• Detail of puzzle initial 'H'., Historiae ecclesiasticae

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• null, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Detail of puzzle initial with penwork decoration., Historiae ecclesiasticae

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• null, Historiae ecclesiasticae

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• null, Historiae ecclesiasticae

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• null, Historiae ecclesiasticae

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• null, Epigrammata ex sententiis S. Augustini, prefatory poem, and poema coniugis ad uxorem, Poems (ff. 1; 22-23v)

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 188). William Forrest, according to Ker, the vicar of Bledlow, near Thame, in 1556

• null, Epigrammata ex sententiis S. Augustini, prefatory poem, and poema coniugis ad uxorem, Poems (ff. 1; 22-23v)

Britain: A List of Surviving Books~, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 188). William Forrest, according to Ker, the vicar of Bledlow, near Thame, in 1556

• Miniature of the Death and Assumption of the Virgin, of the Virgin Mary's entombment and the passing of her soul to Christ, surrounded by a crowd of apostles and angels, and her Assumption to heaven in a mandorla, within a mosaic-like frame., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index antiphoner, antiphonal)

his sale 26 June 1885, lot 124.George Salting (b. 1835, d. 1909), art collector and benefactor: probably purchased from Colnaghi, London art dealers (Kanter); bequeathed by him to the British Museum.Transferred from the Department of Prints and Drawings of the

• Illuminated initial., Nova Statuta (index Statutes of England, Statuta Angliae, Statute book) from Edward III to Richard II

Statuta Angliae, Statute book) from Edward III to Richard II Inscription, 15th century, partly erased (f. 225v). C. Meyer, book-seller, London, late 18th century: a pink label inscribed 'Bound & Sold by C. Meyer. Bookseller & Binder to the Queen

• Decorated initial 'T'(obias)., Books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth, and Proverbs with the glossa ordinaria

as supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (f. 1*).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 16, bought for Edward Harley through Thomas Bacon.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Decorated initial 'I'(n)., Books of Tobias, Judith, Ruth, and Proverbs with the glossa ordinaria

as supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (f. 1*).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 16, bought for Edward Harley through Thomas Bacon.The Harley Collection, formed by Robert

• Partial bar border and puzzle intial 'E'(go) with foliate penwork decoration and flourishing, at the beginning of Nennius's Historia Brittonum, with the name of the scribe: 'G. du Stiphel'., Historia Brittonum, Vita Gildae, and other Vitae

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Initial 'C'(um) on a gold ground, with a hybrid creature in the bowl of the letter and the ownership inscription of Fountains abbey in the upper margin., Homilies for Sundays, with table of contents (vol 1, ff. 2-12)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2, vol. 1; f. 1,

• Penwork initial and border at the beginning of the volume, Historiae ecclesiasticae

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Puzzle initial 'H'., Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Puzzle initial 'E' with penwork decoration., Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n)., Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Puzzle initial 'S' and decorated initial 'H'., Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• null, Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)

at the Bodleian Library, Oxford); see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 247-8; II, 11-12).A member of the Contarini family of Venice: with their arms, bendy of seven,