Folio Collection

Butterfly illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, engraved by P Sluyter, from a visit to Suriname, South America

Codex Borbonicus. Aztec codex. Written by Aztec priest shortly before or after tthe Spanish conquest of Mexico. 1562-1563. Detail fol. 17r

Primula auricula, primrose
Folio 78 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Bernat Martorell (died 1452). Manuscript. Book of hours, 144
Bernat Martorell (died 1452). Catalan painter. International Gothic style. Manuscript. Book of hours, 1444. Folio I. Historical Archive. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Hebrew Bible (1299) located in Perpignan (Kingdom of Mallorca). Folio 13. Representation of the Ark of the Covenant open showing the Tablets of the Law

Dianthus barbatus, sweet william
Folio 40 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Corpus Iuris Civilis. Code of Justinian. 529. Legislative compilation for a Roman law unification. Parchment codex. Folio 63v. 13th century

BUEIL, John V of (1406-1477). Noble French, companion in the military campaign of Joan of Arc. Fighting in a city square. Illustration in Le Jouvencel (1461-1466) Folio 155 r

Iris sp. blue iris
Folio 67 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

ASARFATI, Josef or Joseph (ca. 1299). Jewish
" ASARFATI, Josef or Joseph (ca. 1299). Jewish Cervera Bible. ca. 1299. Fish with the heads of humans, birds and wildcats

A set of 8 lithographs - WWI era
A set of 8 lithographs in a folio. 1) Inscribed Private B. Miller, Queens Westminsters, out since 1914, 2) Inscribed Of the Labour Battalion, 3) A soldier reading a newspaper

Viola tricolor, heartsease
Folio 62 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Tulipa sp. various tulips
Folio 44 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Fragaria chiloensis, Chilean strawberry

Theological Text (Fragment)
Part of a bifolium, parchment. Fragment of an unknown theological text. Main body text in black in two columns. The bifolium is cut vertically through column A on folio 2

Preface to Martial's Epigrammata by Merula
Two attached folios, paper, probably the endpaper and first leaf of a volume. Folio 1, which would have been the endpaper

Philosophical Text (Fragment)
Bifolium from an unidentified text, parchment. Content seems to be a commentary of philosophical and religious nature. The text on each folio is written in two different but near-contemporary hands

Justinian Digesta, Book XXXIII (Fragment)
Double folio, parchment, from Justinian's Digesta. Main body text in black ink written in two columns with contemporary marginal and interlineal gloss

Codex Justinianus, Book VIII (Fragment)
Double folio, parchment, from a copy of Justinian's Codex. Main body text in two columns in black ink surrounded by gloss, also black. Date: Late 13th Century

Justinian's Codex, Book V. XIII (Fragment)
Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this leaf is from Book V.XIII Dei Uxoriae Actione 1.1.a. Main body text and marginal gloss with additional minute gloss on verso

Missal (Fragment)
Fragment from a Missal, parchment. A double leaf that has been cut in half horizontally so the bottom of each folio is missing. Date: Mid 15th Century

Justinian's Codex, Book VI. XXXXI (Fragments)
Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is from Book VI.XXXXI. Comprised of main body text and a marginal gloss with an additional minute gloss

Justinian's Codex, Book V. XXXVIII (Fragment)
Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is from Book VI. XXXVIII De Uerborum Et Rerum Significatione 4.1

Justinian's Codex, Book IIII. XX (Fragment)
Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is taken from Book IIII.XX De Testibus 20. Comprised of a main body text and a marginal gloss with additional minute gloss

Breviary (Fragment)
Two leaves, probably from a breviary, parchment. The leaves are from the same work but do not appear to be consecutive. Main body text in two columns in a Gothic textualis rotunda in dark brown ink

Justinian's Codex, Book III. XVIII (Fragment)
Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this folio is taken from Book III.XVIII, De Probationis 7. Main body text with a marginal gloss and additional minute gloss

Justinian Digesta, Books V and VI (Fragment)
Bifolium from a copy of Justinian's Pandects, or Digesta Justiniani Augusti, parchment. Containing part of the end of Book V (De Judiciis) and the beginning of Book VI (De Rei Vindicatione)

List?
Single folio, paper, with numbered paragraphs on the recto, possibly an itemised list. Blank on the verso. Text in a German cursive in brown ink, no line rulings. Date: 15th Century

