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Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Temptation of Christ, with a devil holding a scroll inscribed 'DIC UT LAPIDES I' (Mt. 4: 2), and Christ holding a scroll inscribed 'VADE RETRO SATANA', at the beginning of Psalm 52.

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Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Temptation of Christ, with a devil holding a scroll inscribed 'DIC UT LAPIDES I' (Mt. 4: 2), and Christ holding a scroll inscribed 'VADE RETRO SATANA', at the beginning of Psalm 52.

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Historiated initial 'S'(alve) of a priest and attendant before an altar, combined with a full border with penwork decoration in brown ink, flowers and a scroll at the beginning of a Mass dedicated to the Virgin

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Historiated initial 'S'(alve) of a priest and attendant before an altar, combined with a full border with penwork decoration in brown ink, flowers and a scroll at the beginning of a Mass dedicated to the Virgin

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Historiated initial 'V'(irgine) at the Matins of the Office of the Dead: Noli me tangere, Christ showing his wounds to his disciples (John 20: 20), the incredulity of Thomas, Christ and his disciples praying. In the border, a tomb (perhaps the Earl of Arundel's), a grave with a shrouded corpse, two men putting treasure in a chest and the arms of England (before 1340) and the arms of Bohun

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Historiated initial 'V'(irgine) at the Matins of the Office of the Dead: Noli me tangere, Christ showing his wounds to his disciples (John 20: 20), the incredulity of Thomas, Christ and his disciples praying. In the border, a tomb (perhaps the Earl of Arundel's), a grave with a shrouded corpse, two men putting treasure in a chest and the arms of England (before 1340) and the arms of Bohun

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Historiated initial 'G'(loriosissimam) of Augustine as a bishop, with white vine and gold balls partly extending into the margins; in the lower margin is a white vine border with flowers, gold balls and two putti holding up a gilt frame with a blank area intended for a coat of arms; a later owner added the monogram 'AP'

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Historiated initial 'G'(loriosissimam) of Augustine as a bishop, with white vine and gold balls partly extending into the margins; in the lower margin is a white vine border with flowers, gold balls and two putti holding up a gilt frame with a blank area intended for a coat of arms; a later owner added the monogram 'AP'

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Historiated initial 'A' with a Creation scene combined with a full bar border with ivy leaves and a dragon at the beginning of the Chronique de la Creation du monde

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Historiated initial 'A' with a Creation scene combined with a full bar border with ivy leaves and a dragon at the beginning of the Chronique de la Creation du monde

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Historiated initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of Lauds: the Presentation in the Temple, Simeon holding Christ, Christ and his parents arriving at Jerusalem for the passover, Mary finding Christ among the doctors. In the border, a pope wearing a crown and holding a sceptre, two half-figures of the Man of Sorrows and angels with instruments of the Passion

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Historiated initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of Lauds: the Presentation in the Temple, Simeon holding Christ, Christ and his parents arriving at Jerusalem for the passover, Mary finding Christ among the doctors. In the border, a pope wearing a crown and holding a sceptre, two half-figures of the Man of Sorrows and angels with instruments of the Passion

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Historiated initial 'S'(oror) with Seneca in profile and acanthus leaves extending into the margins, and, probably added in the 16th century, foliate decoration in the lower margin with a coat of arms with wolves on a gate tower, and monogram 'G S'

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Historiated initial 'S'(oror) with Seneca in profile and acanthus leaves extending into the margins, and, probably added in the 16th century, foliate decoration in the lower margin with a coat of arms with wolves on a gate tower, and monogram 'G S'

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Three-part miniature of scenes from the life of the Virgin, including the Assumption of Christ, the Pentecost and the death of Mary, with an historiated initial 'N'(unc) of the Presentation in the Temple. A bas-de-page scene of a messenger announcing the arrival of four knights to Thomas Becket

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Three-part miniature of scenes from the life of the Virgin, including the Assumption of Christ, the Pentecost and the death of Mary, with an historiated initial 'N'(unc) of the Presentation in the Temple. A bas-de-page scene of a messenger announcing the arrival of four knights to Thomas Becket

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Historiated initial 'D'(omine) at the beginning of Compline: Christ speaks to Zacheus who is in a tree (Luke 19: 5), Zacheus receives Christ with joy (Luke 19: 6), Christ sends his disciples to find the colt (Luke 19: 30), the colt, and, in the border, a bishop at prayer and two scenes of the miracle of the userer's soul

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Historiated initial 'D'(omine) at the beginning of Compline: Christ speaks to Zacheus who is in a tree (Luke 19: 5), Zacheus receives Christ with joy (Luke 19: 6), Christ sends his disciples to find the colt (Luke 19: 30), the colt, and, in the border, a bishop at prayer and two scenes of the miracle of the userer's soul

