• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified owner: with their overpainted arms, perhaps including a circle in the lower half

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified owner: with their overpainted arms, perhaps including a circle in the lower half

• null, 14 Philippic orations (ff. 1-168); Somnium scipionis (ff. 168v-178v)

292 to the same scribe; see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.Unidentified owner: with their overpainted arms, perhaps including a circle in the lower half

• Illuminated initial 'H'(e) at the beginning of John Lydgate's Fall of Princes., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

beast of c. 1520 commissioned by him (cf. ~Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547~, ed. by Richard Marks and Paul Williamson (London: V & A Publications, 2003), no. 156 [exhibition catalogue]; 'mastres ellenore suster to lord dacres (f. 1v). ? Anne

• Illuminated initials and decorated verses in John Lydgate's Fall of Princes., The Fall of Princes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

beast of c. 1520 commissioned by him (cf. ~Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547~, ed. by Richard Marks and Paul Williamson (London: V & A Publications, 2003), no. 156 [exhibition catalogue]; 'mastres ellenore suster to lord dacres (f. 1v). ? Anne

• Detail of a page: full foliate border in the margins inhabited by a lion, a peacock, a bird, and a dragon., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

have watermarks similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 2745 [London, 1755].Erasures by a censor (e.g. on ff. 38, 54v, 55, 264v, 266, 272v). 1 title page surrounded by penwork

• Detail of a page: initial-word panel with gold letters and penwork decoration and a gold crown, at the introduction of the Mishneh Torah., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

have watermarks similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 2745 [London, 1755].Erasures by a censor (e.g. on ff. 38, 54v, 55, 264v, 266, 272v). 1 title page surrounded by penwork

• Detail of a foliate border inhabited by animals and birds., Lisbon Mishneh Torah, volume 1

have watermarks similar to Edward Heawood, ~Watermarks~ (Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae Historiam Illustrantia, I) (Hilversum: Paper Publication Society, 1950), no. 2745 [London, 1755].Erasures by a censor (e.g. on ff. 38, 54v, 55, 264v, 266, 272v). 1 title page surrounded by penwork

• null, Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966). 8 large tinted drawings with partial borders in colours and gold at the beginning of each

• null, Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966). 8 large tinted drawings with partial borders in colours and gold at the beginning of each

• Foliate initial 'D'(omine) with a tromp l'oeil border containing birds, flowers and fruits, at the beginning of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

d. 1673), antiquary, inscribed with his name, 'Carolus Theyer' (f. 1); passed to Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller. Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably purchased from Scott together with other

• Historiated initial 'I' of Augustine dressed as a Bishop enthroned blessing two groups of kneeling Augustinian canons., Cutting from a Gradual or Antiphoner (index antiphoner; antiphonal)

eighth day (6 May 1856) of the sale by Tiffin for £1 10s. Walter Benjamin Tiffin (b. 1795, d. 1877), London art dealer and publisher: purchased from him by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum on

• Marginal image of king Lucius in a baptismal font, with a caption reading 'Rex luci[us] p[ri]mu[s] in Anglia', next to a fragment referring to the origins of the christianity in England during the reign of Lucius, with a marginal note by Matthew Paris beginning 'Luciu[s] rex britannie p[ri]m[us] fuit in anglia/ baptizat[us]'., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

fuit in anglia/ baptizat[us]'. Includes 3 works of Ralph de Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler and ecclesiastic, dean of St Paul's, London (1180-1199/1200):Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, written in a different hand that the rest of the volume

• Detail of a miniature of an infant being handed to its mother by a man in a boat on the Thames, with the marginal inscription 'london bredge', from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund., Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund

by a man in a boat on the Thames, with the marginal inscription 'london bredge', from John Lydgate's Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund. Added table of contents (ff. 109-110). Note that the manuscript includes both pagination and foliation, with

• Detail of a tinted drawing of Clothaire enthroned, Muhammad preaching, and Brunhilde being drawn and quartered., Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966). 8 large tinted drawings with partial borders in colours and gold at the beginning of each

• Tinted drawing of an angel expelling Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, and of Cain killing Abel., Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966). 8 large tinted drawings with partial borders in colours and gold at the beginning of each

• Tinted drawing of Saul annointing Samuel, the battle of Gilboa, and of Saul's suicide. Rinceaux border inhabited by a butterfly with a decorated initial 'A'., Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966). 8 large tinted drawings with partial borders in colours and gold at the beginning of each

• Tinted drawing of Boccaccio standing at a lectern. Rinceaux border inhabited by butterflies, and a decorated initial 'I'., Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966). 8 large tinted drawings with partial borders in colours and gold at the beginning of each

• Tinted drawing of Seleucus ordering an assassin to murder Beatrice and her son, and, in the background, of Seleucus being thrown by his horse and Antiochus attacked by brigands. Rinceaux border inhabited by butterfly and a moth, and a decorated initial 'A' with violets and strawberries., Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966). 8 large tinted drawings with partial borders in colours and gold at the beginning of each

• Detail of a tinted drawing of Boccaccio watching Fortune turn her wheel. Partial rinceaux border inhabited by a rooster., Du Cas des Nobles Hommes et Femmes (index De casibus virorum et feminarum illustrium)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966). 8 large tinted drawings with partial borders in colours and gold at the beginning of each