• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus) and a marginal centaur and bird., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')

183v-184: added prayer in English by a contemporary professional hand, starting 'This prayer is written in a stone in the church of saint John Lateraneus in rome...'. 23 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some with

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus) and a marginal bird and moth., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')

183v-184: added prayer in English by a contemporary professional hand, starting 'This prayer is written in a stone in the church of saint John Lateraneus in rome...'. 23 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some with

• Illuminated initial 'D'(eus) and a marginal peacock and animal., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')

183v-184: added prayer in English by a contemporary professional hand, starting 'This prayer is written in a stone in the church of saint John Lateraneus in rome...'. 23 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some with

• Illuminated initial and marginal hybrid and bird., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('Hours of Eleanor Worcester')

183v-184: added prayer in English by a contemporary professional hand, starting 'This prayer is written in a stone in the church of saint John Lateraneus in rome...'. 23 full-page miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, some with

• Decorated initial 'P'(roca) with foliate extensions., Historical miscellany: De viris illustribus; Sextus Rufus, Liber Augustalis

Baron Burghley and a royal minister: inscribed with his name (f. 3).Ambrose Bonwicke, the elder (b. 1652, d. 1722), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster, headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School from 1686 to 1691: inscribed, 'Ambrosii Bonwici 1687'

• Detail of decorated initial 'B'(reves) with foliate extensions., Historical miscellany: De viris illustribus; Sextus Rufus, Liber Augustalis

Baron Burghley and a royal minister: inscribed with his name (f. 3).Ambrose Bonwicke, the elder (b. 1652, d. 1722), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and schoolmaster, headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School from 1686 to 1691: inscribed, 'Ambrosii Bonwici 1687'

• Illluminated initial 'A'( multis) with a partial foliate bar border., Miscellany including William of Malmesbury's De dictis et factis memorabilibus philosophorum (Polyhistor) (ff. 3- 40v), Cassiodorus' De orthographia (ff. 41-52), Marbod's Lapidarium, with gloss (ff. 106-123), Priscianus' Solutiones ad Chosroem [regem Persarum] (ff. 139v-160v), Nemesius' De natura hominis (ff. 168-196), Albericus' Flores Rhetorici (ff. 196-206), John of Salisbury's De septem septenis (ff. 206v-215v), Joachim of Fiore's Praephatio super Apocalypsim (ff. 216-224), imperfect; De praesagiis tempestatum (f. 224r-v), imperfect

233).Added ?price, 14th or 15th century (f. 232v). Emmanuel College, Cambridge (see Wright 1972).Thomas Baker (b. 1656, d. 1740), nonjuring Church of England clergyman and antiquary (deprived of his fellowship at St John's, Cambridge in 1717): inscribed 'Tho: Baker' (f.

• Puzzle initial 'T'(he) with pen-flourishing extending into the margins to form a partial border., Common-profit book (or book for general good) of Robert Holond, including the Treatise of Discretion of Spirits (ff. 24-37v), imperfect

(b. 1635, d. 1699), bishop of Worcester and theologian (see Wright 1972). Edward Stillingfleet (b. 1661, d. 1708), physician and Church of England clergyman, son of the former; in 1707 acquired by Robert Harley (see Wright 1972).The Harley Collection, formed

• Miniature of the Trinity at the Resurrection of Christ, with John the Evangelist and the instruments of the Passion, with full foliate borders including a miniature of Gregory kneeling before an altar in a church, at the beginning of the Mass of St Gregory in the Passion according to John., Book of Hours, Use of Rome ('The Dunois Hours')

the Passion, with full foliate borders including a miniature of Gregory kneeling before an altar in a church, at the beginning of the Mass of St Gregory in the Passion according to John. A bond by Jean, Bastard d'Orléans, Comte

• A montage (now dismembered) of a full-page historiated border, with the text removed, of floral motifs, trompe l'oeil fruit, and medallions containing figures in gold monochrome of the four Doctors of the Church (clockwise from top) Gregory the Great, Augustine, Ambrose and Jerome (f. 89a; 325 x 240 mm) and a section of border (f. 89b; 10 x 25 mm); an historiated initial 'P' of Christ Disputing with the Doctors in gold monochrome, a winged putto and banner inscribed 'Apparvit / gratia dei / salvatoris / nostri / omnibus / homi / nibus' from Titus 2:11 (f. 89c; 80 x 80 mm); a historiated initial 'T' of the Ascension in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Euntes in / mundum uni / versum predi / cate evange / lium omni / creature' from Mark 16:15 (f. 89e; 80 x 80 mm); an historiated initial 'T' of the Holy Women at the Tomb in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Non est hic / surrexit / enim si / cut dixit' from Matthew 28:6 (f. 89j; 85 x 85 mm); a historiated initial 'N' of the Supper at Emmaus in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Pax / vobis ego / sum / no / lite time / re ' from Luke 24:36 (f. 89l; 85 x 85 mm); a historiated initial 'T' of the ?Last Judgment in gold monochrome and a banner inscribed 'Ascendit / ad celeos sedet / ad dextram dei /patris omnipotent / is' (f. 89o; 95 x 80 mm); a historiated faceted initial 'T' held by a putto and entwined with a scroll inscribed 'Memento / nostri / Domine / in bene / placito / populi / tui' from Matthew 28:6 (f. 89q; 95 x 90mm); and 9 strips of gold parchment (ff. 89d, f-i, k, m, n and p). On the reverse of the border and initials are lines of partial text ‘E…’ (f. 89a verso); '…cut erat in /… et n[u]nc et se/...cula seculo /e[n]. Iteru[m] re' (f. 89c verso); '…ferimus pro / sancta catho /…acificare: cu /…nare: et regi' (f. 89j verso); '…erat in prin / e et semper: / eculoru[m]. Am /…epetit[ur] introi' (f. 89l verso ); '…ius pro ec / …catholica q / …ustodire ad /…ere digner /…erraru[m] una (f. 89o verso); and '…i offerimus /… tua sancta /…m pacificar /…dunare, et i/…is toto orb' (f. 89q verso)., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

trompe l'oeil fruit, and medallions containing figures in gold monochrome of the four Doctors of the Church (clockwise from top) Gregory the Great, Augustine, Ambrose and Jerome (f. 89a; 325 x 240 mm) and a section of border (f. 89b;

