of Mark lying on the ground with two men mocking him, one of whom swings a noose over him, with a decorated initial 'P'(orcio).

f. 247v: Bas-de-page scene of Vitalis before a judge, with a decorated initial 'B'(onitatem).

f. 248r: Bas-de-page scene of Vitalis being buried alive by two men with spades, as ordered by the judge, with a decorated initial 'M'(anus).

f. 248v: Miniature with four scenes in quatrefoils: (top left) Mocking of Christ, (top right) Christ before Pilate, (bottom left) Judas throwing down the thirty pieces of silver, and (bottom right) Judas hanging himself and a devil carrying off his soul, with a bas-de-page scene of James the Less praying below a cloud containing Christ.

f. 249r: Four-part miniature with scenes from the Passion of Christ, with an historiated initial 'D'(eficit) of the scourging of Christ, and a bas-de-page scene of James the Less being thrown down from the roof of the Temple.

f. 249v: Bas-de-page scene of Pancras before the emperor, with a decorated initial 'I'(n).

f. 250r: Bas-de-page scene of the beheading of Pancras by a man with a raised sword, with a decorated initial 'Q'(uomodo).

f. 250v: Bas-de-page scene of Barnabus preacing before a group of figures, with a decorated initial 'L'(ucerna).

f. 251r: Bas-de-page scene of Barnabas being lying on a fire provoked by two men, with a zoomorphic initial 'I'(nignos).

f. 251v: Bas-de-page scene of a crowned Alban in the grasp of two men in mail before a king, with a decorated initial 'F'(eci).

f. 252r: Bas-de-page scene of Alban being beheaded by a man with a raised sword.

f. 252v: Miniature with scenes of the Passion in four quatrefoils: (top left) Christ crowned with thorns, (top right) the Jews laying hold of Simon of Cyrene, (bottom left) the shaping of the Cross with an axe, (bottom right) the smith's wife forging the nails, with an an historiated initial 'M' with a Jew asking Pilate to set a watch by the tomb, with a bas-de-page scene of an assisted Peter before the emperor, at Psalm 118.

f. 253r: Miniature of four scenes of the Passion of Christ in quatrefoils: (top left) Christ bearing the Cross, (top right) the Virgin Mary supporting the cross, assisted by a man with a hammer, (bottom left) Christ being nailed to the cross, (bottom right) Christ raised upon the cross, with the Jews mocking, with a bas-de-page scene of Peter crucified upside down, with two men tying knots at his feet.

f. 253v: Bas-de-page scene of Paul before the emperor, with a zoomorphic initial 'J'(ustus).

f. 254r: Bas-de-page scene of Paul, with his head hanging down, being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, with a decorated initial 'C'(lamavi).

f. 254v: Bas-de-page scene of Kenelm hunting, with two figures on horseback, one on foot and two dogs.

f. 255r: Bas-de-page scene of Kenelm being thrown head first into a pit by two men, with a decorated initial 'P'(rincipes).

f. 255v: Bas-de-page scene of an assisted Margaret before a prefect, with a decorated initial 'A'(ppropinquet).

f. 256r: Bas-de-page scene of Margaret emerging from the back of a dragon with a cross in her hand, and then being beheaded by a man with a raised sword.

f. 256v: Miniature of the Crucifixion, with a grieving Virgin Mary falling into the arms of a woman on the left, Longinus (without his spear) kneeling in the foreground, with two men throwing dice at the foot of the crucifix, with eight niches, four on each side, occupied by male figures, with an historiated initial 'A'(d), with a pope, king, bishop and two others kneeling before an altar, with a bas-de-page scene of Christina cast into the sea and rescued by angels, at Psalm 119.

f. 257r: Miniature of four scenes in quatrefoils: (top left) Pilate giving Joseph of Arimathaea the order to have the body of Christ, (top right) the Deposition of Christ, Joseph supporting the body and Nicodemus drawing the nail from the feet with pincers, the Virgin on the left, John on the right, (bottom left) Pilate and the High Priest giving orders to the soldier, (bottom right) the Entombment, Joseph supporting Christ's head, Nicodemus holding a pot of spices, the Virgin, weeping, and John behind, with a bas-de-page scene of Christina being held by two men, one of whom stabs her.

f. 257v: Bas-de-page scene of James the Greater preaching before three men, with a decorated initial 'L'(evavi).

f. 258r: Bas-de-page scene of James being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, with a decorated initial 'L'(etatus).

