• 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

• null, One gathering of a treatise of rights of the Marshall in wartime

Large initials in gold on blue and pink backgrounds with white or black filigree (f. 1). Paraphs in blue. LIne-fillers in blue. Rubrics in red. One gathering of a treatise of rights of the Marshall in wartime The remainder of

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) with seven roundels of the creation of the world, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible with prologues, and two versions of Psalms

in red and blue with green, yellow and brown infill, sometimes flourishing into the margins. Large 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

• Puzzle initial 'B'(eatus) with coloured infill, at the beginning of the Psalms., Bible with prologues, and two versions of Psalms

in red and blue with green, yellow and brown infill, sometimes flourishing into the margins. Large 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

• null, Legendae sanctorum

1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in red (f. 1). Small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red. Legendae sanctorum Inscription in English (f. 166v).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753),

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Two-line red initials. Red and blue paraphs. Blue and red line fillers. One-line blue initials with red penwork forming a box around the initial. Two-line blue initials with red penwork flourishing. Seven, eight, and nine-line blue initial I with red

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

to Sir William Hylton, f. 108r (see Additions). Initial page: five-line gold (now white with remnants of gold) U with blue infill patterned with white-line foliate decoration (now oxidised). Initial ground of rose with (now oxidised) white line decoration; sprays

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

script. Ff. 1v, 2r - two-line blue initials with red penwork flourishing. Initial folio of Stanzaic Life - nine-line blue initial I with red penwork flourishing forming a two-sided border. F. 87v - two-line blue initial with red penwork flourishing

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

5: underlining of names in red, red paraphs, some initials highlighted red, red and black line filler; two/three-line red or blue initials. Item 7: two-line red initials. Item 12: four-line initial A begins text. Outlined in red with red decoration

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Three-line blue initials with red penwork extending into border. Red and blue paraphs. Item 4: four/five-line initial A in blue as before. Red and blue paraphs. Two-line blue initials with red penwork. Item 5: fourteen-line initial I in blue with

• First half of the xv. cent MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 37786 British Library, London 48 images.

9¾ in. X 7 in. First half of the xv. cent. A few coarso illuminated initials, others in red and blue. See, sol. " in þo bely." Belonged (f. 44) to "honricns Savyll," probably ilenry Savilo of Banko (v. Bibloigraphical

• Middle of the xv. cent. MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 37223 British Library, London 217 images.

are: Vellum; ff. ii. + 213. Middle of the xv. cent. Eight illuminated initials cut out; others in red and blue. Owners' names occur as follows; "Liber magistri Roberti Elphisten" and "Liber ... pertinet Roberti Elphinstone rectoris de Kyncarin (?)"

• Middle of xv. cent MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 37790 British Library, London 241 images.

of xv. cent. On ff. 96 b, 226 is possibly a scribe's monogram I.S. Sec. fol. "sais Oculi." Initials in blue (thickly laid on) flourished in red. On f. 1 is a 16th cent. owner's name "Vincit Winge his Booke."

• MS Part Two: Medieval Manuscripts from the Additional Manuscripts, Section B 37787 British Library, London 191 images.

7¾ in. x 5½ in. Early xv, cent. Sec. fol. "Also I cri." Illuminated initials; others flourished in red and blue. The first owner's inscription is on f. 183, "Iste liber constat Johanni Norþewode monache. qui ipsum habuerit vel qui