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British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
on the final verso (ff. 14v, 24v, etc.).Sketch of a man in the margin (f. 162). ff. 3-6v: Spaces for 1 large miniature and 2 large initials (f. 3). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or
foliate and/or interlace decoration and animal heads, a dragon, and/or animal masks at the beginning of Psalms 1, 51, and 101 (ff. 1, 56, 111v). Large initials in blue, green, purple, or red (some of the red oxidised), and a
on the final verso (ff. 14v, 24v, etc.).Sketch of a man in the margin (f. 162). ff. 3-6v: Spaces for 1 large miniature and 2 large initials (f. 3). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or
on the final verso (ff. 14v, 24v, etc.).Sketch of a man in the margin (f. 162). ff. 3-6v: Spaces for 1 large miniature and 2 large initials (f. 3). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or
on the final verso (ff. 14v, 24v, etc.).Sketch of a man in the margin (f. 162). ff. 3-6v: Spaces for 1 large miniature and 2 large initials (f. 3). Small initials in red with blue or purple penwork decoration or
has (blank) medallions in the four corners (f. 2v). 1 large initial, with stems and foliate motifs, outlined in black and red, on a red, blue and green ground, for book 1 of De Genesi ad litteram (f. 3). 12
initials on coloured grounds with occasional marginal extensions. Border and display capitals of the title in red and blue (f. 1). Rubrics in red. Paraphs and running titles in red and blue. Small initials occasionally highlighted in red. Canon medicinae,
1 unfoliated parchment leaf after each of ff. 26, 44, 72, 76, 82, 113, 123, 126, 134, 166, 198, 211, and 2 after f. 28.Guide letters.ff. 5-8 are parchment flyleaves. 1 full border in colours with faces (f. 9).
of Béthune's Graecismus. Puzzle initial in brown and red, with brown and red penwork decoration (f. 1). Large initials in red, some with a green wash, or brown penwork decoration, and some with brown ink faces in the bowls. Paraphs
noted in a modern cursive hand on ff. 60v, 62. 1 very large puzzle initial in blue and gold with a partial bar border in red, blue and gold (f. 1). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing and in blue
and corrections in a modern hand ff. 16, 28v, 29v. 1 very large initial in red and brown with the face of a bearded man or demon 'V'(erba) (f. 1). Plain initials in red, some large, some small. Rubrics in
inscribed ‘Iste e(st) fr(atru)m s(an)c(t)i B(e)n(e)d(ict)i ordi(ni)s [last word erased:] Camaldule(n)sis’ (f. 90v); traces of further erased ownership inscriptions (f. 1); cf. Egerton 3036 and Yates Thompson 40, both Camaldolese manuscripts).Mr White: his sale, 5 December 1814, lot 564, bought
inscribed ‘Iste e(st) fr(atru)m s(an)c(t)i B(e)n(e)d(ict)i ordi(ni)s [last word erased:] Camaldule(n)sis’ (f. 90v); traces of further erased ownership inscriptions (f. 1); cf. Egerton 3036 and Yates Thompson 40, both Camaldolese manuscripts).Mr White: his sale, 5 December 1814, lot 564, bought
Dialogues. 4 large historiated initials in colours and gold, with foliate marginal extensions, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 22, 44, 76). Small initials alternately red with purple flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. One-line initials in blue
Dialogues. 4 large historiated initials in colours and gold, with foliate marginal extensions, at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 22, 44, 76). Small initials alternately red with purple flourishing, or blue with red flourishing. One-line initials in blue
and a bearded male figure, in Priscian's De constructione. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold (f. 4). Small red initials with red and brown penwork decoration, or blue initials with red and brown penwork ornament, sometimes including human faces
pen-flourishing, in the Vocabularium. f. 1 and f. 113, from a theological work, 2nd half of the 13th century, are used as flyleaves. Puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork decoration or pen-flourishing in red and blue (ff. 36,
Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XII.6.20’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of
in Priscian's De constructione. 1 historiated initial in colours and gold (f. 4). Small red initials with red and brown penwork decoration, or blue initials with red and brown penwork ornament, sometimes including human faces (e.g. ff. 50, 51, 52v).
1 historiated initial in colours and gold (f. 4). Small red initials with red and brown penwork decoration, or blue initials with red and brown penwork ornament, sometimes including human faces (e.g. ff. 50, 51, 52v). Red and/or blue