• Text in decorated frame and inhabited by birds and a squirrel, and with two medallions of a lion and a coat of arms (the same as on f. 2v)., 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

• Historiated initial 'D' of Matthew writing wiith his symbol holding the book at the beginning of his Gospel., Bible (ff. 1-455), with tables of the ecclesiastical lessons, and the office of the Mass

his Gospel. 2 historiated initials of Jerome, and of Matthew and his symbol in colours (ff. 1, 369v). 4 large initials in silver or gold with red penwork decoration at the beginning of the prologues or books of Genesis and

• Illuminated initial 'I'(in principio) at the beginning of the book of Genesis., Bible (ff. 1-455), with tables of the ecclesiastical lessons, and the office of the Mass

historiated initials of Jerome, and of Matthew and his symbol in colours (ff. 1, 369v). 4 large initials in silver or gold with red penwork decoration at the beginning of the prologues or books of Genesis and Matthew (ff. 3v,

• Puzzle initial., Travels (index Itinerarium)

19s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 628-709), and a further 17 lots were purchased subsequently for £2 9s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 63). Small initials in blue with red foliate

• null, Opus de Jure, or Pragmatica

a simple geometric pattern (f. 1). Initials in red, with penwork decoration. Small initials in red. Opus de Jure, or Pragmatica Acquired in 1834 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton,

• Miniature of Christ in Majesty of a lost Missal., Added miniature

of a lost Missal. Marginal sketches and notes in French (ff. 27, 61). 1 full-page miniature with full foliate borders, in colours and gold. Added miniature Part 1: Claude de Seyssel (b. c. 1450/55, d. 1520), jurist, advisor to the

• Armorial page., Histoire des guerres des romains

notes in French (ff. 27, 61). 1 armorial full-page miniature, in colours and gold (f. 6v). 2 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, in colours and gold, for the prologue and the first chapter (ff. 7,

• Miniature of a battle scene, decorated initial 'L'(e) and foliate borders., Histoire des guerres des romains

borders. Marginal sketches and notes in French (ff. 27, 61). 1 armorial full-page miniature, in colours and gold (f. 6v). 2 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, in colours and gold, for the prologue and the

• 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

• Decorated initial., Epistolae, imperfect (ff. 1-47v); Auluaria sive Querolus (ff. 72-86v)

Decorated initial. From ff. 48, large and small initials in red or brown, some with red or light brown highlighting. Highlighting of letters in red. Epistolae, imperfect (ff. 1-47v); Auluaria sive Querolus (ff. 72-86v) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• 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

• Illuminated initial 'C'(ai[us])., Epistolae (index Letters)

on the verso.There is a pastedown with an inscription on f. 1. Ruled in hardpoint. Quire signatures: A, B, etc. Written in Italy, possibly Venice c. 1420, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian

• Decorated initial 'T'(obie) with foliate border., Job and Tobit in the later Wycliffite version

and pink large initials on a gold background with a three-sided foliate border (ff. 1, 47). Gold initial and text have been rubbed away (f. 1). Large blue initials with red pen-flourishing at the beginning of each chapter. Job and

• Decorated initial with zoomorphic motifs., Cartulary of Waltham Abbey, Essex

Robert Fuller and divided into 5 volumes. This was the first volume, as suggested by a 18th-cent. note (f. 1). Its contents relate to the abbey's rights and privileges in churches, manors and forests and include numerous royal and episcopal

• Puzzle initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, and initial 'H'(ere) with pen-flourishing., Wycliffe Religious Tracts: De salutaribus documentis (ff. 1-66v); De vita Christiana (ff. 66v-97v); De creatione (ff. 97v-100v); De duodecim abusionibus (ff. 97-199v), incomplete

salutaribus documentis~ff. 66v-97v: ~De Vita Christiana~ff. 97v-100v: ~De Creatione~ff. 97v-199v (incomplete): ~De Duodecim Abusionibus~ 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Blue initials with red pen-flourishing at the beginning of each section. Paraphs and chapter

• White vine initial 'M'(ecenas) and, in the lower margin, the bookstamps of Pandolfo di Ricasoli and the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites in Florence., Odes (index Carmina)

in colours and foliate extensions (ff. 1, 21). Numerous plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Odes (index Carmina) Pandolfo di Ricasoli, baron, of Florence: his bookstamp, 17th century (ff. 1, 71v).The Convent of Discalced Carmelites,