• Detail of an initial-word panel ~Wa-yiqra~ (And the Lord called unto Moses) inhabited by two hybrids, at the top of the second text column, at the beginning of Leviticus., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Detail of an initial-word panel, ~Bereshit~ (In the beginning) at the beginning of Genesis. The initial-word panel inhabited by dragons and connected to a vertical band running on the outer margin of the folio., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Detail of an initial-word panel ~Wa-yedabber~ (And the Lord spake unto Moses) inhabited by a dragon, at the beginning of Numbers., Miscellany of biblical and other texts ('The Northern French Miscellany' or earlier 'the British Museum Miscellany'): including the Pentateuch, ~Haftarot~, ~Tiqqun Sofrim~, Five Scrolls, prayer book for the entire year with Haggadah, legal texts, poetry, calendars, Book of Tobit in Hebrew, etc.

was a user-produced codex made by Benjamin for himself, see ~The North French Hebrew Miscellany (British Library Add. MS. 11639)~ (London: Facsimile Editions, 2003), pp. 70-71, 124-125. Numerous inhabited initial-word panels, and inhabited and decorated panels in colours and gold

• Miniature divided into two registers, representing the ideal state of the 'Sainte-Abbaye.' The upper register represents the celestial church, and the lower an earthly nunnery; God is at the centre, surrounded by angels, Evangelists' symbols, the Virgin and St Peter; and in the lower register, a Cistercian Abbess, nuns and novices., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Miniature of a mass attended by officials of a nunnery inside a church. On the right, a priest, in chasuble, is at the altar, with a deacon, an abbess with book and crozier, and nuns, including the sacristan pulling the bell ropes. Below, a procession is led by a clerk carrying a processional cross, followed by a priest, and nuns, two with open books, and the abbess with book and crozier., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Detail of six nuns, two with open books, from a miniature of a procession to mass., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Miniature divided in four compartments: a nun confessing to a monk; the nun praying before an image of Christ crowning the Virgin; the nun's vision of Christ; the nun's vision of the Trinity., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Miniature of Christ in Majesty holding a sceptre and an orb, with his hand raised in blessing as the twelve apostles sit around him; below, a group of eight Jews sit on the ground, looking up and at each other. This miniature has been incorrectly bound in this volume in the 19th century; it formely belonged in the other part, La Somme le Roy, now Add. 28162., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Miniature of Christ in Majesty holding a sceptre and an orb, with his hand raised in blessing as the twelve apostles sit around him; below, a group of eight Jews sit on the ground, looking up and at each other. This miniature has been incorrectly bound in this volume in the 19th century; it formely belonged in the other part, La Somme le Roy, now Add. 28162., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Initials with penwork decoration for the month of April in the liturgical calendar., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Initials with penwork decoration for the month of October in the liturgical calendar., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Puzzle initial 'R'(egulariter) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of Book 8 relating to the observances of the house., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Miniature of the Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John, within the text on the mass of the Holy Cross., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Puzzle initial 'P'(er) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the table of contents., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Puzzle initial 'R'(egnante) with pen-flourished decoration at the beginning of the prologue., 'Liber memorandum prioratus de Barnwell', a collection of material relating to the history and organisation of the Augustinian priory of St. Giles, Barnwell ('The Barnwell cartulary', 'The Barnwell register'), divided into 8 books, preceded by a calendar (ff. 2*-7*v) and including copies of a few royal and other charters

appear in original portions of the text, the latter relating to the imprisonement of John Balliol in the Tower of London on 1 August 1296 (ff. 21v, 90, 90v, 91, 160; see Watson 1979). Written for the Augustinian priory of

• Illuminated initial 'L'(a), at the beginning of 'La Sainte Abbaye.', 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initial 'V'(ous)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initials 'L'(a) and 'L'(a)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initials 'Q'(uant) and 'T'(ele)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.

• Illuminated initial 'L'(i)., 'La Sainte Abbaye' (ff. 2-7); a treatise on love (ff. 7-28); Livres de l'estat de l'ame (ff. 28v-51v); Tractatus de tribulatione (ff. 53-82)

his collection in 1846 (see ~Bibliotheca Lindesiana: Upon the Facsimile, Paintings and Publications of the Comte Auguste de Bastard d'Estang~ (London: Wyman and Sons, 1886), p. 39, and J.-F. Auguste Bastard d'Estang, ~Peintures et ornements des manuscrits…~ (Paris, 1832-1869), no.