Puzzle initial from BL Harley 2518, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'C'(armina) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of Book 1. Image taken from f. 1 of De consolatione philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy) wit ha gloss at the start of the text. Written... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 651, f. 7
Large puzzle initial 'P'(rimus) with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 7 of Collection of chronicles including Chronici canones; Epistola ad Warinum. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers t... More
Puzzle initial from BL Eg 628, f. 83v
Puzzle initial with fish in the margin. Image taken from f. 83v of De Consolatione Philosophiae (index Consolation of Philosophy). Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder... More
Puzzle initials from BL Royal 15 C XVII, f. 1
Puzzle initials 'P'(linius). Image taken from f. 1 of Vita Plinii (Life of Pliny) (f. 1), letter to Vespasian (ff. 1-2), Historia naturalis (Natural History) (ff. 2-296) with extracts from Isidore of Seville (a... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 668, f. 143
Puzzle initial 'H'(enry). Image taken from f. 143 of Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book) for Edward III to Edward IV. Written in French. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to... More
Puzzle initial and diagram from BL Harley 625, f. 23v
Puzzle initial 'E'(t) with pen-flourished decoration and marginal diagram at the beginning of book 3 of Geber's 'De astronomia'. Image taken from f. 23v of A collection of astronomical and mathematical treatise... More
Puzzle initial from BL Eg 2516, f. 20
Puzzle initial 'P'. Image taken from f. 20 of Various works; Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis. Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-1... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 3098, f. 61v
Puzzle initial 'M'(orbi). Image taken from f. 61v of The Pantegni (ff. 1-126); De melancolia, De coitu, De stomacho. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a cr... More
Puzzle initial from BL Royal 14 C VII, f. 180v
Detail of a puzzle initial 'A'(nno), with foliate decoration. Image taken from f. 180v of Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscrip... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 1028, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) with foliate motifs and a hybrid creature. Image taken from f. 1 of Statuta Angliae (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book). Written in Latin and French. The "BL ... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 4983, f. 3
Puzzle initial 'E'(go) with pen-flourishing extending into the inner margin. Image taken from f. 3 of Antidotarium. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts h... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 4003, f. 3
Puzzle initial 'H'(ybernia) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text. Image taken from f. 3 of Topographia Hiberniae (index Topographia Hibernica) (ff. 3-37), Expugnatio Hibernica (ff. 37-78); Table of... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 3447, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'Q'(uod) and pen-flourished initial 'D'(e). Image taken from f. 1 of Compendium of theological truths in seven books with an alphabetical index (ff. 128-135v) (index Compendium theologiae veritat... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 234, f. 2
Puzzle initial 'I'(ohannes). Image taken from f. 2 of Gospel of John, with marginal glosses, imperfect at the beginning. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscri... More
Puzzle initials from BL Royal 4 D XII, f. 9
Puzzle initials 'E'(x ordine), 'D'(e excellentia) and 'I'(ncipit) with penwork decoration forming a border with human faces, animals and a blessing bishop, at the beginning of the prologues to De Concordia Evan... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 468, f. 4v
Puzzle initial 'O'(riens) with foliate motifs at the beginning of the 'Liber sancti Gilberti'. Image taken from f. 4v of The Book of St Gilbert. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collect... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 1120, f. 5
Puzzle initial 'H'(enricus). Image taken from f. 5 of Various statutes from the reign of king Henry III to the reign of king Edward I, with a table of contents (ff. 1-4v) (index Statuta Antiqua). Written in Lat... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 4967, f. 5
Puzzle initial 'P' with foliate decoration. Image taken from f. 5 of Peter's 'Speculum iuris canonici' (index 'Distinctiones') (ff. 5-19), and Justinian's 'Institutiones', Books 1-4 with gloss (ff. 19-73v). Wri... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 2809, f. 8v
Puzzle initial 'I'(n principio) with pen-flourishing and display script at the beginning of Genesis. Image taken from f. 8v of Bible without the Psalms, imperfect. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" ... More
Puzzle initial from BL Lansdowne 472, f. 20v
Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) in a collection of statutes. Image taken from f. 20v of Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae), and other texts. Written in Latin.
