• Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'R'(adix), formed from a snake and a crowned tree., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

with mostly red (or brown) pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, some with zoomorphic and/or human figures (e.g. ff. 97v, 120v). Small initials and paraph marks in plain red or blue. Marginal diagram of Venus and the sun in

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'C'., Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies

with mostly red (or brown) pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing, some with zoomorphic and/or human figures (e.g. ff. 97v, 120v). Small initials and paraph marks in plain red or blue. Marginal diagram of Venus and the sun in

• Historiated initial 'In' with intwined figures., fragments from the end of Joshua and the beginning of Judges; and the end of Judges to the beginning of Ruth

on four-line red staves. 2 large historiated initials in black ink (ff. 76v, 77v). Large letters and initials in red, blue, yellow or green. Another smaller fragment of this manuscript is Sloane 1086, f. 100 (Deut. 34:1-5 and part of

• Miniature of the marriage of Henry V and Catharine of Valois, inscribed with their initials, 'K de France' and 'H. Le Einglieche', with a full border containing the royal arms of England supported by a red dragon and a white hound, in the lower margin, and alternately a portcullis badge on a blue ground semé of 'S', and a Tudor rose., Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis (from 1422 to 1460)

supported by a red dragon and a white hound, in the lower margin, and alternately a portcullis badge on a blue ground semé of 'S', and a Tudor rose. Sixth of six volumes (Royal 20 E I-VI).Catchwords; guide letters for

• Decorated initial 'O' (heer) at the beginning of a prayer, with a penwork border of acanthus scrolls in red and blue winding around aubergines., Prayer Book

blue penwork decoration incorporating aubergine motifs, either full (ff. 1, 57), or three-sided (ff. 17, 29, 37). Large blue initials with green and red foliate or geometric penwork decoration, some with red and/or blue pen-flourishing. Simple alternating red or

• Decorated initial with a vase., Prayer Book

blue penwork decoration incorporating aubergine motifs, either full (ff. 1, 57), or three-sided (ff. 17, 29, 37). Large blue initials with green and red foliate or geometric penwork decoration, some with red and/or blue pen-flourishing. Simple alternating red or

• Decorated initial with aubergine style decoration., Prayer Book

blue penwork decoration incorporating aubergine motifs, either full (ff. 1, 57), or three-sided (ff. 17, 29, 37). Large blue initials with green and red foliate or geometric penwork decoration, some with red and/or blue pen-flourishing. Simple alternating red or

• Decorated initial 'O' (heer) at the beginning of a series of prayers on the Passion, with a penwork border of acanthus scrolls in red and blue winding around aubergines., Prayer Book

blue penwork decoration incorporating aubergine motifs, either full (ff. 1, 57), or three-sided (ff. 17, 29, 37). Large blue initials with green and red foliate or geometric penwork decoration, some with red and/or blue pen-flourishing. Simple alternating red or

• Puzzle initial., Leaf of a Psalter, in the Gallican version, including Psalms 26-32, imperfect, and bound with the recto as the verso

83r-v). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue pen-flourishing for Psalm 26 (f. 24v). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or blue. Leaf of a Psalter, in the Gallican version,

• Puzzle initial with penwork decoration, at the beginning of book 10 of Vergil's Aeneid., Aeneid, and others

lines) in blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 5, 27v, 36v). 1 large puzzle initial (3 lines) in red and blue with red penwork decoration (f. 46). Small initials in red, some with blue penwork decoration, or in blue, some with

• Decorated initial 'O' with interlace decoration and partial foliate border., Cartulary of the Augustianian priory of Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, with table of contents (ff. 2-25)

foliate border in blue and yellow (f. 26). Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in brown ink, some with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Large and small simple initials in blue or red,

• Bar border sprouting with foliage, and illuminatedinitial 'H'(odie) at the beginning of Bernard of Clairvaux's first sermon In adventu Domini, decorated with flowers, and the inscription 'Celestinorum Ambianensium' of the Celestines of Amiens in the lower border., Various sermons, (labelled as those from Advent to Easter) with table of contents

in the bowl and sprouting into the inner border (f. 136). Large and small red and blue puzzle initials. Small simple red or blue initials. Light yellow highlights to the capital letters at the beginning of sentences. Various sermons, (labelled

• Illuminated initial 'C'(onsidero) at the beginning of the preface of Bernard of Clairvaux's sermon 17 on Psalm 90, decorated with a strawberry plant in the bowl of the letter., Various sermons, (labelled as those from Advent to Easter) with table of contents

in the bowl and sprouting into the inner border (f. 136). Large and small red and blue puzzle initials. Small simple red or blue initials. Light yellow highlights to the capital letters at the beginning of sentences. Various sermons, (labelled

• null, Various sermons, (labelled as those from Advent to Easter) with table of contents

in the bowl and sprouting into the inner border (f. 136). Large and small red and blue puzzle initials. Small simple red or blue initials. Light yellow highlights to the capital letters at the beginning of sentences. Various sermons, (labelled

• null, Various sermons, (labelled as those from Advent to Easter) with table of contents

in the bowl and sprouting into the inner border (f. 136). Large and small red and blue puzzle initials. Small simple red or blue initials. Light yellow highlights to the capital letters at the beginning of sentences. Various sermons, (labelled

• Historiated initial 'U'(su rerum venit inter homines) with an ass playing a harp., Letters (dictiones and carmina) of Ennodius, beginning, 'Usu rerum venit inter homines, and the following works: Panegyricus dictus Theodorico, Libellus contra eos qui contra synodum scribere praesumpserunt, Vita Epiphanii, Vita Antonii monachi Lirinensis, Eucharisticon de vita sua, Paraenesis didascalica, Petitorium quo absolutus est Gerontius, Benedictiones cerei ii; forty-five letters by various unidentified authors

1). 1 puzzle initial 'D'(e) in red, blue and green (f. 51v). Initials in blue or green with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Smaller plain initials in red or blue. Letters (dictiones and carmina) of Ennodius, beginning,

• Flourished initial 'A'(t), in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales. Large and small initials in blue with red (foliate) pen-flourishing. Canterbury Tales 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

• Decorated initial and musical notation., fragments from a Missal

Musical notation. Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Large initial in brown with penwork decoration (f. 22v). Musical notation on four-line red staves. fragments from a Missal Drawings of urine flasks (ff. 43-45).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d.

• Detail of a decorated initial 'S' (epe et multum) at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, Book I., De inventione (index Rhetorica)

Book I. 1 large puzzle initial in red, blue, green, and yellow with foliate motifs, at the beginning of the first book (f. 1). 1 large initial in blue with red and blue pen-flourishing 'C'(rotoniate) at the beginning of the

• Historiated initial 'O' (maria) with Mary and a marginal figure, and musical notation., Musical miscellany

in red, blue, and gold (ff. 92, 92v, 115). Large initials in gold or blue with pen-flourishing in gold, and/or red and usually blue forming a one-sided border. Small initials in gold with blue penwork decoration, or in blue with