• Illuminated initial 'W'(hilom) at the beginning of the Miller's tale, identified by a rubric in the upper margin 'The Meller'., Canterbury Tales

colours and gold of the author (f. 2). Large initials in gold and blue and pink. Small initials in gold with purple penwork decoration, and in blue with red penwork decoration. Large initials in brown with brown and yellow or

• Illuminated initial 'T'(her) and decorated catchword., Canterbury Tales

colours and gold of the author (f. 2). Large initials in gold and blue and pink. Small initials in gold with purple penwork decoration, and in blue with red penwork decoration. Large initials in brown with brown and yellow or

• Decorated initial 'A' at the beginning of Augustine's Sermones., Various texts including Augustine's Sermones (index Sermons)(ff. 1-107); 'Vitis mystica' (ff. 108-152v); 'De septem columpnis' (ff. 153-159), and Griselda (index Decameron)(ff. 223-228v)

with foliate patterns and enclosing red and green penwork. Large initial in blue with reserved designs,with foliate patterns and flowers in colours (f. 108). Large initial in blue outlined with gold, with red penwork decoration and a green wash (f.

• Text page with initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Virgil's Georgics., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1v-15v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 16v-52v), with commentary by Servius and others; De remediis fortuitorum (ff. 52v-54v)

an added parchment leaf, measures only 160 x 160. 2 large initials in blue with red penwork decoration (ff. 2, 16). Smaller initials in red. Rubrics and paraphs in red. The opening letters of each line of verse are marked

• Gothic text on the verso of initial from Ps. 109: 2-4, reading: 'Virgam virtutis tue e / mittet d(omi)n(u)s ex Syo(n): do / minare i(n) medio inimi / corum tuorum. / Tecum pri(n)cipium i[n] die / virtutis tue in splen / dorib(u)s s(ancto)rum ex utero / an(te) luciferu(m) genui te. / Iuravit d(omi)n(u)s et non / penitebit eum tu es sa'. Affixed nineteenth-century inscription reading: 'Magnificent sheet from a Missal bought at Palermo in 1803. Painted by Peter Peruginei the book contained two large paintings and eight smaller ones which with much regret cut from the binding in consequence of the fear of losing the book - it having been taken from the convent of St. Jerome. It is to be regretted that we possess but very incomplete accounts of the artists of the 13th and fourteenth centuries to whom we are indebted for the labours and often splendid performances which decorate the choral books and other illuminated manuscripts written in Italy during these periods. Sometimes it is true these illuminations were the work of monks who could do little more than evince their devotion to the saints by their prodigial use of gold and rich colours, still it is certain that the cloisters often produced Artists of great ability, and besides Italy as at all times produced professional illumanists and miniature painters of an Superior Order, this book could it have remained perfect by the Chevalier de Bronti - at 1000 Florins - and he remarked that whatever now remains to us of those performances merit our highest veneration as the monuments of a LOST ART - W.Y.O'., Cutting from a Missal

choir of angels, medallions inhabited with saints, and ‘drôlerie’ of a Franciscan monk, dressed in the Order’s original grey hooded habit, climbing amongst the foliage. On the reverse text: 'Virgam virtutis tue e / mittet d(omi)n(u)s ex Syo(n): do /

• Illuminated border and initial 'F'(or)., Medical miscellany, including a lunary (ff. 6v-7); anonymous text on humours, elements, and urines, a calendar (ff. 11-21v); Guy of Chauliac's Anatomy; a treatise on complexions

'champ' initials in gold on blue and pink grounds with sprays of green leaves with gold. Small initials in gold with brown or blue penwork decoration, or in blue with red penwork decoration. Line-fillers in blue and gold. Drawings in

• Drawing of a Zodiac man., Medical miscellany, including a lunary (ff. 6v-7); anonymous text on humours, elements, and urines, a calendar (ff. 11-21v); Guy of Chauliac's Anatomy; a treatise on complexions

'champ' initials in gold on blue and pink grounds with sprays of green leaves with gold. Small initials in gold with brown or blue penwork decoration, or in blue with red penwork decoration. Line-fillers in blue and gold. Drawings in

• Puzzle initial 'O'(mnis), at the beginning of Hippocrates' Prognostica., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in purple and red. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Medical miscellany

• Miniature of angels preparing to carry Louis IX up to heaven, in the Grandes Chroniques de France., Grandes chroniques de France (in three volumes)

All volumes: Smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in gold and blue. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Grandes chroniques de France

• Miniature, in the Grandes Chroniques de France., Grandes chroniques de France (in three volumes)

All volumes: Smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in gold and blue. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Grandes chroniques de France

• Miniature, in the Grandes Chroniques de France., Grandes chroniques de France (in three volumes)

All volumes: Smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in gold and blue. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Grandes chroniques de France

• Miniature, in the Grandes Chroniques de France., Grandes chroniques de France (in three volumes)

All volumes: Smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in gold and blue. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Grandes chroniques de France

• Miniature, in the Grandes Chroniques de France., Grandes chroniques de France (in three volumes)

All volumes: Smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in gold and blue. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Grandes chroniques de France

• null, Grandes chroniques de France (in three volumes)

All volumes: Smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in gold and blue. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Grandes chroniques de France

• null, Grandes chroniques de France (in three volumes)

All volumes: Smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in gold and blue. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Grandes chroniques de France

• Detail, Grandes chroniques de France (in three volumes)

All volumes: Smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in gold and blue. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Grandes chroniques de France

• null, Grandes chroniques de France (in three volumes)

All volumes: Smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in gold and blue. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Grandes chroniques de France

• null, Grandes chroniques de France (in three volumes)

All volumes: Smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in gold and blue. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Grandes chroniques de France

• null, Grandes chroniques de France (in three volumes)

All volumes: Smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in gold and blue. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Grandes chroniques de France

• null, Grandes chroniques de France (in three volumes)

All volumes: Smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, some with decorated extensions in gold and blue. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Grandes chroniques de France