• Detail of a miniature of two sheep., Herbal

physician and collector: inscription 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1).Former shelfmark (?) '5Vh' , and crossed out (ff. 1, 1v). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Sheep Lombardy

• Detail of a miniature of a boar or a pig, labelled 'Porcina caro.', Herbal

and collector: inscription 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1).Former shelfmark (?) '5Vh' , and crossed out (ff. 1, 1v). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Boar or

• Miniatures of plants, sheep, and a dragon., Herbal

and collector: inscription 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1).Former shelfmark (?) '5Vh' , and crossed out (ff. 1, 1v). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Plants, sheep,

• Detail of a miniature of a stray sheep returning home by the advice of the stag, at the beginning of Chapter 9 of Book 2., Spiegel der Weisheit

sheep returning home by the advice of the stag, at the beginning of Chapter 9 of Book 2. 1 large decorated initial with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (f. 1). 73 small miniatures, in colours

• Historiated border men driving sheep from a shed, for April., Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours

is missing. 11 full historiated borders on versos, in colours and gold, in the calendar (ff. 1v-11v). 3 full-page miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 229, 251, 259). Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours Letters 'IK' linked

• Historiated border with sheep shearing, for June., Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours

is missing. 11 full historiated borders on versos, in colours and gold, in the calendar (ff. 1v-11v). 3 full-page miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 229, 251, 259). Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours Letters 'IK' linked

• Detail of miniature illustrating book III of Virgil's Georgics, with shepherds in a landscape with sheep, goats, cattle, sheep-shearing, and milking., Bucolica (index Bucolics, Eclogues)(ff. 1-16v); Georgica (index Georgics)(ff. 17-58), with argumenta; Aeneis (index Aeneid)(ff. 58v-244v), with argumenta and verse preface, omitting 2:567-588 ('The King's Virgil')

a landscape with sheep, goats, cattle, sheep-shearing, and milking. 17 miniatures with large historiated or decorated initials and full borders, with all'antica elements including putti, candelabrae, swags, cornucopiae, dolphins, sphinxes, masks, trophies and heraldic decoration, in colours and gold, at

• Miniature of a plant and a boar or pig, labelled 'porcina caro'., Herbal

physician and collector: inscription 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1).Former shelfmark (?) '5Vh' , and crossed out (ff. 1, 1v). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Plant and

• Detail of a miniature of a fox, having grown old and setting off on a pilgrimage, refusing the companionship of the watch-dog, the wild ass, the bear, the lion, the peacock, the wolf, the pig, and the mule, and choosing the companionship of the panther, the ape, the lamb, the hare, the hedgehog, the ox, the young hound, and the ant, at the beginning of Chapter 24 of Book 1., Spiegel der Weisheit

of a fox, having grown old and setting off on a pilgrimage, refusing the companionship of the watch-dog, the wild ass, the bear, the lion, the peacock, the wolf, the pig,and the mule, and choosing the companionship of the

• Miniature of Anthony holding a Tau cross and with a pig, being burned., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')

red and blue ground with a three-sided foliate border (f. 15). Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials (1 line) and line fillers in gold on red and

• Miniature of Alexander battling against giant men; miniature of Alexander encountering blemmyae (men with heads on their torsos); miniature of Alexander encountering sheep-headed dragons., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

2 large miniatures in colours and gold with foliate initials in colours and gold and full bar borders with heraldic devices and vine leaves (ff. 1, 58). 162 one or two- column miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning

• Miniature of Alexander battling against giant men; miniature of Alexander encountering blemmyae (men with heads on their torsos); miniature of Alexander encountering sheep-headed dragons; miniature of Alexander mourning Bucephalus; miniature of the burial of Bucephalus., Historia de proeliis, translated in French as La vraie ystoire dou bon roi Alixandre, and other romances

2 large miniatures in colours and gold with foliate initials in colours and gold and full bar borders with heraldic devices and vine leaves (ff. 1, 58). 162 one or two- column miniatures in colours and gold, at the beginning

• Detail of a miniature of Alexander's battle with sheep-horned dragons., Historia de proelis in a French translation (Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre)(index Alexandre)

ff. 83, 86, 92). Foliate initials in colours and gold with extensions. Small initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white, and line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white in the

• Detail of a nine-part miniature of a lion, a bear, a boar, a stag, a leopard wearing a crown, a horse, a unicorn, a camel, and a sheep., De proprietatibus rerum (Livre des proprietez des choses)

colours and gold, with a foliate initial in colours and gold, and a partial border, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 9). 19 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, with puzzle initials in gold and blue with red and

• Detail of a miniature of a pig being slaughtered, in the calendar for December., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

Donatian and Rogatian in red (24th May; venerated in Nantes and in the diocese of Meaux), and Fara (7th December, venerated in Faremoutier in Brie), but it includes as well both John and Genevieve (3rd January, f. 1), and the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'U' of Amos tending his sheep with God above., Bible (the 'Big' or 'Great Bible'), with the Gospel of Nicodemus and the Interpretation of Hebrew names

287). Catchwords and bifolium signatures. 143 historiated initials in colours, gold, and silver, with full borders, at the beginnings of biblical books and prologues and 1 miniature in the margin (f. 192v). 23 large foliate initials in colours and gold,

• Illuminated historiated initial 'U' at the beginning of Leviticus, showing Aaron(?), dressed as a thirteenth-century priest, sacrificing a sheep on an altar, watched by similarly dressed Israelites., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

predominantly blue or red flourishing and marginal extensions, respectively. Line-fillers in red and blue, sometimes in the form of fish. Chapter numbers and running titles in alternate red and blue characters, with flourishes. Guide-letters and guide-numerals. Bible with prologues, without

• Miniature of a pig being slaughtered, in the calendar for December., Psalter

queen of England and Ireland (1553-1558): inscribed, 'Gode saue the most vertuous and no/bull Quene Marys gras, / and send her to injoye the crou[n]ne / of Eynglande longe tyme and spas / her enimys to confunde, and / hutterly

• Calendar page for December, with miniatures of a man slaughtering a pig and a horned ram (Capricorn)., Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of René d'Anjou')

by angels, in colours and gold (ff. 15v, 24v, 29v, 32v, 34v, 36v, 38v, 41v, 44v, 54v). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a large decorated initial and a three-sided foliate border carried by angels, in colours and gold (f. 140).

• Calendar page for December, with miniatures of a man slaughtering a pig and a horned ram (Capricorn)., Book of Hours, Use of Paris ('The Hours of René d'Anjou')

by angels, in colours and gold (ff. 15v, 24v, 29v, 32v, 34v, 36v, 38v, 41v, 44v, 54v). 1 small miniature, accompanied by a large decorated initial and a three-sided foliate border carried by angels, in colours and gold (f. 140).