Puzzle initial and border from BL Arundel 294, f. 93
Puzzle initial 'O' (here), and three-sided border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Holy Cross. Image taken from f. 93 of Book of Hours. Written in Dutch. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by t... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 3684, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'H'(Enrico). Image taken from f. 1 of 'Epistolarum collectio'. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Library in London. ... More
Puzzle initial from BL Royal 12 D III, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'D'(omino) with a partial border, at the beginning of the Secretum Secretorum. Image taken from f. 1 of Secretum Secretorum, Historia destructionis Troiae, and other texts. Written in Latin. Th... More
Puzzle initials from BL Royal 6 E IX, f. 15
Puzzle initials 'C'(onstans) and 'S'(i). Image taken from f. 15 of Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town of Prato in Tuscany (the 'Regia Carmina'). Written in Latin. The BL Royal M... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 435, f. 236
Puzzle initial ''R'(everendo) and smaller decorated initials, at the beginning of Guillelmus Duranti's Repertorium juris canonici. . Image taken from f. 236 of Legal miscellany, including Summa decreti, Quaest... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 162, f. 9
Puzzle initial 'O'(mnis), at the beginning of Hippocrates' Prognostica. Image taken from f. 9 of Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscr... More
Puzzle initials from BL Harley 3368, f. 1
Puzzle initials with penwork decoration, and bookstamp of the Franciscan monastery of Sancta Maria Annunciata, Varese, in the lower border. Image taken from f. 1 of Sermonarium de commendatione virtutum et repr... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 311, f. 240
Puzzle initial 'P'(arabole) with flourished extension, at the beginning of the parabol. Image taken from f. 240 of Bible with prologues, and Interpretation of Hebrew names (ff. 488-525v). Written in Latin. The... More
Puzzle initial from BL Lansdowne 442, f. 2
Puzzle initial and flourished initials, at the beginning of the Cartulary. Image taken from f. 2 of Cartulary of the collegiate church of Edington in Wiltshire, containing charters relating to Romsey abbey in H... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 274, ff. 2v-3
Puzzle initial 'Q'(uoniam), at the beginning of Ioannes Serapion's Liber aggregationum. Image taken from ff. 2v-3 of Medical treatises, including Ioannes Serapion's Liber aggregationum (ff. 1-79v). Written in L... More
Detail: Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 219, f. 2
Puzzle initial 'R'(everentissimo) with penwork decoration and decorated extensions, at the beginning of Thomas Becket's Epistolae. Image taken from f. 2 of Collectio epistolarum S. Thomae Cantuariensis. Written... More
Puzzle initial from BL Royal 20 B VIII, f. 76
Puzzle initial 'O' with pen-flourishing. Initial in red. Image taken from f. 76 of Lancelot du Lac. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over ... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 453, f. 31
Detail of puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 31 of Glossed Digestum Novum, preceeded by an added table of contents (ff. 1-2v). Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard fam... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 93, f. 48
Puzzle initial 'P'(ostea) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 4 of Diodorus Siculus's Bibliotheca historiarum. Image taken from f. 48 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciol... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 116, f. 151v
Puzzle initial 'T'(a), at the beginning of Hercules Oetheus in Seneca's Tragedies. Image taken from f. 151v of Tragoediae (index Tragedies), with glosses by Johann Pirckheimer and others. Written in Latin. The... More
Puzzle initial from BL Eg 772, f. 109
Puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 109 of Martyrologium, etc. Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-1617), 1st Viscount Brackley, was a lawye... More
Puzzle initial from BL Add 38662, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'P'(uis) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the text. Image taken from f. 1 of Anglo-Norman romance. Written in French (Anglo-Norman).
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 486, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'P'(ost), at the beginning of Johannes Andrea's Glosses on the Decretals. Image taken from f. 1 of Novella in Sextum (book 4). Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by ... More
Puzzle initial from BL Burn 336, f. 21
Puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 21 of Book of Hours, Use of Paris. Written in Latin, the Calendar and some prayers in French.
