• Illuminated puzzle initials 'Q'(ue) and 'D'(ixit), with line flourishing in blue., Leaves from a Book of Hours, containing the text for the Hours of the Virgin as said during Advent (ff. 1-3), the Penitential Psalms (ff. 4-8), Litanies (ff. 8-12), and Office of the Dead (ff. 13-21), Use of Rome

'?Bologna, first half of 15th century (opinion of Dr Otto Pacht)'. Harry and Virginia Walton, of New York: their sale, Blomsbury Auction, New York, 4 April 2009, lot 7; purchased by The British Library. Puzzle initials Master of the Brussels

• Historiated full-page border of a portrait, the arms, unicorn, rainbow and lily emblems and Greek motto 'Dikes krinon' of Paul III, shells, flowers, putti, urns, butterflies and ladybirds (the text excised). Historiated initial 'N' (cropped; the lower part of the letter is visible at the top right of the miniature) of the Last Supper beneath a cartouche inscribed in capitals 'Desiderio desideravi / hoc pascha manduc / are vobiscum', surrounded by a frame composed of four cuttings., Cuttings from a Missal of Paul III

Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Fragment 1959/123 and former New York, Breslauer Collection (from A.II.14; see William M. Voelkle and Roger S. Wieck, ~The Bernard H. Breslauer Collection of Manuscript Illuminations~ (New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1992), cat. no. 91). 1

• Historiated initial 'Q' of Peter, with the descender of the letter composed of a foliate extension of acanthus leaves (centre)., Cutting from a Gradual (sanctorale)

Ms 978, no. D. 218-1906. See Laurence B. Kanter and others, ~Painting and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence 1300-1450~ (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994), pp. 155-76 [exhibition catalogue] and Gaudenz Freuler, 'Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci', in ~Dizionario Biografico

• Calendar page for March with a man trimming vines (labour of the month), a ram (Aries), David's harp, and saints Chad and Gregory., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Calendar page for March with tinted drawings of saints Edward, Cuthbert, a blessing hand (Benedict), and a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the Annunciation)., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Calendar page for April with tinted drawings of saints Tiburtius and Valerianus, George, Wilfrid, and Mark., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Circular diagram with the symbols of the zodiac., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Tinted drawing of Zodiac Man., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Table of the days of the week with various tinted drawings, possibly relating to the labours of the year and auspicious and inauspicious days., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Table of the days of the week with various tinted drawings., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Table of significant events, including the Nativity and the murder of king Edward II in 1327., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Table of English kings with twelve portraits, including those of William the Conqueror and Richard II., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Table of weights and measures, possibly for calculating the prices of bread or wheat, with a drawing of a balance and weights., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• null, Château d'Amour, called 'The Myrour of Lewed Men' (translated into English)

(£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. Flourished initials Robert Grosseteste York England, N. E.? (York)

• Calendar page for February with tinted drawings of a man with a shovel (the labour of the month), two fish (Pisces), saint Brigida, a fleur-de-lis (for the feast of the purification), and saints Blaise, Agatha, Valetine, Peter in cathedra [in Antiocha], and Matthew., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Calendar page for April with tinted drawings of a man with a flower (the labour of the month), a bull (Taurus), saints Mary of Egypt, Ambrose, Guthlac's scourge, and saints Tiburtius and Valerianus, George, Wilfrid, and Mark., Almanac with an astrological miscellany

(Watson, 1979).English saints in the calendar include Chad, Cuthbert (x 2), Dunstan, Guthlac, John of Beverley, Oswald, Swithin, William of York, Wilfrid, and others.A tinted drawing of a saint on f. 7v has been deliberately effaced.Text in English f. 22-22v:

• Full page miniatures of the fortified town of York., Historical miscellany, including abridged versions of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britanniae' (index Gesta Britonum) in verse (404 verses) and in prose (ff. 46-48v), followed by a poem relating to the building of York (ff. 48v-55v), and copies of papal bulls and regal documents (ff. 55v-58v)

of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. York Geoffrey of Monmouth (index Galfridus Monumetensis) York England, N. (York ?)

• Text page., Historical miscellany, including abridged versions of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britanniae' (index Gesta Britonum) in verse (404 verses) and in prose (ff. 46-48v), followed by a poem relating to the building of York (ff. 48v-55v), and copies of papal bulls and regal documents (ff. 55v-58v)

their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Text page Geoffrey of Monmouth (index Galfridus Monumetensis) York England, N. (York ?)

• Full page miniature of the arrival of Brutus to England, the slaying of giants and the building of a city, possibly London., Historical miscellany, including abridged versions of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britanniae' (index Gesta Britonum) in verse (404 verses) and in prose (ff. 46-48v), followed by a poem relating to the building of York (ff. 48v-55v), and copies of papal bulls and regal documents (ff. 55v-58v)

of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Brutus Geoffrey of Monmouth (index Galfridus Monumetensis) York England, N. (York ?)

• Initial-word panel decorated with penwork and accompanied with a partial border of pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Zohar., Zohar on Genesis

~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix § 18-19, 93.Giovanni Domenico Vistorini, censor: inscribed 'Gio. Dom. Vistorini 1609' (f. 182v), see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), appendix