• 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

• Headpiece and initials with foliate decoration, and title partly in display capitals., Miscellany, including Aesop's Fables (ff. 1-6v imperfect, 7-14v), Sophocles's 'Ajax' (ff. 27-96) and 'Electra' (ff. 97-179v) with scholia, and a Life of Sophocles (ff. 22-24v)

decoration in light brown or red (ff. 1, 15). Initials with foliate decoration in light brown or red (ff. 1, 15, 27, 97). Title partly in display capitals in light brown (f. 1). Initials and rubrics in light brown. Miscellany,

• Decorated initial 'O'(sculetur) with a floral motif., Epithalmium (index Commentary on the Song of Songs, Commentarius in Cantica Canticorum)

chevron (f. 48v). 3 large initials in colours and gold with floral motifs (ff. 1, 4, 49). 1 small initial in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 smaller initials in colours and gold (f. 48v x 2). Ruled in red.

• Episcopal coat of arms of François de Poncher, bishop of Paris, with a Moor's head, and three scallop shells on a gold shield with a red chevron., Epithalmium (index Commentary on the Song of Songs, Commentarius in Cantica Canticorum)

chevron (f. 48v). 3 large initials in colours and gold with floral motifs (ff. 1, 4, 49). 1 small initial in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 smaller initials in colours and gold (f. 48v x 2). Ruled in red.

• Decorated line and initials., Letters, including a Commentary on Hosea (ff. 147-154)

of a cross-bow in circle with arrow (ff. 1-102). Decorated line in the upper margin in red and ink (ff. 1, 104, 147). Initials in red. Letters, including a Commentary on Hosea (ff. 147-154) Written by Konstantinos Resinos (index Constantin

• Decorated initial 'T'(obias)., Books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth, and Proverbs with the glossa ordinaria

f. [126] are former parchment pastedowns.f. 1 is a blank parchment leaf with ownership inscriptions by Foucault and Wanley. 3 large initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 2, 33v, 69). Blank space left for initial (f.

• Decorated initial 'I'(n)., Books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth, and Proverbs with the glossa ordinaria

f. [126] are former parchment pastedowns.f. 1 is a blank parchment leaf with ownership inscriptions by Foucault and Wanley. 3 large initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 2, 33v, 69). Blank space left for initial (f.

• Illuminated initial 'R'(everendo) and an effaced coat of arms., Tractatus de venenis, Problemata de venenis

coat of arms. Horizontal catchwords. 2 large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff. 1, 13v). Effaced coat of arms (f. 1). Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Tractatus

• Decorative headpiece and intials at the beginning of the first Ode., Psalter with odes, prayers, service of holy communion, and a short excerpt from Daniel (ff. 213v-214)

Decorative headpiece and intials at the beginning of the first Ode. Damage from mold (ff. 1-4)Fragment of an early 12th century Latin missal, with musical notation, from northern Italy (f. 232). Decorative headpieces in red. Initials in red. Rubrics

• Illuminated initials 'S'(i) and 'C'(hi) in a sonnet, with red hearts replacing the word 'cuoere’ ('heart')., 49 love sonnets

('heart'). 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• Detail of a shield have been overpainted with two hearts burning in a fire the Zucharia's monogram 'MZ' to the right of a shield overpainted, but that of 'AM' (perhaps Andrea Matteo Acquaviva), to the left of the shield unaltered., 49 love sonnets

unaltered. 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• Detail of an historiated initial 'V'(enerabilibus) of Guido de Baysio presenting his book to the pope Boniface VIII, with a partial border, at the beginning of Guido de Baysio's Apparatus ad Sextum., Apparatus ad Sextum; De regulis iuris; Liber sextus Decretalium with the glossa ordinaria; Apparatus ad Sextum

for rubrics. 1 miniature in colours and gold, at the beginning of Liber sextus (f. 161). 2 historiated initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 299), and 9 initials in colours and gold with pope's heads (ff. 1, 82, 112,

• Miniature of the pope Boniface VIII giving the book to two clerics, at the beginning of Liber sextus., Apparatus ad Sextum; De regulis iuris; Liber sextus Decretalium with the glossa ordinaria; Apparatus ad Sextum

for rubrics. 1 miniature in colours and gold, at the beginning of Liber sextus (f. 161). 2 historiated initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 299), and 9 initials in colours and gold with pope's heads (ff. 1, 82, 112,

• Micrography of a menorah., ~Keter Malkhut~ (The Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol (ff. 1-8r); festival prayer book (~mahzor~), Italian rite (ff. 8v-231v)

at the end. 3 decorated initial-word panels with partial border, in colours and gold or silver (ff. 6, 37v, 72v). 1 initial word in gold (f. 17v). Micrography (f. 7v). ~Keter Malkhut~ (The Crown of Kingship) by Solomon ibn Gabirol

• Detail of puzzle initial., Miscellany of legal texts

(ff. 1, 5v, 9v, 13v, 16). Large and small initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in blue or red. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Miscellany of legal texts Inscribed 'Z 123', in a 17th(?)-century hand (f. 1);

• Detail of a drawing of a Zodiac man., Medical miscellany

zodiacical figures, 1 in brown ink, 2 with red, yellow and light pink (ff. 36v, 37, 46). 4 Diagrams including a diagram of the world (f. 36). Large and small initials in plain red, some with reserved designs. 1 large

• Detail of a drawing of a Zodiac man., Medical miscellany

zodiacical figures, 1 in brown ink, 2 with red, yellow and light pink (ff. 36v, 37, 46). 4 Diagrams including a diagram of the world (f. 36). Large and small initials in plain red, some with reserved designs. 1 large

• Detail of a drawing of a vein man., Medical miscellany

zodiacical figures, 1 in brown ink, 2 with red, yellow and light pink (ff. 36v, 37, 46). 4 Diagrams including a diagram of the world (f. 36). Large and small initials in plain red, some with reserved designs. 1 large

• Drawing of man with notes of body parts., Medical miscellany

zodiacical figures, 1 in brown ink, 2 with red, yellow and light pink (ff. 36v, 37, 46). 4 Diagrams including a diagram of the world (f. 36). Large and small initials in plain red, some with reserved designs. 1 large

• Miniature of The Trinity., Breviary, Dominican use (imperfect)

two quires were 'f' and 'g'; final versos of quires marked 'Corr.' 1 small miniature with a partial foliate border including bas-de-page scenes, in colours and gold (f. 1). 4 small historiated initials with partial foliate borders, in colours and