• Decorated initial 'A', at the beginning of the Tract against clerks., Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly)

Tract against clerks (ends imperfectly) Unidentified owner, 18th century: note attributing the tract to John Wycliffe (f. 1v). Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller: catalogue 1836, no. 1359; bought by Phillipps.Sir Thomas Phillipps (b. 1792, d. 1872), baronet, collector of books and

• Historiated initial 'D' of the Betrayal of Christ, at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Long Cross, with extension into borders of acanthus-like foliage inhabited by two human busts, a zoomorphic figure, and bezants., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Historiated initial 'D' of Christ, at the beginning of Vespers in the Office of the Dead., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Historiated initial 'M' of a half-length figure of Christ holding a book and in the act of benediction, with acanthus-like foliate extension and bezants, at the beginning of Lauds in the Office of the Dead., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing text for Matins (ff. 7-8); Lauds (f. 8v); None (f. 9); and Vespers (ff. 9-9v) in the Office of the Dead

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated

• Historiated initial 'V' of a funeral service, at the beginning of Matins in the Office of the Dead, with extension into borders of acanthus-like foliage inhabited by drolleries, including three men fighting, a musician and an anthropomorphic head, with strapwork and bezants. ., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing text for Matins (ff. 7-8); Lauds (f. 8v); None (f. 9); and Vespers (ff. 9-9v) in the Office of the Dead

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated

• Historiated initial 'C' of the Dispute with the Doctors, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin, with extension into borders of heavy acanthus-like foliage with strapwork and bezants, inhabited by an archer aiming at a zoomorphic figures that is holding the catchword 'gna' on a scroll, with the half-length figure of a man., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Historiated initial 'D' of the Presentation in the Temple, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin, with extensions into borders of acanthus-like foliage inhabited by a hybrid creature, a zoomorphic motif, with strapwork and bezants., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Historiated initial 'D' of the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin, with extension into borders of acanthus-like foliage with strapwork and bezants with single hair-line embellishment, inhabited by a zoomorphic figures, and a musician., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Historiated initial 'D' of the Adoration of the Magi, with three-sided partial border of heavy acanthus ornament inhabited by a kneeling figure, human heads, and gold bezants, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'V' of a funeral service, at the beginning of Matins in the Office of the Dead., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing text for Matins (ff. 7-8); Lauds (f. 8v); None (f. 9); and Vespers (ff. 9-9v) in the Office of the Dead

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 large historiated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'C' of the Dispute with the Doctors, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D' of the Presentation in the Temple, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D' of the Adoration of the Magi, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Detail of a historiated initial 'D' of the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Text page from Sext in the Hours of the Virgin with the initials 'C', 'E', and initial 'O'., Leaves and bifolia from a Book of Hours, containing text for the end of Prime (f. 1); Terce (ff. 1-2); Sext (ff. 2-3v); None (ff. 4-4v); Vespers (ff. 4v-6v); and Compline (f. 6v) in the Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 4 large historiated

• Historiated initial 'D' of Christ before Pilate, with extension into margins of acanthus-like foliage inhabited by drolleries and bezants with single hair-line embellishment. The loss of pigment on Pilate's face is probably the result of censorship. The text has been erased., Leaf of a Book of Hours, containing the text for the end of Matins and Prime in the Long Hours of the Cross [erased]

& M. A. Rouse MS 32; Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 18 May 1996, lot 20 (now in a private collection, Japan); Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 14 July 1981, lot 25 (Private Collection, Switzerland). 1 historiated initial

• Flourished initials, at the beginning of Isaac Israelita's Liber de urinis., Liber de urinis

of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.Inscribed 'H' (f. 1) as in many other Arundel manuscripts.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Coloured map of the world in two hemispheres., Le premier livre de la cosmographie en rhetorique francoyse

/ de France (f. 1). It does not describe Henry as king of Ireland (a title Henry assumed in June 1541). Map of the world Jean Mallard Jean Mallard Jean Mallard Jean Mallard London England, S. E. (London), or France

• Historiated initial 'B' of God in Majesty above four saints, including two Franciscans, measuring 90 x 95 mm (upper centre)., Cuttings from liturgical manuscripts

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Scribal colophon: Ff. R. Hethfeld'., Liber de planctu naturae

115);Karolellus: Metrical version of Turpin's Chronicle (ff. 136-149v);Genealogical table (ff. 150-156v);Itinerary for a journey from London to Avignon and back (f. 157)Chess treatise (ff. 161-173). Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. First letters of sentences highlighted in yellow. Ink drawing