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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

• 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

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) with seven roundels of the creation of the world, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible with prologues, and two versions of Psalms

in red and blue with green, yellow and brown infill, sometimes flourishing into the margins. Large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) with coloured infill, at the beginning of the Psalms., Bible with prologues, and two versions of Psalms

in red and blue with green, yellow and brown infill, sometimes flourishing into the margins. Large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam), at the beginning of Ioannes Serapion's Liber aggregationum., Medical treatises, including Ioannes Serapion's Liber aggregationum (ff. 1-79v)

beginning of Ioannes Serapion's Liber aggregationum. Large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Medical treatises, including Ioannes Serapion's Liber aggregationum (ff.

• Illuminated initial 'P' and border., New Testament, in the later Wycliffe version (index Bible), with prologues, table of lessons, and a table of arguments of the various books

and blue at the beginning of prologues and some books, with many excised. Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Paraphs in blue. Numbers and rubrics in red. Line-fillers in blue.

• Text page., Composite miscellany of theological treatises and sermons in Latin, poems and proverbs in French and English; Proverbe de bon enseignement, La plainte nostre dame, La geste des dames.

red or blue initials. Initials in blue with red pen flourishing or in red with blue pen flourishing. Rubrics in red. Paragraphs in blue or red. Highlighting of letters in red. Initials in red (ff. 65-80). Initials in blue (f.

• Puzzle initial 'L'(aet) with green and red penwork decoration, including dragons in the Utrecht style with linked necks and leaves and flowers in the bowl of the letter and in a full border., Stimulus divini amoris, and other devotional texts and prayers

a full border of red penwork infilled with green wash, framed in blue. Red initials with purple pen-flourishing, and blue initials with red pen-flourishing. Small simple red or blue initials. Stimulus divini amoris, and other devotional texts and prayers Charles

• Decorated initial 'V'(erbu[m]) with foliate decoration at the beginning of Hosea., Old Testament (only the Minor Prophets: Hosea-Malachi), with marginal and interlinear gloss, imperfect

red, green, or blue, occasionally with reserved lines, with blue, green, red and blue penwork decoration including foliate motifs (ff. 25v, 38v, 57v, 60v, 76v, 82, 85v, 87v, 114v). Large puzzle initial in red and green with blue and red

• Flourished puzzle initial 'F'(inem) at the beginning of Cicero's Epistolae ad familiares, book 12., Epistolae ad familiares

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

• Part of a leaf of a missal with part of the text for the vigil of Holy Saturday with script in alternating red and blue-green ink, with the Canticle of Moses on the recto; the fragment used as a pastedown., Part leaf of a noted Missal with part of the text for Holy Saturday including the Canticle of Moses

Part of a leaf of a missal with part of the text for the vigil of Holy Saturday with script in alternating red and blue-green ink, with the Canticle of Moses on the recto; the fragment used as a

• Puzzle initial ''U'(rbis) and flourished initial 'T'(antum) at the beginning of Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia., Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 1-127v), followed by a list of chapters (ff. 127v-128v)

large puzzle initials in blue and red, with red and blue penwork decoration, and thin shell gold(?), at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 14, 29, 43v, 59, 75, 89, 100v, 114). Small initials in blue with red flourishing,

• Puzzle initial 'D'(ives), in Valerius Maximus's Facta et dicta memorabilia., Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 1-127v), followed by a list of chapters (ff. 127v-128v)

large puzzle initials in blue and red, with red and blue penwork decoration, and thin shell gold(?), at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 14, 29, 43v, 59, 75, 89, 100v, 114). Small initials in blue with red flourishing,

• Detail of puzzle initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 1-127v), followed by a list of chapters (ff. 127v-128v)

large puzzle initials in blue and red, with red and blue penwork decoration, and thin shell gold(?), at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 14, 29, 43v, 59, 75, 89, 100v, 114). Small initials in blue with red flourishing,

• Detail of puzzle initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 1-127v), followed by a list of chapters (ff. 127v-128v)

large puzzle initials in blue and red, with red and blue penwork decoration, and thin shell gold(?), at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 14, 29, 43v, 59, 75, 89, 100v, 114). Small initials in blue with red flourishing,

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 1 of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum., Gesta Normannorum ducum

in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red at the beginning of the prologue and the books (ff. 1, 1v, 5, 8, 11, 18, 23v, 27). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red

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in gold on red and blue grounds. Testament (begins imperfectly) 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