• Detail of a miniature of the Nativity., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of the Ascension of Christ., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of the martyrdom of Edmund., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of the martyrdom of Amphilabus., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of the martyrdom of Alban., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Medieval binding of whittawed leather over oak boards with a flat spine and two projecting flaps, at the top and bottom. Fastened to a staple at the bottom of the front cover are three links of a chain. A white strap, secured by a decorated metal plate to the front cover, fits onto a pin in the middle of the back cover by means of a 16th-century metal loop. This is possibly a restoration of the original fastening, but previously two straps went from the front to the back, as is shown by the surviving sockets for them and their pins., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

(b. 1642, d. 1710), and came to Holt Wilson through intermarriage.George Holt Wilson, of Redgrave Hall, Suffolk: sale at Sotheby's, London, of 'Ancient Illuminated and other Manuscripts', 21 July 1910, lot 158, bought by Quaritch for £101.Bernard Quaritch, Ltd: its

• Coloured initials in a text page of the chronicle., Chronicle, AD 1-1135 (ff. 34-61), with additions up to 1266 (ff. 61v-73)

14th century (ff. 15-26v);Life of Saint Robert of Knaresborough, prose version attributed to Richard Studley, 15th century (?) (ff. 74-77);A London chronicle, c. 1429-1430 (ff. 78-99);St Albans's Annals, datable to 1428-1431 (ff. 100-120);St Albans's register of burials (ff. 129r–137r);Genesis in

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) of Peter and Paul, seated side by side, holding an open book., Gospel lectionary with collects and a calendar

supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 10, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. The Harley Collection, formed by

• Medieval binding of whittawed leather over oak boards with a flat spine and two projecting flaps, at the top and bottom. Fastened to a staple at the bottom of the front cover are three links of a chain. A white strap, secured by a decorated metal plate to the front cover, fits onto a pin in the middle of the back cover by means of a 16th-century metal loop. This is possibly a restoration of the original fastening, but previously two straps went from the front to the back, as is shown by the surviving sockets for them and their pins., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

(b. 1642, d. 1710), and came to Holt Wilson through intermarriage.George Holt Wilson, of Redgrave Hall, Suffolk: sale at Sotheby's, London, of 'Ancient Illuminated and other Manuscripts', 21 July 1910, lot 158, bought by Quaritch for £101.Bernard Quaritch, Ltd: its