f. 258v: Bas-de-page scene of a crowned Oswald riding into battle against Penda, with an inhabited initial 'A'(d).

f. 259r: Bas-de-page scene of Oswald riding into battle against Penda and being slain by soldiers on horseback, who hold up their swords in attack, with a decorated initial 'N'(isi).

f. 259v: Bas-de-page scene of Donatus restoring the broken chalice, with two priests holding a houseling cloth and four communicants kneeling, with a decorated initial 'Q'(ui).

f. 260r: Bas-de-page scene of Donatus being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, with a decorated initial 'I'(n).

f. 260v: Bas-de-page scene of an assisted Laurence before the emperor, with a decorated initial 'N'(isi).

f. 261r: Bas-de-page scene of the martyrdom of Laurence, being burned alive on a gridiron, with a decorated initial 'B'(eati).

f. 261v: Bas-de-page scene of an assisted Tiburtius before a king, with a decorated initial 'S'(aepe).

f. 262r: Bas-de-page scene of Tiburtius being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, with a decorated initial 'D'(eprofundis).

f. 262v: Bas-de-page scene of Hippolytus being whipped by two men in the presence of a king, with two decorated initials: 'D'(omine) and 'M'(emento).

f. 263r: Bas-de-page scene of Hippolytus being beheaded by a man with a raised sword.

f. 263v: Bas-de-page scene of an assisted Bartholomew before a king.

f. 264r: Bas-de-page scene of Bartholemew being martyred by being flayed alive, with two decorated initials 'E'(cce).

f. 264v: Bas-de-page scene of Herod and his queen sitting at a table and Salome to the right performing a tumble, with a decorated initial 'L'(audate).

f. 265r: Bas-de-page scene of John the Baptist leaning out of a building and being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, with Salome alongside.

f. 265v: Bas-de-page scene of Felix before a mitred judge,with a decorated initial 'C'(onfitemini).

f. 266r: Bas-de-page scene of Felix being beheaded by a man with a raised sword.

f. 266v: Bas-de-page scene of Maurice and two others before the king, with a decorated initial 'S'(uper).

f. 267r: Bas-de-page scene of Maurice and two others being beheaded by two soldiers.

f. 267v: Bas-de-page scene of a judge giving orders to two men carrying swords, with a decorated initial 'C'(onfitebor).

f. 268r: Bas-de-page scene of Cyprian and Justina being beheaded by two men with raised swords.

f. 268v: Bas-de-page scene of Cosmas and Damian before a judge.

f. 269r: Bas-de-page scene of Cosmas and Damian being beheaded by two men with raised swords.

f. 269v: Bas-de-page scene of Faith, before a mitred judge.

f. 270r: Bas-de-page scene of Faith being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, with a decorated initial 'E'(ripe).

f. 270v: Bas-de-page scene of Denis, assisted by two others, arguing before a mitred figure.

f. 271r: Bas-de-page scene of Denis being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, then carrying his severed head in his hands, with a decorated initial 'D'(omine).

f. 271v: Bas-de-page scene of Nicasius and two others before a judge, with an inhabitied initial 'V'(oce).

f. 272r: Bas-de-page scene of Nicasius and two others being beheaded by a man with a raised sword.

f. 272v: Bas-de-page scene of the 11,000 virgins in a ship at sea, with a deocrated initial 'D'(omine).

f. 273r: Bas-de-page scene of the 11,000 virgins in a ship at sea, with two on shore being martyred by swordsmen.

f. 273v: Bas-de-page scene of Simon and Jude with three magicians, with a decorated initial 'B'(enedictus).

f. 274r: Bas-de-page scene of Simon and Jude being beaten by two men with bats, with the devil emerging from a broken statue.

f. 274v: Bas-de-page scene of Quintin before a judge, assisted by a man, with a decorated initial 'E'(xaltabo).

f. 275r: Bas-de-page scene of Quintin being beheaded by a man with a raised sword.

f. 275v: Bas-de-page scene of Theodore before a judge, assisted by a man.

f. 276r: Bas-de-page scene of Theodore being crucified, with two men pulling away at his flesh with large forks.

f. 276v: Bas-de-page scene of Edmund before a king and being taken away by two men, with a decorated initial 'L'(auda).

f. 277r: Bas-de-page scene of the martyrdom of Edmund, tied to a tree and shot at by three men with arrows, with a decorated initial 'L'(audate).

f. 277v: Bas-de-page scene of Cecilia before a king, assisted by a man, with a decorated initial 'L'(auda).

