• Miniature of Venus playing a musical instrument with her ruling Zodiac signs, and in detriment., Treatise on astrology

Miniature of Venus playing a musical instrument with her ruling Zodiac signs, and in detriment. ff. 9-11 misbound, originally after f. 23. Numerous coloured drawings throughout. Treatise on astrology Inscribed, 16th-century(?): 'Ex libris Eustachij Wiltheim' (f. 1*).Sir Hans Sloane

• null, Treatise on astrology

ff. 9-11 misbound, originally after f. 23. Numerous coloured drawings throughout. Treatise on astrology Inscribed, 16th-century(?): 'Ex libris Eustachij Wiltheim' (f. 1*).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection

• Detail of puzzle initial., Repertorium juris civilis

Detail of puzzle initial. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue (f. 1).1 smaller puzzle initial in red and blue (f. 110v). 5 smaller initials in red or blue, some with reserved designs, with penwork decoration in blue

• Decorated initials, line fillers, and a partial trompe l'oeil border with a bee., Book of Hours ('Hours of Louis XII', or 'Hours of Henry VII'), imperfect

text pages of the 'Hours of Louis XII'. Other fragments of this manuscript are: 1 leaf in the Bagford collection of fragments, Harley 5966, f. 54, 1 leaf in the Samuel Pepys Collection at Magdalene College, Cambridge, vol. I, p.

• Decorated initials, line fillers, and partial trompe l'oeil borders with flowers and a butterfly., Book of Hours ('Hours of Louis XII', or 'Hours of Henry VII'), imperfect

text pages of the 'Hours of Louis XII'. Other fragments of this manuscript are: 1 leaf in the Bagford collection of fragments, Harley 5966, f. 54, 1 leaf in the Samuel Pepys Collection at Magdalene College, Cambridge, vol. I, p.

• Decorated initials, line fillers, and a partial trompe l'oeil border of flowers., Book of Hours ('Hours of Louis XII', or 'Hours of Henry VII'), imperfect

text pages of the 'Hours of Louis XII'. Other fragments of this manuscript are: 1 leaf in the Bagford collection of fragments, Harley 5966, f. 54, 1 leaf in the Samuel Pepys Collection at Magdalene College, Cambridge, vol. I, p.

• Decorated initials, line fillers, and a partial trompe l'oeil border, with a butterfly and a ladybug., Book of Hours ('Hours of Louis XII', or 'Hours of Henry VII'), imperfect

text pages of the 'Hours of Louis XII'. Other fragments of this manuscript are: 1 leaf in the Bagford collection of fragments, Harley 5966, f. 54, 1 leaf in the Samuel Pepys Collection at Magdalene College, Cambridge, vol. I, p.

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

New York, ex-Stern Collection; Washington National Gallery of Art, inv. B 14842.Musical notation. 1 historiated initial 'T' in colours and gold, of the Dedication of a Church. 1 decorated initial 'O' in colours (f. 10v). On the reverse, musical notation

• White vine initial in colours and gold with the partially effaced coat of arms and initials of Alberto Scotto in the lower margin., Phaedrus

of Alberto Scotto in the lower margin. f. 1 is a parchment leaf with an effaced inscription (probably relating to ownership).ff. 34, 35 are ruled parchment leaves with various inscriptions.Horizontal catchwords. 1 large white vine initial in colours and gold

• Decorated foliate initial 'G'(losa), at the beginning of Bartolus de Saxoferrato's In secundam partem digesti veteris., In secundam partem digesti veteris (ff. 6-160), and others

de genere posteris et familia (ff. 252r-v); Bartolus de Sassoferrato, Abbas Nicolaus de Scicilie (sic), Consilia (ff. 252v-253v). Ff. 6-160: 1 large decorated foliate initial, in colours (f. 6). 60 large initials in red with blue or red foliate penwork

• Decorated initials, in Bartolus de Saxoferrato's In secundam partem digesti veteris., In secundam partem digesti veteris (ff. 6-160), and others

de genere posteris et familia (ff. 252r-v); Bartolus de Sassoferrato, Abbas Nicolaus de Scicilie (sic), Consilia (ff. 252v-253v). Ff. 6-160: 1 large decorated foliate initial, in colours (f. 6). 60 large initials in red with blue or red foliate penwork

• Detail of decorated initial., In secundam partem digesti veteris (ff. 6-160), and others

de genere posteris et familia (ff. 252r-v); Bartolus de Sassoferrato, Abbas Nicolaus de Scicilie (sic), Consilia (ff. 252v-253v). Ff. 6-160: 1 large decorated foliate initial, in colours (f. 6). 60 large initials in red with blue or red foliate penwork

• Miniature of a Venetian nobleman kneeling in prayer before a seated Virgin and Child with the infant John within an ornate border of scroll-work with putti, maidens, garlands, the lion of Mark and the Pasquaglio family arms., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale) to a member of the Pasquaglio family of Venice

Add. 20916, ff. 10-15 and 17. To see this leaf in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 20916, ff. 10-17. 1 full-page miniature in colours and gold, of a Venetian nobleman kneeling in prayer before a seated Virgin and Child

• Detail of a miniature in four compartments: 1. Virgin enthroned; 2. The Trinity; 3. The Trinity creating angels; 4. The Mouth of Hell, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible historiale complétée (Genesis - Psalms)

miniature in four compartments: 1. Virgin enthroned; 2. The Trinity; 3. The Trinity creating angels; 4. The Mouth of Hell, at the beginning of Genesis. First volume of two; the second volume is Royal 19 D VII.Contains the Bible Historiale

• Portrait medallion of Niccolo III d'Este (b. 1383, d. 1441)., Annali di Ferrara, books 1-3

Portrait medallion of Niccolo III d'Este (b. 1383, d. 1441). A second volume is Harley 3311.The 17th-century portrait medallions are painted on paper slips glued onto the manuscript leaves. Numerous medallions in colours with imaginary portraits of members of

• Headpiece and initial with foliate decoration., Commentary on Plato's Parmenides, Books 1-6

Headpiece and initial with foliate decoration. Headpiece with foliate decoration in red (f. 2). Initials with foliate decoration, line-fillers and titles in red. Commentary on Plato's Parmenides, Books 1-6 Scribe erroneously identified as Angelos Bergikios (see Gamillscheg and Harlfinger

• Puzzle initial 'O'(mnis), at the beginning of Hippocrates' Prognostica., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

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

• Detail of a double portrait of Roman heads., Imagines Regum, Consulum, Dictatorum, Magistrum Equitum, Tribuni-Militum consularis potestatis, ab urbe condita usque ad C. Jul. Caesarem Dictatorem. Parens Patriae (vol. 1)

Regum, Consulum, Dictatorum, Magistrum Equitum, Tribuni-Militum consularis potestatis, ab urbe condita usque ad C. Jul. Caesarem Dictatorem. Parens Patriae (vol. 1) Albrecht (b. 1528, d. 1579), Duke of Bavaria: his portrait, the inscription 'Albertus Dei gratia Comes Palatinus ac utriusque

• Puzzle initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Register book of the Infirmary of the Abbey of St Edmundsbury called Ikworth., Register book of the Infirmary of the abbey of St Edmund, Bury

book of the Infirmary of the Abbey of St Edmundsbury called Ikworth. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red (f. 4). Large and small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Numerous spaces for

• null, Register book of the Infirmary of the abbey of St Edmund, Bury

1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing in red (f. 4). Large and small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Numerous spaces for initials. Register book of the Infirmary of the abbey of St