There is no doubt that both Magdalen College’s gospel-lectionary (Magdalen MS. Lat. 223) and Christ Church’s epistle-lectionary (Christ Church MS. 101) were commissioned by Thomas Wolsey, for his initials and coats of arms make frequent appearances in the borders. It is possible that Wolsey intended the lectionaries for his new college foundation in Oxford, since the feast days celebrated in both volumes match those mandated in Cardinal’s College statues of 1526. This is suggestive, but does not entirely rule out the possibility that the lectionaries were made for Wolsey’s own use at one of his private chapels.