Detail: Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 85, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'P'(rima), at the beginning of the second volume of Ludolphus de Saxonia's Vita Christi. Image taken from f. 1 of Vita Christi (pars II). Written in Latin.
Puzzle initial and illuminated initial from BL Burn 8, f. 546v
Puzzle initial 'T'(itum) and foliate illuminated initial 'P'(aulus) with an animal head, at the beginning of the prologue and Epistle to Titus, respectively. Image taken from f. 546v of Bible with prologues (ff... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 196, f. 73
Puzzle initial 'Q'(uator), at the beginning of Egidius Corboliensis's Liber de pulsibus versibus. Image taken from f. 73 of Liber de pulsibus versibus. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was a... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 159, f. 5
Puzzle initial 'C'(irca) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Maurice of Ireland's Distinctiones. Image taken from f. 5 of Distinctiones. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 162, f. 167
Puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 167 of Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, parti... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 470, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'L'(egitur) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Innocent IV's Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium. Image taken from f. 1 of Apparatus in quinque libros decretalium. Written in Latin. T... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 392, f. 61
Puzzle initial 'P'(rimum). Image taken from f. 61 of Topicorum, De sophisticis elenchis, Analyticorum, Analyticorum priorum, Isagoge, and other works. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was am... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 383, f. 45
Puzzle initial 'F'(orma), at the beginning of Gilbertus Porretanus's Liber de sex principiis. Image taken from f. 45 of Translations of Aristotle, etc., and others, some with glosses. Written in Latin. The Aru... More
Puzzle initial from BL Add 62929, f. 1
Text page with puzzle initial 'A'(dam) at the beginning of the prologue of the Mohun chronicle. Image taken from f. 1 of Mohun Chronicle, prologue and opening chapters. Written in French (Anglo-Norman).
Puzzle initial from BL Burn 5, f. 1v
Puzzle initial 'F'(rater) at the beginning of the general prologue Image taken from f. 1v of Bible with prologues. Written in Latin.
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 143, f. 1v
Puzzle initial 'A'(pocalipsis), in Haimo Halberstatensis's In Apocalypsim. Image taken from f. 1v of In Apocalypsim (ff. 1-106), In Cantica Canticorum (ff. 107-135v). Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript C... More
Detail: Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 41, f. 5
Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 1 of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum. Image taken from f. 5 of Gesta Normannorum ducum. Written in Latin. The Arundel M... More
Detail: Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 162, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'M'(edicina), at the beginning of Johannicius' Isagoge. Image taken from f. 1 of Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscri... More
Puzzle initial from BL Royal 4 C III, f. 198v
Puzzle initial 'P'(aulus), at the beginning of Galatians. Image taken from f. 198v of Catholic Epistles and Galatians, with the Glossa ordinaria. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also know... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 3392, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'A'(nte) and a smaller blue intial with red penwork decoration 'h'(ec). Image taken from f. 1 of Regula Beati Augustini (index The Augustinian Rule) with the exposition of Hugh of Saint-Victor (i... More
Puzzle initial from BL Royal 1 E VIII, f. 1
Puzzle initial on the first page of text, from the book of Job, with Arundel and Lumley ownership signatures. Image taken from f. 1 of Bible (Job to Revelation). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Colle... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 33, f. 3
Puzzle initial 'I'(n) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text. Image taken from f. 3 of Dialogus. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in t... More
Puzzle initial from BL YT 41, f. 451v
Detail of a puzzle initial 'M'(atheus). Image taken from f. 451v of Bible. Written in Latin. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 2822, f. 299
Puzzle initial 'P'(aulus) at the beginning of Romans. Image taken from f. 299 of Bible, with the Psalms (ff. 147-163v) and without the Interpretation of the Hebrew Names. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manus... More
Puzzle initial from BL Royal 14 C VII, f. 170
Detail of a puzzle initial 'A'(nno), with foliate motifs. Image taken from f. 170 of Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Col... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 3, f. 6
Puzzle initial 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of the text. Image taken from f. 6 of 'Breviarium Bartholomei', with glosses and recipes by John Dee. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a c... More
Puzzle initial from BL Eg 3271, f. 105v
