• Puzzle initial 'F'(ratres) with penwork extensions., Epistolary of the Sainte-Chapelle, Use of Paris

or blue with pen-flourishing in blue (and red) or in red (and blue). Numerous flourished initials with a heraldic eagle in the centre. Small initials in gold or blue with penwork decoration in blue (and red) or red (and blue).

• null, De diligendo Deo and various sermons, including De peregrino et mortuo et crucifixo

Large puzzle initials in red and blue with elaborate tight penwork flourishing in red, blue or purple. De diligendo Deo and various sermons, including De peregrino et mortuo et crucifixo Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by

• null, De diligendo Deo and various sermons, including De peregrino et mortuo et crucifixo

Large puzzle initials in red and blue with elaborate tight penwork flourishing in red, blue or purple. De diligendo Deo and various sermons, including De peregrino et mortuo et crucifixo Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by

• Detail of KL initials., Calendar

of KL initials. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753),

• Detail of eclipses., Calendar

Detail of eclipses. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753),

• Miniature of Zodiac man., Calendar

of Zodiac man. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753),

• Puzzle initial 'B'(onifacius), at the beginning of Bonifatius's Liber sextus Decretalium., Quaestationes Disputatae (ends imperfectly)

red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, and decorated extensions (f. 79). Smaller and small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials and paraph marks in plain red or blue. Quaestationes

• Illuminated foliate initial 'T'(he) and full border., Medical miscellany, including a lunary (ff. 6v-7); anonymous text on humours, elements, and urines, a calendar (ff. 11-21v); Guy of Chauliac's Anatomy; a treatise on complexions

'champ' initials in gold on blue and pink grounds with sprays of green leaves with gold. Small initials in gold with brown or blue penwork decoration, or in blue with red penwork decoration. Line-fillers in blue and gold. Drawings in

• Illuminated border and initial., Medical miscellany, including a lunary (ff. 6v-7); anonymous text on humours, elements, and urines, a calendar (ff. 11-21v); Guy of Chauliac's Anatomy; a treatise on complexions

'champ' initials in gold on blue and pink grounds with sprays of green leaves with gold. Small initials in gold with brown or blue penwork decoration, or in blue with red penwork decoration. Line-fillers in blue and gold. Drawings in

• Miniature of the Virgin with Child, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and full foliate borders, at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Besançon

and blue grounds. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Capital letters highlighted in red.Ff. 91-107v: 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue

• Miniature of the Flagellation of Christ, decorated initial 'D'(eus) and full foliate borders, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Besançon

and blue grounds. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue. Capital letters highlighted in red.Ff. 91-107v: 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue

• Detail of illuminated initial., De Regimine Principis

2). 1 smaller puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in green and red (f. 33). Smaller initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. De Regimine Principis Inscriptions in English, 15th-century (ff.

• null, Medical treatises

small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Medical treatises Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in

• Illuminated initial 'A'., Surgery, imperfect; with medical receipts

beginning of the preface and books (ff. 2, 8, 20, 45). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Drawings of surgical instruments (ff. 82v, 140). Surgery, imperfect; with medical receipts Sir Hans

• Text page at the first chapter of Paul's epistle to the Romans., Pauline Epistles with a commentary, imperfect at the beginning and at the end (begins at Romans 1.2 and ends at Hebrews 11.13)

blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours, some large, some small. Large initials in red or blue with red or blue pen-flourishing. Plain initials in red or blue. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Running headers in red and

• Historiated initial 'H'(ec) with Moses crossing the red sea or bringing water from a rock with his rod(?), at the beginning of Deuteronomy., Glossed Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (ends imperfectly)

and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 2, 197). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue, some with decorated extensions in red and blue. Glossed

• Historiated initial 'N' with Moses with the two tablets, at the beginning of Numbers., Glossed Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (ends imperfectly)

and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 2, 197). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue, some with decorated extensions in red and blue. Glossed

• Miniature of Jean, duke of Berry, receiving the book from the translator, Laurent de Premierfait, with a full border containing the royal arms of England surrounded by the Garter with the motto, 'Honny soit qui mal y pense', and surmounted by a crowned helm with a mantling in Edward IV's colours of red and blue, with two shields bearing the same arms differentiated by labels of three and five points for Edward's sons, Edward, prince of Wales, and Richard, duke of York, two banners held by angels bearing the royal arms of England, and a Yorkist badge of white ~rose-en-soleil~ with the motto 'Dieu est mon droit'; and an illuminated initial 'L'(e propre) with a dragon, at the beginning of the prologue., Decameron (Les cent nouvelles)

the prologue (f. 1). Initials and paraphs in gold with black pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in blue, gold or in gold and blue. Decameron (Les cent nouvelles) Edward IV (b. 1442, d. 1483), king of England

• Decorated initials 'S'(oluitur) and puzzle initial 'F'(raternas)., Thebais (index Thebaid)

in blue with red penwork decoration or in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 2*v, 3*v, 11v, 34, 47, 59, 73, 85v, 97v, 111v, 126, 137v). Numerous smaller plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Running

• Decorated initial 'S'(emper) entwined in foliage on a blue ground at the beginning of Juvenal's Satires; with two heraldic shields in the lower margin., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)(ff. 1-69v; ff. 70v-83)

lines in gold, blue, purple, and olive green (f. 1). 1 large unfinished initial, and square capitals used as display script with alternating words in gold, blue, red, olive green, and purple, and alternating lines in blue and red (f.