• Detail of a miniature of the heavenly host with George, patron saint of England., Speculum humanae salvationis

colours and gold, often accompanied by feathering extending in the margin. Small initials in gold with brown pen decoration or blue with red pen decoration. Cadels. Line-fillers. Chapter numbers written on scrolls at the top of the page. Speculum humanae

• Detail of a miniature of a woman before a seated man., Speculum humanae salvationis

colours and gold, often accompanied by feathering extending in the margin. Small initials in gold with brown pen decoration or blue with red pen decoration. Cadels. Line-fillers. Chapter numbers written on scrolls at the top of the page. Speculum humanae

• Miniatures of the Fall of Man and the Expulsion from Paradise., Speculum humanae salvationis

colours and gold, often accompanied by feathering extending in the margin. Small initials in gold with brown pen decoration or blue with red pen decoration. Cadels. Line-fillers. Chapter numbers written on scrolls at the top of the page. Speculum humanae

• Detail of a miniature of the Fall of Man., Speculum humanae salvationis

colours and gold, often accompanied by feathering extending in the margin. Small initials in gold with brown pen decoration or blue with red pen decoration. Cadels. Line-fillers. Chapter numbers written on scrolls at the top of the page. Speculum humanae

• Detail of a miniature of the Expulsion from Paradise., Speculum humanae salvationis

colours and gold, often accompanied by feathering extending in the margin. Small initials in gold with brown pen decoration or blue with red pen decoration. Cadels. Line-fillers. Chapter numbers written on scrolls at the top of the page. Speculum humanae

• Miniatures of Adam digging and Eve spinning with their children in the background, and on the right, the Ark, illustrating chapter 2., Speculum humanae salvationis

colours and gold, often accompanied by feathering extending in the margin. Small initials in gold with brown pen decoration or blue with red pen decoration. Cadels. Line-fillers. Chapter numbers written on scrolls at the top of the page. Speculum humanae

• Detail of a miniature of Adam digging and Eve spinning with their children in the background., Speculum humanae salvationis

colours and gold, often accompanied by feathering extending in the margin. Small initials in gold with brown pen decoration or blue with red pen decoration. Cadels. Line-fillers. Chapter numbers written on scrolls at the top of the page. Speculum humanae

• Detail of a miniature of the Ark., Speculum humanae salvationis

colours and gold, often accompanied by feathering extending in the margin. Small initials in gold with brown pen decoration or blue with red pen decoration. Cadels. Line-fillers. Chapter numbers written on scrolls at the top of the page. Speculum humanae

• Historiated faceted initial 'Q'(uanquam) with tail drawn as if piercing the parchment leaf and 'all'antica' border decorated with vases and cornucopiae at the beginning of Cicero's 'De officiis'., De officiis

the beginning of each book ( ff. 1, 65v, 104v). Similar capitals for the colophon (f. 155v). Numerous initials in blue. Rubrics and notes in red. De officiis Written in 1498 by Bartolomeo Sanvito of Padua (b. 1435, d. 1518):

• Detail of a miniature of Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, receiving the book form David Aubert, author of the preface, with an illuminated initial 'L'(es fais), at the beginning of the preface., Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et des chevaliers du Franc Palais)

and an illuminated initial in colours and gold, at the beginning of the preface (f. 3). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et

• Miniature of Troilus showing Lionnel a castle he built for him, with a partial trompe l'oeil border., Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et des chevaliers du Franc Palais), imperfect

beginning of some chapters (ff. 54v, 105, 129v, 144, 166, 216v, 244, 276v, 305, 318v, 348v). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et

• Miniature of Gadiffer and Pierrote ill in bed, with a partial trompe l'oeil border., Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et des chevaliers du Franc Palais), imperfect

beginning of some chapters (ff. 54v, 105, 129v, 144, 166, 216v, 244, 276v, 305, 318v, 348v). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et

• Miniature of a knight on a horse receiving a ring from one of two ladies for his victory in a tournament, with a partial trompe l'oeil border., Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et des chevaliers du Franc Palais), imperfect

beginning of some chapters (ff. 54v, 105, 129v, 144, 166, 216v, 244, 276v, 305, 318v, 348v). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et

• Miniature of Gadiffer talking to Flavine, with a partial trompe l'oeil border., Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et des chevaliers du Franc Palais), imperfect

beginning of some chapters (ff. 54v, 105, 129v, 144, 166, 216v, 244, 276v, 305, 318v, 348v). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et

• Miniature of a knight, with a partial trompe l'oeil border., Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et des chevaliers du Franc Palais), imperfect

beginning of some chapters (ff. 54v, 105, 129v, 144, 166, 216v, 244, 276v, 305, 318v, 348v). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et

• Miniature of Perceforest with two courtiers and a man holding a reliquary from which the carved snakes are falling to the ground, with a partial foliate border., Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et des chevaliers du Franc Palais), imperfect

beginning of some chapters (ff. 54v, 105, 129v, 144, 166, 216v, 244, 276v, 305, 318v, 348v). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et

• Miniature of troilus receiving a cup from a lady, with a partial trompe l'oeil border., Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et des chevaliers du Franc Palais), imperfect

beginning of some chapters (ff. 54v, 105, 129v, 144, 166, 216v, 244, 276v, 305, 318v, 348v). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et

• Miniature of Gadiffer with two fighting knights and a lamenting woman, with a partial border., Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et des chevaliers du Franc Palais), imperfect

beginning of some chapters (ff. 54v, 105, 129v, 144, 166, 216v, 244, 276v, 305, 318v, 348v). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et

• Miniature of Lionnel saving three women from burning at the stake, with a partial trompe l'oeil border., Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et des chevaliers du Franc Palais), imperfect

beginning of some chapters (ff. 54v, 105, 129v, 144, 166, 216v, 244, 276v, 305, 318v, 348v). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et

• Miniature of Estonne, count of Desers, meeting Narsis, with a partial trompe l'oeil border., Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et des chevaliers du Franc Palais)

152, 216, 275), including 1 with a partially trimmed instruction in the lower margin (f. 216). Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white. Perceforest (Anciennes croniques Dangleterre, faictz et gestes du roy Perceforest, et