• Miniature of Christians fighting Saracens and a decorated initial 'E'(n) including heraldic arms., Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly)

arms and three-sided column-wide foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 17, 36, 43v, 56, 66v, 80v, 88v, 99, 113, 118v, 140v, 160v, 174, 190, 204v, 214v); 1 miniature probably excised after f. 7. Small initials (1-2 lines), paraphs

• Miniature of a battle scene, decorated initial 'L'(istoire) including heraldic arms and foliate borders., Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly)

arms and three-sided column-wide foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 17, 36, 43v, 56, 66v, 80v, 88v, 99, 113, 118v, 140v, 160v, 174, 190, 204v, 214v); 1 miniature probably excised after f. 7. Small initials (1-2 lines), paraphs

• Miniature of an assassination scene, decorated initial 'L'(istoire) including heraldic arms and foliate borders., Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly)

arms and three-sided column-wide foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 17, 36, 43v, 56, 66v, 80v, 88v, 99, 113, 118v, 140v, 160v, 174, 190, 204v, 214v); 1 miniature probably excised after f. 7. Small initials (1-2 lines), paraphs

• Miniature depicting nobles entering a city, decorated initial 'L'(e) including heraldic arms and foliate borders., Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly)

arms and three-sided column-wide foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 17, 36, 43v, 56, 66v, 80v, 88v, 99, 113, 118v, 140v, 160v, 174, 190, 204v, 214v); 1 miniature probably excised after f. 7. Small initials (1-2 lines), paraphs

• Miniature depicting a castle siege, decorated initial 'L'(istoire) including heraldic arms and foliate borders., Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly)

arms and three-sided column-wide foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 17, 36, 43v, 56, 66v, 80v, 88v, 99, 113, 118v, 140v, 160v, 174, 190, 204v, 214v); 1 miniature probably excised after f. 7. Small initials (1-2 lines), paraphs

• Miniature of a sea battle., Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly)

arms and three-sided column-wide foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 17, 36, 43v, 56, 66v, 80v, 88v, 99, 113, 118v, 140v, 160v, 174, 190, 204v, 214v); 1 miniature probably excised after f. 7. Small initials (1-2 lines), paraphs

• Miniature depicting a battle scene, decorated initial 'L'(istoire) including heraldic arms and foliate borders., Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly)

arms and three-sided column-wide foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 17, 36, 43v, 56, 66v, 80v, 88v, 99, 113, 118v, 140v, 160v, 174, 190, 204v, 214v); 1 miniature probably excised after f. 7. Small initials (1-2 lines), paraphs

• Detail of miniature depicting the women and maidens of Paris facing two dragons., Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly)

arms and three-sided column-wide foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 17, 36, 43v, 56, 66v, 80v, 88v, 99, 113, 118v, 140v, 160v, 174, 190, 204v, 214v); 1 miniature probably excised after f. 7. Small initials (1-2 lines), paraphs

• Historiated initial 'I' of the eagle symbol of John, extension of acanthus-like foliage and bezants with single hair-line embellishment, at the beginning of a Gospel extract from John 1:1-14., 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 'P'(auci) with stems and foliate motifs, a clasp, and a face, at the beginning of Jerome's 'Adversus Iovinianum'., Adversus Iovinianum; Commentarius in Symbolum apostolorum; De viris illustribus (excerpt)

erased). 1 large decorated initial with stems and foliate motifs, a clasp, and a face, outlined in brown ink, with yellow wash, on a red ground (f. 1).1 rough drawing of a profile head (f. 99v, erased?). 1 smaller

• Decorated initial 'T'(ribus) with two masks and foliate motifs., Commentary on the Song of Songs; Nativity of Christ according to the Gospels

Ampersands; ae caudatas. 1 large initial with two masks (effaced) and foliate motifs, outlined in brown ink (f. 1).1 large initial with stems and foliate motifs, outlined in brown ink, with some red (f. 2v). 1 large initial in

• Initial 'A'(bba) with penwork decoration., Commentary on the Song of Songs (ff. 1-52); Regula S. Benedicti (ff. 52-84)

decoration. Two scribes (one is on ff. 1-3; ff. 8-18; ff. 52r-52v and ff. 57-84).Ampersands; ae caudatas. 1 initial in gold (f. 1).1 initial in green with penwork decoration in green and red (f. 54v). Some large and several

• Miniature of the pope Boniface VIII with a canonist holding a book before him; and a foliate initial 'B'(onifacius) and a full border including two grotesques in the bas-de-page, at the beginning of Liber sextus., Apparatus ad Sextum; Liber sextus Decretalium; Apparatus ad Sextum

signatures; lemmas underlined in yellow. 1 miniature and 1 historiated initial in colours and gold, with full borders, at the beginning of the Apparatus ad Sextum of Guido de Baysio and the Liber sextus (ff. 1, 107). Large foliate initials

• Decorated initial 'A'(n) with pen-flourishing., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), for 1-38 Edward III (ff. 1-77), and other legal texts, imperfect

red and blue with pen-flourishing in the same colours including foliate motifs extending into the borders on all sides (f. 1). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing including foliate motifs and flowers (ff. 5v (with face), 9, 12, 14v,

• Historiated initial 'C'(arissimi) with a standing bishop (Basil?)., 'De Vita et miraculis sancti Basilii'

(part 1) may have been altered as it is not painted in an Italian style.f. 108v is blank. ff. 108-111v are unwritten ruled parchment leaves. Large historiated initial in colours and gold with a standing bishop (Basil) (f. 1; perhaps

• Text page with title in rustic capitals., Retractatio de animae quantitate (index On the Size of the Soul) (ff. 1-32v); Paschalis operis (index Carmen paschale), libri 5 (ff. 33-70v), Commentary on the Apocalypse (ff. 71-84v)

Ganz, 'the hands show marked Tours influence especially in the half uncial.' Title in rustic capitials and 1 large initial in red (f. 1). Plain initials in black. Rubrics and abbreviations of protagonists' names in red. Retractatio de animae quantitate

• Detail of a miniature of Christians fighting Saracens and a decorated initial 'E'(n) including heraldic arms., Roman de Mélusine (ends imperfectly)

arms and three-sided column-wide foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 1, 17, 36, 43v, 56, 66v, 80v, 88v, 99, 113, 118v, 140v, 160v, 174, 190, 204v, 214v); 1 miniature probably excised after f. 7. Small initials (1-2 lines), paraphs

• Historiated initial 'P'(unctus) with Euclid holding a circle in a dispute, and marginal diagrams, at the beginning of Euclid's Elementorum., Elementorum, in the translation by Athelarum

46v), and human figures (ff. 73v, 84, 84v, copying the original marginal drawings). 1 large historiated initial, developing a partial border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Numerous marginal diagrams. 13 large decorated initials, mostly with dragons, and foliate extensions,

• Decorated initial 'S'(uperficies), and marginal diagrams, in Euclid's Elementorum., Elementorum, in the translation by Athelarum

46v), and human figures (ff. 73v, 84, 84v, copying the original marginal drawings). 1 large historiated initial, developing a partial border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Numerous marginal diagrams. 13 large decorated initials, mostly with dragons, and foliate extensions,

• Decorated initial incorporating heraldic arms, and a full foliate border, at the beginning of a Breviary., Ordinal, and noted Breviary, Use of Sarum (ff. 1-100), Metrologus de plana musica (ff. 100-117v), Offences which deserve excommunication (f. 118, fragment)

he was known as Lord Poynings.Musical notation. 1 large initial in gold on a ground in blue and red, incorporating heraldic arms, and a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 1). Small initials (2-3 lines) in gold with