• Detail of a section of the full foliate border with two grotesque figures, at the beginning of Jerome's prologue to the Bible., 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 'I'(n principio), with six marginal roundels containing scenes of the Creation, with a praying monk, from the book of Genesis., 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 a section of the full foliate border with two grotesque figures, at the beginning of the Book of Genesis., 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'(gressus) with a 'U' shaped hook, containing a miniature of Pharoah's daughter finding Moses in a rush basket, in the Bible., 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 'H'(ec), and a partial foliate border, in the Bible., 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 historiated initial 'D'(ominus) of David kneeling before God and pointing to his eyes, with a partial border, at the beginning of Psalm 26 ('Dominus illuminatio mea,' The Lord is my light)., 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 a 'U' shaped hook in the margin between two columns of text, containing a miniature of John the Baptist preaching, from the Book of Mark., 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 'I'(n), and partial foliate border, from the Book of Mark., 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 a 'U' shaped hook in the margin of the folio, containing a miniature of Nebuchadnezzar as a hairy man living in the wild, from the Book of Daniel., 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 'B'(althasar) with a 'U' shaped hook containing a miniature of the writing on the wall at king Belshazzar's feast, from the Book of Daniel., 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 'I'(n principio), with six marginal roundels containing scenes of the Creation, with a praying monk, from the book of Genesis., 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 'I'(nterim)., 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 'H'(ec), partial foliate border, and illuminated initial 'E'(gressus) with a 'U' shaped hook, containing a miniature of Pharoah's daughter finding Moses in a rush basket, in the Bible., 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 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

• 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 /

• 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:

• Detail of puzzle initial., Bible with prologues, and Interpretation of Hebrew names (ff. 488-525v)

and small puzzle initials in red and blue with red (and blue) or blue (and red) pen-flourishing. Small initials in red with blue (and red) pen-flourishing and in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing. Capital letters highlighted in red. Bible

• Miniature of king David playing the harp, at the beginning of the Psalter., Added leaf to replace a missing one

a red and blue ground, with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (f. 9). Small initials in gold with black pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold, red and blue. Added leaf to