• null, Register of Chertsey abbey

left for initials. Register of Chertsey abbey ? The Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey, during the abbacy of John de Rutherwyk, including charters from 1307 to 1344; see ~Chertsey Cartularies~ p. iii.Henry Powle (bap. 1630, d. 1692), politician:

• null, Register of Chertsey abbey

left for initials. Register of Chertsey abbey ? The Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey, during the abbacy of John de Rutherwyk, including charters from 1307 to 1344; see ~Chertsey Cartularies~ p. iii.Henry Powle (bap. 1630, d. 1692), politician:

• Miniature of God enthroned holding a globe with two angels supporting a papal tiara above him, and four Evangelists writing on scrolls with their symbols; two scenes in the bas-de-page, Samson with the gates of Gaza and Solomon setting the three sons to shoot at their father's corpse to prove their legitimacy; and a foliate initial 'P'(our) with a full border, at the beginning of the prologue., Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good')

in gold and blue with blue and red pen-flourishing. Bible historiale complétée moyenne (the 'Bible Historiale of John the Good') John II (John the Good) (b. 1319, d. 1364), king of France (1350-1364), made for him and seized by the

• Bas-de-page scene of John the Baptist preaching holding a disk before a seated group of people., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

scene of John the Baptist preaching holding a disk before a seated group of people. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important

• Bas-de-page scene of John the Baptist before a seated Herod with a sword., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

scene of John the Baptist before a seated Herod with a sword. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to

• Bas-de-page scene of John being pushed into a prison tower by a man holding a club., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

scene of John being pushed into a prison tower by a man holding a club. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important

• Bas-de-page scene of John kneeling in a tower doorway, with an executioner holding him by the hair and a raised sword, and behind him Salome holding a golden bowl., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

scene of John kneeling in a tower doorway, with an executioner holding him by the hair and a raised sword, and behind him Salome holding a golden bowl. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance

• Bas-de-page scene of Salome presenting the head of John in a golden bowl to her seated mother., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

presenting the head of John in a golden bowl to her seated mother. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought

• Bas-de-page scene of two men holding bones in their arms, and the skeleton of John in a tomb., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

in their arms, and the skeleton of John in a tomb. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to have

• Bas-de-page scene of Peter and John visiting the sepulchre and removing the sudarium., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

of Peter and John visiting the sepulchre and removing the sudarium. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to have

• Bas-de-page scene of Christ beckoning Peter and John while they are out fishing., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

Christ beckoning Peter and John while they are out fishing. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to have been

• Bas-de-page scene of the standing figure of John holding a scroll., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

the standing figure of John holding a scroll. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to have been illuminated in

• Bas-de-page scene of the the Nativity of John the Baptist., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

the the Nativity of John the Baptist. The style and subject, especially the many bas-de-page narratives ranging from romance and fabliau to biblical and hagiographic material, are closely connected to two important manuscripts thought to have been illuminated in London:

• Historiated initial 'A'(nno) with an abbot holding a crosier, and full border with faces in diamond shapes, at the beginning of a cartulary of Chertsey abbey., Register of Chertsey abbey

left for initials. Register of Chertsey abbey ? The Benedictine abbey of St Peter, Chertsey, Surrey, during the abbacy of John de Rutherwyk, including charters from 1307 to 1344; see ~Chertsey Cartularies~ p. iii.Henry Powle (bap. 1630, d. 1692), politician:

• Bas-de-page scene of John the Evangelist gesturing towards St Edward on the facing verso. The caption reads, 'Ey sein iohan le ewangelist uient a seint edward p[our] demaund[er] acun bien pur lam[our] de deu'., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')

scene of John the Evangelist gesturing towards St Edward on the facing verso. The caption reads, 'Ey sein iohan le ewangelist uient a seint edward p[our] demaund[er] acun bien pur lam[our] de deu'. The style and subject, especially the many

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

these cuttings in the Manuscripts Reading Room order Add. 18196, ff. 2-90. 11 historiated initials in colours and gold, of John the Baptist (f. 46), a Benedictine monk (f. 47), God (ff. 48, 52), seated men (ff. 53, 62, 64),

• Portolan chart of the British Isles and west coast of Europe (from north Denmark to Oporto)., Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas)

circuit of wall in a lake) (ff. 7v-8). Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas) John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: his name inscribed (f. 1); listed in

• Decorated initial 'S' (epe et multum) at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, Book I, with ownership inscriptions for Thomas Cranmer (Thomas Cantuarien[sis]) and Lumley., De inventione (index Rhetorica)

Decorated initial 'S' (epe et multum) at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, Book I, with ownership inscriptions for Thomas Cranmer (Thomas Cantuarien[sis]) and Lumley. 1 large puzzle initial in red, blue, green, and yellow with foliate motifs, at

• Detail of a miniature of the eagle of John, with a scroll, at the beginning of Luke., Bible historiale complétée (Maccabees to Revelation)

of the eagle of John, with a scroll, at the beginning of Luke. Contains the Bible historiale, a French adaptation of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica by Guyart des Moulins (c. 1291-95), classified as the bible historiale complétée by Berger 1884.

• Detail of a miniature of Solomon instructing Rehoboam, at the beginning of John., Bible historiale complétée (Maccabees to Revelation)

instructing Rehoboam, at the beginning of John. Contains the Bible historiale, a French adaptation of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica by Guyart des Moulins (c. 1291-95), classified as the bible historiale complétée by Berger 1884. According to Komada 2000, illuminated by