Puzzle initial from BL Eg 630, f. 198v

Puzzle initial 'M'(ichi) with a colophon above. Image taken from f. 198v of Register of letters (ff. 7v-198v), with table of chapters (ff. 1-7); Dialogue of Basil and John Chrysostom (ff. 198-224); Isidore of Seville on Music (ff. 224v-225). Written in Latin.

The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-1617), 1st Viscount Brackley, was a lawyer, statesman, and patron of the arts during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I of England. He served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and later as Lord Chancellor of England, holding high positions in the legal and political realms.

Sir Thomas Egerton acquired a substantial number of historical and literary manuscripts. In 1617, shortly before his death, Sir Thomas Egerton bequeathed his collection of manuscripts to the British Museum, which was the precursor to the British Library.