• Detail of decorated initial 'E'(go)., Historia Brittonum, Vita Gildae, and other Vitae

1979 vol. I, no. 511; see also Doyle 1990 p. 8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large

• null, Tragoediae (index Tragedies): Hercules furens (ff. 5-29), Thyestes (ff. 29-50), Phoenissae (ff. 50v-62v), Phaedra (ff. 63-86), Oedipus (ff. 86v-106), Troades (ff. 106v-128), Medea (ff. 128v-147v), Agamemnon (ff. 148-166), Octavia (ff. 167-185), Hercules Oetaeus (ff. 185v-221v)

Small initials in blue with red penwork. 1 diagram showing the family relationship of Nero and Claudius (f. 166v). Some marginal sketches (e.g. ff. 76v, 81v, 82, 94). Tragoediae (index Tragedies): Hercules furens (ff. 5-29), Thyestes (ff. 29-50), Phoenissae (ff.

• Puzzle initial., Historiae ecclesiasticae

1979 vol. I, no. 511; see also Doyle 1990 p. 8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large

• Detail of decorated initial with a leaf., Historiae ecclesiasticae

1979 vol. I, no. 511; see also Doyle 1990 p. 8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large

• Decorated initial 'E'(go)., Historia Brittonum, Vita Gildae, and other Vitae

1979 vol. I, no. 511; see also Doyle 1990 p. 8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large

• null, Petit Livre d'Amour

A transcription of the content has been added later on paper (ff. 18-34), probably by Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839). 12 emblematical miniatures (ff. 6, 7, 8, 9, 9*, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17); on

• Colophon: ‘scriptus per manum Guillelmi dicti du Stiphel de Britania pro venerabili et religioso viro domino Utredo Dunelmensi monacho ac sancte sacre pagine doctore. Anno domini millesimo ccco/ octuagesimo primo vicesimo sexto die mensis augusti. In fincal’, and, in the lower margin, the signature ‘G. du Stiphel’., Historiae ecclesiasticae

1979 vol. I, no. 511; see also Doyle 1990 p. 8. Three-sided border of pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with penwork foliate or geometric decoration in blue, red, or purple. Large

• Decorated initials with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 4., Aeneid (index Aeneis)

the beginning of book 4. ff. 1 and 133 are a flyleaves made of fragments of book 6 of Justinian's Codex (late 14th-century, Italy) with initials in blue with red pen-flourishing and in red with purple pen-flourishing.f. 9 is a

• null, De Remediis ad utramque fortunam

1 large decorated foliate initial, developing a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold with blue or brown pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Cadels. De Remediis ad utramque fortunam William Petty (~formerly~

• null, De Remediis ad utramque fortunam

1 large decorated foliate initial, developing a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold with blue or brown pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Cadels. De Remediis ad utramque fortunam William Petty (~formerly~

• null, De Remediis ad utramque fortunam

1 large decorated foliate initial, developing a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold with blue or brown pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Cadels. De Remediis ad utramque fortunam William Petty (~formerly~

• Decorated initial 'C'(um) and partial border, at the beginning of Petrarch's De Remediis ad utramque fortunam., De Remediis ad utramque fortunam

partial border, at the beginning of Petrarch's De Remediis ad utramque fortunam. 1 large decorated foliate initial, developing a partial foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold with blue or brown pen-flourishing or in blue

• Historiated initial 'I' of the eagle symbol of John, extension of acanthus-like foliage and bezants with single hair-line embellishment, at the beginning of a Gospel extract from John 1:1-14., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing Gospel extracts: John 1:1-14, Matthew 2:1-12, Mark 16:14-120 and Luke 6:36-42

by Goertz for £35.Mrs Constance Goetze (d. 1951), wife of Sigismund C.H. Goetze, RA (b. 1866, d. 1939): her sale, 1 December 1942, lot 344, bought by Eisemann.Heinrich Eisemann, twentieth-century London book-dealer.The present leaves and bifolia purchased by the British

• Historiated initial 'C' of the angel symbol of Matthew, extension of acanthus-like foliage and bezants with single hair-line embellishment, at the beginning of a Gospel extract from Matthew 2:1-12., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing Gospel extracts: John 1:1-14, Matthew 2:1-12, Mark 16:14-120 and Luke 6:36-42

by Goertz for £35.Mrs Constance Goetze (d. 1951), wife of Sigismund C.H. Goetze, RA (b. 1866, d. 1939): her sale, 1 December 1942, lot 344, bought by Eisemann.Heinrich Eisemann, twentieth-century London book-dealer.The present leaves and bifolia purchased by the British

• Decorated initial 'C'(oment) with pen-flourishing and line-fillers at the beginning of the statutes., Nova statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III (ff. 30-115) to 17 Richard II (ff. 116-171v)

29v and 115v are blank. Initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour including foliate motifs (ff. 1, 20, 30, 30v, 32v, etc.). Line-fillers in red and blue. Paraphs in red and/or blue. Some catchwords decorated with

• Puzzle initial 'A'(d) with penwork decoration in foliate forms at the beginning of the prologue to a Life of Thomas Becket., Vita Sancti Thomae Becket

blue with red and blue penwork decoration, often with foliate forms, and pen-flourishing extending into the margins (ff. 3, 8v). 1 large initial in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (f. 45). Highlighting of letters in yellow. Vita Sancti

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) with penwork decoration in foliate forms at the beginning of a Life of Thomas Becket labelled in the rubric 'edita a magistro Willielmo filio Stepheni'., Vita Sancti Thomae Becket

blue with red and blue penwork decoration, often with foliate forms, and pen-flourishing extending into the margins (ff. 3, 8v). 1 large initial in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (f. 45). Highlighting of letters in yellow. Vita Sancti

• null, Opus de Jure, or Pragmatica

a simple geometric pattern (f. 1). Initials in red, with penwork decoration. Small initials in red. Opus de Jure, or Pragmatica Acquired in 1834 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton,

• Illuminated initial 'A'(bsolutio)., Floretum evangelicum (ff. 1-334) (a list of theological commonplaces, arranged alphabetically) with a table of contents (ff. 1-6).

large foliate initial 'A'(bsolutio) in gold, red, and blue (f. 7). 1 large initial 'I'(hesu) in gold, red, and blue with a partial bar border and floral extensions (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds with

• Historiated initial 'I' of the lion symbol of Mark, extension of acanthus-like foliage and bezants with single hair-line embellishment, at the beginning of a Gospel extract from Mark 16:14-20., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing Gospel extracts: John 1:1-14, Matthew 2:1-12, Mark 16:14-120 and Luke 6:36-42

by Goertz for £35.Mrs Constance Goetze (d. 1951), wife of Sigismund C.H. Goetze, RA (b. 1866, d. 1939): her sale, 1 December 1942, lot 344, bought by Eisemann.Heinrich Eisemann, twentieth-century London book-dealer.The present leaves and bifolia purchased by the British