• Miniature of David with a harp and a full scatter border., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Miniature of David with a harp and a full scatter border. For another Tudor Book of Hours with royal autographs see Additional 17012, which contains the autographs of Henry VII, Elizabeth ofYork, Henry VIII, and Catherine of Aragon. 24

• Miniature of Christ blessing Lazarus ?, with full scatter border with hybrids, incests, and flowers., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

another Tudor Book of Hours with royal autographs see Additional 17012, which contains the autographs of Henry VII, Elizabeth ofYork, Henry VIII, and Catherine of Aragon. 24 scatter borders in the calendar, historiated with the occupations of the months

• Miniature of a battle for a soul, with God in heaven above, and full scatter border with hearts and flowers., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

another Tudor Book of Hours with royal autographs see Additional 17012, which contains the autographs of Henry VII, Elizabeth ofYork, Henry VIII, and Catherine of Aragon. 24 scatter borders in the calendar, historiated with the occupations of the months

• Miniature of the bleeding Christ in prayer with the Instruments of the Passion and full scatter border., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Miniature of the bleeding Christ in prayer with the Instruments of the Passion and full scatter border. For another Tudor Book of Hours with royal autographs see Additional 17012, which contains the autographs of Henry VII, Elizabeth ofYork, Henry

• Miniature of Jerome writing, and full scatter border., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

Miniature of Jerome writing, and full scatter border. For another Tudor Book of Hours with royal autographs see Additional 17012, which contains the autographs of Henry VII, Elizabeth ofYork, Henry VIII, and Catherine of Aragon. 24 scatter borders in

• Foliate initial 'D'(omine) with a full border, at the beginning of Matins., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

72v, 87v). Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Richard Shearman: his name inscribed in the rebus image of the letters 'ry', a car, a letter 'd', a pair of shears and a man, (f. 80v).Inscription in English of a note

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith defended by a king, a cardinal, bishops, and other men and women, with the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose at its walls and men and women representing vices, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 2., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 22; and in the Catalogue of 1666 (f. 13).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Fortress of Faith Jean

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith with women at the windows, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and men., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 22; and in the Catalogue of 1666 (f. 13).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Fortress of Faith Jean

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith with an emperor and a woman at the centre window, surrounded by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, with a group of women and one man, on the right and a crowd of attacking Jews on the left; with a full border., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 22; and in the Catalogue of 1666 (f. 13).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Fortress of Faith Jean

• Detail of historiated initial of the Presentation, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin., Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly)

Detail of historiated initial of the Presentation, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin. Recto: Hours of the Virgin, begining imperfectly at the end of Matins (ff. 1-6); O intemerata (f. 6); Penitential Psalms, followed by

• Detail of historiated initial of the Nativity, at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Virgin., Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly)

Detail of historiated initial of the Nativity, at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Virgin. Recto: Hours of the Virgin, begining imperfectly at the end of Matins (ff. 1-6); O intemerata (f. 6); Penitential Psalms, followed by

• Detail of historiated initial of the Visitation, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Roll of Hours (begins imperfectly)

Detail of historiated initial of the Visitation, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin. Recto: Hours of the Virgin, begining imperfectly at the end of Matins (ff. 1-6); O intemerata (f. 6); Penitential Psalms, followed by

• Drawing of an interior space., Stimulus Conscientiae (Prick of Conscience); The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, and other devotional texts.

initial in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in blue (ff. 198v-201). Highlighting of letters in red. Rubrics in red. Stimulus Conscientiae (Prick of Conscience); The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, and other devotional texts. 16th-century inscription 'Jhn John Danyell

• Decorated initial 'C'(apitula)., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), for Edward III and Richard II

Statutes of England; Statuta Angliae, Statute book), for Edward III and Richard II Unidentified shelfmarks (f. 1).Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of

• Pen-flourished initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

72v, 87v). Book of Hours, Use of Sarum Richard Shearman: his name inscribed in the rebus image of the letters 'ry', a car, a letter 'd', a pair of shears and a man, (f. 80v).Inscription in English of a note

• Miniature of the Fortress of Faith defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning of book 5., Fortalitium fidei (La forteresse de la foy)

of the Fortress of Faith defended by the fathers of the church, Gregory, Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose fighting demons, with a full border containing a space for a coat of arms, and an illuminated initial 'A'(pres), at the beginning

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• null, Ab urbe condita; each Decade preceded by the tables attributed to Donato degli Albanzani (ff. 1-3v, 103-105v, 195-196v) (index History of Rome from its foundation)

cardinal (added to ff. 4, 106, 197).? Iacopo Piccolomini (b. 1422, d. 1479), member of the household of Pope Pius II (d. 1464), and bishop of Lucca from 1470: with an eight-line inscription including ‘Dum vixi Iacobus Piccolomini domus papa

• null, Facsimile of the Vatican Virgil (Rome, Vatican, Bibliotheca Apostolica, Cod. Vat. 3867) (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil)

lot 419; bought by Lansdowne for twenty guineas.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other