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British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
with his mother's, Margaret Beaufort's (b. 1443, d.1509) heraldic badge, a portcullis with chains, which became his device.The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Westminster inventory number partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond
a crown (f. 1v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Arms of
40v, 41v, 42 r-v).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): possibly included in the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 20v.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Historiated
(see Ker 1949).Patrick Young [Junius] (b. 1584, d. 1652), royal librarian and scholar: notes in his hand (ff.199-203).The Old Royal Library (the English Royal Library): Royal seal of a ship, 17th century (f. 1); included in the catalogue of 1666,
table of contents and a prologue. The prologue states that this is a selection from about 300 miracles recorded (in English) in a book kept at Windsor, to which the reference is given in each case (f. 30).f. 33: Dedicatory
table of contents and a prologue. The prologue states that this is a selection from about 300 miracles recorded (in English) in a book kept at Windsor, to which the reference is given in each case (f. 30).f. 33: Dedicatory
table of contents and a prologue. The prologue states that this is a selection from about 300 miracles recorded (in English) in a book kept at Windsor, to which the reference is given in each case (f. 30).f. 33: Dedicatory
table of contents and a prologue. The prologue states that this is a selection from about 300 miracles recorded (in English) in a book kept at Windsor, to which the reference is given in each case (f. 30).f. 33: Dedicatory
in red. Carthusian Customary ? The English communithy of Sheen Anglorum, settled from the Charterhouse of Jesus of Bethlehem in Sheen, Surrey, in Flanders from 1568 to 1783 (see Ker 1964): note in English (f. 1); inscription 'Shene' (f. 2);
Additional texts in Latin and English (ff. 22v-23, 24-25v) 1 large interlace initial in brown with penwork decoration (f. 6). Small initials in red or brown. Cadels in red or brown. Highlighting of letters in yellow. Medical miscellany including a
(f. 1); the royal arms of England surmounted by a crown (f. 1).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Johannes de Cirellis France, N. France, Central or N.
oratio' (f. 1); the royal arms of England surmounted by a crown (f. 1).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Border Johannes de Cirellis France, N. France, Central or N.
etc., suggesting a Bruges or Ghent origin.The manuscript may have been made for the English market since the litany includes Swithun, Edmund, Edburga, Edith, and other English saints (ff. 92v-94v).Change of hands at f. 88v. 11 miniatures in colours and
1533), queen of France, consort of Louis XII: binding with the English arms quartering France modern surrounded by a crown and flanked by the letters 'M' and 'R'.Inscriptions in English and Latin, dated 1511, 1513, and 1515 (ff. 2v-3).Inscription in
branches, in gold and purple. All text pages framed in gold. Rubrics in gold. Prayer Book Apparently designed for an English owner: inscribed by Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey: see Backhouse 1994.Inscriptions in French, 16th-century: 'en priant a saintte George…',
in the margin in English, beside the beginning of a prayer. Branner includes the Psalter (Part 1) in a group of Psalters that he calls the 'Henry VIII group'. These include: Montpellier, Faculté de Médecine, H. 196; Paris, Bibliothèque nationale,
owned by him: white roses of York joined with red roses of Lancaster (ff. 1, 2v).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Presentation of the book Edward of York England
Gilson 1921).In the catalogue of 1666, Royal Appendix 71, f. 42, no, 3.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Calligraphic specimens Petruccio Ubaldini Petruccio Ubaldini London England, S. E. (London)
in red, some with penwork decoration. Paraphs in red. Descenders extended, and some decorated in red. Medical miscellany, including an English translation of Gilbertus Anglicus's Compendium medicinae (ff. 63v-151v), imperfect; 'Super lunam' (ff. 179v-181); a zodiacal lunary (ff. 173-179); a
a miniature of Eltheldreda (f. 64v) is consistent with an East Anglian patron.? Anne Boleyn: inscribed by Anne Boleyn in English 'Be daly prove you shall me fynde To be to yu bothe lovynge and kynde' (f. 66v), and King