• Illuminated white vine initial 'R'(ete), at the beginning of Plautus's Menaechmi., Comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 1-19v), Asinaria (ff. 20-35v), Aulularia (ff. 36-50), Captivi (ff. 50v-67), Circulio (ff. 67v-97), Casina (ff. 81-93), Cistellaria (ff. 93v-101), Epidicus (ff. 101v-111v), Bacchides (ff. 113-129v), Mostellaria (ff. 130-147), Menaechmi (ff. 147v-165), Miles gloriosus (ff. 165v-187v), Mercator (ff. 188-202v), Pseudolus (ff. 203-220v), Poenulus (ff. 221-237), Persa (ff. 237-247v), Rudens (ff. 247v-263v), Stichus (ff. 264-273v), Trinumus (ff. 273v-286), Truculentus (ff. 286-298)

coat of arms surmounted by a mitre (f. 1). Large white vine-stem initials, in colours and gold. Small initials in blue. Comedies (index Comoediae), with prologues and arguments: Amphitruo (ff. 1-19v), Asinaria (ff. 20-35v), Aulularia (ff. 36-50), Captivi (ff. 50v-67),

• Miniature of Aimeri kneeling before Charlemagne., Cycle of Aimeri de Narbonne: 'Girart de Viane' by Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube, 5560 lines, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 4-38v), 'Aimeri de Narbonne' and 'Narbonnais', 12850 lines (ff. 38v-120v), 'Siége de Barbastre', 8400 lines (ff. 121-175), and 'Guibert d'Andrenas' and 'Mort d'Aimeri', 6560 lines, imperfect at the end (ff. 176-217v)

Guibert standing beside Aimeri on his death bed (f. 176, damaged). Initials with penwork decoration extending into the borders in blue and red. Rubrics in red. Cycle of Aimeri de Narbonne: 'Girart de Viane' by Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube, 5560 lines,

• Decorated initial 'W'(e), and a message written in the margin by Lady Jane Grey to Sir John Bridges, Lieutenant of the Tower: 'Forasmutche as you have desired so simple a woman to wrighte in so worthye a booke (good) mayster lieutenaunte therefore I shall as a frende desyre you and as a christian require you to call uppon god to encline youre harte to his lawes to quicken you in his waye and not [on the next page] to take the worde of trewthe utterlye oute of youre mouthe...', Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book

48v, 62, 74v, 77v, 101, 106, 109v, 136v). Smaller initials in in colours and gold (mostly gold on a red, blue or pink ground). Lines fillers in colours and gold. Capitals marked in yellow. Lady Jane Grey's Prayer book Added

• Gothic text on the verso of initial from Ps. 109: 2-4, reading: 'Virgam virtutis tue e / mittet d(omi)n(u)s ex Syo(n): do / minare i(n) medio inimi / corum tuorum. / Tecum pri(n)cipium i[n] die / virtutis tue in splen / dorib(u)s s(ancto)rum ex utero / an(te) luciferu(m) genui te. / Iuravit d(omi)n(u)s et non / penitebit eum tu es sa'. Affixed nineteenth-century inscription reading: 'Magnificent sheet from a Missal bought at Palermo in 1803. Painted by Peter Peruginei the book contained two large paintings and eight smaller ones which with much regret cut from the binding in consequence of the fear of losing the book - it having been taken from the convent of St. Jerome. It is to be regretted that we possess but very incomplete accounts of the artists of the 13th and fourteenth centuries to whom we are indebted for the labours and often splendid performances which decorate the choral books and other illuminated manuscripts written in Italy during these periods. Sometimes it is true these illuminations were the work of monks who could do little more than evince their devotion to the saints by their prodigial use of gold and rich colours, still it is certain that the cloisters often produced Artists of great ability, and besides Italy as at all times produced professional illumanists and miniature painters of an Superior Order, this book could it have remained perfect by the Chevalier de Bronti - at 1000 Florins - and he remarked that whatever now remains to us of those performances merit our highest veneration as the monuments of a LOST ART - W.Y.O'., Cutting from a Missal

choir of angels, medallions inhabited with saints, and ‘drôlerie’ of a Franciscan monk, dressed in the Order’s original grey hooded habit, climbing amongst the foliage. On the reverse text: 'Virgam virtutis tue e / mittet d(omi)n(u)s ex Syo(n): do /

• Puzzle initial., Martyrologium, etc.

and smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Martyrologium, etc. ff. 1-2 and 147-148

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red or blue with pen-flourishing in blue or red, some with green infill. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing or penwork decoration. Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Medical treatises

• Flourished initial 'N'(a), at the beginning of the prologue to the 'Arzneibuch'., Medical treatises

red or blue with pen-flourishing in blue or red, some with green infill. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing or penwork decoration. Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Medical treatises

• null, De proprietatibus rerum

Smaller and small initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. De proprietatibus rerum Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698),

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gold (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, at the beginnings of the books. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Epistolae ad familiares ? A

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gold (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, at the beginnings of the books. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Epistolae ad familiares ? A

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gold (f. 1). Large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, at the beginnings of the books. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Epistolae ad familiares ? A

• Decorated initial 'E'(dwardus) at the beginning of a collection of Statuta vetera., Collection of the Statuta vetera and other texts (index Statuta Angliae)

of Statuta vetera. Note that the former covers are stored separately. Large initials in blue with blue and red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Cadels. Collection of the Statuta vetera and other texts

• Illuminated initial and border., Secretum Secretorum

(f. 1). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, often in the form of leaves. Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red with purple penwork decoration. Line-fillers in blue and red. Highlighting of

• Decorated initials and line-fillers., Secretum Secretorum

(f. 1). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, often in the form of leaves. Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red with purple penwork decoration. Line-fillers in blue and red. Highlighting of

• Detail of decorated initial., Secretum Secretorum

(f. 1). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, often in the form of leaves. Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red with purple penwork decoration. Line-fillers in blue and red. Highlighting of

• Detail of illuminated initial., Secretum Secretorum

(f. 1). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, often in the form of leaves. Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration, and in red with purple penwork decoration. Line-fillers in blue and red. Highlighting of

• Decorated initial 'A', at the beginning of a medical treatise., Medical treatises

treatise. 1 large initials in gold on red and blue grounds (ff. 6, 22v, 31, 105v, 142). Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Medical treatises Note on the content in English,

• Puzzle initial 'T'(he) with penwork decoration in the form of leaves, at the beginning of Matthew., New Testament, in the later Wycliffite version, with prologues, and lessons from Advent to Trinity, various tracts, and a calendar

in red and blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and 2 with red and blue pen-flourishing forming a partial border (ff. 58, 113). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. New Testament, in

• Puzzle initial 'P'(aul) with penwork decoration in the form of leaves, at the beginning of Romans., New Testament, in the later Wycliffite version, with prologues, and lessons from Advent to Trinity, various tracts, and a calendar

in red and blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and 2 with red and blue pen-flourishing forming a partial border (ff. 58, 113). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. New Testament, in

• Detail of puzzle initial., New Testament, in the later Wycliffite version, with prologues, and lessons from Advent to Trinity, various tracts, and a calendar

in red and blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and 2 with red and blue pen-flourishing forming a partial border (ff. 58, 113). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. New Testament, in