• 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 'A', at the beginning of Guilelmus Britonis's Vocabularius biblicus., Vocabularius biblicus

red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, and decorated extension in red and blue (f. 1). Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Vocabularius biblicus

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blue and red, accompanied by display script in (flourished) capital letters alternately in red and blue or just in blue. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials plain in red or

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blue and red, accompanied by display script in (flourished) capital letters alternately in red and blue or just in blue. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials plain in red or

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blue and red, accompanied by display script in (flourished) capital letters alternately in red and blue or just in blue. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials plain in red or

• Historiated initial containing medaillons with the Creation of the World and display script, at the beginning of Genesis., Bible

blue and red, accompanied by display script in (flourished) capital letters alternately in red and blue or just in blue. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials plain in red or

• Flourished initials., Bible

blue and red, accompanied by display script in (flourished) capital letters alternately in red and blue or just in blue. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials plain in red or

• Historiated initial of God blessing, at the beginning of the prologue., Bible

blue and red, accompanied by display script in (flourished) capital letters alternately in red and blue or just in blue. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials plain in red or

• Flourished initial 'I'(n) and display script, in the Bible., Bible

144. 2 large initials in blue with red (and blue) pen-flourishing, followed by display script alternately in red and blue (ff. 26, 27v). 5 smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 138, 139v,

• Decorated initials., Secretum secretorum, translated by Philip of Tripoli (index Philippus Tripolitanus)

Decorated initials. Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, or in red with blue penwork decoration. Small initials in blue or red. Paraphs in blue or red. Secretum secretorum, translated by Philip of Tripoli (index Philippus Tripolitanus) Sir Hans

• Puzzle initial 'Q' and flourished display script (oniam), at the beginning of Constantinus Africanus's Viaticum., Viaticum (ends imperfectly)

puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, followed by flourished display script alternately in red or blue (f. 3). 7 smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red (ff. 3v,

• 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

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red or blue with pen-flourishing in blue or red, some with green infill. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or penwork decoration or in blue with red pen-flourishing or penwork decoration. Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. Medical treatises

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puzzle initials in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing in blue and red, and partial decorated extensions in red and blue (ff. 3, 14v, 27v). Small initials in red with blue foliate pen-flourishing or in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing.

• Decorated initial 'C'(e) and marginal image of a king., Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book)

and blue penwork decoration (f. 2). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with red and sometimes also blue penwork decoration, sometimes extending into the margin. Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Marginal

• Detail of puzzle initial., Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book)

and blue penwork decoration (f. 2). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with red and sometimes also blue penwork decoration, sometimes extending into the margin. Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Marginal

• Detail of initial and marginal drawing., Vetera Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book)

and blue penwork decoration (f. 2). Large puzzle initials in blue and red with red and sometimes also blue penwork decoration, sometimes extending into the margin. Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or blue. Marginal

• Illuminated initial 'P'(hylaretus) at the beginning of a treatise on the pulse., Medical miscellany, including a treatise on the pulse; De coitu (ff. 35v-37v)

in gold on blue and red grounds with gold balls, extending into a partial border (f. 4). Large initials in blue with red penwork decoration, or in red with blue penwork decoration. Small initials in red, blue, or brown. Paraphs

• Flourished initials and display script., Bible

initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, at the beginning of the books. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue; a few in

• Initials with pen-flourishing, in the added table of contents., Bible

initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red, at the beginning of the books. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue; a few in