• Historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) with a portrait of Bartholomaeus de S. Concordio and an illuminated initial 'A'(bbas)., Summa Pisana with an index (ff. 222v-226v) (index Summa de casibus conscientiae, Summa Pisanella)

(but effaced) 'Iste liber est ad usum fratrum...comorantium in loco Sancti Salvatoris in monte Sancti Miniato prope Florentiam (f. [i]).The church of San Salvatore d'Ognissante, Florence, offset of an effaced 18th-century ownership inscription: 'Della libreria d'Ognissanti' (f. [i verso]).The Harley

• Detail of a miniature of Dante and Virgil in the area devoted to the punishment of robbers, and Dante and Virgil speaking to Vanno Fucci, the pillager of a church in Pistoia, and three others tormented by serpents, in illustration of Canto XXIV., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

punishment of robbers, and Dante and Virgil speaking to Vanno Fucci, the pillager of a church in Pistoia, and three others tormented by serpents, in illustration of Canto XXIV. Pope-Hennessy 1993 proposed a date after 1444, partly depending on the

• Detail of a miniature of Dante and Virgil witnessing Vanno Fucci, the pillager of a church in Pistoia, being attacked by the monster Cacus, who is half-centaur and half-dragon, and Dante and Virgil speaking to three other souls, tormented by snakes and lizards, in illustration of Canto XXV., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

Virgil witnessing Vanno Fucci, the pillager of a church in Pistoia, being attacked by the monster Cacus, who is half-centaur and half-dragon, and Dante and Virgil speaking to three other souls, tormented by snakes and lizards, in illustration of Canto

• Detail of a miniature of Dante and Beatrice in the sphere of the sun being greeted by Aquinas and Albertus Magnus, while ten other great intellectural authorities (the Doctors of the Church) are seated below, including Bede, Ambrose, Isidore, and Boethius., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

greeted by Aquinas and Albertus Magnus, while ten other great intellectural authorities (the Doctors of the Church) are seated below, including Bede, Ambrose, Isidore, and Boethius. Pope-Hennessy 1993 proposed a date after 1444, partly depending on the representations of the

• Detail of a miniature of Dante and Beatrice, on the left, and Bonaventure, on the right, hovering over the Twelve Doctors of the Church (Paradiso XII)., Divina Commedia (index Divine Comedy)

and Bonaventure, on the right, hovering over the Twelve Doctors of the Church (Paradiso XII). Pope-Hennessy 1993 proposed a date after 1444, partly depending on the representations of the dome and cupola of Florence Cathedral, in building during these years.

• 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.

• 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,

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

a fFather 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

• Decorated initial, 'Ce sunt les rentes de lesglise S. Norrice de Reins' (register of tithes, rents, and other dues of the church of St Nourrice, otherwise St Balsamia, Nurse of St Remigius, at Reims)

10). 'Ce sunt les rentes de lesglise S. Norrice de Reins' (register of tithes, rents, and other dues of the church of St Nourrice, otherwise St Balsamia, Nurse of St Remigius, at Reims) Bought by the British Museum from Tross

• Decorated line and initial 'E'., Speeches, including 'Olynthiaca' 1-3 (ff. 1-15) and 'Philippica' 1, 2, 3-4 (ff. 15v-23, 27v-32v, 48v-70)

and Harlfinger 1981.The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid at Ripon: owned in the 17th century; its inscription 'Liber Ecclesiae Collegiatae de Ripon' (ff. 1, 304v; see Wright 1972).Thomas Mangey (b. 1683/4, d. 1755), Church of England clergyman

• Calendar page for March, with several red-letter feast-days in this calendar relate to Ely, such as that of Withburga about half-way down this page (17 March)., 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,