Large initial 'H'(umano) with foliate decoration, flowers and besants and, in the lower margin, wreath enclosing unidentified arms, also surrounded by foliate decoration and flowers Inscribed in the scribe's hand 'S. Jacobi Luce olim Iacobi de meliorellis not[...] (f.
Canon table. Volume 1 is Harley 2833. Quire marks (Roman numerals on the verso of the last leaf of the quire).The lower margin of f. 217 has been excised. Canon tables framed by arches preceding the Gospels (ff. 139-140).
Miniature of Emperor Constantine the Great. Watermark of an anchor similar to Charles M. Briquet, ~Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire historique des marques du papier dès leur apparition vers 1282 jusqu'en 1600, A Facsimile of the 1907 edition with supplementary material~,
Illuminated initial 'M'(ecenas) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Horace's Odes, with the cipher of Jean Lebègue in the lower right-hand corner. ff. 6, 17, 19-20, 23-4, 31, 38-9, 41, 55-8, 70, 86-7 have been replaced by leaves
Illuminated initial 'H'(umano) with foliate decoration, at the beginning of Horace's Ars poetica. ff. 6, 17, 19-20, 23-4, 31, 38-9, 41, 55-8, 70, 86-7 have been replaced by leaves written in bastard secretary script, and ff. 83, 99-100, 102-3,
Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6
Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6
Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6
Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6
Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6
Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6
ff. 6, 17, 19-20, 23-4, 31, 38-9, 41, 55-8, 70, 86-7 have been replaced by leaves written in bastard secretary script, and ff. 83, 99-100, 102-3, and 106 in humanistic book script, 15th century, perhaps by Jean Lebègue. 2
ff. 6, 17, 19-20, 23-4, 31, 38-9, 41, 55-8, 70, 86-7 have been replaced by leaves written in bastard secretary script, and ff. 83, 99-100, 102-3, and 106 in humanistic book script, 15th century, perhaps by Jean Lebègue. 2
the Abbey of Chck in Essex which was dedicated to S. Osith (f. 1).William Smarte: above-cited ownership inscription (f. 100v).? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: 1738 note written by James West that it once
127v). On the inside covers is the offsett of a legal text in Hebrew, in Ashkenazi script, dating before c.1400.? John Woodward: 15th-16th century inscription 'per me Johanne Wodwarde' (f. 1v).? Anthony Dunstan, monk of Westminster, afterwards Kitchin, later Prior
added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl
added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl
added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl
ff. 6, 17, 19-20, 23-4, 31, 38-9, 41, 55-8, 70, 86-7 have been replaced by leaves written in bastard secretary script, and ff. 83, 99-100, 102-3, and 106 in humanistic book script, 15th century, perhaps by Jean Lebègue. 2
Decorated initial 'A'(usculta) at the beginning of the Regula Sancti Benedicti. Part I includes:The Martyrology of Usuardus, a monk of S. Germain, with local additions for Christ Church, Canterbury (ff. 2-73v);Rule of St Benedict (ff. 74-93v);Themes for homilies on