f. 278r: Bas-de-page scene of Cecilia being beheaded by a man with a raised sword.

f. 278v: Bas-de-page scene of Clement, with papal mitre, before a king, assisted by two others, with a decorated initial 'L'(audate).

f. 279r: Bas-de-page scene of Clement being cast into the sea by a man, with a decorated initial 'C'(antate).

f. 279v: Bas-de-page scene of Chrysogonus before a king assisted by one other.

f. 280r: Bas-de-page scene of Chrysogonus being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, with a decorated initial 'L'(audate).

f. 280v: Miniature of four scenes of the Resurrection in quatrefoils: (top left) Christ lying in the uncovered sepulchre, with soldiers apparently repulsing a disciple (perhaps Joseph of Arimathaea), (top right) Joseph sent by the Jews to prison, (bottom left) the Resurrection of Christ, with two angels in clouds above, and two sleeping soldiers in the foreground, (bottom right) Christ with resurrection cross delivering Joseph from prison, with a bas-de-page scene of Catherine before the emperor Maxentius, with the burning of the wise men.

f. 280v: Miniature of four scenes of the Resurrection in quatrefoils, with: (top left) Christ lying in the uncovered sepulchre, with soldiers apparently repulsing a disciple (perhaps Joseph of Arimathaea); (top right) Joseph sent by the Jews to prison; (bottom left) the Resurrection of Christ, with two angels in clouds above, and two sleeping soldiers in the foreground; (bottom right) Christ with resurrection cross delivering Joseph from prison, with an historiated initial 'C'(onfitebor) with Isaiah raising his hands to the Almighty in the cloud above, with a bas-de-page scene of Catherine before the emperor Maxentius, with the burning of the wise men.

f. 281r: Four-part miniature with scenes from the Passion of Christ, including the Harrowing of Hell, the three women and angel at the Tomb, the Last Supper, and the Doubting of Thomas and Noli me tangere, with a bas-de-page scene of a female martyr being scourged.

f. 281v: Historiated initial 'E'(go) with Hezekiah lying in bed with his hands raised in prayer below a cloud with the head of the Almighty, with a bas-de-page scene of Catherine being sent to prison.

f. 282r: Bas-de-page scene of an emprisoned Catherine being visited by the empress, who finds her assisted by angels playing musical instruments, a mandora and a rebec.

f. 282v: Bas-de-page scene of Catherine before the emperor, assisted by two men.

f. 283r: Historiated initial 'E'(xultavit) of Hannah bringing Samuel to Eli, with a bas-de-page scene of Catherine standing before her broken wheel, with two angels with swords above and two fallen men assisted by two others below.

f. 283v: Bas-de-page scene of Catherine being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, before the king.

f. 284r: Historiated initial 'C'(antemus) of a horned Moses with his hands upraised to the Almighty in the cloud above, with Miriam and a tambourine and the Red Sea sweeping over the Egyptians, with a bas-de-page scene of Catherine being entombed above wild animals on Mount Sinai by two angels.

f. 284v: Bas-de-page scene of Saturninus and Sisinnius before a judge.

f. 285r: Bas-de-page scene of Saturninus and Sisinnius being beheaded by two men with raised swords.

f. 285v: Bas-de-page scene of Andrew before the king.

f. 286r: Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin Mary standing with outstretched arms towards a cloud with the crucified Christ, with a bas-de-page scene of Andrew being crucified by two men on a diagonal cross.

f. 286v: Bas-de-page scene of Lucy before the king.

f. 287r: Bas-de-page scene of Lucy being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, with the king watching.

f. 287v: Bas-de-page scene of Thomas arguing before the king.

f. 288r: Historiated initial 'A'(udite) with a horned Moses praying to the Almighty in a cloud above, with the flaming mouth of Hell and three Israelites to his right, with a bas-de-page scene of Thomas being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, and watched by two men dressed in chain mail.

f. 288v: Bas-de-page scene of the mother of Thomas, the Saracen Emir's daughter, being recognized by Gilbert Becket's servant.

f. 289r: Bas-de-page of the mother of Thomas of Canterbury being baptised, immersed in a large font, by two bishops.

f. 289v: Bas-de-page scene of the mother of Thomas Becket, the Saracen Emir's daughter, being married to Gilbert Becket.

f. 290r: Bas-de-page scene of Thomas Becket's mother lying in bed with the infant Thomas beside her in a cradle and a woman holding back the curtain.

