• null, Medical treatises

small initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. Medical treatises Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in

• Illuminated initial 'C'(ome) at the beginning of the statutes of Edward III., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI

initials in gold on blue, white, and red grounds, with green and gold foliage extending into the margins (ff. 114, 172, 203v, 224v). Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue or red. Nova Statuta

• Illuminated initial 'H'(enry) at the beginning of the statutes of Henry IV., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI

initials in gold on blue, white, and red grounds, with green and gold foliage extending into the margins (ff. 114, 172, 203v, 224v). Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue or red. Nova Statuta

• Decorated initials 'I'(n) and 'A'(nno) at the beginning of Roger of Hovenden's Chronicle., Chronicle, including a prophecy in English

159, at which point most flourished in red, green, or blue. From f. 212v including initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, and in red with blue pen-flourishing, and red or blue paraph marks. 1 diagram (f. 118). Paraphs in red

• Miniature of a Funeral service, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi), and a full foliate border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Smaller initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in red or blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Inscribed in

• Miniature of the Raising of a soul to heaven, decorated initial 'B'(eati), and a full foliate border, at the beginning of the Commendation of souls., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Smaller initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in red or blue. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Inscribed in

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI

initials in gold on blue, white, and red grounds, with green and gold foliage extending into the margins (ff. 114, 172, 203v, 224v). Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue or red. Nova Statuta

• null, Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book), from 1 Edward III to 23 Henry VI

initials in gold on blue, white, and red grounds, with green and gold foliage extending into the margins (ff. 114, 172, 203v, 224v). Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing. Paraphs in blue or red. Nova Statuta

• Decorated initials., Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica

puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in purple and red. Small initials in red with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Medical miscellany

• Miniature of Christ carrying the Cross, decorated initial 'D'(eus), and full foliated borders, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Smaller initials in gold on red and blue grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Book of Hours, Use of Rome

• 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