• Detail of a border inhabited by animals and birds., Decisions of Isaiah of Trani the Younger (~Pisqei Rabbi Yeshayah Aharon~)

of manuscripts and printed books owned by him, 1501 (ff. 1-2).Jehuda Zerahiah Azulai: inscribed with his name, 16th century (ff. 1, 20).Joseph Jehuda ben Jehuda Zerahiah Azulai: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 1).Samuel ben Isaac Azariel of Lavolta:

• Detail of a page: initial words of the section on Seder Nashim (Laws of Women) is accompanied by decorated panels. Full foliate border inhabited by animals and birds., Decisions of Isaiah of Trani the Younger (~Pisqei Rabbi Yeshayah Aharon~)

of manuscripts and printed books owned by him, 1501 (ff. 1-2).Jehuda Zerahiah Azulai: inscribed with his name, 16th century (ff. 1, 20).Joseph Jehuda ben Jehuda Zerahiah Azulai: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 1).Samuel ben Isaac Azariel of Lavolta:

• Detail of a border inhabited by animals and birds., Decisions of Isaiah of Trani the Younger (~Pisqei Rabbi Yeshayah Aharon~)

of manuscripts and printed books owned by him, 1501 (ff. 1-2).Jehuda Zerahiah Azulai: inscribed with his name, 16th century (ff. 1, 20).Joseph Jehuda ben Jehuda Zerahiah Azulai: inscribed with his name, 16th century (f. 1).Samuel ben Isaac Azariel of Lavolta:

• Opening with full-page miniatures of the Temple implements., Bible (the 'Duke of Sussex's Catalan Bible) with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Opening with full-page miniatures of the Temple implements. Ruling and pricking are visible. 2 full-page miniatures of the Temple implements, in colours and gold (ff. 3v-4). Masoretic lists in architectural frames, in colours and gold (ff. 1v-3). ~Masorah~ in

• Full-page miniature of the Temple implements., Bible (the 'Duke of Sussex's Catalan Bible) with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Full-page miniature of the Temple implements. Ruling and pricking are visible. 2 full-page miniatures of the Temple implements, in colours and gold (ff. 3v-4). Masoretic lists in architectural frames, in colours and gold (ff. 1v-3). ~Masorah~ in micrographic design.

• Full-page miniature of some of the Temple implements with the menorah in the centre., Bible (the 'Duke of Sussex's Catalan Bible) with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

Full-page miniature of some of the Temple implements with the menorah in the centre. Ruling and pricking are visible. 2 full-page miniatures of the Temple implements, in colours and gold (ff. 3v-4). Masoretic lists in architectural frames, in colours

• Petrucchio Ubaldini's letter of dedication addressed to Elizabeth I and dated 1577., Le Vite e i Fatti di sei Donne Illustri, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth (descriptions of six mythical or early princesses: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, Clotilda of France, Suanhuita (or Suanvita) of Sweden, Jutha (or Judith), daughter of the Emperor Otho II, Zarina, Queen of the Sacae, and Venda (or Wanda), Queen of Poland.

to 1603, written for her by Petruccio Ubaldini and presented to her as a New Year's gift in London on 1 January, 1577 (ff. 2 r-v); the entry in the New Year's Gift Roll (P.R.O. Chanc. Misc. 3/39) recording the

• Puzzle initial 'A(nno), with penwork decoration in the form of leaves., Polychronicon to the year 1352, with table

Puzzle initial 'A(nno), with penwork decoration in the form of leaves. Puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration extending into the margin. Large initials in blue or red with penwork decoration, often extendinig into

• Calendar page for January with coloured initials, and the signature of William Howard in the upper margin., Calendar

and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d. 1572), 4th duke of Norfolk (inscription: ‘William Howarde, f. 1). ? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of

• Full-page miniature, upper register: the plague of wild beasts (~arov~), lower register: the plague of pestilence. The meaning of the Hebrew word, ~arov~, by which the fourth plague is described (E. 8:21) is not clear. In Christian iconography following the translation of the Vulgate, which translates ~arov~ as ~omne genus muscarum~, that is, 'all kinds of flies', the fourth plague is depicted as flies. Jewish iconography follows the rabbinical explanation of ~arov~ depicting it as various kinds of wild animals (see e.g. Rashi's commentary on Exodus 8:21)., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

Meir b. Malakiel Ashkenazi: sold to his brother-in-law, Moses Ibn Keves in the month of Sivan 5162 (3 May to 1 June 1402): inscribed (on a strip of vellum stuck on a paper strip pasted on f. 1).Abraham Hen, son

