• Detail of an historiated initial 'U' of three men offering a bull to be sacrificed., Bible

1, 3). Large decorated initials, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in gold on red and blue grounds, developing bars with foliate endings or 'U' shaped hooks containing 305 marginal miniatures, in colours and gold; some

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'E' with a 'U' shaped hook, containing a miniature of a bird of prey alighting on several trees., Bible

1, 3). Large decorated initials, with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold. Small initials in gold on red and blue grounds, developing bars with foliate endings or 'U' shaped hooks containing 305 marginal miniatures, in colours and gold; some

• Decorated initial 'P'(roca) with foliate extensions., Historical miscellany: De viris illustribus; Sextus Rufus, Liber Augustalis

Bodleian Library, Oxford. 4 large initials in colours and gold with foliate extensions (ff. 3, 27, 39, 58). Numerous plain blue initials. Rubrics and roman numerals in red. The abbreviation 'IHC' in red, with red penwork decoration, occurs at the

• Detail of decorated initial 'B'(reves) with foliate extensions., Historical miscellany: De viris illustribus; Sextus Rufus, Liber Augustalis

Bodleian Library, Oxford. 4 large initials in colours and gold with foliate extensions (ff. 3, 27, 39, 58). Numerous plain blue initials. Rubrics and roman numerals in red. The abbreviation 'IHC' in red, with red penwork decoration, occurs at the

• Decorated initial 'P'(ace)., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

18th-century hand, written on a ruled paper leaf, is pasted onto f. 313.Horizontal catchwords. 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 93). Smaller plain initials in red, some with simple penwork decoration. Roman numerals in red for running headers.

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n)., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

18th-century hand, written on a ruled paper leaf, is pasted onto f. 313.Horizontal catchwords. 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 93). Smaller plain initials in red, some with simple penwork decoration. Roman numerals in red for running headers.

• Text page copied by Petrarch., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

18th-century hand, written on a ruled paper leaf, is pasted onto f. 313.Horizontal catchwords. 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 93). Smaller plain initials in red, some with simple penwork decoration. Roman numerals in red for running headers.

• Text page written by an anonymous scribe c. 1200., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

18th-century hand, written on a ruled paper leaf, is pasted onto f. 313.Horizontal catchwords. 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 93). Smaller plain initials in red, some with simple penwork decoration. Roman numerals in red for running headers.

• Text page written by an anonymous scribe c. 1200 and completed by Petrarch., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

18th-century hand, written on a ruled paper leaf, is pasted onto f. 313.Horizontal catchwords. 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 93). Smaller plain initials in red, some with simple penwork decoration. Roman numerals in red for running headers.

• Text page annotated by Petrarch and Valla., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

18th-century hand, written on a ruled paper leaf, is pasted onto f. 313.Horizontal catchwords. 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 93). Smaller plain initials in red, some with simple penwork decoration. Roman numerals in red for running headers.

• Pen-flourished initial 'M'(e) at the beginning of the fourth Decade., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

18th-century hand, written on a ruled paper leaf, is pasted onto f. 313.Horizontal catchwords. 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 93). Smaller plain initials in red, some with simple penwork decoration. Roman numerals in red for running headers.

• Pen-flourished initial 'P'(rincipio)., Ab Urbe condita (index Codex Aginnensis)

18th-century hand, written on a ruled paper leaf, is pasted onto f. 313.Horizontal catchwords. 1 large initial in red and blue (f. 93). Smaller plain initials in red, some with simple penwork decoration. Roman numerals in red for running headers.

• 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 /

• 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

• Detail of right hand column, with surgical instruments., Medical miscellany, including Chirurgy, begins imperfectly at chapter 21

Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, usually in the form of leaves, and sometimes extending to form a partial border. Small initials in blue or red. Paraphs in red or blue. Line-fillers in blue or red.

• Miniature of king David pointing to his eyes, in the Psalter., Psalter

puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 29v, 184v, 202). Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold, red and blue. Psalter Inscribed, 15th century:

• Miniature of king David playing bells, in the Psalter., Psalter

puzzle initials in gold and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 29v, 184v, 202). Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold, red and blue. Psalter Inscribed, 15th century:

• null, De proprietatibus rerum

Smaller and small initials in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Paraph marks in plain red or blue. De proprietatibus rerum Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698),

• Decorated initial 'E'(dwardus) at the beginning of a collection of Statuta vetera., Collection of the Statuta vetera and other texts (index Statuta Angliae)

of Statuta vetera. Note that the former covers are stored separately. Large initials in blue with blue and red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Highlighting of letters in red. Cadels. Collection of the Statuta vetera and other texts

• Puzzle initial 'T'(he) with penwork decoration in the form of leaves, at the beginning of Matthew., New Testament, in the later Wycliffite version, with prologues, and lessons from Advent to Trinity, various tracts, and a calendar

in red and blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and 2 with red and blue pen-flourishing forming a partial border (ff. 58, 113). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. New Testament, in