gold. Paraphs in blue or red. Rubrics in red. Capitals highlighted in red. Leaf from de Chauliac's 'Surgery' (index Chirurgia magna), Book VI, in English translation (originally ff. 107-107v in New York, Academy of Medicine, MS. 12, from which it
Arcade framing a ~masoretic~ list. Watermark, of a lamb holding a cross (f. [ii]) and initials of JW (f. [425]), of James Whatman II, paper maker (1764-1793). Gilt edges.Foliation is written on the verso side of the leaves. Hebrew
Arcade framing a ~masoretic~ list. Watermark, of a lamb holding a cross (f. [ii]) and initials of JW (f. [425]), of James Whatman II, paper maker (1764-1793). Gilt edges.Foliation is written on the verso side of the leaves. Hebrew
yellow. Catilina (imperfect) Unidentified arms inscribed 'I A 8?' (added 16th century?, f. 1).Inscribed in Italian, 17th-18th century 'Manca una carta sola De conjuratione Catilina' (f. 19v).John Gibson (fl. 1720-1726), dealer: sold to Edward Harley on 28 August February 1724
Paraphs in red or blue. Various legal texts including Statutes of England (index Statute book, Statuta Angliae) and Hengham's Summa magna and Summa parva, Registrum brevium (reign of king Edward I), imperfect Added texts and inscriptions, 14th-15th century (ff. 42v,
initials with red pen-flourishing. Paraphs in red or blue. Rubrics in red. Statuta Angliae(index Statutes of England; Statute book), including Magna Charta, Charters of Edward III, various statutes, and the Treatise on the Laws of England (also known as Britton,
Panel inhabited by a wild duck at the end of Samuel, and a decorated initial-word panel at the beginning of 1 Kings. Unfoliated blank leaves after ff. 12 (ff. [12a], [12b]), 448.Hebrew foliation from f. 13 starting with alef,