• A montage (now dismembered) of four sections of historiated border of cartouches, scrolls, trompe l’oeil pearls, cherubs, arabesques, and figures in monochrome of John, the Resurrection, Mark and two medallions inscribed 'De / dit / illi no / men' and 'Quod / est su / per omne / nome[n]' (f. 83a; 35 x 240 mm); of Augustine, Gregory, a scene with many figures and two plaques inscribed 'MDLXIIII' and 'Iulio' (f. 83e; 270 x 35 mm); of Matthew, the Ascension, Luke and two medallions inscribed 'Ut / in nomi / ne / Iesu' and 'Om / ne genus flecta / tur' (f. 83h; 35 x 240 mm); of Jerome, Ambrose, and a scene with many figures and two plaques inscribed 'Anno V' and 'Mense' (f. 83d; 270 x 35); four plaques inscribed 'Apollonius / de / Bonfratellis / de / Capranica' (f. 83b; 35 x 35 mm), 'Capellae / et / Sacrestiae / Apostolicae / Minaiator / Fecit' (f. 83c; 35 x 35 mm), 'Anno / Domini / MDLXIV / Mense Iulio' (f. 83f; 35 x 35 mm), and 'Sedente / Pio Iv / Pont. Opt. Max. / De Medicis / Mediolanense / Anno V' (f. 83g; 35 x 35 mm); and two strips of gold parchment (ff. 83i and j; 50 x 80 mm each)., Cuttings from service books of Pius IV

annotated Western Manuscripts departmental copy of the sale catalogue.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased from him on the same day by the British Museum. Resurrection, Ascension, Evangelists and Doctors of the Church Apollonio de' Bonfratelli Rome Italy, Central (Rome)

• The acts of Thomas Chyllyndene, prior of Christ Church who died in 1411, with a space for an initial., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis

Chyllyndene, prior of Christ Church who died in 1411, with a space for an initial. 1 large decorated initial, incorporating arms, developing a three-sided foliate border (f. 61). 1 large decorated initial, incorporating arms (f. 4). 1 smaller decorated initial,

• Decorated initial with the heraldic arms of a 'gold stone' of Thomas Goldstone and partial border at the beginning of his acts, with a bishop's mitre in the margin. Goldstone was a prior of Christ Church in the early sixteenth century., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis

a prior of Christ Church in the early sixteenth century. 1 large decorated initial, incorporating arms, and a partial foliate border with scrolls (f. 65). Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard

• Drawing of a standing Father of the Greek church, and decorated initials., Hymns and prayers, preceded by extracts from the Fathers, and followed by other prayers, imperfect

Father of the Greek church, and decorated initials. 4 drawings in pen with colour washes of standing Fathers, three holding scrolls (ff. 13, 18v, 20, 21v). 7 simple headpieces in brown, with some penwork decoration, one with a cross (f.

• Decorated initial 'A'(d honorem) with pen-flourishing including foliate motifs at the beginning of the text., Office book of the Cathedral church of Trier ('Liber officiarius ecclesiae treverensis collegii')

in red (ff. 1, 37). Capitals marked in red. Office book of the Cathedral church of Trier ('Liber officiarius ecclesiae treverensis collegii') Made for the cathedral church of Skt. Peter in Trier, 14th century (f. 1). Effaced inscriptions (ff. 27,

• Obits for several days in the month of January, written in several 15th-century hands in different periods., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis

for illuminated initials left empty (ff. 58, 59, 72). Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d.

• Lists of the dead (the 'necrology') for the month of September, with the names of bishops, clergy, noble patrons, and members of the community., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis

for illuminated initials left empty (ff. 58, 59, 72). Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis The Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury.Lord William Howard (b. 1563, d. 1640), antiquary and landowner, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d.

• Added flyleaf with church music, and initial 'H'(enricus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Magna Carta., 2 leaves with church music, used as flyleaves and pastedowns at the beginning and the end

Added flyleaf with church music, and initial 'H'(enricus) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Magna Carta. Large initials in blue with red foliate pen-flourishing. 2 leaves with church music, used as flyleaves and pastedowns at the beginning and the

• Calendar page for May, with an early addition to this calendar is the dedication of the church of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, on 17 May, suggesting that the manuscript was owned in the parish fairly soon after it was made., Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers

brown (f. 174). Psalter, including a calendar (ff. 1-6v), litany (ff. 145-146v), and prayers The parish church of Hitchin, Herfordshire: dedication of the church in the calendar for 17 May (f. 3).The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661,

• Illuminated initial and three-sided border with the heraldic arms of Johanna de Mohun, a benefactor of Christ Church who died in 1405(?), at the beginning of the account of her life., Registrum Prioratus Ecclesiæ Christi Cantuariensis

arms of Johanna de Mohun, a benefactor of Christ Church who died in 1405(?), at the beginning of the account of her life. 1 large decorated initial, incorporating arms, developing a three-sided foliate border (f. 61). 1 large decorated initial,