Financial Records?
Manuscript records on paper, possibly financial or legal records. Probably originally pages from a volume or volumes, they have been cut into regularly sized rectangles

Missal. of St. Eulalia. Liturgical book, C. 1403. By Rafael Destorrents (1375-15th century). 1st folio. Martyrdom of St. Stephen, stoned to death. Archive of Barcelona Cathedral. Catalonia. Spain

Folio of 97 etchings and drypoints of the Western Front, WW1
Page from a German folio of 97 drypoint etchings of the Western Front, 1914-1918, by W Schimmelpflug, 16th Dragoon Regiment. A dead soldier. Date: 1914-1918

Title page of First Folio of Shakespeares Plays
The Title page of First Folio of William Shakespeares Plays, published in London by Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount (Blunt) in 1623

Tufted titmouse, northern mockingbird and ovenbird
Tufted titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor, northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos and ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla. Tufted titmouse 1, mocking-bird 2 and oven-bird 3

Cornucopian shrub, Copianthus indica, Hil. Dec. Tom. 1, Copianthe des Indes. Amaranthus species. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier

The Divine Comedy. Dante and Virgil in Hell. Folio 25 r. 148
The Divine Comedy. Poem by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Miniature depicting Dante and Virgil in Hell. The meeting of Dante with Farinata degli Uberti and Cavalcante de Cavalcanti. Folio 25 r

Crucifixion of Jesus. Miniature. Missale Dominicale cum Kale
Codex 98. Missale Dominicale cum Kalendario. 14th century. Miniature depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus with the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene. Folio 66v. Chapter Archive of Tarazona. Spain

Blanquerna by Ramon Llull (1235-1316)
Ramon Llull (1235-1316). Spanish writer and philosopher. Blanquerna, ca. 1293. Engraving of the back cover with Llull and a disciple. Beati Rhenani Alfatici ad lectores epigramma. Folio in Latin

Gospel Book of Henry II (972-1024). Miniature
Henry II (972-1024). Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany and Italy. Miniature. Gospel Book of Henry II. Folio 193v. C.1020. Vatican Apostolic Library. Vatican City

The Kiss of Judas and the Apostle Peter Disowns Jesus. 13th
New Testament. Folio 63. The Kiss of Judas and the Apostle Peter Disowns Jesus. 13th century. Vatican Apostolic Library. Vatican City

The Divine Comedy. Dante and Virgil in Purgatory. Folio 177
The Divine Comedy. Poem by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Miniature depicting Dante and Virgil in Purgatory. Folio 177 r. 1480-1482. Painted by Guglielmo Giraldi (active 1445-1490)

Dominican friar preaching. Miniature. Doctrine Chretienne. 1
Doctrine Chretienne. Manuscript. France. 13th century. Miniature depicting a dominican friar preaching. Folio 110. Library University of Valencia. Spain

Bible of Alba or Arragel. 1422 - 1430. Castilian translation of the Hebrew Bible by Jewish Rabbi Mose Arragel of Guadalajara, commissioned by Don Luis de Guzmᮠ Gonzᬥ z

AUBERT, David (15th c. ). Chroniques et conquestes
AUBERT, David (15th c.). Chroniques et conquestes de Charlemaine. 1458. Ms. 5089. Folio 167V. Battle of Charlemagne against the Saracen king Agolant and his son Helmont in Calabria

Codex Granatensis: Tacuinum Sanitatis. 1400. Folio 85r. Illustration about dates, Fruits which strengthen the bladder. Codex C-67 of Granada with fragment of medieval handbook on health

BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae Provincia Gallis acciderunt, secunda in allam Navigatione. 1591. Folio 31. Night attack on a village

Codex granatensis, c. 1400. Tacuinum sanitatis. Persimmon
IBN BUTLAN, Abu-l Hasan al-Mujtar (c. 1001 - 1066). Nestorian Christian physician and philosopher of Baghdad. Folio 84v. Illustration about persimmons, which preserve of drunkenness

Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour Folio of artwork
A folio of 24 hand-coloured i, mostly titled. And one original watercolour of a Tommy in full battledress standing on ground marked Deutschland unter alles. Signed No. 164 of 250

The British Firing Line - a portfolio of 12 engravings in colour from drawings made on the Western Front 1914-1917. Printed by George Pullman & Sons Ltd

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