• Miniature of a battle scene, decorated initial 'L'(e) and foliate borders., Histoire des guerres des romains

borders. Marginal sketches and notes in French (ff. 27, 61). 1 armorial full-page miniature, in colours and gold (f. 6v). 2 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, in colours and gold, for the prologue and the

• 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

• 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,

• Decorated initial., Epistolae, imperfect (ff. 1-47v); Auluaria sive Querolus (ff. 72-86v)

Decorated initial. From ff. 48, large and small initials in red or brown, some with red or light brown highlighting. Highlighting of letters in red. Epistolae, imperfect (ff. 1-47v); Auluaria sive Querolus (ff. 72-86v) Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• 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

• 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

• Illuminated initial 'C'(ai[us])., Epistolae (index Letters)

on the verso.There is a pastedown with an inscription on f. 1. Ruled in hardpoint. Quire signatures: A, B, etc. Written in Italy, possibly Venice c. 1420, according to unpublished notes of A. C. de la Mare at the Bodleian

• 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 initial 'T'(obie) with foliate border., Job and Tobit in the later Wycliffite version

and pink large initials on a gold background with a three-sided foliate border (ff. 1, 47). Gold initial and text have been rubbed away (f. 1). Large blue initials with red pen-flourishing at the beginning of each chapter. Job and

• Decorated initial with zoomorphic motifs., Cartulary of Waltham Abbey, Essex

Robert Fuller and divided into 5 volumes. This was the first volume, as suggested by a 18th-cent. note (f. 1). Its contents relate to the abbey's rights and privileges in churches, manors and forests and include numerous royal and episcopal

• Puzzle initial 'A' with pen-flourishing, and initial 'H'(ere) with pen-flourishing., Wycliffe Religious Tracts: De salutaribus documentis (ff. 1-66v); De vita Christiana (ff. 66v-97v); De creatione (ff. 97v-100v); De duodecim abusionibus (ff. 97-199v), incomplete

salutaribus documentis~ff. 66v-97v: ~De Vita Christiana~ff. 97v-100v: ~De Creatione~ff. 97v-199v (incomplete): ~De Duodecim Abusionibus~ 1 puzzle initial in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 1). Blue initials with red pen-flourishing at the beginning of each section. Paraphs and chapter

• 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,

• Puzzle initial 'A'(me) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text., Ars grammatica

(f. 1). Nathaniel Noel (fl. 1681, d. c. 1753), bookseller, employed by Edward Harley for buying books and manuscripts chiefly on the Continent, where his agent was George Suttie: sold to the Harleys on 20 January 1721/22 (f. 1; see

• 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

• Decorated headpiece and initial., Basil's 'De legendis libris gentilium' (ff. 1-11v), Isocrates's 'Ad Nicoclem', 'Ad Demonicum' and 'Nicocles' (ff. 13-20, 21-28v, 29-37v), and Plutarch's 'De curiositate' and 'De adulatore et amico' (ff. 39-46, 46v-72v)

Decorated headpiece and initial. A table of contents in Latin (f. 2* verso).ff. 1-20 are palimpsest in Latin.ff. 12 and 38 are blank. Decorated headpiece and initial in red (f. 21). Titles and initials in red. Basil's 'De legendis