• Puzzle initials., Glossed Decretals (ends imperfectly)

the Royal Society in 1667.Unidentified owner, 14th century: inscriptions (ff. 1, 267r-v).The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.2.3’, inside upper cover).Purchased

• Detail of puzzle initials., Glossed Decretals (ends imperfectly)

the Royal Society in 1667.Unidentified owner, 14th century: inscriptions (ff. 1, 267r-v).The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the pencil inscription: ‘XIV.2.3’, inside upper cover).Purchased

• Illuminated initial 'A'(bsolutio)., Floretum evangelicum (ff. 1-334) (a list of theological commonplaces, arranged alphabetically) with a table of contents (ff. 1-6).

large foliate initial 'A'(bsolutio) in gold, red, and blue (f. 7). 1 large initial 'I'(hesu) in gold, red, and blue with a partial bar border and floral extensions (f. 1). Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds with

• Historiated initial 'A'(d) with Aristotle and foliate border., De regimine principum (ff. 1-32); De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); Life of St Veridianus, etc. (ff. 55-57v); Variae (ff. 57v-67v), De anima (ff. 68-79v); Speculum (ff. 80-83v), Soliloquies (ff. 83v-128v), Pelagius' Liber de vita christiana (ff. 129-139v)

with a three-sided, the following with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 32v, 57v). 4 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 68, 80, 83v, 129). 10 smaller decorated

• Historiated initial 'D'(um) and foliate border., De regimine principum (ff. 1-32); De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); Life of St Veridianus, etc. (ff. 55-57v); Variae (ff. 57v-67v), De anima (ff. 68-79v); Speculum (ff. 80-83v), Soliloquies (ff. 83v-128v), Pelagius' Liber de vita christiana (ff. 129-139v)

a three-sided, the following with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 32v, 57v). 4 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 68, 80, 83v, 129). 10 smaller decorated foliate

• Detail of a drawing of the Mocking of Christ., Speculum humanae salvationis

drawings with some colour, and occasionally gold, at the top of each column, each double-page forming typological sets beginning with 1 scene of the New Testament followed by 3 of the Old Testament. Large puzzle initials in red and blue,

• Puzzle initial 'A'(lle) and partial border., Devotional treatises and sermons, including Memoriale credencium (ff. 1-69), a treatise on the five senses (ff. 106v-127), a sermon by Thomas Wymyldon (ff. 140-153), a treatise on the visitation of the sick (ff. 156-160v), and a treatise on 'wedded men, wives, and their children' (ff. 160v-166v)

and partial border. 1 blank parchment leaf after f. 2*.1 blank ruled parchment leaf after f. 127.ff. 191-193 are parchment flyleaves. Large puzzle initial in red and blue with partial bar border in the same colours (f. 73). 5 puzzle

• Historiated initial of Giles of Rome blessing, holding a book., De regimine principum (ff. 1-32); De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); Life of St Veridianus, etc. (ff. 55-57v); Variae (ff. 57v-67v), De anima (ff. 68-79v); Speculum (ff. 80-83v), Soliloquies (ff. 83v-128v), Pelagius' Liber de vita christiana (ff. 129-139v)

first with a three-sided, the following with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 32v, 57v). 4 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 68, 80, 83v, 129). 10 smaller

• Decorated border with floral motifs with the arms of the Calori of Modena, and a historiated initial 'P'(aucos) with a portrait of Petrarch seated in a garden, reading a book., Opuscula varia (index various works)

Petrarch standing (f. 29). Decorated border with floral motifs in gold, silver, and colours, and 1 decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 63). 1 small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue with

• Detail of a historiated initial 'P'(aucos) with a portrait of Petrarch seated in a garden, reading a book., Opuscula varia (index various works)

Petrarch standing (f. 29). Decorated border with floral motifs in gold, silver, and colours, and 1 decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 63). 1 small decorated initial in gold and colours (f. 71). Initials in red or blue with

• Historiated initial 'I' of the lion symbol of Mark, extension of acanthus-like foliage and bezants with single hair-line embellishment, at the beginning of a Gospel extract from Mark 16:14-20., 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

• Historiated initial 'I' of the angel symbol of Luke, extension of acanthus-like foliage and bezants with single hair-line embellishment, at the beginning of a Gospel extract from Luke 6:36-42., 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 initial., De regimine principum (ff. 1-32); De natura animalium (ff. 32v-54v); Life of St Veridianus, etc. (ff. 55-57v); Variae (ff. 57v-67v), De anima (ff. 68-79v); Speculum (ff. 80-83v), Soliloquies (ff. 83v-128v), Pelagius' Liber de vita christiana (ff. 129-139v)

the following with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 32v, 57v). 4 large decorated foliate initials with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 68, 80, 83v, 129). 10 smaller decorated foliate initials, in

• Partial foliate border with an historiated initial 'H'(anc) of Ovid holding a book., Epistolae (index Letters)

border in colours and gold with an historiated initial 'H'(anc) of Ovid holding a book (f. 1). Red initials with purple penwork decoration and blue initials with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Epistolae (index Letters) Marianus de

• Decorated initials: 'I'(tem), 'D'(ialectica), 'G'(ustus), 'I'(tem), 'I'(tem), and 'O'(lfactus)., Tracts on various subjects, including rhetoric and mathematics, and Alan of Lille's De planctu naturae (ff. 17-32v)

very large initials in blue with reserved designs and red pen-flourishing (ff. 17, 42v). 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Blue initials with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Tracts on various subjects,

• White vine initial 'T'(erentii), Vita Terentii (ff. 1-3v); Comoediae (index Comedies) (ff. 3v-169)

vine initials in colours and gold (ff. 1, 5, 32v, 61v, 89, 116v, 141). Alternating red or blue initials. Rubrics and abbreviations of protagonists' names in red. Vita Terentii (ff. 1-3v); Comoediae (index Comedies) (ff. 3v-169) Written by Angelus Frassinensis:

• White vine initial 'M'(ecenas) and, in the lower margin, the bookstamps of Pandolfo di Ricasoli and the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites in Florence., Odes (index Carmina)

in colours and foliate extensions (ff. 1, 21). Numerous plain initials in blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Odes (index Carmina) Pandolfo di Ricasoli, baron, of Florence: his bookstamp, 17th century (ff. 1, 71v).The Convent of Discalced Carmelites,

• Full border with putti, cornucopia, acanthus and floral motifs, a medallion of the penitent Jerome, and the episcopal coat of arms of Guglielmo Sirleto, with the decorated initials 'P'(ontifex) and 'I'(ntroibo)., Missal

an episcopal coat of arms in the lower margin (f. 1).1 large initial in colours and gold with an angel (f. 34). 3 large initials with acanthus motifs (ff. 1 (x 2), 21). Large initials in gold with purple

• Historiated initial 'V'(oi) at the beginning of Petrarch's Il Canzoniere, with an image of Petrarch, shown before a lectern with an open book before him in the bowl of the initial, and a miniature on the right-hand side of the page of Petrarch's muse, Laura, beside a laurel tree, framed with a three-sided border made up of foliate scrolls and gold balls., Il Canzoniere

made up of foliate scrolls and gold balls. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 large historiated initials, accompanied by a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red

• Historiated initial 'I'(vo) of Petrarch holding a closed book, and a foliate border with gold balls, at the beginning of Petrarch's 264th canzone., Il Canzoniere

balls, at the beginning of Petrarch's 264th canzone. 1 small miniature, in colours and gold (f. 1). 2 large historiated initials, accompanied by a three-sided foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 34). Smaller initials in gold on red