Christ and Ecclesia (fol. 267r)
Initial 'O' encloses a scene of Christ speaking to Ecclesia, crowned, symbolising the New Covenant. Context: Song of Songs...
Ripon Cathedral
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Jonah and the whale (fol. 217v)
Initial 'S' encloses the scene of Jonah being thrown to the whale by two men in a boat. The other initial 'S' has Jonah coming out of the whale, and G...
King David (fol. 196r)
Initial 'D' encloses a scene of King David addressing two men. Initial 'P' encloses a scene of two men discussing. Context: Psalter: Prologue...
Solomon instructing Rehoboam (fol. 147v)
Initial 'A' encloses the scene of King Solomon, wearing a crown and holding a feather quill and an ink bottle (?), teaching Rehoboam, who is holding a...
Jodah communicating with God (fol. 87r)
Initial 'P' encloses the scene ofJudah, clad in armour, communicating with God, who has a tripartite halo. The initial extends to the margin and is de...
St. Peter (fol. 467v)
Initial 'P' has St. Peter holding a book. Context: First Epistle of Peter...
Cleric writing (fol. 408r)
Initial 'L' encloses a scene of a tonsured cleric writing at a lectern. Context: Gospel according to Saint Matthew...
[Meditationes vite Christi]
Catchwords in cartouches, framed with red or brown ink, and some decorated with crude penwork. Decoration: 9-line incipit initial in blue, surrounde...
The Creation (fol. 5r)
Initial 'I' encloses the scene of God creating Heaven and Earth, the trees and plants, the sun and moon, the birds and animals, Adam, God resting on t...
[Anselm, etc.]
There is a late 13th-century list of contents on f. 1v. Decoration: 4 to 5-line initials for each text in blue and red, with pen ornament in both co...