f. 290v: Bas-de-page scene of the king giving Thomas Becket a letter nominating him as Archbishop.

f. 291r: Bas-de-page of Thomas Becket, with mitre, pall and cross, being consecrated.

f. 291v: Bas-de-page scene of Thomas Becket disputing with the king.

f. 292r: Bas-de-page scene of Thomas Becket going into exile, as he sits in a boat, holding a cross, assisted by four others.

f. 292v: Historiated initial 'T'(e) with a bishop with an asperging brush, and five figures in white vestments, with a bas-de-page scene of the king ordering all Thomas Becket's kin to be banished.

f. 293r: Bas-de-page scene of Thomas Becket and his family crossing the Channel in a boat, going into exile.

f. 293v: Bas-de-page scene of Thomas Becket and his family journeying on foot into their exile, the women carrying infants.

f. 294r: Historiated initial 'B' of three children in the fiery furnace, with a bas-de-page scene of Thomas welcoming and blessing his family.

f. 294v: Bas-de-page scene of Thomas resigning to the Pope his pontifical ring and cross.

f. 295r: Bas-de-page scene of Thomas at a table, dining with the Pope.

f. 295v: Historiated initial 'B'(enedictus) with John the Baptist with the Agnus Dei standing on a hill, and Pharisees questioning him, with a bas-de-page scene of Thomas Becket being welcomed by the Abbot of Pontigny.

f. 296r: Bas-de-page scene of Thomas Becket having a vision of Christ.

f. 296v: Historiated initial 'M'(agnificat) of the Annunciation in two parts, with a bas-de-page scene of Thomas Becket being reconciled with the king.

f. 297r: Bas-de-page scene of Thomas Becket in a boat returning to England.

f. 297v: Three-part miniature of scenes from the life of the Virgin, including the Ascension of Christ, the Pentecost, and the death of the Virgin, with an historiated initial 'N'(unc) of the Presentation in the Temple, and a bas-de-page scene of a messenger announcing the arrival of four knights to Thomas Becket.

f. 298r: Four-part miniature with scenes from the Life of the Virgin, including the procession with her body, the Coronation, the Entombment, and the Assumption of the Virgin, with a bas-de-page scene of the murder of Thomas Becket.

f. 298v: Miniature of Christ in Majesty, surrounded by the symbols of the four Evangelists, with an historiated initial 'Q' of a bishop speaking to a group of people, and a bas-de-page scene of Thomas Becket lying in state in his tomb.

f. 299r: Miniature of the Trinity, surrounded by four angels, and a bas-de-page drawing of Thomas Becket, supported by two angels, kneeling before Christ.

f. 299v: Bas-de-page scene of two women speaking to three men.

f. 300r: Bas-de-page scene of Mary Magdalene washing the feet of Christ with her hair.

f. 300v: Bas-de-page scene of Mary Magdalene and Christ after his Resurrection (Noli me tangere).

f. 301r: Bas-de-page scene of a woman speaking to a group of haloed men (Apostles?).

f. 301v: Bas-de-page scene of a soul being carried to heaven by angels.

f. 302r: Bas-de-page scene of a body being laid to rest.

f. 302v: Miniature of the Last Judgement, with an historiated initial 'R' of a group of bishops, and a bas-de-page scene of Paul giving a letter to a messenger.

f. 303r: Two-register miniature of Peter admitting souls to Paradise and Satan receiving souls in hell, with a bas-de-page scene of Paul's conversion on the Road to Damascus.

f. 303v: Miniature of the Virgin Mary, enthroned, suckling the Child, with two angels above supporting the drapery behind her. In niches, two angels are playing the guitar and a violin, and two others, below, holding tapers, with a bas-de-page scene of an angel appearing to Ananias, then Ananias leads Paul by the hand.

f. 304r: Miniature in nine parts: two six-winged seraphim standing on wheels, a four-winged archangel holding a sceptre, a four-winged archangel holding a sword and sceptre, Michael, in armour, holding a battle-axe, a six-winged angel standing before an altar, and three six-winged angels, one holding a spear, another a trumpet, with a bas-de-page scene of Ananias addressing Paul on the left, and Ananias sitting with him at the table on the right.

f. 304v: Miniature with a horned Moses standing with three patriarchs on either side of him on the upper register and John the Baptist (Agnus Dei) with three prophets on either side on the lower register, with a bas-de-page scene with Paul, naked in a large font, being baptized by the hand of God in a cloud above.

