Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 15
Decorated initial 'Li'(ber) with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew. Image taken from f. 15 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Colle... More
Chi-rho from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 15v
Decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan. Image taken from f. 15v of Gospel Book. Written in Latin... More
Chi-rho from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 15v
Detail of a decorated initial 'Chi-rho', with a zoomorphic decoration, at the beginning of Matthew; and an added Old English text of a manumission by king Athelstan. Image taken from f. 15v of Gospel Book. Writ... More
Decorated initial from BL Royal 1 B VII, f. 55
Decorated initial 'I'(nitium evangelii), with a zoomorphic decoration and a display script, at the beginning of Mark. Image taken from f. 55 of Gospel Book. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection... More
Foliate initial from BL Royal 13 A XI, f. 30v
Foliate initial 'D'(e natura) with zoomorphic motifs, at the beginning of the prologue to book 3 of Bede's De Temporum Ratione. Image taken from f. 30v of Miscellany works on Computus and astrology. Written in ... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 3075, f. 41
Zoomorphic initial 'S'(imon) at the beginning of book 3 of Bede's Commentary on Catholic Epistles. Image taken from f. 41 of Commentary on Catholic Epistles. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 1915, f. 80v
Zoomorphic initial 'V'(enit) with foliate motifs, at the beginning of book 3 of Zacharias Chrysopolitanus' In unum ex quatuor. Image taken from f. 80v of Various texts including Commentary on an 'In unum ex qua... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Royal 1 E VI, f. 42
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'Z'(acgarias), at the beginning of the list of capitula of Luke. Image taken from f. 42 of Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible'). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Colle... More
Canon table from BL Royal 1 E VI, f. 5v
Canon table with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'. Image taken from f. 5v of Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible'). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Roy... More
Canon table from BL Royal 1 E VI, f. 6
Detail of the upper half of a canon table with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'. Image taken from f. 6 of Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible'). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Coll... More
Canon table from BL Royal 1 E VI, f. 4
Detail of the lower half of the folio of the first canon table, with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'. Image taken from f. 4 of Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible'). Written in Latin. The BL... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2965, f. 16v
Zoomorphic initial 'D' at the beginning of a prayer attributed to Pope Gregory the Great. Image taken from f. 16v of Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster'). Written in Latin, with En... More
Canon table from BL Royal 1 E VI, f. 4v
Canon table, with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'. Image taken from f. 4v of Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible'). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Ro... More
Canon table from BL Royal 1 E VI, f. 6
Canon table with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'. Image taken from f. 6 of Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible'). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Roya... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2965, f. 11
Zoomorphic initial with interlace at the beginning of John 18. Image taken from f. 11 of Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster'). Written in Latin, with English. The "BL Harley Manus... More
Canon table from BL Royal 1 E VI, f. 4
Detail of the upper half of the folio of the first canon table, with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'. Image taken from f. 4 of Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible'). Written in Latin. The BL... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2965, f. 16v
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'D' at the beginning of a prayer attributed to Pope Gregory the Great. Image taken from f. 16v of Extracts from the Gospels and prayers ('The Book of Nunnaminster'). Written in La... More
Canon table from BL Royal 1 E VI, f. 5
Canon table with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'. Image taken from f. 5 of Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible'). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Roya... More
Canon table from BL Royal 1 E VI, f. 4v
Detail of the upper half of the canon table, with a zoomorphic decoration in the 'Trewhiddle Style'. Image taken from f. 4v of Gospels, imperfect (the 'Royal Bible'). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript ... More
Siren from BL Arundel 547, f. 89
Zoomorphic initial with a siren. Image taken from f. 89 of Gospel Lectionary, imperfect. Written in Greek. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2n... More
Siren from BL Arundel 547, f. 47v
Zoomorphic initial with a siren. Image taken from f. 47v of Gospel Lectionary, imperfect. Written in Greek. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2... More
Zoomorphic lettering from BL Add 27210, f. 34v
Zoomorphic lettering and gold lettering on a text page. Image taken from f. 34v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Zoomorphic letter from BL Or 42, f. 140v
Zoomorphic letter 'lamed'. Image taken from f. 140v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah and the Yom Kippur, and beginning of Sukkot, Ashkenazi rite (aka 'Dragon's Head Mahzor'). Written in Hebrew.
