• Decorated initial 'D'(ilexi), at the beginning of the Office and Mass of the Dead., Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 1)

J. R. Abbey, see E. Ph. Goldschmidt, ~Gothic and Renaissance Bookbindings: Exemplified and Illustrated from the Author's Collection~, 2 vols (London: Benn, 1928), I, no. 167, II, pls. 61-62, and Joseph Brassinne, ~La Reliure Mosane~, 2 vols (Liège: Société des

• Flourished initial 'M'(isere), in the Office and Mass of the Dead., Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 1)

J. R. Abbey, see E. Ph. Goldschmidt, ~Gothic and Renaissance Bookbindings: Exemplified and Illustrated from the Author's Collection~, 2 vols (London: Benn, 1928), I, no. 167, II, pls. 61-62, and Joseph Brassinne, ~La Reliure Mosane~, 2 vols (Liège: Société des

• Heraldic arms, at the beginning of the Office and Mass of the Dead., Office and Mass of the Dead (vol. 1)

J. R. Abbey, see E. Ph. Goldschmidt, ~Gothic and Renaissance Bookbindings: Exemplified and Illustrated from the Author's Collection~, 2 vols (London: Benn, 1928), I, no. 167, II, pls. 61-62, and Joseph Brassinne, ~La Reliure Mosane~, 2 vols (Liège: Société des

• Drawing of the world, with God wearing a crown above, Christ in Majesty, and the devil bound below., Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera)

National Biography~ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12020, accessed 10 Feb 2006]. Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; bought from him by the British Museum on 13 August 1840 for 10s, along with 32 other manuscripts

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Miniature of the Creation, at the beginning of Paulus Orosius's Histoire Ancienne., Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• null, Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains

in gold and blue. Histoire Ancienne jusqu'a César, Le Fet des Romains Bought by the British Museum from Thomas Thorpe, London bookseller, 13th July 184 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• 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),

• 2 puzzle initials 'A', at the beginning of the Alphabetical legal dictionary., Vocabularium iuris utirusque (ff. 1-92); Lectura on usury (ff. 93-164v)

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. 1; its book-plate with the

• 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),