• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) of Catherine of Siena in a Dominican habit, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Hours of Bonaparte Ghislieri', formerly known as 'The Albani Hours')

litany. Large initials in gold on coloured grounds in red, and/or blue, and/or green, with flowers extending into the margins. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red, blue or green grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Hours

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of Catherine of Siena in a Dominican habit, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Hours of Bonaparte Ghislieri', formerly known as 'The Albani Hours')

litany. Large initials in gold on coloured grounds in red, and/or blue, and/or green, with flowers extending into the margins. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red, blue or green grounds. Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Hours

• Miniature of Anthony in a monk's habit, holding a martyr's palm, with a full foliate border with coat of arms., Noted Breviary of Anthony of Burgundy

in a monk's habit, holding a martyr's palm, with a full foliate border with coat of arms. Leaves excised after ff. 9 (off-set from heraldic device on preceding unfoliated flyleaf), 132, 147, 151, 158, 184, 191 (off-set from heraldic device

• Miniature of Elthedreda reading, dressed in a Benedictine habit and holding a crozier and a full scatter border including dianthus, forget-me-nots, strawberries, insects, and birds., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

dressed in a Benedictine habit and holding a crozier and a full scatter border including dianthus, forget-me-nots, strawberries, insects, and birds. For another Tudor Book of Hours with royal autographs see Additional 17012, which contains the autographs of Henry VII,

• Decorated initials., Medical miscellany, including receipts (ff. 11-24v); the 'Lettre d'Hippocrate' (ff. 25-64v); a calendar (ff. 92-97v)

red and blue penwork decoration (f. 25). 1 large puzzle initial in blue and red with red and blue penwork decoration (f. 66). Initials in red with blue or brown penwork decoration, or in blue with red and/or blue penwork

• Decorated initial 'O' (heer) at the beginning of a prayer, with a penwork border of acanthus scrolls in red and blue winding around aubergines., Prayer Book

blue penwork decoration incorporating aubergine motifs, either full (ff. 1, 57), or three-sided (ff. 17, 29, 37). Large blue initials with green and red foliate or geometric penwork decoration, some with red and/or blue pen-flourishing. Simple alternating red or

• Calendar page for December, and flourished initial 'D' in an astronomical treatise., Astronomical treatises (begins imperfectly)

in an astronomical treatise. 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (f. 28). Small initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Spaces for initials (ff. 42v, 46v). Diagrams.

• Decorated initial with a vase., Prayer Book

blue penwork decoration incorporating aubergine motifs, either full (ff. 1, 57), or three-sided (ff. 17, 29, 37). Large blue initials with green and red foliate or geometric penwork decoration, some with red and/or blue pen-flourishing. Simple alternating red or

• Decorated initial with aubergine style decoration., Prayer Book

blue penwork decoration incorporating aubergine motifs, either full (ff. 1, 57), or three-sided (ff. 17, 29, 37). Large blue initials with green and red foliate or geometric penwork decoration, some with red and/or blue pen-flourishing. Simple alternating red or

• Decorated initial 'O' (heer) at the beginning of a series of prayers on the Passion, with a penwork border of acanthus scrolls in red and blue winding around aubergines., Prayer Book

blue penwork decoration incorporating aubergine motifs, either full (ff. 1, 57), or three-sided (ff. 17, 29, 37). Large blue initials with green and red foliate or geometric penwork decoration, some with red and/or blue pen-flourishing. Simple alternating red or

• null, 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,

• Miniature of a knight with sword and shield, and a knight mounting a horse., L'Art de Chivalry

(ff. 1, 2v, 23v, 43, 85). Smaller and small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing (with decorated extensions in red and blue). L'Art de Chivalry Colophon '… par mestre Jehan de Meun. En lan

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'H'(ere) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours

blue grounds with three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 15, 40, 51, 57). Smaller initials in gold on red grounds. Small initials (2 lines) in gold with purple pen-flourishing or in red with blue pen-flourishing or in

• Puzzle initial., Leaf of a Psalter, in the Gallican version, including Psalms 26-32, imperfect, and bound with the recto as the verso

83r-v). 1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with red and blue pen-flourishing for Psalm 26 (f. 24v). Small initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in red or blue. Leaf of a Psalter, in the Gallican version,

• 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

• 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,

• Decorated initial 'O' with interlace decoration and partial foliate border., Cartulary of the Augustianian priory of Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, with table of contents (ff. 2-25)

foliate border in blue and yellow (f. 26). Small initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Small initials in brown ink, some with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Large and small simple initials in blue or red,

• Detail of a miniature of a group of men in discussion, with an inscription on the wall reading 'Concilium', with a foliate initial 'A'(dives), at the beginning of book 2., Facta et dicta memorabilia

blue with pen-flourishing in red and black, at the beginning of chapters. Initials and paraphs in gold with black pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers in gold and blue. Running titles and chapter numbers in red and

• Detail of a miniature of Charles V, king of France, receiving the book from the translator, Raoul des Presles, at the beginning of the prologue., City of God (La cité de Dieu)

in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white, or puzzle initials in gold and blue, at the beginning of books (ff. 8v, 54, 129v). Initials in gold with black pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing.

• Detail of a miniature of a group of men dancing around an idol, at the beginning of book 2., City of God (La cité de Dieu)

in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white, or puzzle initials in gold and blue, at the beginning of books (ff. 8v, 54, 129v). Initials in gold with black pen-flourishing, or in blue with red pen-flourishing.