• Detail of a marginal painting of a man pointing to his eye, at a liturgical poem for 10 of Tevet (a Jewish fast day) starting with 'Be your eyes open' (for the poem, see Davidson vol. 3, no. 118)., Prayer book (~Forli Siddur~) for the entire year, Italian rite

Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Note of birth: inscribed [5]349 [1589] (f. 342v).Hippolite of Ferrara, Franciscan censor (active at the end of the 16th century-beginning of 17th century, in

• Detail of a framed marginal painting of a family around the Seder table with the master of the house making the blessing over the second cup of wine., Prayer book (~Forli Siddur~) for the entire year, Italian rite

Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Note of birth: inscribed [5]349 [1589] (f. 342v).Hippolite of Ferrara, Franciscan censor (active at the end of the 16th century-beginning of 17th century, in

• Initials 'D'(a) and 'P'(rima) at the beginning of an anonymous treatise., Iudica me deus (ff. 1-19); 'Tractatus de xii utilitatibus tribulacionis' (ff. 19v-31v); Theologia mystica (ff. 32-50v); Meditationes (ff. 51-55v); 'Contricio beati Bernardi' (ff. 55v-59v)

the textual contents and style of initials.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Decorated initials Richard Rolle; Hugo de Balma; pseudo-Bonaventura;

• Decorated initial 'Q'(uid) with a dragon and animal head, at the beginning of Psalm 51., Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, imperfect

collector of books and manuscripts (the facsimile of f. 1 inscribed: 'Ex Bibliotheca Thomae Astlei Arm.' (Stowe 1061, f. 60); and that of f. 111v: 'Thomae Astlei, Arm.' (Stowe 1061 f. 61).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of

• Decorated initial 'D' with interlace and animal heads, and musical notation in the margin, at the beginning of Psalm 101, and coloured initial 'D' at the beginning of the preceding collect., Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, imperfect

collector of books and manuscripts (the facsimile of f. 1 inscribed: 'Ex Bibliotheca Thomae Astlei Arm.' (Stowe 1061, f. 60); and that of f. 111v: 'Thomae Astlei, Arm.' (Stowe 1061 f. 61).Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of

• Initial-word panel decorated with geometrical and foliate motifs., Prayer book, Italian rite

[1502] (f. 182v).David Marq of Cine bar Abraham: inscribed with his name in the colophon upon the erased name of the patron (f. 182v).Riqa, the sister of Daniel ben Isaac of Ventura, wife of Eliezer of Rubiqu, first owner: inscribed

• Scribal formula surrounded by a foliate scroll held by a hand., Prayer book, Italian rite

[1502] (f. 182v).David Marq of Cine bar Abraham: inscribed with his name in the colophon upon the erased name of the patron (f. 182v).Riqa, the sister of Daniel ben Isaac of Ventura, wife of Eliezer of Rubiqu, first owner: inscribed

• Initial words decorated with fleur-de-lis, and geometric scrolls, at the beginning of ~Sefer tiqqun middot ha-nefesh~., Miscellany of ethical texts

name, 1619 (f. 159v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 50-56.Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on

• Busts of a lion and a rooster linked together, perhaps part of an unfinished coat of arms., Miscellany of ethical texts

Busts of a lion and a rooster linked together, perhaps part of an unfinished coat of arms. Censor's erasures, words, sentences crossed out (e.g. 31, 72v, 57v, 149). Decorated initial words, in colours on 7 folios (ff. 2-5). 1 decorated

• End of Deuteronomy framed by micrographical design (f. 191v), and ~masorah~ in micrographical form framing a scribal formula (f. 192)., Pentateuch with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

195v).Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name, 1612 (f. 196); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), pp. 100-101, and appendix §

• Inhabited illuminated initial 'P'(rimum) with human figures and animals, at the beginning of book 1., De universo seu De rerum naturis

'Etymologies' of Isidore, of Rabanus Maurus (b. c. 776, d. 856), abbot of Fulda and later archbishop of Mainz (ff. 6-282v), preceded by the letters to Louis the Germanic, king of Germany (843-876) (ff. 1-2), and to Haymo, bishop of

• Detail: initial words decorated with fleur-de-lis, and geometric scrolls, at the beginning of ~Sefer tiqqun middot ha-nefesh~., Miscellany of ethical texts

name, 1619 (f. 159v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 50-56.Moses Wilhelm Shapira (b. 1830, d. 1884), a antiquities dealer of Jerusalem: purchased by the British Museum from him on

• Detail of a page: busts of a lion and a rooster linked together, perhaps part of an unfinished coat of arms., Miscellany of ethical texts

Detail of a page: busts of a lion and a rooster linked together, perhaps part of an unfinished coat of arms. Censor's erasures, words, sentences crossed out (e.g. 31, 72v, 57v, 149). Decorated initial words, in colours on 7 folios

• Detail of a miniature of the Damsel of Hungerford with Arthur and Guinevere, with an illuminated initial overpainted with the arms of Bohun., Lancelot du Lac

Detail of a miniature of the Damsel of Hungerford with Arthur and Guinevere, with an illuminated initial overpainted with the arms of Bohun. The text is the third part, i.e. the Lancelot section, of the five-part Lancelot-Grail romance in French

• Miniature of Arthur engaged in conversation with his barons, while Lancelot and Guinevere are whispering together, and on the right, the king and queen presiding over a banquet; with an illuminated initial 'M'(out) containing the arms of England and Bohun, and a full bar border with scenes of two men fighting and monkeys at school, in the lower margin., Lancelot du Lac

The royal arms of England (e.g., ff. 60, 95), France (e.g., ff. 9, 266), and of Leon-Castile (ff. 295v, 301), some with incorrect tinctures.A member of the Bohun family, possibly Humphrey of Bohun (d. 1373), 11th earl of Hereford, Essex

• Detail of a miniature of Arthur engaged in conversation with his barons, while Lancelot and Guinevere are whispering together, and on the right, the king and queen presiding over a banquet., Lancelot du Lac

The royal arms of England (e.g., ff. 60, 95), France (e.g., ff. 9, 266), and of Leon-Castile (ff. 295v, 301), some with incorrect tinctures.A member of the Bohun family, possibly Humphrey of Bohun (d. 1373), 11th earl of Hereford, Essex

• Miniature of the Damsel of Hungerford with Arthur and Guinevere, with an illuminated initial overpainted with the arms of Bohun, and partial bar borders containing a woman playing the drum and a man playing with a dog., Lancelot du Lac

The royal arms of England (e.g., ff. 60, 95), France (e.g., ff. 9, 266), and of Leon-Castile (ff. 295v, 301), some with incorrect tinctures.A member of the Bohun family, possibly Humphrey of Bohun (d. 1373), 11th earl of Hereford, Essex

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of an enthroned king, perhaps Richard II, at the beginning of the text., Polychronicon

Historiated initial 'P'(ost) of an enthroned king, perhaps Richard II, at the beginning of the text. Ranulph Higden (b. c. 1299, d. 1364), was a monk of the Benedictine abbey of St. Werburg, Chester. His 'Polychronicon' is a universal history,

• null, Facsimile of the Vatican Virgil (Rome, Vatican, Bibliotheca Apostolica, Cod. Vat. 3867) (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil)

lot 419; bought by Lansdowne for twenty guineas.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other

• null, Facsimile of the Vatican Virgil (Rome, Vatican, Bibliotheca Apostolica, Cod. Vat. 3867) (index Virgilius; Vergilius; Vergil)

lot 419; bought by Lansdowne for twenty guineas.William Petty (~formerly~ Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other