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Arundel 45
Origines , Commentary on Jeremiah, and on the Song of Songs
Austria, N. (Metz?); 1st half of the 12th century
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Decorated initial

f. 1v
Decorated initial
Detail

f. 1v
Detail
Zoomorphic initial

f. 82
Zoomorphic initial
 
Detail

f. 82
Detail

Arundel 299
Astronomical miscellany
Germany or Austria; 1491
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Decorated initial

f. 4v
Decorated initial
Detail

f. 4v
Detail

Arundel 324
Bible
Austria, Germany or Switzerland; 2nd half of the 13th century
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Illuminated initial

f. 2
Illuminated initial
Detail

f. 2
Detail
Decorated initial

ff. 4v-5
Decorated initial
 
Detail: Decorated initial

f. 5
Detail: Decorated initial
Flourished initials

f. 73v
Flourished initials
Detail

f. 73v
Detail
 

Burney 265
Terence , Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphi, Hecyra (fragment)
Germany or Austria (close to Melk?); c. 1473
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Decorated initial

f. 1
Decorated initial
Detail

f. 1
Detail

Burney 272   ff. 4-206v; 211-218
Virgil ; Pseudo-Ovid, Basil of Caesarea , Bucolica , Georgica , Aeneis , with Argumentum and verses
Germany or Austria (Melk?); c. 1473
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Author portrait

f. 4
Author portrait
Author portrait

f. 4
Author portrait
Virgil

f. 4
Virgil
 
Shepherd

f. 4
Shepherd
Shepherd

f. 4
Shepherd
Man plowing

f. 18
Man plowing
 
Man picking grapes

f. 26
Man picking grapes
Illuminated initial

f. 34v
Illuminated initial
Farm

f. 34v
Farm
 
Farm

f. 34v
Farm
Farm

f. 34v
Farm
Beehive

f. 43v
Beehive
 
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Burney 272   ff. 207-209
Pseudo-Virgil, Moretum, De institutione viri boni
Germany or Austria (Melk?); c.1473
 
Burney 272   ff. 209-210; 219-223
Asmenius, Vitalis, Maximini, Anonymous, P. Servius Honoratus, Carmina, verses, Commentary on book 4 of Virgil's Georgics, imperfect
Germany or Austria (Melk?); c. 1473

Burney 352
Lorenzo Valla , De elegantia linguae latinae, imperfect
Germany or Austria (close to Melk?); c. 1473
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Initial decorated with faces

f. 2
Initial decorated with faces
Detail

f. 2
Detail

Egerton 1121
Ulrich von Pottenstein, Spiegel der Weisheit
Austria, W. (Salzburg); c. 1430
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Animals in council

f. 4v
Animals in council
Snail and mouse in conflict

f. 10
Snail and mouse in conflict
Fisherman on the back of a whale

f. 11
Fisherman on the back of a whale
 
Fisherman on the back of a whale

f. 11
Fisherman on the back of a whale
Fox and ape

f. 12v
Fox and ape
Fox and ape

f. 12v
Fox and ape
 
Wolf and ox

f. 21
Wolf and ox
Raven and frog

f. 22v
Raven and frog
Mouse, fox, and lion

f. 26v
Mouse, fox, and lion
 
Fox on a pilgrimage

f. 36
Fox on a pilgrimage
Human ear complaining to Nature

f. 38
Human ear complaining to Nature
Human ear complaining to Nature

f. 38
Human ear complaining to Nature
 
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Egerton 1122
Gospel Lectionary for Lent
Germany (Regensburg); 2nd quarter of the 15th century
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Jesus and his disciples

f. 1[v]
Jesus and his disciples
The Resurrection

f. 83
The Resurrection

Egerton 2419
Johannes Teutonicus, De moribus et disciplina humanae conversationis (moralisations on the Ludus Cartarum)
Germany or Austria; 1472
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Flourished initial

f. 1
Flourished initial

Egerton 3661
Astronomical calendar, Compotus tables (those on f. 13r-v covering the period 1140-1654), and 'Paschalis gemma' (mnemonic verses for finding Easter, based on the cycle of Dionysius Exiguus), beginning at 1216.
Austria (W., Salzburg?); probably 1216
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Astronomical table

f. 14
Astronomical table

Harley 2569
Plutarch, translated by Francesco Filelfo and by Guarino da Verona , Caius Julius Solinus, Apophtegmata ad Traianum Cesarem (ff. 1-47), Apophtegmata laconica (ff. 48-75), De differentia veri amici et adulatoris (ff. 76-91v), Collectanea rerum memorabilium (ff. 92-180v)
Switzerland or Austria; 2nd half of the 15th century
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Decorated initial

f. 49v
Decorated initial

Harley 4946
Anselm of Laon , Anonymous comments to Virgil's Aeneid, Books 4-6 (ff. 1-77v, imperfect at the beginning), Bucolics (ff. 77v-94v), and Georgics (ff. 95-95v, imperfect at the end), Anselm's comment to Aeneid, Books 7-12 (ff. 25v-77v), and 'Fabularius', possibly a compendium of Boccaccio's 'Genealogia deorum gentilium' (ff. 96-110v) with table of contents (ff. 110v-111)
Germany, S. or Austria; 1st half of the 15th century
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Decorated initial

f. 1
Decorated initial

Harley 5128
Dictionary of Canon Law
Italy, N. (or Austria); 2nd half of the 15th century
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Decorated Initial

f. 1
Decorated Initial

Hirsch III.606
Antiphoner (Sanctorale only)
Germany, S. or Austria; 15th century
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Puzzle initial

f. 1
Puzzle initial
Decorated initial

f. 25v
Decorated initial
Decorated initial

f. 245
Decorated initial
 

Hirsch III.934
Missal, including a calendar, a Gradual for summer, a Lectionary for the days after Easter and Pentecost
Austria or Germany (S.); last quarter of the 12th century
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Zoomorphic initial

f. 9
Zoomorphic initial
The Crucifixion

f. 40v
The Crucifixion

Sloane 1521
Bible with prologues
Germany, S., Austria, or Switzerland; 1st quarter of the 14th century
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Decorated initial

ff. 1v-2
Decorated initial
Detail

f. 1v
Detail
Decorated initial

ff. 3v-4
Decorated initial
 
Detail

f. 3v
Detail
Decorated initial

f. 248v
Decorated initial
Detail

f. 248v
Detail
 
Decorated initial

ff. 364v-365
Decorated initial
Detail

f. 364v
Detail

Sloane 2560
Donum Dei (Alchemical treatise)
Germany or Austria; 2nd half of the 15th century
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Initial and border

f. 1
Initial and border
Detail

f. 1
Detail
Detail

f. 1
Detail
 
King and queen with a flask

f. 5
King and queen with a flask
Text page

f. 5v
Text page
Red king and white queen in a flask

f. 6
Red king and white queen in a flask
 
King and queen in a flask

f. 6
King and queen in a flask
Text page

f. 6v
Text page
The chemical union of the red king and white queen.

f. 7
The chemical union of the red king and white queen.
 
Text page

f. 7v
Text page
Black flask

f. 8
Black flask
Text page

f. 8v
Text page
 
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