• Detail of a miniature of the Fool, with a bauble, loaf and dog., La Bible historiale complétée (Genesis - Psalms)

Bible of Jean de Sy.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large miniature partially in grisaille, colours and gold, with a full border containing historiated medallions, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). 51 one-column miniatures partially in grisaille, colours and

• Detail of a miniature of David drowning in water, with God above., La Bible historiale complétée (Genesis - Psalms)

Bible of Jean de Sy.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large miniature partially in grisaille, colours and gold, with a full border containing historiated medallions, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). 51 one-column miniatures partially in grisaille, colours and

• Detail of a miniature of David playing the bells., La Bible historiale complétée (Genesis - Psalms)

Bible of Jean de Sy.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large miniature partially in grisaille, colours and gold, with a full border containing historiated medallions, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). 51 one-column miniatures partially in grisaille, colours and

• Detail of a miniature of two singers at a lectern., La Bible historiale complétée (Genesis - Psalms)

Bible of Jean de Sy.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large miniature partially in grisaille, colours and gold, with a full border containing historiated medallions, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). 51 one-column miniatures partially in grisaille, colours and

• Detail of a miniature of the Trinity., La Bible historiale complétée (Genesis - Psalms)

Bible of Jean de Sy.Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 1 large miniature partially in grisaille, colours and gold, with a full border containing historiated medallions, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). 51 one-column miniatures partially in grisaille, colours and

• ~Masorah~ in micorgraphic design at Joshua., Duke of Sussex Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

~Masorah~ in micorgraphic design at Joshua. Ruling is sometimes visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Gilt edges. ~Masorah~ in micrographical design in the lower margins. Decorated ~parashah~ signs in mauve, red and gold. Numerous embellished bands with

• Initial-word panels with penwork decoration., Commentary on the Pentateuch

194 is a later reconstruction. Deleted and rewritten section (f. 25v). Several mutilated folios. 1 carpet page with penwork decoration in colours (f. 138v). Numerous initial-word panels with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, in red, mauve and blue ink. Numerous embellished

• Initial-word panels with penwork decoration at the beginning of the commentary on Leviticus., Commentary on the Pentateuch

side are distinguishable. Folio 194 is a later reconstruction. Deleted and rewritten section (f. 25v). Several mutilated folios. 1 carpet page with penwork decoration in colours (f. 138v). Numerous initial-word panels with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, in red, mauve and

• Carpet page with penwork decoration (f. 138v) and initial-word panel with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing at the beginning of the commentary on Numbers., Commentary on the Pentateuch

and flesh side are distinguishable. Folio 194 is a later reconstruction. Deleted and rewritten section (f. 25v). Several mutilated folios. 1 carpet page with penwork decoration in colours (f. 138v). Numerous initial-word panels with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, in red,

• Initial-word panels with penwork decoration., Commentary on the Pentateuch

194 is a later reconstruction. Deleted and rewritten section (f. 25v). Several mutilated folios. 1 carpet page with penwork decoration in colours (f. 138v). Numerous initial-word panels with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, in red, mauve and blue ink. Numerous embellished

• Micrographical design in the margins, at the end of Genesis and beginning of Exodus., Pentateuch with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

196v).Prince Augustus Frederick (b. 1773, d. 1843), duke of Sussex: his armorial book-plate, inscribed (inner front cover); his sale 13 August 1844, lot 314: inscribed (f. 1), purchased by the British Museum through Thomas Thorpe bookseller for £20. Micrography Spain

• ~Masorah~ in micrographic design at the end of Numbers and beginning of Deuteronomy., Duke of Sussex Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

~Masorah~ in micrographic design at the end of Numbers and beginning of Deuteronomy. Ruling is sometimes visible. Flesh side and hair side are distinguishable. Gilt edges. ~Masorah~ in micrographical design in the lower margins. Decorated ~parashah~ signs in mauve,

• Miniature of the Virgin and Child looking down on a Venetian nobleman receiving a book from a seated Mark before a landscape, and the inscription 'Anno Aetatis XLII' within a border of putti with urns and garlands., Leaf of a Doge's Commission (index commissione dogale)

with Add. 20916, ff. 10, 12-17. To see this leaf in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 20916, ff. 10-17. 1 full-page miniature in colours and gold, of the Virgin and Child looking down on a Venetian nobleman receiving a

• Decorated initial and border., Prayer book

Decorated initial and border. 2 large decorated foliate initials with three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 47). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red and green wash (f. 132). Smaller initials in

• Illuminated headpiece with foliate decoration and initial at the beginning of Mark., Four Gospels and Hebrews 12:17-13:25, imperfect (see notes), adapted for liturgical use

Illuminated headpiece with foliate decoration and initial at the beginning of Mark. The volume of which this manuscript was originally a part also contained Metz, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 4 (destroyed in 1944), which comprised Acts, Catholic and Pauline Epistles,

• Illuminated headpiece with foliate decoration and initial at the beginning of John., Four Gospels and Hebrews 12:17-13:25, imperfect (see notes), adapted for liturgical use

Illuminated headpiece with foliate decoration and initial at the beginning of John. The volume of which this manuscript was originally a part also contained Metz, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 4 (destroyed in 1944), which comprised Acts, Catholic and Pauline Epistles,

• Decorated initial 'R'(icardus) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the statutes of Richard II., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III (ff. 13-217) to 7 Richard II (ff. 217-271)

or red with penwork decoration in the other colour. Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III (ff. 13-217) to 7 Richard II (ff. 217-271) Added inscription, 15th century (f. [276]).The Harley Collection, formed

• Headpiece with foliate decoration on gold ground and gold initial 'E'(peideper) at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke., Four Gospels and Hebrews 12:17-13:25, imperfect (see notes), adapted for liturgical use

Headpiece with foliate decoration on gold ground and gold initial 'E'(peideper) at the beginning of the Gospel of Luke. The volume of which this manuscript was originally a part also contained Metz, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 4 (destroyed in 1944),

• Display script in three-colour capitals giving the title of the text as Tractatus Origenis de Balaham et Balac, with the twelfth-century ownership inscription of the abbey of Corbie above., Homiliae in numeri 15-19

transferred there in 1638, with a 18th century French note regarding the manuscript’s provenance (f. ir-v), and 'No. 197' (f. 1, lower left corner).? The abbey of St-Laurence (18th century French note regarding the manuscript’s provenance, f. ir-v).Charles Burney (b.

• Decorated coloured initials 'F'(undamenta), of geometric shapes, and zoomorphic initial 'A'(b) made up in part by a bird., Homiliae in numeri 15-19

transferred there in 1638, with a 18th century French note regarding the manuscript’s provenance (f. ir-v), and 'No. 197' (f. 1, lower left corner).? The abbey of St-Laurence (18th century French note regarding the manuscript’s provenance, f. ir-v).Charles Burney (b.