• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin.', Commentary on Wisdom

full border in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Some catchwords in decorated frames. Commentary on Wisdom John of Lutton, written by him: his

• Historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of the Virgin and Child, with the donor, Thomas Besforde, in a Benedictine habit with a scroll reading 'In te confidit a[n]i[m]a / mea', in the margin, with a full border containing a dragon and two shields with arms of the Reading abbey (three escallops) and of the donor (a fesse between six pears)., Commentary on Wisdom

full border in colours and gold, at the beginning of the text (f. 1). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Some catchwords in decorated frames. Commentary on Wisdom John of Lutton, written by him: his

• Miniature of Simon de Hesdin writing his book, in the upper register, and Simon de Hesdin in a hospitaller's habit giving his book to Charles V of France, in the lower register, with a full border containing the royal arms of England, and a foliate initial 'L'(a brevite), at the beginning of book 1., Facta et Dicta Memorabilia (Le livre de Valerius Maximus)

181, 211, 232, 261, 297). Initials in gold on rose and blue grounds with penwork decoration in white, those at the beginning of chapters with foliate extensions. Line-fillers in blue and rose with penwork decoration in white. Facta et Dicta

• Miniature of Anthony in a monk's habit, holding a martyr's palm, with a full foliate border with coat of arms., Noted Breviary of Anthony of Burgundy

in a monk's habit, holding a martyr's palm, with a full foliate border with coat of arms. Leaves excised after ff. 9 (off-set from heraldic device on preceding unfoliated flyleaf), 132, 147, 151, 158, 184, 191 (off-set from heraldic device

• Miniature of a debate between a clerk and a knight in a garden, before the king of France and the personifications of Spiritual Power in a Franciscan habit, and Temporal Power represented as a queen, with the author sleeping, at the beginning of the text., Le Songe du Vergier

154v, 192v). Initials, paraphs, and running titles in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in red and blue. Marginal notes and catchwords in frames in red and blue. Le Songe du Vergier Charles V (b.

• Partialy repainted miniature of Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the author, Honoré Bouvet, in a prior's habit with a blue hood, with a full border with Jean's arms, and a foliate initial 'A'( la sainte), at the beginning of the dedicatory letter to Charles VI of France., L'Arbre des batailles

repainted miniature of Jean, duke of Berry receiving the book from the author, Honoré Bouvet, in a prior's habit with a blue hood, with a full border with Jean's arms, and a foliate initial 'A'( la sainte), at the beginning

• Historiated initial 'O' in colours and gold, of the Coronation of the Virgin with architectural elements, monochrome 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., Cutting from a Missal

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. Italian cuttings. The present cuttings are boxed with Add. 60630, ff. 1-10 and 13- 42. To

• Detail of a medallion with Jerome., 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 /

• Detail of a monochrome angel., 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 /

• 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 /

• Detail of an historiated initial 'A'(postate) of a tonsured ex-cleric, armed with a sword and a shield and his black habit on the ground, facing an abbot., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

armed with a sword and a shield and his black habit on the ground, facing an abbot. The only known, and probably autograph copy of the Omne Bonum of James le Palmer, being a general encyclopaedia arranged in alphabetical order.

• Miniature of Elthedreda reading, dressed in a Benedictine habit and holding a crozier and a full scatter border including dianthus, forget-me-nots, strawberries, insects, and birds., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

dressed in a Benedictine habit and holding a crozier and a full scatter border including dianthus, forget-me-nots, strawberries, insects, and birds. For another Tudor Book of Hours with royal autographs see Additional 17012, which contains the autographs of Henry VII,

• Decorated initials., Medical miscellany, including receipts (ff. 11-24v); the 'Lettre d'Hippocrate' (ff. 25-64v); a calendar (ff. 92-97v)

red and blue penwork decoration (f. 25). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 66). Initials in red with blue or brown penwork decoration, or in blue with red and/or blue penwork

• Puzzle initial., Martyrologium, etc.

and smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Martyrologium, etc. ff. 1-2 and 147-148

• null, Medical treatises

red or blue with pen-flourishing in blue or red, some with green infill. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing or penwork decoration. Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Medical treatises

• null, Penitential Psalms

puzzle initials in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing in blue and red, and partial decorated extensions in red and blue (ff. 3, 14v, 27v). Small initials in red with blue foliate pen-flourishing or in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing.

• Puzzle initial 'P'(or) in Aldobrandino of Siena Régime du corps., Le Régime du corps, imperfect

corps. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red pen-flourishing (f. 58). Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, and in red with blue pen-flourishing. Small simple initials in blue. Paraphs in red. Highlighting of letters in red.

• Puzzle initial 'D'(icco), at the beginning of book 6 of Bartholomaeus Anglicus's De proprietatibus rerum., De proprietatibus rerum, with an index in a later hand (ff. 388-392)

Anglicus's De proprietatibus rerum. Large and smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. De proprietatibus rerum, with an index in a

• Calendar page for December, and flourished initial 'D' in an astronomical treatise., Astronomical treatises (begins imperfectly)

in an astronomical treatise. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 28). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Spaces for initials (ff. 42v, 46v). Diagrams.

• Decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of a medical miscellany., Medical miscellany, including a text on prognostication by means of Pythagorean diagrams (f. 7)

Decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of a medical miscellany. Large initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in blue. Paraphs in blue. Reburics in red. Highlighting of letters in red. Diagrams in brown and red. Medical miscellany, including