• Historiated initial 'C' of the angel symbol of Matthew, extension of acanthus-like foliage and bezants with single hair-line embellishment, at the beginning of a Gospel extract from Matthew 2:1-12., 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

• Decorated arabesque initial 'F'(raternas) at the beginning of the text., Thebais (index Thebaid)

Watermark (f. [iv]).The prologue is incomplete (folio(s) missing before f. 1).Pricking holes. 1 large arabesque initial in brown with reserved designs and penwork decoration in green (f. 1). Smaller arabesque initial and plain initial in red ink (f. 21v). Plain

• Historiated initial 'O' (Tite) with the head of a man (?Cicero) and acanthus leaves extending into the margins., De senectute (ff. 90-106v), De amicitia (ff. 107-125v), Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 126-135), Somnium Scipionis (ff. 135-139)

Paradoxa stoicorum (ff. 126-135), Somnium Scipionis (ff. 135-139) Part 1 written by Blasius Axeretinus in Milan in 1433: inscribed 'M. Tulij ciceronis liber [...] incipit [...] manu blasij axeretini Mediolani' (f. 1), and colophon '[...] liber feliciter explicit Mediolani manu

• Headpiece and initials with foliate decoration, and title partly in display capitals., Miscellany, including Aesop's Fables (ff. 1-6v imperfect, 7-14v), Sophocles's 'Ajax' (ff. 27-96) and 'Electra' (ff. 97-179v) with scholia, and a Life of Sophocles (ff. 22-24v)

decoration in light brown or red (ff. 1, 15). Initials with foliate decoration in light brown or red (ff. 1, 15, 27, 97). Title partly in display capitals in light brown (f. 1). Initials and rubrics in light brown. Miscellany,

• Decorated initial 'O'(sculetur) with a floral motif., Epithalmium (index Commentary on the Song of Songs, Commentarius in Cantica Canticorum)

chevron (f. 48v). 3 large initials in colours and gold with floral motifs (ff. 1, 4, 49). 1 small initial in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 smaller initials in colours and gold (f. 48v x 2). Ruled in red.

• Episcopal coat of arms of François de Poncher, bishop of Paris, with a Moor's head, and three scallop shells on a gold shield with a red chevron., Epithalmium (index Commentary on the Song of Songs, Commentarius in Cantica Canticorum)

chevron (f. 48v). 3 large initials in colours and gold with floral motifs (ff. 1, 4, 49). 1 small initial in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 smaller initials in colours and gold (f. 48v x 2). Ruled in red.

• Decorated line and initials., Letters, including a Commentary on Hosea (ff. 147-154)

of a cross-bow in circle with arrow (ff. 1-102). Decorated line in the upper margin in red and ink (ff. 1, 104, 147). Initials in red. Letters, including a Commentary on Hosea (ff. 147-154) Written by Konstantinos Resinos (index Constantin

• Decorated initial 'T'(obias)., Books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth, and Proverbs with the glossa ordinaria

f. [126] are former parchment pastedowns.f. 1 is a blank parchment leaf with ownership inscriptions by Foucault and Wanley. 3 large initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 2, 33v, 69). Blank space left for initial (f.

• Decorated initial 'I'(n)., Books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth, and Proverbs with the glossa ordinaria

f. [126] are former parchment pastedowns.f. 1 is a blank parchment leaf with ownership inscriptions by Foucault and Wanley. 3 large initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 2, 33v, 69). Blank space left for initial (f.

