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Full-page emblematic miniature of a landscape with a dead tree in the centre, with a placard tied to one of its branches. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae
Text page with symbols of a cow (for 'Rector), two arrows aimed in different directions (for 'Firmus') and an aquatic snake or dolphin twining itself around an anchor (for 'Celer'), with a caption reading 'Tarde Festina.' ff. 1, 25
Full-page miniature of spring, with Apollo on his chariot, a cupid, and a sleeping boy in an enclosed garden. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam
Full-page miniature of winter, with Neptune in his sea-chariot, driven by a dolphin, and Eolus depicted as an old man. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis
Full-page miniature of autumn, with a woman (probably Diana) picking apples. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled, 'Index rerum quae ab Egy[p]tiis quondam hierogliphis scribebantur' (f. 2).Incipit: 'Natura: Agnouerunt Phisici nullum
Full-page emblematic miniature with symbols and an inscription reading 'Eterno deo virtutu[?] glorie etatis regi iustitis ac Pietatis habunda[n]ti mundi rectori religionis n?c Triu[m]phas cum laude sacrum hoc dicaturn est'. ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf
Full-page emblematic miniature of symbols in a room with two arches, and an inscription reading 'Iustitia[?] ama[n]s ab omnib[us] diligitu. Divina amore aete[r]nas mo? Renascitur. nobilis patientur prudenterque cordis imper[ver?] Tener et est liberirate ornatus'. ff. 1, 25 are
Full-page emblematic miniature of a wreath with symbols inside and an inscription reading 'Invictus rex tuus: iustitia Opibus : fama: imperio : pace Omnibus potentior.' ff. 1, 25 are parchment flyleaves.1 blank parchment leaf after f. 1.Contemporary index entitled,
poesye of princelie practise, imperfect Added leaves of a lectionary from lives of saints of English origin containing readings of John and Paul (26 June) and Margaret (20 July), 1st half of the 13th century (ff. 1, 79)William Forrest (fl.
Calendar page for January, with marginal scenes, including the water carrier, Aquarius. The manuscript was severely damaged by flood in 1846; access to it is therefore highly restricted, but high-resolution digital images can be made available in the Manuscripts
Double-page with a historiated initial 'A'(d) with a monkey standing on a dog, and full borders, in the Book of Hours. The manuscript was severely damaged by flood in 1846; access to it is therefore highly restricted, but high-resolution
(b.1602, d. 1650), 1st baronet, diarist, antiquary, and friend of Sir Robert Cotton: acquired by him from the library of John Dee in 1625 (see Watson 1966; Wright 1972). Sir Simonds D’Ewes (d. 1722), 3rd baronet and grandson of the
Miniature of the Flight into Egypt, with an historiated initial 'D'(eus) of a mourner, and a bas-de-page scene of the Entombment of Christ, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin. The manuscript was severely damaged
The manuscript was severely damaged by flood in 1846; access to it is therefore highly restricted, but high-resolution digital images can be made available in the Manuscripts Reading Room at the British Library for study purposes. 24 scenes in
The manuscript was severely damaged by flood in 1846; access to it is therefore highly restricted, but high-resolution digital images can be made available in the Manuscripts Reading Room at the British Library for study purposes. 24 scenes in
The manuscript was severely damaged by flood in 1846; access to it is therefore highly restricted, but high-resolution digital images can be made available in the Manuscripts Reading Room at the British Library for study purposes. 24 scenes in
The manuscript was severely damaged by flood in 1846; access to it is therefore highly restricted, but high-resolution digital images can be made available in the Manuscripts Reading Room at the British Library for study purposes. 24 scenes in
The manuscript was severely damaged by flood in 1846; access to it is therefore highly restricted, but high-resolution digital images can be made available in the Manuscripts Reading Room at the British Library for study purposes. 24 scenes in
The manuscript was severely damaged by flood in 1846; access to it is therefore highly restricted, but high-resolution digital images can be made available in the Manuscripts Reading Room at the British Library for study purposes. 24 scenes in
The manuscript was severely damaged by flood in 1846; access to it is therefore highly restricted, but high-resolution digital images can be made available in the Manuscripts Reading Room at the British Library for study purposes. 24 scenes in