• Detail of a miniature of a caladrius bird and a man in a sick-bed, on the left, and on the floor, on the right. The mythical caladrius predicted the recovery or death of a patient by looking towards or away from him., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 1*). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or in red, usually with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Highlighting of

• Detail of a miniature of a siren, depicted as a woman with the tail of a fish, pulling a sailor from a boat by the hair, while another sailor stops his ears to avoid hearing the siren's song, with a centaur holding a bow below., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 1*). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or in red, usually with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Highlighting of

• Miniature of elephants, a dragon, and a mandrake., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 1*). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or in red, usually with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Highlighting of

• Detail of a miniature of a wild ass (onager)., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 1*). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or in red, usually with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Highlighting of

• Miniature of lizards (lacerta) with wings, on the left, and to the right, a sawfish (serra), a winged sea monster, and a ship, and below this, vipers (vipera) mating with the male putting his head into the female's mouth, and giving birth, with the young gnawing through her side., Aviarium (index Bestiary); Bestiary, in the Dicta Chrysostomi form (index Physiologus)

the bestiary). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 1*). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration or pen-flourishing, or in red, usually with blue penwork decoration or pen-flourishing. Highlighting of

• Puzzle initial 'M'(ulti), at the beginning of Bernardus's Meditationes piisimae de cognitione humanae., Meditationes piisimae de cognitione humanae, etc.

red and blue with (foliate) pen-flourishing in blue and red, the first with a decorated extension (ff. 2, 14v, 23v, 52v, 70v, 78, 83). Small initials in blue with red (foliate) pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Meditationes

• Detail of decorated initial., Historical works, including Aelred's Genealogia regum Anglorum (ff. 133-146)

or geometric initials in blue and red with red and blue penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, a few forming a bar border and one including a face (f. 21v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, and in blue with red pen-flourishing.

• Detail of puzzle initial., Facta et dicta memorabilia

red (and blue), with reserved designs, with brown pen-flourishing (ff. 1, 19v, 40, 60v, 82v, 105v, 125v, 142v, 162v). Smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with brown pen-flourishing or penwork decoration. Small initials in red or blue with brown

• Historiated initial 'F'(ratres) of the Trinity, at the reading for Trinity Sunday, and an historiated initial 'F'(ratres) of the Last Supper, at the reading for Corpus Christi, with partial bar borders., Epistolary of the Sainte-Chapelle, Use of Paris

or blue with pen-flourishing in blue (and red) or in red (and blue). Numerous flourished initials with a heraldic eagle in the centre. Small initials in gold or blue with penwork decoration in blue (and red) or red (and blue).

• Flourished letters 'KL', at the beginning of February., Obituary of the nunnery of Schmerlenbach

Flourished letters 'KL', at the beginning of February. Large letters 'KL' in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, at the beginning of the months. Obituary of the nunnery of Schmerlenbach The nunnery of Schmerlenbach, near Aschaffenburg in

• Flourished letters 'KL', at the beginning of January; numerous additions of the 17th century., Obituary of the nunnery of Schmerlenbach

'KL', at the beginning of January; numerous additions of the 17th century. Large letters 'KL' in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, at the beginning of the months. Obituary of the nunnery of Schmerlenbach The nunnery of

• Coloured initials and paraphs., Treatises on Consanguinity, probably a portion of a decretal

9s. 6d. (Egerton 710-730). Initial in blue with pen-flourishing in red and blue (f. 399). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 401v, 403). Paraphs in red or blue. Running headers and numbers in blue and red. Highlighting of letter

• Puzzle initial with penwork decoration, at the beginning of book 10 of Vergil's Aeneid., Aeneid, and others

lines) in blue with red pen-flourishing (ff. 5, 27v, 36v). 1 large puzzle initial (3 lines) in red and blue with red penwork decoration (f. 46). Small initials in red, some with blue penwork decoration, or in blue, some with

• Detail of illuminated initial., De officiis

Detail of illuminated initial. Large initials in gold with whilte vine decoration on pink, green, and blue backgrounds. Large simple initials in blue. De officiis Anthony Askew (bap. 1722, d. 1774), physician and book collector: his binding; his sale, 7

• Detail of illuminated initial., De officiis

Detail of illuminated initial. Large initials in gold with whilte vine decoration on pink, green, and blue backgrounds. Large simple initials in blue. De officiis Anthony Askew (bap. 1722, d. 1774), physician and book collector: his binding; his sale, 7

• Illuminated initial and border with foliate decoration at the beginning of the Poor Caitiff., The Poor Caitif; with calendar (November and December missing) (ff. 2-6v); a moral treatise (f. 161r-161v)

in blue with red pen-flourishing in the calendar (ff. 2-6v). 1 large blue initial and 1 three-sided border in blue, red, and white on a gold ground (f. 7). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with blue

• Miniature of Louis XII and his court, at the beginning of the Chronicle of France., Chronicle of France (ends imperfectly)

miniature, in colours and gold, accompanied by a large decorated initial in blue on a red ground (f. 1). Large initials and paraph marks in plain red or blue. Chronicle of France (ends imperfectly) William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737,

• Illuminated initial 'A'., Surgery, imperfect; with medical receipts

beginning of the preface and books (ff. 2, 8, 20, 45). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Drawings of surgical instruments (ff. 82v, 140). Surgery, imperfect; with medical receipts Sir Hans

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and red dots for details, followed by smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, and decorated extensions with fleur-de-lys in gold, blue, and red (ff. 11v, 14, 17, 22, 29, 30v, 35v, 38v, 46,

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and red dots for details, followed by smaller puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, and decorated extensions with fleur-de-lys in gold, blue, and red (ff. 11v, 14, 17, 22, 29, 30v, 35v, 38v, 46,