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Grammar from BL Burn 275, f. 94

Grammar from BL Burn 275, f. 94

Initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a woman holding a flowering branch displaying the parts of speech (perhaps the personification of Grammar) and a teacher disciplining scholars; another initial decorated with foliate fo... More

Musicians from BL Burn 275, f. 359v

Musicians from BL Burn 275, f. 359v

Historiated initial with a woman playing bells and other musicians, and in the upper border, a dog chasing a rabbit. Image taken from f. 359v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Arithmetic from BL Burn 275, f. 336

Arithmetic from BL Burn 275, f. 336

Historiated initial 'I'(n) with a woman (perhaps the personification of Arithmetic) and clerks; a puzzle initial, a grotesque, a fox with a chicken and a rabbit in the margin above, and on the lower bar border,... More

Teaching from BL Burn 275, f. 184

Teaching from BL Burn 275, f. 184

Historiated initial with a monk teaching, and various animals on the bar borders. Image taken from f. 184 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Monk from BL Burn 275, f. 180v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Monk from BL Burn 275, f. 180v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of historiated initial with a monk teaching. Image taken from f. 180v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 94 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 94 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of historiated initial. Image taken from f. 94 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Geometry from BL Burn 275, f. 293

Geometry from BL Burn 275, f. 293

Detail of a historiated initial with a woman with a set-square and dividers teaching a group of students (perhaps the personification of Geometry). Image taken from f. 293 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes fo... More

Astronomy from BL Burn 275, f. 390v

Astronomy from BL Burn 275, f. 390v

Historiated initial 'Q'(uidam) with students receiving instruction from a woman who gestures at the stars (perhaps the personification of Astronomy); a puzzle initial, and on the lower bar border, different ani... More

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 364v

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 364v

Detail of decorated initial with leaves. Image taken from f. 364v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Monk from BL Burn 275, f. 205 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Monk from BL Burn 275, f. 205 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of a historiated initial of a monk teaching. Image taken from f. 205 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Teacher from BL Burn 275, f. 288v

Teacher from BL Burn 275, f. 288v

Detail of historiated initial with a teacher and pupils. Image taken from f. 288v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 550

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 550

Detail of table, with decorated initial. Image taken from f. 550 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Woman teaching from BL Burn 275, f. 143

Woman teaching from BL Burn 275, f. 143

Detail of historiated initial with a woman teaching, and various marginal hybrid creatures. Image taken from f. 143 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 64v

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 64v

Detail of a decorated initial with leaves. Image taken from f. 64v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 435v

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 435v

Detail of decorated initial, with leaves and an elongated dragon. Image taken from f. 435v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 390v

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 390v

Detail of historiated initial. Image taken from f. 390v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 82v

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 82v

Detail of a decorated initial with leaves and dragons. Image taken from f. 82v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 391

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 391

Detail of historiated initial. Image taken from f. 391 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Monk from BL Burn 275, f. 218v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Monk from BL Burn 275, f. 218v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of a historiated initial of a monk teaching. Image taken from f. 218v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Woman with a book from BL Burn 275, f. 120

Woman with a book from BL Burn 275, f. 120

Detail of a historiated initial, with a woman with an open book, and a king on horseback. Image taken from f. 120 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Teaching from BL Burn 275, f. 256v

Teaching from BL Burn 275, f. 256v

Detail of a historiated initial of a master teaching students, one with an open book. Image taken from f. 256v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Geometry from BL Burn 275, f. 293

Geometry from BL Burn 275, f. 293

Detail of a historiated initial with a woman with a set-square and dividers teaching a group of students (perhaps the personification of Geometry). Image taken from f. 293 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes fo... More

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 336

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 336

Detail of initial and portion of the upper bar border. Image taken from f. 336 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Astronomy from BL Burn 275, f. 390v

Astronomy from BL Burn 275, f. 390v

Detail of historiated initial, with a female figure, possibly a personification of astronomy, showing the stars to a group of scholars, who wear versions of fourteenth-century academic dress, at the beginning o... More

Geometry from BL Burn 275, f. 293

Geometry from BL Burn 275, f. 293

Historiated initial with a woman with a set-square and dividers teaching a group of students (perhaps the personification of Geometry) at the beginning of Euclid's Elementa, in the translation attributed to Ade... More

Teaching from BL Burn 275, f. 256v

Teaching from BL Burn 275, f. 256v

Detail of a historiated initial of a master teaching students, one with an open book. Image taken from f. 256v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 359v

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 359v

Detail of historiated initial with a woman playing bells and other musicians. Image taken from f. 359v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Initial from BL Burn 275, f. 233v

Initial from BL Burn 275, f. 233v

Detail of a decorated initial with leaves, and a marginal hybrid creature. Image taken from f. 233v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Historiated initial from BL Burn 275, f. 391

Historiated initial from BL Burn 275, f. 391

Historiated initial with a man pointing towards the heavens. Image taken from f. 391 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Initial from BL Burn 275, f. 16

Initial from BL Burn 275, f. 16

Detail of puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 16 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Initial from BL Burn 275, f. 158v

Initial from BL Burn 275, f. 158v

Detail of decorated initial with leaves. Image taken from f. 158v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 359v

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 359v

Detail of historiated initial with a woman playing bells and other musicians. Image taken from f. 359v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 336

Detail from BL Burn 275, f. 336

Detail of puzzle initial and lower bar border, with two hybrids and hanging shields. Image taken from f. 336 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Decorated initial from BL Burn 275, f. 311

Decorated initial from BL Burn 275, f. 311

Decorated initial and marginal diagrams. Image taken from f. 311 of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.

Astronomy from BL Burn 275, f. 390v

Astronomy from BL Burn 275, f. 390v

Historiated initial 'Q'(uidam) with students receiving instruction from a woman who gestures at the stars (perhaps the personification of Astronomy); a puzzle initial, and on the lower bar border, different ani... More

Bird from BL Burn 275, f. 288v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Bird from BL Burn 275, f. 288v - Public domain medieval manuscript

Detail of a decorated initial, and part of a bird's head. Image taken from f. 288v of Scholastic miscellany (see Notes for contents). Written in Latin.