• Detail of a miniature of a dragon and demons being cast out of heaven and falling towards the earth, from Revelation 12:7-9., Apocalypse (Revelation)

mentioned in Yates Thompson Appendix 52-54.Glossed French prose.ff. i-iv are paper flyleaves. 1 large historiated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 69 large and small miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 2 (x2),

• Detail of a miniature of a dragon attacking a winged woman, from Revelation 12:13-16., Apocalypse (Revelation)

mentioned in Yates Thompson Appendix 52-54.Glossed French prose.ff. i-iv are paper flyleaves. 1 large historiated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 69 large and small miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 2 (x2),

• Detail of a miniature of an angel showing John a vision of the fall of Babylon, from Revelation 18., Apocalypse (Revelation)

mentioned in Yates Thompson Appendix 52-54.Glossed French prose.ff. i-iv are paper flyleaves. 1 large historiated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 69 large and small miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 2 (x2),

• Detail of a miniature of an angel standing on the sun and calling all birds to eat the flesh of men (the birds include a peacock, a hawk, a raven, a dove, a cockerel, a pelican, and an owl), from Revelation 19:17-18., Apocalypse (Revelation)

mentioned in Yates Thompson Appendix 52-54.Glossed French prose.ff. i-iv are paper flyleaves. 1 large historiated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 69 large and small miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 2 (x2),

• Detail of a miniature of an angel casting the beast and the false prophet into the lake of fire, from Revelation 19:20-21., Apocalypse (Revelation)

mentioned in Yates Thompson Appendix 52-54.Glossed French prose.ff. i-iv are paper flyleaves. 1 large historiated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). 69 large and small miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 2 (x2),

• Detail of heraldry with a swan crest flanked by two (erased) arms., Leaves and bifolia of a Book of Hours, containing text from the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

(now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated initial 'D' in colours and gold, of the Annunciation, with heraldry with a swan crest flanked by

• Text from the Hours of the Virgin with an initial letter 'L' inhabited by a stag., Leaves and bifolia of a Book of Hours, containing text from the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

(now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated initial 'D' in colours and gold, of the Annunciation, with heraldry with a swan crest flanked by

• Historiated initial 'D' probably of David in the Wilderness, with a red eagle, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Bifolium of a Book of Hours, containing the Penitential Psalms

(now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 historiated initial 'D' in colours and gold, of David in the Wilderness, with acanthus-like foliate extensions inhabited by a

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D' of the Annunciation, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia of a Book of Hours, containing text from the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

(now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated initial 'D' in colours and gold, of the Annunciation, with heraldry with a swan crest flanked by

• Initial 'N'(ow) with pen-flourished decoration., 'Handlyng Synne' (f. 1); 'Medytacyouns of the soper of oure Lorde' (ff. 84-91v); King Robert's romance in couplets (ff. 92-95)

with penwork decoration in purple (ff. 1, 20v, 57, 63, 75). Initials in blue with pen-flourished decoration in red. Rubrics and marking of verse couplets in red. Initials highlighted in red. 'Handlyng Synne' (f. 1); 'Medytacyouns of the soper of

• Historiated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon., Excerpts from the Textus Roffensis (facsimile on parchment)

Rochester; bearing the date 4 kal. Maias, indictione 7 (see Harley Catalogue). 1 large hisitoriated initial 'R'(egnante) with Christ and a dragon. Display script in various colours (ff. 1, 8). Large plain initials in various colours (ff. 2, 4v, 6).

• Puzzle initial 'A'(pocalipsis), in Haimo Halberstatensis's In Apocalypsim., In Apocalypsim (ff. 1-106), In Cantica Canticorum (ff. 107-135v)

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: ‘XV.8.5’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with human head, in Haimo Halberstatensis's In Apocalypsim., In Apocalypsim (ff. 1-106), In Cantica Canticorum (ff. 107-135v)

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: ‘XV.8.5’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with human head, in Haimo Halberstatensis's In Apocalypsim., In Apocalypsim (ff. 1-106), In Cantica Canticorum (ff. 107-135v)

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: ‘XV.8.5’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Puzzle initial 'A'(pocalipsis), in Haimo Halberstatensis's In Apocalypsim., In Apocalypsim (ff. 1-106), In Cantica Canticorum (ff. 107-135v)

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: ‘XV.8.5’, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of

• Historiated initial 'D' of the Flight into Egypt, with a partial bar border of strapwork and acanthus-like foliage inhabited by drolleries, zoomorphic motifs and bezants with single hair-line embellishment., Bifolium of a Book of Hours, containing the text for None in the Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome

(now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 historiated initial 'D' in colours and gold, of the Flight into Egypt, with a partial bar border of strapwork

• Historiated initial 'M' of a half-length figure of Christ holding a book and in the act of benediction, with acanthus-like foliate extension and bezants, at the beginning of Lauds in the Office of the Dead., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing text for Matins (ff. 7-8); Lauds (f. 8v); None (f. 9); and Vespers (ff. 9-9v) in the Office of the Dead

(now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated initial 'V' in colours and gold, of a funeral service, with extension into borders of acanthus-like foliage

• Historiated initial 'V' of a funeral service, at the beginning of Matins in the Office of the Dead, with extension into borders of acanthus-like foliage inhabited by drolleries, including three men fighting, a musician and an anthropomorphic head, with strapwork and bezants. ., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing text for Matins (ff. 7-8); Lauds (f. 8v); None (f. 9); and Vespers (ff. 9-9v) in the Office of the Dead

(now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated initial 'V' in colours and gold, of a funeral service, with extension into borders of acanthus-like foliage

• Detail of a historiated initial 'V' of a funeral service, at the beginning of Matins in the Office of the Dead., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing text for Matins (ff. 7-8); Lauds (f. 8v); None (f. 9); and Vespers (ff. 9-9v) in the Office of the Dead

(now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated initial 'V' in colours and gold, of a funeral service, with extension into borders of acanthus-like foliage

• Historiated initial 'D' of Christ before Pilate, with extension into margins of acanthus-like foliage inhabited by drolleries and bezants with single hair-line embellishment. The loss of pigment on Pilate's face is probably the result of censorship. The text has been erased., Leaf of a Book of Hours, containing the text for the end of Matins and Prime in the Long Hours of the Cross [erased]

(now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 historiated initial 'D' in colours and gold, of Christ before Pilate, with extension into margins of acanthus-like foliage inhabited