• Detail of a drawing of Judith holding a sword and the head of Holofernes., ~Speculum Theologiae~ diagrams, Peter of Poitiers,~ Genealogia historiarum~, and biblical tables

over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Judith John Dygon John Dygon Peter of Poitiers London England, S. E. (London or Sheen Priory, Surrey?)

• Detail of a drawing of Esdras., ~Speculum Theologiae~ diagrams, Peter of Poitiers,~ Genealogia historiarum~, and biblical tables

over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Esdras John Dygon John Dygon Peter of Poitiers London England, S. E. (London or Sheen Priory, Surrey?)

• Drawing of the city of Jerusalem., ~Speculum Theologiae~ diagrams, Peter of Poitiers,~ Genealogia historiarum~, and biblical tables

over 300 other manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Jerusalem John Dygon John Dygon Peter of Poitiers London England, S. E. (London or Sheen Priory, Surrey?)

• Historiated initial 'L' of the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds (bottom miniature)., Cutting from a Gradual

(verso). Cutting from a Gradual Presented by John E. Leary, violin and pianoforte instructor, of 59 Hazelville Road, Hornsey Lane, [London] N, 1930: his business card attached to the mount (f. 1). Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds Italy, N.

• Historiated initial 'S' of the Entombment of Christ., Cuttings from a choir book

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Coloured initials., Miscellany of prose and verse, including Gregory's Chronicle, a dietary (ff. 66-77); John Page's poem The Siege of Rouen; a chronicle of London breaking off in 1470; the Seven Sages of Rome (ff. 3-54v)

prose and verse, including Gregory's Chronicle, a dietary (ff. 66-77); John Page's poem The Siege of Rouen; a chronicle of London breaking off in 1470; the Seven Sages of Rome (ff. 3-54v) Inscription 'Thomas Coose Noyttin (?), 16th century (f.

• Miniature of Nebuchadnezzar in bed with the Image of precious metals at the beginning of the prologue to Gower's Confessio amantis., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

verse on parchment leaves (ff. 2-4v, 366v-368) including verses attributed to John Lydgate for pageants at Queen Margaret's Entry into London in May 1445 (ff. 2-4v).f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf. ff. 2-4 are parchment leaves.The outer and inner bifolia

• Miniature of Nebuchadnezzar in bed with the Image of precious metals, and decorated initial 'O'(f hem) with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering extending into the margins at the beginning of the prologue to Gower's Confessio amantis., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

verse on parchment leaves (ff. 2-4v, 366v-368) including verses attributed to John Lydgate for pageants at Queen Margaret's Entry into London in May 1445 (ff. 2-4v).f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf. ff. 2-4 are parchment leaves.The outer and inner bifolia

• Miniature of the Lover kneeling before the Confessor in a landscape at the beginning of book 1 of Gower's Confessio amantis, with an acanthus frame surrounding the miniature and decorated initial 'I'( may)., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

verse on parchment leaves (ff. 2-4v, 366v-368) including verses attributed to John Lydgate for pageants at Queen Margaret's Entry into London in May 1445 (ff. 2-4v).f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf. ff. 2-4 are parchment leaves.The outer and inner bifolia

• Decorated initial 'C'(onverte) with acanthus leaves combined with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Compline of the Virgin., Book of Hours, for the use of Sarum, imperfect

1-6v), including: Edward, Wulstan, Milburgie (in red)(index Milburga), Cuthbert, Erkenwaldi (in red, 30 April and 14 November; London), Ethelburga (in red; Barking, London), etc.ff. 7-8v are blank leaves with later inscriptions. f. 16v is blank.Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures. Including

• Puzzle initial 'E'(duuardus) at the beginning of the Magna Carta as confirmed by Edward I, Statutes of England (index Statuta Angliae, Statute book) preceded by (ff. 1-7v) a list of contents

of Harefield: with his armorial bookplate engraved with his motto and the legend 'Sr. George Cooke / of the Inner-Temple, London. / Chief Prothonotary of the Court / of Common-Pleas Westminster / 1727'.Francis Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer.Purchased

• null, De chorographia (ff. 1-23), and other works, including an account of a sea voyage (ff. 23v-25v)

(his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7931): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12837, bought by Burney for £1 2s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical

• Sketch of a blood-letting man 'Awe, wie we ist mir', at the end of the of the Versus de sanitate per menses., Miscellany, with a calendar and medical texts

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. 2v).Purchased by the British Museum

• Detail of decorated initials with penwork and pen-flourishing., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, to 1285

(f. 2).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); its book-plate (inside upper

• Historiated initial 'O' of the beheading of John the Baptist., Cuttings from a choir book

W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4

• Historiated initial 'Q' of Lawrence reading a book and holding a palm leaf, at his feet the gridiron of his martyrdom., Cuttings from a choir book

W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4

• Historiated initial 'S' of the Lamentation over the Dead Christ., Cutting from a choir book

W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4

• Full-page miniature in colours and gold, of Peace and Justice kissing within a painted ornamental frame with the winged lion of Mark and the arms of the Priuli family of Venice., Leaf from a Ducal Commission (index commissione dogale) to a Priuli

Esq. dispersed / in 1838' (f. i).Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'O' of the Cross (top centre)., Cuttings from a choir book

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;

• Historiated initial 'S' of Francis showing his stigmata (lower centre)., Cuttings from a choir book

departmental copy of the sale catalogue. Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1087; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £18;