• Detail of a monochrome angel., Cutting from a Missal

His sale, Sotheby's 11 May 1838, lot 190; purchased by Sotheby for £4 1s. Samuel Sotheby (b. 1771, d. 1842), London auctioneer and book collector: ?his inscription with details of alleged origin, attribution, date and value added to text taken

• Calendar page for March with a man trimming vines (labour of the month), a ram (Aries), David's harp, and saints Chad and Gregory., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Calendar page for March with tinted drawings of saints Edward, Cuthbert, a blessing hand (Benedict), and a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the Annunciation)., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Calendar page for April with tinted drawings of saints Tiburtius and Valerianus, George, Wilfrid, and Mark., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Circular diagram with the symbols of the zodiac., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Tinted drawing of Zodiac Man., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Table of the days of the week with various tinted drawings, possibly relating to the labours of the year and auspicious and inauspicious days., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Table of the days of the week with various tinted drawings., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Table of significant events, including the Nativity and the murder of king Edward II in 1327., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Table of English kings with twelve portraits, including those of William the Conqueror and Richard II., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Table of weights and measures, possibly for calculating the prices of bread or wheat, with a drawing of a balance and weights., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Historiated initial 'O' in colours and gold, of the Coronation of the Virgin with architectural elements, monochrome choir of angels, medallions inhabited with saints, and ‘drôlerie’ of a Franciscan monk, dressed in the Order’s original grey hooded habit, climbing amongst the foliage., Cutting from a Missal

His sale, Sotheby's 11 May 1838, lot 190; purchased by Sotheby for £4 1s. Samuel Sotheby (b. 1771, d. 1842), London auctioneer and book collector: ?his inscription with details of alleged origin, attribution, date and value added to text taken

• Miniature of Aimeri kneeling before Charlemagne., Cycle of Aimeri de Narbonne: 'Girart de Viane' by Bertrand de Bar-sur-Aube, 5560 lines, imperfect at the beginning (ff. 4-38v), 'Aimeri de Narbonne' and 'Narbonnais', 12850 lines (ff. 38v-120v), 'Siége de Barbastre', 8400 lines (ff. 121-175), and 'Guibert d'Andrenas' and 'Mort d'Aimeri', 6560 lines, imperfect at the end (ff. 176-217v)

lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (f. 1v; see Wright 1972).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 192, bought for Edward Harley possibly through Nathaniel Noel (see Wright and Wright

• Detail of a table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

explanations of their meanings. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic, dean of St Paul's, London (1180-1199/1200):Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, written in a different hand that the rest of the volume

• Detail of angels holding a shield with the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin of the folio., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin of the folio. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name John Siferwas occurs in the Sherborne Missal with 'Illuminator': see Scoft 1996 p. 62. Large miniature in colours of

• Calendar page for February with tinted drawings of a man with a shovel (the labour of the month), two fish (Pisces), saint Brigida, a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the purification), and saints Blaise, Agatha, Valetine, Peter in cathedra [in Antiocha], and Matthew., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Calendar page for April with tinted drawings of a man with a flower (the labour of the month), a bull (Taurus), saints Mary of Egypt, Ambrose, Guthlac's scourge, and saints Tiburtius and Valerianus, George, Wilfrid, and Mark., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

of Corne so ever that it be' ( ~A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum~, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), II (1808), no. 2332. 12 calendar pages, one opening for each month, with tinted drawings

• Miniature of John the Evangelist writing, with his symbol, the eagle, before him, with a full border including grotesques, two angels holding a shield with the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin, and the arms of the Holand and Lovell families in the lower margin., Lectionary, imperfect (the 'Lovell Lectionary')

border including grotesques, two angels holding a shield with the arms of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London in the upper margin, and the arms of the Holand and Lovell families in the lower margin. ff. 1-3 are paper leaves.The name

• Miniature of the author, Jean Creton, and the French knight who requests him to go to England., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

oath (f. 41v), Richard captured (f. 44), Richard and Bolingbroke at Flint (f. 50), Richard delivered to the citizens of London (f. 53v), Parliament recognizes Bolingbroke as king (f. 57). 1 large initial in colours and gold 'A'(u) with foliate

• Miniature of Richard II knighting Henry of Monmouth in Ireland., La Prinse et mort du roy Richart (Book of the Capture and Death of King Richard II) (index Histoire rimée de Richard II, The Capture and Death of king Richard, Account of the Fall of Richard II, The Chronicle of Jean Creton)

oath (f. 41v), Richard captured (f. 44), Richard and Bolingbroke at Flint (f. 50), Richard delivered to the citizens of London (f. 53v), Parliament recognizes Bolingbroke as king (f. 57). 1 large initial in colours and gold 'A'(u) with foliate