• Illuminated initial 'R'(everendo) and an effaced coat of arms., Tractatus de venenis, Problemata de venenis

coat of arms. Horizontal catchwords. 2 large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff. 1, 13v). Effaced coat of arms (f. 1). Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Paraphs in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Tractatus

• Headpiece and initial with foliate decoration., Geoponica, Books 1-20

and a prologue (14v-15v).Books 2-19 are unnumbered. Headpieces and initials with foliate decoration in pale brown (ff. 1, 14v, 29). Initials with foliate decoration and rubrics in pale brown or red. Geoponica, Books 1-20 Written by two scribes, the later

• Illuminated initials 'S'(i) and 'C'(hi) in a sonnet, with red hearts replacing the word 'cuoere’ ('heart')., 49 love sonnets

('heart'). 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• Detail of a shield have been overpainted with two hearts burning in a fire the Zucharia's monogram 'MZ' to the right of a shield overpainted, but that of 'AM' (perhaps Andrea Matteo Acquaviva), to the left of the shield unaltered., 49 love sonnets

unaltered. 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• Illuminated initial 'F' at the beginning of a texts on anatomy., Medical miscellany, including texts on anatomy (ff. 1-51v); various treatments of wounds, broken bones, and internal ruptures (ff. 53-152); recipes (ff. 154-193v); an amplified translation of the gynecological sections from Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicine, ending imperfect (ff. 194-232)

1 and 234 are parchment flyleaves. Roundels of foetal presentations in colours on red grounds (ff. 217-218v). 1 3-sided border in colours and gold with foliate decoration and a large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 2).

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lia), in the Commentary on the Decretals., Commentary on the Decretals of Gregory IX

by Magnus Ryan, this manuscript is the second volume of Arundel 471. 1 large initial in blue, with reserved design, with red pen-flourishing; heavily rubbed (f. 1).1 smaller puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and

• Drawing of microcosmic man, bounded by the spheres of the four elements and the planets, taking the place of Earth in the centre., Astrological-medical miscellany, including a calendar of John Somer followed by tables of solar and lunar eclipses; the Secretum secretorum; a treatise by Rasis on complexions (f. 72v)

of Oxford were composed in 1380, but the dated covered were sometimes changed: see Thorndike. 1 full-page diagram in brown, red, and green (f. 18). 1 large initial in colours with foliate decoration on a gold ground (f. 173v). Large

• Illuminated initial., Astrological-medical miscellany, including a calendar of John Somer followed by tables of solar and lunar eclipses; the Secretum secretorum; a treatise by Rasis on complexions (f. 72v)

of Oxford were composed in 1380, but the dated covered were sometimes changed: see Thorndike. 1 full-page diagram in brown, red, and green (f. 18). 1 large initial in colours with foliate decoration on a gold ground (f. 173v). Large

• Detail of roundels of various foetal presentations., Medical miscellany, including texts on anatomy (ff. 1-51v); various treatments of wounds, broken bones, and internal ruptures (ff. 53-152); recipes (ff. 154-193v); an amplified translation of the gynecological sections from Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicine, ending imperfect (ff. 194-232)

1 and 234 are parchment flyleaves. Roundels of foetal presentations in colours on red grounds (ff. 217-218v). 1 3-sided border in colours and gold with foliate decoration and a large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 2).

• Detail of roundels of various foetal presentations., Medical miscellany, including texts on anatomy (ff. 1-51v); various treatments of wounds, broken bones, and internal ruptures (ff. 53-152); recipes (ff. 154-193v); an amplified translation of the gynecological sections from Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicine, ending imperfect (ff. 194-232)

1 and 234 are parchment flyleaves. Roundels of foetal presentations in colours on red grounds (ff. 217-218v). 1 3-sided border in colours and gold with foliate decoration and a large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 2).

• Detail of roundels of various foetal presentations., Medical miscellany, including texts on anatomy (ff. 1-51v); various treatments of wounds, broken bones, and internal ruptures (ff. 53-152); recipes (ff. 154-193v); an amplified translation of the gynecological sections from Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicine, ending imperfect (ff. 194-232)

1 and 234 are parchment flyleaves. Roundels of foetal presentations in colours on red grounds (ff. 217-218v). 1 3-sided border in colours and gold with foliate decoration and a large initial in colours on a gold ground (f. 2).