Seven illuminated initials on leaves from a Bible with prologues, in Latin [England (doubtless Oxford), c.1250-75]

7 single leaves, 160×110mm, vellum, 2 columns, 43-45 lines, 110x65mm, written below top line, EACH LEAF WITH A 4- TO 7-LINE ILLUMINATED INITIAL, at the beginning of (i) prologue to Chronicles, (ii) I Chronicles, (iii) prologue to I Ezra (foliated ‘200’), (iv) I Ezra, (v) Ecclesiastes (the initial with a gold bird standing on it), (vi) Song of Solomon, and (vii) Wisdom

Leaves iv-vi have numbering in fives between the columns, an exclusively English feature, deriving from Oxford: ‘The purpose of the line-numbering was to enable the owner of a book to create his own index if he wished, or simply to be able to note down references to parts of books with precision. […] This reference system, still widely used today for classical texts and poetry, in the Middle Ages did not cross the Channel …’ (M.A. and R.H. Rouse, Authentic Witnesses, 1991, pp.234-36).