• Full page miniature of a coat of arms: a rampant lion rising from a crested helmet above a shield displaying the family emblem., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Painting of two male heads wearing longish hats, at Shavuot., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Man in a pointed hat holding a branch of ~lulav~, pen drawing at Shemini Atzeret., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Paintings of dragon and a duck at the end of a passage in ~Pirqei Avot~., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Initial-word panels with pen-flourishing and an owl, at Psalm 96., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Full foliate border inhabited by animals and hybrids, including an initial-word panel, at the beginning of the ~siddur~., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• f. 8v: text in decorated frame and marginal drawing of a man aiming a bird with his bow; f. 9: text in frame with penwork decoration inhabited by a hybrid, a bird and two human heads, at the list of the Psalms., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Text in decorated frame and marginal drawings of a bat (?) and a hare hunt, at the list of the Psalms., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Owner’s inscription of Daniel ben Samuel ha-Rofe, in decorated frame inhabited by a raven and a lion, at the list of the Psalms., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Initial-word panel with pen-flourishing and two dragons, at the customs of Hanukkah., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Initial-word panel with pen-flourishing and a male and a female head, at Purim., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• Text in decorated frame and inhabited by birds and a squirrel, and with two medallions of a lion and a coat of arms (the same as on f. 2v)., Prayer book (~siddur~), Italian rite, with the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~), and the ~Haftarot~ for the entire year in the margins.

recto] and [2a verso].Hair side and flesh side are distinguishable. Ruling is visible. 1 full-page miniature of a coat of arms, in colours and gold (f. 2v). 1 full foliate border in colours and gold (f. 10). Numerous texts in

• 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

• 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 '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

• 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