• Text page., On Architecture (De architectura)

a library in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (Wright 1972). Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Text page., On Architecture (De architectura)

a library in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (Wright 1972). Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Mattaire, the classical scholar and historian of printing: bought

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Virgin and Child enthroned and flanked by candles and angels swinging censers, and below, a kneeling woman in grey holding an open book, perhaps a donor portrait, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin. On the upper bar border are an ape, rabbit, hybrid creature, and a bird., Book of Hours, including Hours of the Holy Spirit and of the Passion

159, 159v).A circular heraldic bookplate ? has been removed from f. [6b] v.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; purchased from him by the British Museum on 9 December 1848 using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in

• Historiated initial 'D'(omine) of the Betrayal of Christ, at the beginning of Matins in the Office of the Passion. Judas kisses Jesus, who holds a staff and book and is surrounded by soldiers holding clubs and axes. To the left Peter cuts the ear of a crouching soldier with a large sword. In the lower bar border is a dragon and a man shooting an arrow at a bird., Book of Hours, including Hours of the Holy Spirit and of the Passion

159, 159v).A circular heraldic bookplate ? has been removed from f. [6b] v.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; purchased from him by the British Museum on 9 December 1848 using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) of three clerics at an altar looking up at the Holy Spirit descending from an image of Heaven, with a gold altar cross, with hybrid creatures in the upper border and one in the decorated initial 'D'(ominus), at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Holy Spirit., Book of Hours, including Hours of the Holy Spirit and of the Passion

159, 159v).A circular heraldic bookplate ? has been removed from f. [6b] v.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; purchased from him by the British Museum on 9 December 1848 using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) with a kneeling woman behind two clerics who hold open books before an altar draped with white, and on the bar border, a bird, a hybrid creature, and dog looking at a rabbit, at the beginning of Vespers., Book of Hours, including Hours of the Holy Spirit and of the Passion

159, 159v).A circular heraldic bookplate ? has been removed from f. [6b] v.Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller; purchased from him by the British Museum on 9 December 1848 using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in

• Marginal drawing of an inverted tiara and cross referring to the death of Gregory IX, a drawing of an inverted shield with the arms of Stephan de Segrave; a drawing of an upright mitre and a crosier indicating the election of Fulco Basset as bishop of London, and of inverted insignia referring to the death of Hugh de Pateshull, bishop of Coventry; and a drawing of papal insignia in the upright position indicating the election of the pope Celestine IV., Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III; Continuation of Chronica maiora

de Segrave; a drawing of an upright mitre and a crosier indicating the election of Fulco Basset as bishop of London, and of inverted insignia referring to the death of Hugh de Pateshull, bishop of Coventry; and a drawing of

• Historiated initial 'F'(ecit) of a mermaid and an archer shooting at an owl, at the beginning of Esdras 2., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Historiated initials 'O' and 'D' of a man with a sword and the fool before God, respectively, on a text page., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Historiated initial 'E' of a group of mailed warriors attacking a fallen horseman before a city gate., Bible ('The Brantwood Bible')

J. S. Dearden, ~John Ruskin, the Collector, with a Catalogue of the Illuminated and other Manuscripts formely in his Collection~ (London: Bibliographical Society, 1966), no. 15 p. 134, pl. IV); his sale, 13 May 1902; bought by Yates Thompson.Henry Yates

• Historiated initial 'F'(uit) of Elkanah and Hannah praying before an altar, at the beginning of Kings 1 (Samuel 1)., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of a three-faced man, at the beginning of Psalm 109., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Historiated initial 'V'(ocavit) of Moses speaking to God, at the beginning of Leviticus., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Marginal drawing of Samson fighting with a lion next to Judges 14:1-5., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Historiated initial 'P'(etrus) of Peter holding his keys and a church, at the beginning of Peter 1., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Colophon stating that the book was written by William de Hales for Thomas de la Wile, a canon of Salisbury, in 1254, and reading 'Hunc librum scripsit Will[elmu]s de Hales, / magist[r]o Thome de la Wile, quem vocavit / magist[er] Radulfus de Hehham tunc cancel/larius Sar[isburiensis] ad regim[en] scola[rum] Sar[isburiensium] quibus / d[eu]s in hoc s[e]c[u]lo et in futuro p[ro]picientur. Amen. / F[a]c[tu]s fuit libere anno M cc.l. quarto. ab i[n]/carnatione domini'., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Bible of William of Hales')

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697'), II, no. 6462 (?); Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the list of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, assessed in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Coloured initials., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

(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 (ff. i recto-i verso);Abbreviationes chronicorum (ff. 1-48);Imagines historiarum, with a table

• Marginal drawing of a spear and a crown., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

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 (ff. i recto-i verso);Abbreviationes chronicorum (ff. 1-48);Imagines historiarum,

• Table of signs and images used in the text to mark some of the subjects treated in the text, with explanations of their meanings., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

explanations of their meanings. 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

• Marginal drawings of swords and a spear., Series causae inter Henricum regem et Thomam archiepiscopum, Abbreviationes chronicorum, and Imagines historiarum

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 (ff. i recto-i verso);Abbreviationes chronicorum (ff. 1-48);Imagines historiarum,