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Miniature of four scenes from Gethsemane in quatrefoils: (top left) Christ praying, (top right) Christ finds the three disciples sleeping, (bottom left) Christ addresses those who have come to take Him away, (bottom right) Judas kisses Christ and Christ is seized, Peter chopping off Malchus' ear, with an historiated initial 'L'(egem) of Christ and two others before the High Priest. A bas-de-page scene of Edward, king and martyr, riding to hunt, with two figures on horseback, one on foot, and two dogs

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Miniature of four scenes from Gethsemane in quatrefoils: (top left) Christ praying, (top right) Christ finds the three disciples sleeping, (bottom left) Christ addresses those who have come to take Him away, (bottom right) Judas kisses Christ and Christ is seized, Peter chopping off Malchus' ear, with an historiated initial 'L'(egem) of Christ and two others before the High Priest. A bas-de-page scene of Edward, king and martyr, riding to hunt, with two figures on horseback, one on foot, and two dogs

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Historiated initial 'E'(dward) of Edward IV enthroned, holding an orb and sceptre, with religious and lay men to his right and left, respectively, at the beginning of the statues issued during his reign. The Gill/Gyll arms are in the lower border

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Historiated initial 'E'(dward) of Edward IV enthroned, holding an orb and sceptre, with religious and lay men to his right and left, respectively, at the beginning of the statues issued during his reign. The Gill/Gyll arms are in the lower border

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Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with King Edward I on his throne at the beginning of the Magna Carta

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Historiated initial 'E'(dwardus) with King Edward I on his throne at the beginning of the Magna Carta

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Miniature of the Crucifixion, with a grieving Virgin Mary falling into the arms of a woman on the left, Longinus (without his spear) kneeling in the foreground, with two men throwing dice at the foot of the crucifix, with eight niches, four on each side, occupied by male figures, with an historiated initial 'A'(d), with a pope, king, bishop and two others kneeling before an altar. A bas-de-page scene of Christina cast into the sea and rescued by angels

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Miniature of the Crucifixion, with a grieving Virgin Mary falling into the arms of a woman on the left, Longinus (without his spear) kneeling in the foreground, with two men throwing dice at the foot of the crucifix, with eight niches, four on each side, occupied by male figures, with an historiated initial 'A'(d), with a pope, king, bishop and two others kneeling before an altar. A bas-de-page scene of Christina cast into the sea and rescued by angels

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Historiated initial 'E'(xultate) with King David playing bells, at the beginning of Psalm 80, and a decorated initial 'S'(piritu) with a man praying. Full border and a bas-de-page scene with an archer hunting a deer with dogs, with heraldic arms occupying the margins and borders

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Historiated initial 'E'(xultate) with King David playing bells, at the beginning of Psalm 80, and a decorated initial 'S'(piritu) with a man praying. Full border and a bas-de-page scene with an archer hunting a deer with dogs, with heraldic arms occupying the margins and borders

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Psalter, Gallican version. Large historiated initial 'B', containing Tree of Jesse. in medallions in lower and outer borders, beginning bottom 1 .: - (i) The Almighty between cherubim. (ii) Creation of Eve; Hellmouth on 1 . (iii) The Almighty warning Adam and Eve, and the Fall. (iv) Adam and Eve hiding from the Almighty, and the Expulsion. (v) Adam digging, Eve spinning; offerings of Cain and Abel, and death of Abel. (vi) Lamech killing Cain, and death of the boy Jabal. (vii) Building of the Ark. (viii) Noah and family entering the Ark; outside, the raven feeding on dead horse. (ix) Drunkenness of Noah. These borders contain also minute figures, animals, birds, insects, and foliage of extraordinary delicacy, and at the top of the lower border are two medallions of a knight and his lady, the former on r . having the arms of the St. Omer family.

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Psalter, Gallican version. Large historiated initial 'B', containing Tree of Jesse. in medallions in lower and outer borders, beginning bottom 1 .: - (i) The Almighty between cherubim. (ii) Creation of Eve; Hellmouth on 1 . (iii) The Almighty warning Adam and Eve, and the Fall. (iv) Adam and Eve hiding from the Almighty, and the Expulsion. (v) Adam digging, Eve spinning; offerings of Cain and Abel, and death of Abel. (vi) Lamech killing Cain, and death of the boy Jabal. (vii) Building of the Ark. (viii) Noah and family entering the Ark; outside, the raven feeding on dead horse. (ix) Drunkenness of Noah. These borders contain also minute figures, animals, birds, insects, and foliage of extraordinary delicacy, and at the top of the lower border are two medallions of a knight and his lady, the former on r . having the arms of the St. Omer family.

