Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), an...
4-line initial 'S' in gold, on red/blue background, decorated with white penwork (flowers and leaves). A bar-frame column border in gold and blue, and...
The border is decorated with acanthus leaves, a deadnettle, a borage, a strawberry and a butterfly. 6-line zoomorphic initial 'S' formed of a green-wi...
6-line foliate initial 'B' infilled with small strawberry flowers and acanthus leaves. Context: Prayers: Bene(+)dicat me imperialis maiestas...
The border is decorated with acanthus leaves, a fantastical barbed trefoil and a fantastical barbed cinqefoil. 6-line foliate initial 'G'. Context: ...
The miniature shows King David playing a psaltery in a rocky landscape, with a city visible behind. The full border is decorated with flowers, a large...
2-line initial in pink, red and gold, infilled with a blue flower, and with white penwork decoration. On the left, a column border decorated with flow...
4-line initial in pink, gold, blue and green, infilled with a blue flower, with white penwork decoration. Three-sided border of flowers, leaves and go...
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Capricorn (the goat). The border is decorated with pinks, pea flowers, columbine, a robin, a fly and a ...
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign for October, Scorpio (the scorpion), although on this leaf (for September) it should be showing Libra (the...