Border from BL Add 60630, ff. 13-18, 39-42, f. 42
Section of border with floral motifs, bezants and two zoomorphic heads. Remnants of illumination visible on reverse, measuring 40 x 175 mm. Image taken from f. 42 of Cuttings from a manuscript of Pope Innocent VIII.
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2799, f. 4v
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'P'(salterium) at the beginning of the preface to the Psalms, with a dragon. Image taken from f. 4v of Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Job to Revelation), including the Psalms in th... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2799, f. 75
Zoomorphic initial made up of two intertwined dragons. Image taken from f. 75 of Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Job to Revelation), including the Psalms in three versions in three columns, and diagrams, includin... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2799, f. 4v
Zoomorphic initial 'P'(salterium) at the beginning of the preface to the Psalms, with a dragon. Image taken from f. 4v of Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Job to Revelation), including the Psalms in three versions... More
Dragon from BL Harley 2799, f. 208v
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'S'(ymon) made up of a dragon. Image taken from f. 208v of Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Job to Revelation), including the Psalms in three versions in three columns, and diagrams,... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2799, f. 208v
Zoomorphic initial 'S'(ymon) made up of a dragon. Image taken from f. 208v of Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Job to Revelation), including the Psalms in three versions in three columns, and diagrams, including o... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2799, f. 75
Detail of zoomorphic initial made up of two intertwined dragons. Image taken from f. 75 of Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Job to Revelation), including the Psalms in three versions in three columns, and diagrams... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2803, f. 280v
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'I'(eremias), made up of two snakes. Image taken from f. 280v of Bible (the 'Worms Bible') (index Frankenthal Bible), Genesis to Job. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript"... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2799, f. 228v
Detail of zoomorphic initial 'P'(aulus) formed of a dragon at the beginning of 1 Thessalonians. Image taken from f. 228v of Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Job to Revelation), including the Psalms in three versio... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 3099, f. 42v
Zoomorphic initial 'V'(etus) with dragons. Image taken from f. 42v of Etymologies; De natura rerum (ff. 154-166), and other short texts. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of m... More
Decorated headpiece from BL Harley 5626, f. 2*
Headpiece with geometric and zoomorphic decoration. Notes added by John Covel (before 1715). Image taken from f. 2* of Collection of medical texts, including Aetius's 'Libri medicinales', Books 3-4 (ff. 1v-51,... More
Book V from BL Add 23144, ff. 4-6, f. 4
Miniature illustrating the Code of Justinian, Book V.1: Concerning betrothals, betrothal pledges, and betrothal negotiations: A woman betrothed to a man may renounce the betrothal and marry another. An initial ... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 3337, f. 12v
Zoomorphic initial 'I'(ndurasti cor nostrum Domine indurasti cor) from Guigo II's Meditatio IV. Image taken from f. 12v of Various religious tracts including, De disciplina Christiana, Unde Malum, Sententiae qu... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2645, f. 1v
Zoomorphic initial 'S'(unt) at the beginning of the text, following the list of chapters. Image taken from f. 1v of Collectanea rerum memorabilium (index De mirabilibus mundi), with prologue and list of chapter... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 3117, f. 48v
Zoomorphic initial 'H'(odie) at the beginning of a sermon. Image taken from f. 48v of Gloss on Lamentations; Commentary on the Song of Songs; Sermons; Gloss on Proverbs (imperfect). Written in Latin. The "BL H... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Arundel 348, f. 51v
Zoomorphic initial 'E'(t) in the form of a bird, at the beginning of the Pseudo-Cicero Rhetorica ad Herennium. Image taken from f. 51v of De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ration... More
David from BL Add 21412, ff. 4, 45-65, f. 4
A zoomorphic and historiated initial 'P' (the descender cropped) in colours and gold, of David and in the margin the prophet Isaiah seated, an anthropomorphic female figure, peacocks, putti, garlands, flowers a... More
Illuminated zoomorphic initial from BL Arundel 98, f. 85v
Initial 'S'(equitur) made up of a hybrid creature with a bird or dragon's (?) body and a horned human head, at the beginning of book 10 of Pliny's Historia naturalis. Image taken from f. 85v of Vita Plinii, ep... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Lansdowne 383, f. 166
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'A'(ve) with a dragon forming part of the letter, in a prayer to the Virgin. Image taken from f. 166 of Psalter (the 'Shaftesbury Psalter') with calendar and prayers. Written in Latin.