• Two decorated initial-word panels with gold letters and foliate spreading to the inner margin., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

Meir b. Malakiel Ashkenazi: sold to his brother-in-law, Moses Ibn Keves in the month of Sivan 5162 (3 May to 1 June 1402): inscribed (on a strip of vellum stuck on a paper strip pasted on f. 1).Abraham Hen, son

• Four initial-word panels with gold letters and white vine motifs; in the outer margin, two elderly men, Rabbi Yosi ha-Galili and Rabbi Eliezer are seated holding an open book., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

Meir b. Malakiel Ashkenazi: sold to his brother-in-law, Moses Ibn Keves in the month of Sivan 5162 (3 May to 1 June 1402): inscribed (on a strip of vellum stuck on a paper strip pasted on f. 1).Abraham Hen, son

• Initial-word panels with gold letters and foliate decoration spreading to the margins, at the beginning of Psalm 118., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

Meir b. Malakiel Ashkenazi: sold to his brother-in-law, Moses Ibn Keves in the month of Sivan 5162 (3 May to 1 June 1402): inscribed (on a strip of vellum stuck on a paper strip pasted on f. 1).Abraham Hen, son

• Full-page miniature, upper register: the second of God's signs to Moses, the miracle of the leprous hand (Ex. 4:6-7), lower register: Moses returning to Egypt with his family, Zipporah circumcising Moses' son (Ex. 4:20-25)., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

Meir b. Malakiel Ashkenazi: sold to his brother-in-law, Moses Ibn Keves in the month of Sivan 5162 (3 May to 1 June 1402): inscribed (on a strip of vellum stuck on a paper strip pasted on f. 1).Abraham Hen, son

• Full-page miniature, upper register: Moses and Aaron in front of Pharaoh andbehind them two elderly magicians of Pharaoh, lower register: the increased labour of the Israelites in Egypt., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

Meir b. Malakiel Ashkenazi: sold to his brother-in-law, Moses Ibn Keves in the month of Sivan 5162 (3 May to 1 June 1402): inscribed (on a strip of vellum stuck on a paper strip pasted on f. 1).Abraham Hen, son

• Full-page miniature, upper register: the tenth plague, the plague of the first-born, lower register; the Israelites despoiling the Egyptians (Ex. 12:35-36)., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

Meir b. Malakiel Ashkenazi: sold to his brother-in-law, Moses Ibn Keves in the month of Sivan 5162 (3 May to 1 June 1402): inscribed (on a strip of vellum stuck on a paper strip pasted on f. 1).Abraham Hen, son

• Full-page miniature divided into four horizontal sections depicting the Israelites crossing the sea and the Egyptians drowning., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

Meir b. Malakiel Ashkenazi: sold to his brother-in-law, Moses Ibn Keves in the month of Sivan 5162 (3 May to 1 June 1402): inscribed (on a strip of vellum stuck on a paper strip pasted on f. 1).Abraham Hen, son

• Decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of the Haggadah. Within the panel, beneath the initial words, a family is seated at a spread Seder table, while a servant is flaying and roasting the Passover lamb. The text is surrounded by an ornamental frame inhabited by animals and hybrids., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

Meir b. Malakiel Ashkenazi: sold to his brother-in-law, Moses Ibn Keves in the month of Sivan 5162 (3 May to 1 June 1402): inscribed (on a strip of vellum stuck on a paper strip pasted on f. 1).Abraham Hen, son

• Illustrated initial-word panel: ~Ha lahma~ ('This is the bread of affliction'). On the left side of the panel is an elderly bearded man with a book, on the right side, a servant pouring the first cup out of the four that should be drunk during Seder eve., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

Meir b. Malakiel Ashkenazi: sold to his brother-in-law, Moses Ibn Keves in the month of Sivan 5162 (3 May to 1 June 1402): inscribed (on a strip of vellum stuck on a paper strip pasted on f. 1).Abraham Hen, son

• Three initial-word panels, ~Amar~ (Said), ~Barukh~ (Blessed), ~Hakham~ (Wise) with gold letters and white vine motifs; two miniatures in the outer margin portraying two elderly men, Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaryah and the Wise Son, seated holding an open book., Haggadah with commentary and liturgical poems for Passover (the 'Brother Haggadah')

Meir b. Malakiel Ashkenazi: sold to his brother-in-law, Moses Ibn Keves in the month of Sivan 5162 (3 May to 1 June 1402): inscribed (on a strip of vellum stuck on a paper strip pasted on f. 1).Abraham Hen, son