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Detail of a miniature of sheep. This is a 'Second Family' bestiary; see James; Payne p. 15. Numerous (112) miniatures in brown, green, and red, on alternately blue and red backgrounds. Small initials in red. Bestiary Thomas Rawlinson (b. 1681,
physician and collector: inscription 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1).Former shelfmark (?) '5Vh' , and crossed out (ff. 1, 1v). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Sheep Lombardy
and collector: inscription 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1).Former shelfmark (?) '5Vh' , and crossed out (ff. 1, 1v). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Boar or
ff. 83, 86, 92). Foliate initials in colours and gold with extensions. Small initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with penwork decoration in white, and line-fillers in blue, rose and gold with penwork decoration in white in the
and collector: inscription 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1).Former shelfmark (?) '5Vh' , and crossed out (ff. 1, 1v). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Plants, sheep,
sheep returning home by the advice of the stag, at the beginning of Chapter 9 of Book 2. 1 large decorated initial with foliate extensions into the margins, in colours and gold (f. 1). 73 small miniatures, in colours
figures and birds, in colours and gold (ff. 3, 23v, 34, 43, 60v, 64, 83v, 99, 112v, 135v, 146). 18 small column-wide miniatures with large decorated initials and partial foliate borders including hybrid figures and birds, in colours and gold
by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts. Edward Harley bequeathed the library to
colours and gold, with a foliate initial in colours and gold, and a partial border, at the beginning of the prologue (f. 9). 19 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, with puzzle initials in gold and blue with red and
is missing. 11 full historiated borders on versos, in colours and gold, in the calendar (ff. 1v-11v). 3 full-page miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 229, 251, 259). Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours Letters 'IK' linked
is missing. 11 full historiated borders on versos, in colours and gold, in the calendar (ff. 1v-11v). 3 full-page miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 229, 251, 259). Texts and decoration added to a Book of Hours Letters 'IK' linked
by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, inscribed as usual by their librarian,
a landscape with sheep, goats, cattle, sheep-shearing, and milking. 17 miniatures with large historiated or decorated initials and full borders, with all'antica elements including putti, candelabrae, swags, cornucopiae, dolphins, sphinxes, masks, trophies and heraldic decoration, in colours and gold, at
(f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Hybrids, a pig,and a jester Pseudo-Aristotle England
'Liber T. Carri' (f. 1).Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Pigand jester Pseudo-Aristotle England
physician and collector: inscription 'Bibliotheca Sloaniana' (f. 1).Former shelfmark (?) '5Vh' , and crossed out (ff. 1, 1v). Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Plant and
calendar pages with tinted drawings in colours of the labours of the months and the signs of the zodiac, and various pictures and emblems representing saints' days and other feasts (ff. 5-16). Drawings in colours of notable events; written above
of a fox, having grown old and setting off on a pilgrimage, refusing the companionship of the watch-dog, the wild ass, the bear, the lion, the peacock, the wolf, the pig,and the mule, and choosing the companionship of the
drawing water and a pig being slaughtered. The date 1582 is inscribed in gold in a roundel on f. 15 and on blocks of stone on ff. 27, 28. 22 full page miniatures of alchemical subjects in colours and gold
border in gold and colours, with a bird (f. 54). Four partial borders in gold and colours (ff. 4, 18, 26, 43v). A historiated initial in gold and colours (f. 4) and other foliate initials in gold and colours. Unfinished