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2804, f. 165
Detail of zoomorphic initial 'S'(ciendum). Image taken from f. 165 of Bible (the 'Worms Bible'), Psalms-Acts 16:17, imperfect. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval ma... More
Annunciation from BL Add 69865, f. 5
Historiated initial 'D' of the Annunciation, with heraldry of a swan crest flanked by two (erased) arms, with extensions of acanthus-like foliage inhabited by anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures and large be... More
Martyrdom of Blaise from BL Add 35254L-M, f. M
Montage composed of a miniature of the Martyrdom of Blaise surmounted by two Medici devices of a yoke with motto 'Suave' (centre); a three-sided historiated border of the arms of Clement VII, the Medici devices... More
Decorated initial from BL Burn 11, f. 57v
Decorated initial 'I'(n) with zoomorphic features, at the beginning of Genesis. Image taken from f. 57v of Bible with prologues, omitting Psalms. Written in Latin.
Zoomorphic initial from BL Royal 4 A III, f. 1
Zoomorphic initial 'P'(aulus) formed of interlaced dragons, at the beginning of Romans. Image taken from f. 1 of Pauline Epistles with glosses, imperfect. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, ... More
Presentation in the Temple from BL Add 52539, f. 4v
Historiated initial 'D' of the Presentation in the Temple, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin, with extensions into borders of acanthus-like foliage inhabited by a hybrid creature, a zoomorp... More
Rome from BL Add 21412, ff. 3a, 3c, 5a-c, 6a-c, 7, 8a-c, 9a-h, 10a-c, ...
A dismembered montage of a section of foliate and historiated border with zoomorphic figures, trompe l'oeil gems and a roundel containing a seated female personification of Roma (Rome) facing left in profile, ... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Add 47967, f. 65v
Zoomorphic initial 'I'(C) at the beginning of Book V, Chapter i. Image taken from f. 65v of Historum adversum paganos (the 'Tollemache, Helmingham, or Lauderdale Orosius'). Written in English.
Zoomorphic initial from BL Burn 340, f. 12
Zoomorphic initial 'E'(t), composed of two green and brown fish. Image taken from f. 12 of Homiliae in numeri 15-19. Written in Latin.
Detail from BL Arundel 100, f. 1
Detail of zoomorphic initial. Image taken from f. 1 of De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium. Written in Latin, some passages in Greek. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard fami... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Arundel 102, f. 13v
Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n), formed by a peacock. Image taken from f. 13v of Unum ex quatuor. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2830, f. 7
Large zoomorphic initial 'L'([i]ber) in pen and wash with a dragon swallowing a man, at the beginning of Matthew. Image taken from f. 7 of Gospels. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a coll... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2798, f. 211
Detail of zoomorphic initial 'A'(nno) with a dragon and a bird's head at the beginning of Daniel. Image taken from f. 211 of Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Genesis to Malachi), imperfect, the first of two volume... More
Puzzle initial from BL Sloane 2409, f. 18
Puzzle initial 'P'(rimo), and zoomorphic cadels, in the Remedies. Image taken from f. 18 of Remedies (begins and ends imperfectly). Written in French. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was a physician and naturalist... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 628, f. 160v
Zoomorphic initial 'D'(omine) with interlace, foliate decoration, and a grotesque dragon extender, with a horned and tonsured head. Image taken from f. 160v of Psalter, with glosses. Written in Latin. The "BL ... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Royal 6 C VI, f. 91
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'H' of a dragon, at the beginning of book 24. Image taken from f. 91 of Moralia in Job, parts 4-6 (books 17-35). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known ... More
Decorated initial and map from BL Harley 2533, f. 18v
Decorated initial 'Q'(uinque) with interlace and zoomorphic decoration in book 1 of Virgil's Georgica, and circular map of the heavens directly related to the content of the text. Image taken from f. 18v of Buc... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 110, f. 3
Zoomorphic initial 'H'(aec) and decorated initials. Image taken from f. 3 of Epigrammata and verses (ff. 3-24v); Synonyma (ff. 25-53). Written in Latin, with some glosses in Latin or Anglo-Saxon. The "BL Harle... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 3052, f. 3
