large historiated initials with partial borders, in colours, at the beginning of the 4 books (ff. 13, 84, 198, 209v). 1 diagram on consanguinity (f. 288). Smaller inhabited (birds and beasts) or decorated initials, in colours, mostly with extensions into
large historiated initials with partial borders, in colours, at the beginning of the 4 books (ff. 13, 84, 198, 209v). 1 diagram on consanguinity (f. 288). Smaller inhabited (birds and beasts) or decorated initials, in colours, mostly with extensions into
Latin list of contents in his hand? (f. 1); his binding: his sale 4 March 1733 (the 16th part), lot 718.John Nickolls (b. 1710/11, d. 1745), antiquary (inscribed ‘Jn Nickolls’ (f. 1, upper right hand corner). Charles Burney (b. 1757,
duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham; inscribed with the press-mark ' Pres 3 No. 29' (f. 1) corresponding to his catalogue; see O’Conor 1818-1819.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos: sold
Titles and initials in display capitals. The manuscript also includes:Two lives of Boethius (ff. 1v, 1v-2);Two commentaries to 'De consolatione philosophiae', Book 3 (ff. 47-61v);List of Byzantine offices (f. 111);Eugenius of Toledo, 'Hexaëmeron' (f. 111);Added notated Greek Cherubic Hymn
Text pages. The manuscript also includes:Two lives of Boethius (ff. 1v, 1v-2);Two commentaries to 'De consolatione philosophiae', Book 3 (ff. 47-61v);List of Byzantine offices (f. 111);Eugenius of Toledo, 'Hexaëmeron' (f. 111);Added notated Greek Cherubic Hymn or 'Cheroubikon' in a
Text pages. The manuscript also includes:Two lives of Boethius (ff. 1v, 1v-2);Two commentaries to 'De consolatione philosophiae', Book 3 (ff. 47-61v);List of Byzantine offices (f. 111);Eugenius of Toledo, 'Hexaëmeron' (f. 111);Added notated Greek Cherubic Hymn or 'Cheroubikon' in a
Text page. The manuscript also includes:Two lives of Boethius (ff. 1v, 1v-2);Two commentaries to 'De consolatione philosophiae', Book 3 (ff. 47-61v);List of Byzantine offices (f. 111);Eugenius of Toledo, 'Hexaëmeron' (f. 111);Added notated Greek Cherubic Hymn or 'Cheroubikon' in a
Text page. The manuscript also includes:Two lives of Boethius (ff. 1v, 1v-2);Two commentaries to 'De consolatione philosophiae', Book 3 (ff. 47-61v);List of Byzantine offices (f. 111);Eugenius of Toledo, 'Hexaëmeron' (f. 111);Added notated Greek Cherubic Hymn or 'Cheroubikon' in a
choro.' Includes a calendar with Easter tables (ff. 1v-8), noting the feast of the relics of St. Albans (27 January). 1 initial in gold with penwork decoration, at the beginning of the breviary (f. 9v). Large initials in green, blue
with Easter tables (ff. 1v-8), noting the feast of the relics of St. Albans (27 January). 1 initial in gold with penwork decoration, at the beginning of the breviary (f. 9v). Large initials in green, blue or red, sometimes with
is blank and ruled. Large initials in colours and gold combined with a full foliate bar border including interlace (Psalm 1 (f. 8), Psalm 26 (f. 39v), Psalm 38 (f. 59), Psalm 52 (f. 78), Psalm 80 (f. 118v), Psalm
a parchment flyleaf. f. 118 is an unwritten flyleaf. 2 leaves missing after f. 11, 1 after f. 59 (see Munari 1957).Some outer margins have been excised.Quire marks. Large initial and red and brown ink with penwork decoration in the
shape of a grotesque(s). Erased inscription on f. 2*v. In the manuscript 'De mysteriis' begins imperfectly (leaves lost before f. 1), 'Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini' is ascribed to Isidore of Seville and has the running header 'De Mysteriis'
shape of a bird. Erased inscription on f. 2*v. In the manuscript 'De mysteriis' begins imperfectly (leaves lost before f. 1), 'Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini' is ascribed to Isidore of Seville and has the running header 'De Mysteriis'
century (?) hand Initials in colours with penwork decoration at the beginning of the prologue and the five books (ff. 1, 22, 30v, 40, 49). 3 small initials in red and one in blue (ff. 49, 53, 64, 66). Rubrics
'51' (f. 1).John Dee (b. 1527, d. 1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary: his 'Jupiter' sign (top righthand corner of f. 1); his annotations (ff. 60v-61). William Cecil (b. 1520/21, d. 1598), 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister; his sale, 21 November
Erased inscription on f. 2*v. In the manuscript 'De mysteriis' begins imperfectly (leaves lost before f. 1), 'Sermo de corpore et sanguine Domini' is ascribed to Isidore of Seville and has the running header 'De Mysteriis' and the 'Hypomnesticon' is
initials. Rubrics in red. De officiis ministrorum; Sermo de resurrectione domini; De poenitentia Parts 1 and 2 were together by the 12th century: in part 1, the scribe/illuminator of part 2 added red initials/letters (ff. 66v, 131v), replaced some text
Large initials, some with zoomorphic pen-flourishing, and a marginal drawing of a dog? and a human half-bust figure, in the Sermones de quadragesima. Large initials (2 lines) in brown, mostly with (zoomorphic) pen-flourishing in brown, with red infill. Capital