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Historiated initial 'C'(ome) depicting Edward III enthroned, holding an orb and sceptre, with religious and lay men to his right and left, respectively, at the beginning of the statues issued during his reign. The Gill/Gyll arms are in the lower border

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Historiated initial 'C'(ome) depicting Edward III enthroned, holding an orb and sceptre, with religious and lay men to his right and left, respectively, at the beginning of the statues issued during his reign. The Gill/Gyll arms are in the lower border

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Harley 3510, f.2 Historiated initial 'M'(aecenas) with Horace, from 'Carmina' by Flaccus Quintus Horatius (ink, colour & gold on vellum)

Italian School, (15th century)

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Harley 3510, f.2 Historiated initial 'M'(aecenas) with Horace, from 'Carmina' by Flaccus Quintus Horatius (ink, colour & gold on vellum)

Italian School, (15th century)

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Historiated initial, 'D'(omine) with the anointing of David by Samuel below a cloud with the hand of God. A bas-de-page scene of a monk of St. Peter's at Cologne who had died unconfessed and devils had seized his soul, then had appealed to the Virgin who restored his soul

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Historiated initial, 'D'(omine) with the anointing of David by Samuel below a cloud with the hand of God. A bas-de-page scene of a monk of St. Peter's at Cologne who had died unconfessed and devils had seized his soul, then had appealed to the Virgin who restored his soul

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Historiated initial 'A'(udite) with a horned Moses praying to the Almighty in a cloud above, with the flaming mouth of Hell and three Israelites to his right. A bas-de-page scene of Thomas being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, watched by two men dressed in chain mail

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Historiated initial 'A'(udite) with a horned Moses praying to the Almighty in a cloud above, with the flaming mouth of Hell and three Israelites to his right. A bas-de-page scene of Thomas being beheaded by a man with a raised sword, watched by two men dressed in chain mail

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Miniature of the Flight into Egypt, with an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of a mourner, and a bas-de-page scene of the Entombment of Christ, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin

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Miniature of the Flight into Egypt, with an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of a mourner, and a bas-de-page scene of the Entombment of Christ, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin

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Historiated page: the movement of the planets, miniature from the Breviary of Love by Matfrer' Ermengau. Code Provencal manuscript folio 56 recto, France end 13th Century-beginning 14th Century.

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Historiated page: the movement of the planets, miniature from the Breviary of Love by Matfrer' Ermengau. Code Provencal manuscript folio 56 recto, France end 13th Century-beginning 14th Century.

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Historiated initial 'A'(more) of a kneeling lover presenting a book to a lady, identified in the text as Mirabel Zucharia, at the beginning of a series of sonnets. In the lower margin, the Zucharia's monogram 'MZ' to the right of a shield overpainted, but that of 'AM' (perhaps Andrea Matteo Acquaviva), to the left of the shield unaltered. The 'm' of 'Amore' in the first word of the poem is also rendered as the 'AM' monogram. The original arms on the shield have been overpainted with two hearts burning in a fire, and in the right margin is the device of a heart on a bonfire, being quenched by the rain

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Historiated initial 'A'(more) of a kneeling lover presenting a book to a lady, identified in the text as Mirabel Zucharia, at the beginning of a series of sonnets. In the lower margin, the Zucharia's monogram 'MZ' to the right of a shield overpainted, but that of 'AM' (perhaps Andrea Matteo Acquaviva), to the left of the shield unaltered. The 'm' of 'Amore' in the first word of the poem is also rendered as the 'AM' monogram. The original arms on the shield have been overpainted with two hearts burning in a fire, and in the right margin is the device of a heart on a bonfire, being quenched by the rain

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Miniature of Alban holding a Tau-cross, presenting a kneeling Duke Humfrey of Gloucester (or perhaps Henry VI), with a scroll reading 'Pietas tua domine operetur in me', to Christ as Man of Sorrows and figure of the Trinity, beneath the dove of the Holy Spirit and the Father, with two angels. A historiated initial 'C'(um) of David playing the harp with two angels, at the beginning of Psalm 4

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Miniature of Alban holding a Tau-cross, presenting a kneeling Duke Humfrey of Gloucester (or perhaps Henry VI), with a scroll reading 'Pietas tua domine operetur in me', to Christ as Man of Sorrows and figure of the Trinity, beneath the dove of the Holy Spirit and the Father, with two angels. A historiated initial 'C'(um) of David playing the harp with two angels, at the beginning of Psalm 4