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'I'(nter) of a standing dog (?) at the beginning of the first part of Gregory the Great's Moralia in Job. Image taken from f. 3 of Moralia in Job, books 1-9 (ff. 1v-113); Homiliae... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Royal 3 C IV, f. 83
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'S'(ervata) formed of a dog, with an interlaced decoration, at the beginning of part 2 of the Moralia in Job. Image taken from f. 83 of Job, and the Moralia in Job. Written in Lat... More
Zoomorphic initial 'Q' from BL Arundel 100, f. 1
Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) formed by two biting dragons, and in the lower margin, the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London. Image taken from f. 1 of De eucharista contra Petrum Martyrem Vermilium. Written ... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Arundel 102, f. 1v
Zoomorphic initial 'D'(e) formed by a quadruped, foliage, and an animal head. Image taken from f. 1v of Unum ex quatuor. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, pa... More
Virgin reading in her chamber from BL Add 82729, f. A
Historiated initial 'D' of the Virgin reading in her bedchamber, with a bar border extension of acanthus-like foliage inhabited by drolleries, a zoomorphic motif and bezants with single hair-line embellishment.... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 865, f. 16v
Zoomorphic initial 'M'(agnitudo) in dark brown ink, red and green and some blue, with knot-work and foliate motifs, in the shape of a grotesque(s). Image taken from f. 16v of De mysteriis (ff. 1-4v); De sacram... More
Betrayal of Christ from BL Add 52539, f. 10
Historiated initial 'D' of the Betrayal of Christ, at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Long Cross, with extension into borders of acanthus-like foliage inhabited by two human busts, a zoomorphic figu... More
Decorated initial from BL Lansdowne 732, f. 9
Decorated initial 'C'(ognoverat) and a zoomorphic run-over symbol, in the Liber Brutus of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Britonum. Image taken from f. 9 of Historia regum Britanniae (index Gesta Britonum)(Libe... More
Interlace initial from BL Burn 284, f. 2
Decorated zoomorphic initial 'E'(cclesiasticam) with two animal heads. Image taken from f. 2 of Chronographia tripertita, with preface. Written in Latin.
Detail from BL Arundel 98, f. 85v
Illuminated zoomorphic initial 'S'(equitur) made up of a hybrid creature with a bird or dragon's (?) body and a horned human head, at the beginning of book 10 of Pliny's Historia naturalis. Image taken from f.... More
Detail from BL Burn 177, f. 1 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Zoomorphic initial 'M'(ecenas) composed of two birds drinking from a chalice. Image taken from f. 1 of Odes (ff. 1-31v), Epodes (ff. 31v-36v), Carmen saeculare (ff. 36v-37), Ars poetica (ff. 37-42v), Epistolae ... More
Christ from BL Harley 1662, ff. 89v-90
Miniature of Christ holding an orb and zoomorphic initial of a dragon with a foliate border. Image taken from ff. 89v-90 of Book of Hours, unidentified use. Written in Dutch. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers ... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 2770, f. 2
Decorated initial 'A' (rma) with foliate and zoomorphic motifs. Image taken from f. 2 of Aeneid (index Aeneis) with verse preface. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieva... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2510, f. 136
Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n dandis) with a bird at the beginning of De institutione arithmetica. Image taken from f. 136 of De institutione arithmetica. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a co... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Royal 5 C XI, f. 1v
Detail of a large zoomorphic initial 'I' and smaller initial 'B', with foliate decoration. Image taken from f. 1v of Enarrationes en Psalmos (101-150), imperfect. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Coll... More
Bird from BL Harley 4773, f. 71
Detail of zoomorphic initial of a bird. Image taken from f. 71 of Bible (the 'Montpellier Bible'). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the Britis... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Royal 1 C VII, f. 55v
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'V'(iginti) formed of a dragon, at the beginning of Jerome's prologue to the books of Kings. Image taken from f. 55v of Bible (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and I-IV Kings) (The 'Rocheste... More
Zoomorphic lettering from BL Add 27210, f. 36v
Zoomorphic lettering of initial words. Image taken from f. 36v of Haggadah for Passover (the 'Golden Haggadah''). Written in Hebrew.