Flourished puzzle initial 'E'(xultate), in the Breviary. Image taken from f. 105v of Breviary, Brigittine use. Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 1626, f. 94
Puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 94 of fragments of the Secretum secretorum (ff. 1r-v, 94r-v), used as flyleaves. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a cr... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 3112, f. 135v
Large puzzle initial 'Q'(uia) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 35 of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job. Image taken from f. 135v of Moralia in Job. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" re... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 2514, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'A'(me) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text. Image taken from f. 1 of Ars grammatica. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts he... More
Detail: Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 287, f. 76
Puzzle initial 'F' with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of I Kings. Image taken from f. 76 of Bible with prologues (ff. 1-373), with the Interpretations of Hebrew names (ff. 373v-405). Written in Latin. The ... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 1687, f. 2
Initial 'D'(ifficiles) and puzzle initial 'A'(littera) at the beginning of William Brito's 'Expositiones vocabulorum Bibliae'. Image taken from f. 2 of Expositiones vocabulorum Bibliae (ff. 2-127); Corrogatione... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 707, f. 3
Puzzle initial 'S'(i consid[er]arem) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the text. Image taken from f. 3 of Libellus de jure civili, imperfect. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a col... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 161, f. 2
Detail of puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 2 of Historical works, including Aelred's Genealogia regum Anglorum (ff. 133-146). Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard fa... More
Puzzle initial from BL Eg 647, f. 3v
Puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 3v of Commentary on the Psalms. Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-1617), 1st Viscount Brackley, was a ... More
Puzzle initial from BL Royal 6 E IX, f. 27v
Puzzle initial 'U'(t). Image taken from f. 27v of Address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples, from the town of Prato in Tuscany (the 'Regia Carmina'). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collect... More
Puzzle initial from BL Burn 212, f. 129
Puzzle initial 'A'(lta) and flourished initial 'M'(aiores) at the beginning of Johannes Andreae's Summaria Valerii Maximi. Image taken from f. 129 of Summaria Valerii Maximi (ff. 129-168); Tabula (ff. 169-201v)... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 4822, f. 41
Puzzle initial 'P'(hilippo). Image taken from f. 41 of Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi (index Abrégé des Histoires Phillippiques de Trogue Pompée). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a co... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 2937, f. 27v
Puzzle initial 'T'(e igitur) with pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 27v of Cistercian ordinal, imperfect. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in ... More
Puzzle initials with flower motifs from BL Burn 355, f. 1
Puzzle initials 'D'(eclaratio) and 'S'(icut) decorated with flower motifs in the bowls of the letters and around the 'D', at the beginning of the preface of Dionysius of Ruremunda to Cassian's De institutis coe... More
Puzzle initials from BL Lansdowne 559, f. 94v
Puzzle initials 'L'(e) in a French text. Image taken from f. 94v of Miscellany, including Seneschaucie (ff. 109v-116v). Written in Latin and French.
Puzzle initial 'N'(emo) from BL Royal 3 D II, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'N'(emo) at the beginning of Jerome's prologue to Isaiah, with John Lumley's ownership inscription in the lower margin. Image taken from f. 1 of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel with Jerome's prologues a... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 3219, f. 3
Puzzle initial 'F'(ides) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of book 1. Image taken from f. 3 of Summa aurea (abbreviated version). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medi... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 462, f. 204v
Puzzle initial 'P'(ostquam), at the beginning of book 4 of Geoffroi de Trani's Summa super titulis Decretalium. Image taken from f. 204v of Summa super titulis Decretalium. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manusc... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 3413, f. 83v
Puzzle initial 'I'(n). Image taken from f. 83v of Ethica (index Ethics), and Expositio super libros Ethicorum. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held i... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 1, f. 149
Puzzle initial 'P'(rimo) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of 'Qu[ae]stio[n]es mathematicales'. Image taken from f. 149 of Miscellaneous treatises on astronomy, astrology, mathematics and geometry, imperfec... More
Puzzle initial from BL Burn 339, f. 12
Puzzle initial with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 12 of Book of Hours. Written in Dutch.