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Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) in two compartments, with Saul throwing his spear at David playing his harp, and David and Goliath, full border and bas-de-page scene with David with a harp and Saul crowned, riding horses towards a group of female musicians and dancers, their entry in Jerusalem. The borders with the arms of Bar and de Tocy at the corners, and three scenes in the mid-points: the Virgin and Child (top), King David (?) praying (right), and a city gate (below)

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Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) in two compartments, with Saul throwing his spear at David playing his harp, and David and Goliath, full border and bas-de-page scene with David with a harp and Saul crowned, riding horses towards a group of female musicians and dancers, their entry in Jerusalem. The borders with the arms of Bar and de Tocy at the corners, and three scenes in the mid-points: the Virgin and Child (top), King David (?) praying (right), and a city gate (below)

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Historiated initial 'D' (ominus)' with Virgin and Child at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin, with full paneled border of gold foliate decoration on coloured ground. In the borders, medallions with heads of haloed saints, 'IHS' monogram and coat of arms of the Guicciardini family of Florence (three hunting horns on azur) held by putti

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Historiated initial 'D' (ominus)' with Virgin and Child at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin, with full paneled border of gold foliate decoration on coloured ground. In the borders, medallions with heads of haloed saints, 'IHS' monogram and coat of arms of the Guicciardini family of Florence (three hunting horns on azur) held by putti

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Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Betrayal of Christ, at the beginning of Matins in the Office of the Passion. Judas kisses Jesus, who holds a staff and book and is surrounded by soldiers holding clubs and axes. To the left, Peter cuts the ear of a crouching soldier with a large sword. In the lower bar border, is a dragon and a man shooting an arrow at a bird

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Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Betrayal of Christ, at the beginning of Matins in the Office of the Passion. Judas kisses Jesus, who holds a staff and book and is surrounded by soldiers holding clubs and axes. To the left, Peter cuts the ear of a crouching soldier with a large sword. In the lower bar border, is a dragon and a man shooting an arrow at a bird

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Miniature of four scenes of the Resurrection in quatrefoils, with (top left) Christ lying in the uncovered sepulchre, with soldiers apparently repulsing a disciple (perhaps Joseph of Arimathaea), (top right) Joseph sent by the Jews to prison, (bottom left) the Resurrection of Christ, with two angels in clouds above, and two sleeping soldiers in the foreground, (bottom right) Christ with resurrection cross delivering Joseph from prison. An historiated initial 'C'(onfitebor) with Isaiah raising his hands to the Almighty in the cloud above. A bas-de-page scene of Catherine before the emperor Maxentius, with the burning of the wise men

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Miniature of four scenes of the Resurrection in quatrefoils, with (top left) Christ lying in the uncovered sepulchre, with soldiers apparently repulsing a disciple (perhaps Joseph of Arimathaea), (top right) Joseph sent by the Jews to prison, (bottom left) the Resurrection of Christ, with two angels in clouds above, and two sleeping soldiers in the foreground, (bottom right) Christ with resurrection cross delivering Joseph from prison. An historiated initial 'C'(onfitebor) with Isaiah raising his hands to the Almighty in the cloud above. A bas-de-page scene of Catherine before the emperor Maxentius, with the burning of the wise men

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Historiated initial with the presentation of an astrological textbook to King Henry VII, with the bishop and presenter of the book pointing to the stars. An illuminated initial 'P'(ost) and floral scatter border with a bird in the lower margin, at the beginning of the Tractatus de revolutionibus in Guido Bonatti's Liber

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Historiated initial with the presentation of an astrological textbook to King Henry VII, with the bishop and presenter of the book pointing to the stars. An illuminated initial 'P'(ost) and floral scatter border with a bird in the lower margin, at the beginning of the Tractatus de revolutionibus in Guido Bonatti's Liber

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Ms 774 (4)/1632 f.1v Historiated letter 'H' depicting the author writing, from 'Antiquitates Judaicae' (vellum)

Netherlandish School, (12th century)

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Ms 774 (4)/1632 f.1v Historiated letter 'H' depicting the author writing, from 'Antiquitates Judaicae' (vellum)

Netherlandish School, (12th century)

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Ms 775 (5)/1633 f.95v Historiated letter 'Q' depicting the author offering his book to his patron, from 'Antiquitates Judaicae' (vellum)

Netherlandish School, (12th century)

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Ms 775 (5)/1633 f.95v Historiated letter 'Q' depicting the author offering his book to his patron, from 'Antiquitates Judaicae' (vellum)

Netherlandish School, (12th century)

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