Benedict from BL Add 39636, ff. 10, 13, 28, 29, f. 13
Historiated and zoomorphic initial 'B' of Benedict seated and holding a crozier, the body of the initial composed of horns sprouting foliage and a hedgehog. One the reverse two four-line red staves, musical not... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Burn 266, f. 57
Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n) with a bird, in Terence's Comedies. Image taken from f. 57 of Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-18v), Eunuchus (ff. 18v-56v), Heauton Timoroumenos (ff. 57-9... More
Decorated headpiece and initial from BL Harley 5554, f. 2
Headpiece with geometric and zoomorphic decoration and decorated initial. Image taken from f. 2 of Nomocanon in 291 chapters. Written in Greek. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval man... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Royal 4 A XII, f. 122
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) containing two addorsed griffins, with dragon's feet and tail and foliate decoration. Image taken from f. 122 of Glossed Matthew with prologue. Written in Latin. The BL ... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 4773, f. 21v
Zoomorphic initial 'M'(ultorum). Image taken from f. 21v of Bible (the 'Montpellier Bible'). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the British Libr... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Eg 2905, f. 2
Zoomorphic initial 'G'(lorio) of a dragon. Image taken from f. 2 of De Civitate Dei (index City of God), books 1-9. Written in Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Eg... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Burn 266, f. 2
Zoomorphic initial 'I'(n) with a bust, in Terence's Comedies. Image taken from f. 2 of Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1-18v), Eunuchus (ff. 18v-56v), Heauton Timoroumenos (ff. 57-94v... More
Detail from BL Arundel 348, f. 1
Zoomorphic initial 'S'(aepe) in foliate forms and an animal's neck and head, at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione. Image taken from f. 1 of De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index D... More
Pentecost from BL Add 39636, ff. 10, 13, 28, 29, f. 28
Historiated and zoomorphic initial 'S' of Pentecost, the body of the initial composed of two intertwining dragons. On the reverse two four-line red staves, musical notation and text '..lleluia alle / …luia. Ps(... More
Text page from BL Royal 13 A XI, f. 1v
Text page with green and red writing, and a zoomorphic initial. Image taken from f. 1v of Miscellany works on Computus and astrology. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Roy... More
Dragons from BL Royal 1 B XI, f. 44
Detail of a zoomorphic initial 'M', formed of two dragons. Image taken from f. 44 of Gospels. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 ma... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Royal 4 A XII, f. 122
Zoomorphic initial 'Q'(uod) containing two addorsed griffins, with dragon's feet and tail and foliate decoration. Image taken from f. 122 of Glossed Matthew with prologue. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manusc... More
Dragon from BL Royal 5 D II, f. 213
Zoomorphic initial 'I'(ntenti) in the form of a dragon. Image taken from f. 213 of Enarrationes in Psalmos (Volume 3). Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, ... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2827, f. 2
Zoomorphic initial 'F'(rater) and pen-flourished initials. Image taken from f. 2 of Bible with prologue and interpretation of Hebrew names. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection o... More
Dragons from BL Harley 2804, f. 56
Detail of zoomorphic initial with dragons. Image taken from f. 56 of Bible (the 'Worms Bible'), Psalms-Acts 16:17, imperfect. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval man... More
Assumption of the Virgin from BL Add 35254L-M, f. L
Montage composed of a miniature of the Assumption of the Virgin above the inscription 'Assumpta Est Maria' (centre); a three-sided historiated border of the arms of Clement VII, the Medici devices of a diamond ... More
Border from BL Add 60630, ff. 8, 33-38, f. 36
Border of floral motifs, bezants and a zoomorphic lion's head with a winged putto standing on a medallion inscribed 'L.X.P.M.', measuring 455 x 45 mm. Image taken from f. 36 of Cuttings from Missals of Pope Leo... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 2793, f. 33
Zoomorphic initial 'B'(eatus vir) with a bird and a fish and interlace decoration in ink and red, green, and yellow at the beginning of the Psalms. Image taken from f. 33 of Psalter, in the Hebraicum version, w... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Harley 3045, f. 44
Zoomorphic foliate initial 'E'(rgo) with dragon at the beginning to book 2, chapter 21. Image taken from f. 44 of De laudibus sanctae crucis, prefatory material (ff. 2v-5v), book 1 (ff. 6v-34), book 2 (ff. 35-4... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Burn 26, f. 9
Zoomorphic initial 'L'(iber) formed by a fish with a branch or flower in its mouth, at the start of Matthew, an ownership inscription with the date 1369 in the lower margin; and a title and incipit inscription ... More
Zoomorphic initial 'S' from BL Burn 216, f. 69v
Zoomorphic initial 'S'(ufficientia) in the form of a dragon, terminating in a bearded human head, in Orosius's Historiarum adversum paganos, with eighteenth-century ink pagination by David Swan. Image taken fro... More
Zoomorphic initial from BL Burn 251, f. 1
Zoomorphic initial 'S'(cribere) in the form of a dragon, at the beginning of Seneca's De clementia; with an erased inscription in the upper margin. Image taken from f. 1 of De clementia (ff. 1-9), and other sho... More