• Miniature of Boniface VIII delivering the Liber Sextus, at the beginning of Liber Sextus Decretalium., Liber Sextus Decretalium and Extravagantes with Apparatus ad Sextum

Includes three separately written parts:1. Iohannes Andreae (b. c. 1270-1275, d. 1348), Apparatus ad Sextum (ff. 1 - 113v);2. Liber Sextus Decretalium (ff. 115-204v), a canonical collection compiled under order of Boniface VIII by Guillaume de Mandagot, bishop of Embrun,

• Diagrams of the eclipses of the moon, from Nicholas of Lynn's Kalendarium., Kalendarium

Diagrams of the eclipses of the moon, from Nicholas of Lynn's Kalendarium. Large initials in red, blue, or brown. Numerous tables and charts. Kalendarium Unilluminated between 1474 and 1599 additions of astrological directions for each month (ff. 34v-36v).Inscribed '111'

• Historiated initial 'C'(antate) of monks singing, with a three-sided border including a hound, bird, lion, and grotesque hybrid, at the beginning of Psalm 97., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the fool, with a full border including a unicorn, birds, and a grotesque., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of David drowning in water with God above., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, with a partial border including a grotesque., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the fool, with a section of the full border including a unicorn and a grotesque., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Detail of an historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of David drowning in water with God above., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the Trinity, with a partial border including a grotesque., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of the fool, with a section of the full border including a unicorn., Psalter

manuscript’s history, its first folio (and perhaps more) went missing. This folio would have contained the opening words of Psalm 1, ‘Beatus Vir’, and would doubtless have contained a historiated initial. In order to provide the manuscript with a colourful

• Detail of a historiated initial 'H'(enricus) enclosing the imperial falcon of Anne Boleyn against a background of the royal colours., Patents granted to Anne Boleyn as Marquess of Pembroke

Henry VIII, after she was created Marquess of Pembroke on 1 September 1532, but before she became queen in March 1533: her heraldic device of an imperial falcon (f. 1); see Carley 2000 and 2004).The Old Royal Library: 1542 Westminster

• Puzzle initial ''R'(everendo) and smaller decorated initials, at the beginning of Guillelmus Duranti's Repertorium juris canonici. ., Legal miscellany, including Summa decreti, Quaestiones dominicales et veneriales, Repertorium juris canonici

apud Linc., 1318 (ff. 300-304). 10 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing extending into the margin (ff. 1, 1v, 39v, 189, 224, 236, 248v, 261, 273, 275v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, and initials in red

• Text page, with small decorated initials and the pecia mark 'xvii p' in the right margin., Legal miscellany, including Summa decreti, Quaestiones dominicales et veneriales, Repertorium juris canonici

apud Linc., 1318 (ff. 300-304). 10 large puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing extending into the margin (ff. 1, 1v, 39v, 189, 224, 236, 248v, 261, 273, 275v). Initials in red with blue pen-flourishing, and initials in red

• Ink drawing of head of a knight in profile., Chronicle of England in French verse to 1307 (ff. 1-129)

name (f. 1).John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: inscribed with his name (f. 1); listed in the 1609 catalogue of his collection, no. 1050 (see ~The Lumley Library~, 1956); passed to Henry, Prince

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' of Arthur drawing the sword from the stone., Joseph d'Arimathie (ff. 1-18), Le Livre de Merlin (ff. 18v-74), Suite de Merlin (ff. 74-226), ('the Huth Manuscript')

from Amiens, France: his inscription on f. 1 (see Delcourt 2009).Jacques Joseph Guillaume Pierre, Comte de Corbière (1766-1853), academic and bibliophile, French minister of the interior: his notes and inscription on f. 1. Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne, Paris publisher and bookseller, acquired

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' with image of King Arthur setting infants adrift in a boat., Joseph d'Arimathie (ff. 1-18), Le Livre de Merlin (ff. 18v-74), Suite de Merlin (ff. 74-226), ('the Huth Manuscript')

from Amiens, France: his inscription on f. 1 (see Delcourt 2009).Jacques Joseph Guillaume Pierre, Comte de Corbière (1766-1853), academic and bibliophile, French minister of the interior: his notes and inscription on f. 1. Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne, Paris publisher and bookseller, acquired

• Drawing of a dragon, with a tree growing out of its chest., Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae

Numerous large and small ink drawings mostly with washes in colours (ff. 1, 2, 2v, 4, 4v, 5, 6, 6v, 7, 7v, 8, 8v, 9, 10, 11, 11v, 12, 12v, 13, 13v, 14, 15, 16v, 17, 18v, 19, 19v-20, 20v,

• Drawing of a crowned salamander or dragon., Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae

and small ink drawings mostly with washes in colours (ff. 1, 2, 2v, 4, 4v, 5, 6, 6v, 7, 7v, 8, 8v, 9, 10, 11, 11v, 12, 12v, 13, 13v, 14, 15, 16v, 17, 18v, 19, 19v-20, 20v, 21, 22,

• Drawing of a king., Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae

ink drawings mostly with washes in colours (ff. 1, 2, 2v, 4, 4v, 5, 6, 6v, 7, 7v, 8, 8v, 9, 10, 11, 11v, 12, 12v, 13, 13v, 14, 15, 16v, 17, 18v, 19, 19v-20, 20v, 21, 22, 23, 26,

• Drawing of a bleeding dragon., Collectanea de Lapide Philosophiae

small ink drawings mostly with washes in colours (ff. 1, 2, 2v, 4, 4v, 5, 6, 6v, 7, 7v, 8, 8v, 9, 10, 11, 11v, 12, 12v, 13, 13v, 14, 15, 16v, 17, 18v, 19, 19v-20, 20v, 21, 22, 23,