• 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

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lle) and partial border., Devotional treatises and sermons, including Memoriale credencium (ff. 1-69), a treatise on the five senses (ff. 106v-127), a sermon by Thomas Wymyldon (ff. 140-153), a treatise on the visitation of the sick (ff. 156-160v), and a treatise on 'wedded men, wives, and their children' (ff. 160v-166v)

and partial border. 1 blank parchment leaf after f. 2*.1 blank ruled parchment leaf after f. 127.ff. 191-193 are parchment flyleaves. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with partial bar border in the same colours (f. 73). 5 puzzle

• Decorated border with floral motifs with the arms of the Calori of Modena, and a historiated initial 'P'(aucos) with a portrait of Petrarch seated in a garden, reading a book., Opuscula varia (index various works)

Petrarch standing (f. 29). Decorated border with floral motifs in gold, silver, and colours, and 1 decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 63). 1 small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue with

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(aucos) with a portrait of Petrarch seated in a garden, reading a book., Opuscula varia (index various works)

Petrarch standing (f. 29). Decorated border with floral motifs in gold, silver, and colours, and 1 decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 63). 1 small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue 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

• Historiated initial 'I' of the angel symbol of Luke, extension of acanthus-like foliage and bezants with single hair-line embellishment, at the beginning of a Gospel extract from Luke 6:36-42., 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'(ome) of king Edward III, crowned with a scepter on a throne, and a full border with a dragon, at the beginning of the first statute of Edward III., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book) for Edward III (ff. 1-212v) and Richard II (ff. 213-329v)

with a dragon, at the beginning of the first statute of Edward III. 1 historiated initial, with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 22). 1 large initial in gold on a ground in red and blue, with

• Decorated initial 'R'(ichard), with a bar and foliate extensions, at the beginning of the first statute under the government of Richard II., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book) for Edward III (ff. 1-212v) and Richard II (ff. 213-329v)

at the beginning of the first statute under the government of Richard II. 1 historiated initial, with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 22). 1 large initial in gold on a ground in red and blue, with

• Decorated initial 'I'(incipt), at the beginning of the Computus manual., Computus manual with commentary

manual. Musical notation added in a contemporary hand (ff. 109v-110). 1 large decorated initial in red (f. 2). Diagrams. Computus manual with commentary Inscribed 'Will(e)m Ballon 1603' (f. 39).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased

• Historiated initial 'C'(ome) of king Edward III, crowned with a scepter on a throne, at the beginning of the first statute of Edward III., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book) for Edward III (ff. 1-212v) and Richard II (ff. 213-329v)

on a throne, at the beginning of the first statute of Edward III. 1 historiated initial, with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 22). 1 large initial in gold on a ground in red and blue, with

• Decorated initial 'R'(ichard), at the beginning of the first statute under the government of Richard II., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book) for Edward III (ff. 1-212v) and Richard II (ff. 213-329v)

at the beginning of the first statute under the government of Richard II. 1 historiated initial, with a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 22). 1 large initial in gold on a ground in red and blue, with

• Detail of paintings of dragon and a duck at the end of a passage in ~Pirqei Avot~., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Detail of an initial-word panel with pen-flourishing and two dragons, at the customs of Hanukkah., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Detail of the lower half of a frame inhabited by a squirrel, with two medallions of a lion and a coat of arms., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Detail of a man in a pointed hat holding a branch of ~lulav~, pen drawing at Shemini Atzeret., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Micrography and decorated ~parashah~ sign at the beginning of ~parashat Noah~ (Gen. 6:9-11:32)., Pentateuch (the 'London Catalan Pentateuch') (ff. 1v-171v), ~Haftarot~ (ff. 172-225), and Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 225-246) with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

and sometimes pricking are visible. Numerous micrographical designs. Numerous decorated ~parashah~ signs, in ink. Pen drawing of a castle (f. 1). Pentateuch (the 'London Catalan Pentateuch') (ff. 1v-171v), ~Haftarot~ (ff. 172-225), and Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 225-246) with ~masorah

• Micrography at Genesis 10., Pentateuch (the 'London Catalan Pentateuch') (ff. 1v-171v), ~Haftarot~ (ff. 172-225), and Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 225-246) with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

and sometimes pricking are visible. Numerous micrographical designs. Numerous decorated ~parashah~ signs, in ink. Pen drawing of a castle (f. 1). Pentateuch (the 'London Catalan Pentateuch') (ff. 1v-171v), ~Haftarot~ (ff. 172-225), and Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 225-246) with ~masorah

• Micrography at Genesis 15., Pentateuch (the 'London Catalan Pentateuch') (ff. 1v-171v), ~Haftarot~ (ff. 172-225), and Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 225-246) with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

and sometimes pricking are visible. Numerous micrographical designs. Numerous decorated ~parashah~ signs, in ink. Pen drawing of a castle (f. 1). Pentateuch (the 'London Catalan Pentateuch') (ff. 1v-171v), ~Haftarot~ (ff. 172-225), and Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 225-246) with ~masorah

• Micrography at Genesis 22-23., Pentateuch (the 'London Catalan Pentateuch') (ff. 1v-171v), ~Haftarot~ (ff. 172-225), and Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 225-246) with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

and sometimes pricking are visible. Numerous micrographical designs. Numerous decorated ~parashah~ signs, in ink. Pen drawing of a castle (f. 1). Pentateuch (the 'London Catalan Pentateuch') (ff. 1v-171v), ~Haftarot~ (ff. 172-225), and Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 225-246) with ~masorah

• Micrography at Genesis 24., Pentateuch (the 'London Catalan Pentateuch') (ff. 1v-171v), ~Haftarot~ (ff. 172-225), and Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 225-246) with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

and sometimes pricking are visible. Numerous micrographical designs. Numerous decorated ~parashah~ signs, in ink. Pen drawing of a castle (f. 1). Pentateuch (the 'London Catalan Pentateuch') (ff. 1v-171v), ~Haftarot~ (ff. 172-225), and Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 225-246) with ~masorah