• Initial 'O' (Blessid) in gold on a pink and blue background., Prayer Book (with numerous 16th century additions)

including: 'Johan Holland ownethe this book god make her a good woman' and 'The 15th of February 1590 payd to John his nurse' (f. 44).Excerpt from 'Seneca ad Lucilium', 18th century (f. 1*v).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b.

• Initial 'H' with pen-work decoration., Collection of letters attributed to Hippocrates and others in Rinuccini's Latin translation, preceded by dedications to Cardinal Antonio de la Cerda y Llosa (elected 1448, d. 1459) and Pope Nicholas V (elected 1447, d. 1455) (ff. 1-1v)

Initial 'H' with pen-work decoration. Watermark of a basilisk with no direct comparison in C. M. Briquet, ~Les Filigranes: Dictionnaire historique des marques du papier dès leur apparition vers 1282 jusqu'en 1600~, A Facsimile of the 1907 edition with

• Historiated initial 'Q'(uantum) with foliate extensions and a man in academic dress (probably Aristotle)., Compendium of natural philosophy

Historiated initial 'Q'(uantum) with foliate extensions and a man in academic dress (probably Aristotle). f. 1* is a paper flyleaf with a table of contents.Vertical catchwords. 1 large initial in colours with foliate extensions and a man in academic

• Pen-flourished initial 'B'(ritannia)., Chronicles of England to the reign of king Henry VI (r. 1422-1461 and again from 1470-1471) (Chronicon Angliae)

signature probably once appeared in the top right corner of f. 1, which has been cut off (see Wright 1972). John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of Bury, county Lancashire, antiquary and herald, Somerset Herald in 1720: sold to Edward

• Large white vine initials 'E'(phigeniam) and 'V'(ere), and an effaced coat of arms of a gold shield with three red stars (?) on a blue ground, encircled by a wreath., Ephigenia

Large white vine initials 'E'(phigeniam) and 'V'(ere), and an effaced coat of arms of a gold shield with three red stars (?) on a blue ground, encircled by a wreath. f. 1* is a paper leaf.Ruled in ink.Horizontal catchwords.

• Text page with illuminated initial 'C'(redere)., Latin Poems

initials with grey penwork decoration, some with faces in the bowls. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in red. Latin Poems John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), baron Somers, lawyer and politician: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Janu: 6. 1738/9 from Ld

• Pen-flourished initial 'D'(eus) at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

a different hand (ff. 4-9v).'Oratio valde bona ad dicendum in mane' with a reading from John and a prayer 'Deprecor te, domina mea' omitted after readings from Luke, Matthew and Mark (ff. 64v-68) and added by the same hand at

• Miniature of the death of Philippe VI, with a partial border containing the arms of John Donne, at the beginning of the list of contents., Chroniques (books 3-4)

with a partial border containing the arms of John Donne, at the beginning of the list of contents. Contains books of the second volume of the Chroniques of Froissart; the other volumes are Royal 14 D II, 14 D IV-VI.Catchwords

• Miniature of a knight in armour, with a full border inhabited by animals (peacock, lion, bear, goat, roe deer, birds) and putti, from Livy's De Secundo Bello Punic, with heraldic arms in the lower margin., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• White-vine initial 'C'(ornelius)., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• White-vine initial 'V'(t ex)., De Secundo Bello Punico

colours and gold (ff. 25, 51v, 74v, 96, 118, 144, 169v, 193, 210v). Display script. De Secundo Bello Punico Inscription: 'John Peachey London 1772' (2nd fllyleaf [f. iv]).James Peachey (b. c. 1722, d. 1808), Bart of Westdean: his book-plate (inside

• Historiated initial 'F'(ratres) depicting Andrew at the beginning of the Sanctorale, with a full historiated border incorporating putti holding garlands or playing musical instruments, a male saint, and busts of classical? figures., Breviary, Vallumbrosan Use

Florence: rubric 'Incipit psalterium componitum secundum morem et ordinem Vallis Umbrose' (p. 1); the litany includes Salvius, ‘Sancte pater Benedicte’, John (Gualbert?), and Reparata; Benedict and Salvius are emphasised in the Sanctorale (pp. 269, 407); inscribed, 17th century, ‘De s(an)c(t)o

• Historiated initial 'F'(ratres) depicting All Saints, and historiated border incorporating putti, Renaissance candelabra, and Peter holding a key., Breviary, Vallumbrosan Use

Florence: rubric 'Incipit psalterium componitum secundum morem et ordinem Vallis Umbrose' (p. 1); the litany includes Salvius, ‘Sancte pater Benedicte’, John (Gualbert?), and Reparata; Benedict and Salvius are emphasised in the Sanctorale (pp. 269, 407); inscribed, 17th century, ‘De s(an)c(t)o

• Historiated initial 'C'(ome) depicting Edward III enthroned, holding an orb and sceptre, with religious and lay men to his right and left, respectively, at the beginning of the statues issued during his reign. The Gill/Gyll arms are in the lower border., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49) ? John Gill/Gyll (b. c.1430, d. 1499), of Buckland, Hertfordshire, c.1488: with his arms in all the borders: ~sable~, two chevrons

• Full foliate border containing putti, a unicorn, a female head in profile, a gem, and an escutcheon with the arms of Tedaldi, and an illuminated initial 'S'(emper) at the beginning of Juvenal's Satires., Satires (index Saturae, Satirae)

Full foliate border containing putti, a unicorn, a female head in profile, a gem, and an escutcheon with the arms of Tedaldi, and an illuminated initial 'S'(emper) at the beginning of Juvenal's Satires. 1 full foliate border, heraldic arms,

• Initial 'D'(eus) decorated with abstracted foliate forms in the bowl, at the beginning of Psalm 69, and seventeenth-century marginal annotation of a copy of part of a charter/debt? with the name 'Johnem Lone de Brampton in comitatu Suff' signed 'Wm Reynolds'., Commentary on the Psalms (imperfect, starting in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 9 and ending in the middle of the commentary on Psalm 146)

Reynolds' , f. 116, and 'Anthony Harris of Cheston in the county of Suff', f. 92v, in the same hand). John Reynolds, 17th century: (inscription, f. 282v). ? Price: 'ei/r', f. i verso. Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.

• Historiated initial 'E'(dward) of Edward IV enthroned, holding an orb and sceptre, with religious and lay men to his right and left, respectively, at the beginning of the statues issued during his reign. The Gill/Gyll arms are in the lower border., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49)

Angliae), 1 Edward III to 3 Henry VII (ff. 50-350v), preceded by an alphabetical list of contents (ff. 1-49) ? John Gill/Gyll (b. c.1430, d. 1499), of Buckland, Hertfordshire, c.1488: with his arms in all the borders: ~sable~, two chevrons

• Decorated initial 'D'(icto), and a full foliate border with a rebus of a bird perching on a tun inscribed 'MOK' (sic), at the beginning of the second part of Johannes de Giglis's Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum., Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum

44v). Large initials in gold on blue and red grounds, with foliate extensions into the margins. Libellus de Canonizatione sanctorum John Morton (d. 1500), administrator and archbishop of Canterbury: owned by him while bishop of Ely (1478-1486), perhaps when he

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1 full foliate border, heraldic arms, putti, unicorn, and profile heads (f. 2). 2 large initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 79). Small initials in plain blue (or absent). Satires (index Saturae, Satirae) A member of the Tedaldi

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1 full foliate border, heraldic arms, putti, unicorn, and profile heads (f. 2). 2 large initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 79). Small initials in plain blue (or absent). Satires (index Saturae, Satirae) A member of the Tedaldi