Detail: Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 41, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'P'(io) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Guillelmus Gemmeticensis's Gesta Normannorum ducum. Image taken from f. 1 of Gesta Normannorum ducum. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript C... More
Puzzle initials from BL Arundel 162, f. 115
Puzzle initials. Image taken from f. 115 of Medical miscellany (ends imperfectly), including Hippocrates' Prognostica. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, part... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 161, f. 2
Detail of puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 2 of Historical works, including Aelred's Genealogia regum Anglorum (ff. 133-146). Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard fa... More
Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 291, f. 36v
Puzzle initial 'P'(ost) with floriate decoration at the beginning of Judges. Image taken from f. 36v of History of the Old Testament (ff. 1-67v); Geographic description of Palestine (ff. 68-74). Written in Lat... More
Puzzle initial from BL Add 40142, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'V'(oirs) with foliate decoration at the beginning of the chronicle. Image taken from f. 1 of Pseudo-Turpin Chronicle (Index Historia Caroli Magni) (ff. 1-14v); genealogy of the kings of France (... More
Puzzle initial from BL Stowe 410, f. 9
Puzzle initial 'E'(dwardus) at the beginning of a register of briefs. Image taken from f. 9 of Registrum brevium, from the reign of Edward III to Henry V. Written in Latin.
Detail: Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 294, f. 71
Puzzle initial 'O' (here), at the beginning of the seven Hours of the Holy Cross. Image taken from f. 71 of Book of Hours. Written in Dutch. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, ... More
Puzzle initial from BL Eg 629, f. 1
Puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 1 of Various works, including the Didascalicon (ff. 1-25); the Liber Exceptionum, Part II: Allegoriae in Vetus et Novum Testamentum (ff. 191v-235v). Written in Latin. The Eg... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 1748, f. 13
Puzzle initial 'F'(rater) with penwork decoration. Image taken from f. 13 of Bible. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Library in Lo... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 3029, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'R'(everentissimo) with pen-flourishing at the prologue to Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job, with an ownership inscription in the upper margin. Image taken from f. 1 of Moralia in Job. Written ... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 2878, f. 9
Puzzle initial 'E'(cce) with pen-flourishing. Image taken from f. 9 of Breviary, possibly for Dominican use. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in ... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 4981, f. 61
Puzzle initial 'O'(nus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of Nahum. Image taken from f. 61 of Minor Prophets, glossed. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manus... More
Puzzle initial from BL Royal 1 C IX, f. 23v
Puzzle initial 'T'(hese), at the beginning of Exodus, and pen-flourished initial 'A'(ftir), at the beginning of chapter 2 of Exodus. Image taken from f. 23v of Wycliffite Bible, in the later version (from Genes... More
Puzzle initial from BL Royal 14 C VII, f. 180v
Puzzle initial 'A'(nno), with foliate decoration. Image taken from f. 180v of Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection... More
Puzzle initial from BL Harley 1033, f. 14
Puzzle initial 'H'(enricus). Image taken from f. 14 of Various legal texts, including Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae). Written in Latin and French. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers t... More
Puzzle initial from BL Royal 13 D I, f. 55
Puzzle initial 'Q'(uinta), at the beginning of book 3 of the Polychronicon. Image taken from f. 55 of Polychronicon with other historical works. Written in Latin and English. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection... More
Decorated initial and puzzle initial from BL Harley 4869, ff. 3*v-1
Decorated initials 'S'(oluitur) and puzzle initial 'F'(raternas). Image taken from ff. 3*v-1 of Thebais (index Thebaid). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscri... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 3282, f. 1
Puzzle initial 'Q'(uod). Image taken from f. 1 of Medical text, with incipit 'Quod imprimis coegit'. Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist who played a crucial role in th... More
Puzzle initial from BL YT 34, f. 169
Puzzle initial 'F'(ratres) with pen-flourishing and decorated extension. Image taken from f. 169 of Epistolary of the Sainte-Chapelle, Use of Paris. Written in Latin. Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a Bri... More