• Illuminated initial 'U'(rbis) and border, on the first page of the text., Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff. 180-181)

the first page of the text. 1 large foliate initial in colours on a gold ground, accompanied by a three-sided border (f. 2). Large initials in gold on grounds of red and blue. Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing,

• null, Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff. 180-181)

1 large foliate initial in colours on a gold ground, accompanied by a three-sided border (f. 2). Large initials in gold on grounds of red and blue. Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or blue with red flourishing.

• null, Facta et dicta memorabilia (ff. 2-179v), followed by a capitula list (ff. 180-181)

1 large foliate initial in colours on a gold ground, accompanied by a three-sided border (f. 2). Large initials in gold on grounds of red and blue. Small initials alternately red with blue flourishing, or blue with red flourishing.

• Decorated initial 'D'(eus) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of Terce of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Decorated initial 'D'(eus) with acanthus leaves at the beginning of Terce of the Virgin. Contains a calendar (ff. 4-9v; with English saints), the Hours of the Virgin (ff. 10-47v), the Penitential Psalms followed by the Litany and various prayers

• null, Alexandreis, and commentary

Ward): bought by Bondam at 1785 Gronovius sale.Pieter Bondam (signature: ‘Petri Bondam. 1785’ , inside upper cover); his sale, Utrecht, 1 October 1800. Inscribed ‘WS. 1803’ and with shelfmark or price? in pencil in a nineteenth century hand ‘3.3.0’ (f.

• Puzzle initial and partial border, at the beginning of Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons., Sermons

19s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 628-709), and a further 17 lots were purchased subsequently for £2 9s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, developing a three-sided border (f. 3).

• Flourished initial, in Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons., Sermons

19s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 628-709), and a further 17 lots were purchased subsequently for £2 9s. 6d. (Egerton MSS 710-730). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, developing a three-sided border (f. 3).

• White vine initial 'M'(atronarum), and full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, at the beginning of Nicolosa Sanuta's De Ornatu Mulierum., De Ornatu Mulierum

beginning of Nicolosa Sanuta's De Ornatu Mulierum. 1 large white vine initial and a full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). De Ornatu Mulierum Rubric in chrysography 'Nicolosa

• null, De Ornatu Mulierum

1 large white vine initial and a full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). De Ornatu Mulierum Rubric in chrysography 'Nicolosa Sanuta Bononiensis apud Regum d. D. B.

• null, De Ornatu Mulierum

1 large white vine initial and a full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). De Ornatu Mulierum Rubric in chrysography 'Nicolosa Sanuta Bononiensis apud Regum d. D. B.

• null, De Ornatu Mulierum

1 large white vine initial and a full foliate border with a scroll and heraldic arms in the lower margin, in colours and gold (f. 1). De Ornatu Mulierum Rubric in chrysography 'Nicolosa Sanuta Bononiensis apud Regum d. D. B.

• Detail of coloured initials., Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works

coloured initials. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials alternately red or blue, a few of them with penwork decoration in brown. Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Detail of decorated initials., Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works

decorated initials. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue (f. 29). Small initials alternately red or blue, a few of them with penwork decoration in brown. Regula sancti Benedicti (ff. 1-26v), and other related works Charles Burney (b. 1757,

• Illuminated initials and diagrams, in the calendar., Calendar

and diagrams, in the calendar. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• Table and Zodiac man, in the calendar., Calendar

Zodiac man, in the calendar. 1 zodiac man, in colours (f. 10). Large initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Diagrams. Calendar Inscription, 15th-century: 'Joh…' (f. 1, erased).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660,

• Pen-flourished initials and heraldic shield with a lion in the lower border., 49 love sonnets

border. 1 large historiated initial, and a three-sided foliate border with gold balls, with heraldry, devices, and monograms, in colours and gold; a large red heart on a burning wood fire with raindrops, in the right margin (f. 1). Small

• Initial 'R' with the arms of Henry Despenser, bishop of Norwich, in the upper margin the signature of 'William Howarde 1579', in the right margin an ink drawing of a lion rampant, and in the lower margin the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

Society of London. 1 full foliate bar border and large initial in colours and gold, with a quadruped (dragon) on the border and an unfinished drawing in the historiated initial of a seated man writing (f. 2v). 1 three-sided foliate

• Illuminated border and Initial 'N'(octiam) with an unfinished drawing of a seated man (possibly Bede) writing at the desk holding a quill and a knife, and on the bar border, a quadruped (dragon?)., Historia ecclesiastica (ff. 1-99), De muliere forti, Epistola Cuthberti

a quadruped (dragon?). 1 full foliate bar border and large initial in colours and gold, with a quadruped (dragon) on the border and an unfinished drawing in the historiated initial of a seated man writing (f. 2v). 1 three-sided foliate

• null, De vita Caesarum (index XII Caesars)

1 large white vine initial, accompanied by a full white vine border with putti and bird, in colours and gold (f. 1). 11 large white vine initials with extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (ff. 26, 62, 86,

• null, Ysagoge alkabitii ad scitiam juditiorum astrorum

1 large white vine initial, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials in plain red. Ysagoge alkabitii ad scitiam juditiorum astrorum James Orchard Halliwell-[Phillipps] (b. 1820, d. 1889), antiquary and literary scholar: his stamp 'Bibliotheca Halliwelliana' (ff. 1, 52v),