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Additional 20916, f. 5
Leaf of the Giuramento (solemn oath) of Giulio Contarini as procurator de ultra of San Marco
Italy, N. E. (Venice); 1537
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Contarini

f. 5
Contarini

Additional 20916, f. 7
Leaf of a Doge's Commission from Francesco Donato to Alvise Tron as provveditore of Insula Vegla (Krk)
Italy, N. E. (Venice); c. 1545 - c. 1553
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Commission from Francesco Donato to Alvise Tron

f. 7
Commission from Francesco Donato to Alvise Tron

Additional 41996, ff. 112-113
Leaves from an illustrated Herbal
Italy, N. E. (?Veneto); 1st quarter of the 15th century
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Herbal

f. 112
Herbal
Herbal

f. 112v
Herbal
Herbal

f. 113
Herbal
 
Herbal

f. 113v
Herbal

Arundel 11
John Whethamstede and others, Historical and theological miscellany, including excerpts from the Granarium, part II, and a commentary on Sacrobosco's De sphaera (ff. 183-198)
England; between 1440 and 1447 or after 1465
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Illuminated border and initial

f. 9
Illuminated border and initial
Detail

f. 9
Detail
Decorated initial

f. 183
Decorated initial
 
Detail

f. 183
Detail

Arundel 13
Marco Polo, Conditionibus et consuetudinibus orientalium regionum
England; 1st half of the 14th century
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Decorated initial and border

f. 1
Decorated initial and border
Detail: Decorated initial and border

f. 1
Detail: Decorated initial and border
Decorated initial and border

f. 28
Decorated initial and border
 
Detail: Decorated initial and border

f. 28
Detail: Decorated initial and border
Marginal hybrid

f. 30v
Marginal hybrid

Arundel 34
St Albans register of properties
England, S. (St Albans?); between 1506 and c. 1539
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Decorated initials

f. 18
Decorated initials
Detail

f. 18
Detail
Detail

f. 18
Detail
 
Detail

f. 21v
Detail
Decorated initial

f. 21v
Decorated initial

Arundel 38
Thomas Hoccleve , The Regiment of Princes (De Regimine Principum)
England, S. E. (London?); between 1411 and 1432
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Arms of Thomas of Brotherton

f. 1
Arms of Thomas of Brotherton
Arms of Thomas of Brotherton

f. 1
Arms of Thomas of Brotherton
Text page

f. 3
Text page
 
Text page

f. 34
Text page
Text page

f. 36v
Text page
Henry V

f. 37
Henry V
 
Illuminated initial

f. 37
Illuminated initial
Henry V

f. 37
Henry V
Henry V

f. 37
Henry V
 
Text page

f. 39v
Text page
Text page

f. 52v
Text page
Marginal figure

f. 65
Marginal figure
 
* (see the detailed record for 1 further images)
 

Arundel 46   ff. 1-127v
Henry of Huntingdon, Chronicle
England; 1st half of the 15th century
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Decorated initial and inscriptions

f. 2
Decorated initial and inscriptions
 
Arundel 46   ff. 128-239
Nicholas Trivet, Annales
England; 1st half of the 15th century

Arundel 56
Ci comence les cronicles qe ffrere Nichol Tryuet escript a dame Marie la fille mounseignour le Roi Edward le fitz Henri
England; 2nd half of the 14th century
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Flourished initials

f. 1v
Flourished initials

Arundel 59
Thomas Hoccleve, Pseudo-Aristotle, De Regimine Principum; Secrets of the Philosophers; Secretum Secretorum
England, S. E. (London); between c. 1460 and 1485
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Heraldry and signatures

f. 1
Heraldry and signatures
Decorated initial

f. 90
Decorated initial

Arundel 64
Johannes de Hesdinio, Commentarius amplissimus in librum Job
France, Central (Paris); 1st quarter of the 15th century
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Puzzle initial and border decoration

f. 1
Puzzle initial and border decoration
Detail: Puzzle initial and border decoration

f. 1
Detail: Puzzle initial and border decoration

Arundel 66
John Killingworth, Ptolemy, Guido Bonatti, Plato of Tivoli, Almagest (extract), Liber Astronomiae, Liber Arenalis, astronomical and geomantic tables, political prophecies
England, S. E. (London); 1490
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Red and white roses

f. 1v
Red and white roses
Red and white roses

f. 1v
Red and white roses
Oxford almanac tables

f. 19v
Oxford almanac tables
 
Great Bear and Little Bear

f. 33
Great Bear and Little Bear
Detail

f. 33
Detail
Dragon

f. 33v
Dragon
 
Dragon

f. 33v
Dragon
Cephus and Boetes

f. 34
Cephus and Boetes
Cephus

f. 34
Cephus
 
Boetes

f. 34
Boetes
Corona and Hercules

f. 34v
Corona and Hercules
Lira and Cignus

f. 35
Lira and Cignus
 
* (see the detailed record for 55 further images)
 

Arundel 67
Jean Froissart, Les Chroniques d'Angleterre (3 vols)
France, Central (Paris); c. 1420 - c. 1430
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vol. I, f. 1


f. 23v


f. 24
 
Battle scene and illuminated initial

vol. I, f. 144
Battle scene and illuminated initial
Detail: Battle scene and illuminated initial

vol. I, f. 144
Detail: Battle scene and illuminated initial


f. 290
 


f. 290v
Battle scene

vol. I, f. 341v
Battle scene
Detail: Battle scene

vol. I, f. 341v
Detail: Battle scene
 

Arundel 68   ff. 4-64v
Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis
England, S. E. (Canterbury, Christ Church); 2nd half of the 15th century
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Obits for January

f. 12
Obits for January
Obits for September

f. 41v
Obits for September
Acts of Thomas Chillenden

f. 58
Acts of Thomas Chillenden
 
Illuminated initial and border

f. 61
Illuminated initial and border

Arundel 71
Charles Soillot, Débat de félicité
Netherlands, S. (Bruges); between 1462 and 1467
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Illuminated initial

f. 23v
Illuminated initial
The Three Estates

f. 24
The Three Estates
The Three Estates

f. 24
The Three Estates
 
The three estates

f. 39v
The three estates
The three estates

f. 39v
The three estates

Arundel 79
Old Testament
Germany, S.; 15th century
* * *
Decorated initial

f. 301
Decorated initial

Arundel 85
Ludolphus de Saxonia , Vita Christi (pars II)
Germany, S. (Eberbach); 1st quarter of the 15th century
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Puzzle initial

f. 1
Puzzle initial
Detail: Puzzle initial

f. 1
Detail: Puzzle initial

Arundel 92
Petrus Comestor , Maccabees and the New Testament (ff. 1-157v); Historia scholastica
Germany; 15th century
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Coloured initial and cadels

f. 72v
Coloured initial and cadels

Arundel 93   ff. 1-111
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini
Netherlands, S. (Ghent); 1482-1485
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Decorated initial

f. 1
Decorated initial
Illuminated initial

f. 3
Illuminated initial
Detail

f. 3
Detail
 
Puzzle initial

f. 3v
Puzzle initial
Puzzle initial

f. 16
Puzzle initial
Puzzle initial

f. 32
Puzzle initial
 
Puzzle initial

f. 48
Puzzle initial
Puzzle initial

f. 48
Puzzle initial
Puzzle initial

f. 68
Puzzle initial
 
Puzzle initial

ff. 91v-92
Puzzle initial
Birds

f. 129
Birds
Heraldry

f. 129
Heraldry
 
* (see the detailed record for 35 further images)
 
 
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