f. 305r: Miniature in two parts, with Four Apostles (without emblems) on register above, and Peter (with keys), Paul (with sword), Andrew (with diagonal cross), and John (with palm-branch and eagle) on register below, with a bas-de-page scene of Paul, with nimbus, preaching before seven figures.

f. 305v: Miniature of eight apostles and evangelists without emblems, on two registers, with four on top and four below, with a bas-de-page scene of Nero seated, Paul praying, and Patroculus falling headlong, with a devil on either side of him.

f. 306r: Miniature in two parts, with eighteen saints (or disciples), nine on each register, with a bas-de-page scene of Nero seated on the left, with Paul, in the grasp of an officer, borrowing a veil from Plautilla.

f. 306v: Miniature with eight saints (martyrs), four in the upper register and four in the lower register, with or without emblems, including St. Stephen (stones in a napkin) and St. Clement the pope (an anchor), with a bas-de-page scene of Paul with his eyes covered by Plautilla's veil and being beheaded by a man with a raised sword.

f. 307r: Miniature of twelve saints (martyrs), eight on the upper register and four on the lower register, including a pope, a king, bishops, and St. Denis (carrying his severed head) with a bas-de-page scene of Paul as he appears to Nero seated with the empress at table.

f. 307v: Miniature of eight saints (confessors), four in the upper register and four in the lower register, without nimbi or emblems, including a pope (Silvester) and two bishops, with a bas-de-page scene of Margaret spinning, with sheep feeding beside her, and the prefect Olybrius approaching on horseback.

f. 308r: Miniature in two parts of thirteen saints (confessors), nine on the upper register and four on the lower register, without nimbi or emblems, including a pope (Leo) and a king, with a bas-de-page scene of Margaret standing in custody before the prefect (who is crowned and has a sceptre).

f. 308v: Miniature of Mary Magdalene (with an unguent-pot), Mary of Egypt (covered with long white hair and holding a loaf), Margaret (piercing a dragon with a long cross), and another (with a palm-branch), with a bas-de-page scene of Margaret tied up by her hair, being scourged and lacerated by four figures with flesh-hooks.

f. 309r: Miniature with seven virgin saints, one holding a palm-branch, with a bas-de-page scene of Margaret being sent to prison by the prefect.

f. 309v: Miniature with seven kneeling figures (one with a crown and two with mitres) below Christ in a cloud, his right hand raised in benediction and in his left a sphere, with a bas-de-page scene of Margaret emerging from the body of a dragon, holding a cross in her hands.

f. 310r: Miniature of six kneeling figures, three men and three women, with Christ in a cloud, his right hand raised in benediction, and a sphere in his left, with a bas-de-page scene of Margaret, who whips two devils, whilst holding a cross in her left hand.

f. 310v: Bas-de-page scene of Margaret before the prefect, assisted by two others.

f. 311r: Bas-de-page scene of Margaret sitting in a cauldron over a fire, with two others provoking it.

f. 311v: Bas-de-page scene of Margaret before the prefect, assisted by two others.

f. 312r: Bas-de-page scene of Margaret being led off to execution, with three women following her.

f. 312v: Bas-de-page scene of Margaret kneeling in prayer towards a cloud containing Christ.

f. 313r: Bas-de-page scene of Margaret being beheaded by a man with a raised sword and two men lying on the floor having been struck by lightning, with three decorated initials: 'D'(eus), 'O' and 'D'(eus).

f. 313v: Bas-de-page scene of Margaret laid in a tomb, with four surrounding figures and the Manus Dei, with two decorated initials: 'D'(eus) and 'I'(neffabilem).

f. 314r: Bas-de-page scene of Margaret, supported by two angels, kneeling before Christ, with two decorated initials: 'F'(idelium) and 'P'(ietate).

f. 314v: Bas-de-page scene of the nativity of Nicholas.

f. 315r: Bas-de-page scene of Nicholas refusing his mother breast.

f. 315v: Bas-de-page scene of a poor neighbour of Nicholas and his three daughters.

f. 316r: Bas-de-page scene of Nicholas putting gold through his neighbour's window.

f. 316v: Bas-de-page scene of the bishop of Myra and his clergy.

f. 317r: Bas-de-page scene of the consecration of Nicholas as a bishop of Myra.

f. 317v: Bas-de-page scene of Nicholas as a bishop addressing three children in a tub.

f. 318r: Bas-de-page scene of Nicholas stilling a storm and saving a boat.