• Historiated initial 'A'(qua) of a scholar pointing to three bodies of water, one filled with fish, another with shellfish and the third empty., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Aqua (water) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(mbulans) of Christ calling Peter and Andrew., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Apostoli (Apostles) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'T'(ria) of a man with a prod herding domestic animals., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Animalia (animals) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(nnus) of scholar measuring the sphere of the heavens., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Annus (Year) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(dulatur) of a judge with two flatterers, Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Adulacio (Adulation) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(chor) of Achor stoned by two men., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

et Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Achor James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(bolicio) of a king touching the head of a kneeling man with a long staff., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Abolitio (Abolition) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'C'(anonica) of a bishop and a canon holding a disk inscribed with four smaller parts., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Canonica porcio episcopi (Bishop's portion of canons' revenue) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a historiated initial 'A'(utoritas) of a pope with a sealed document and a man kneeling before him., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

(Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Auctoritas (Papal authority) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'A'(nima) of God measuring a soul, represented as a naked man., Omne Bonum (Absolucio-Circumcisio)

Hiberniae~ (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), no. 8275).Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Anima (Soul) James le Palmer James le Palmer James le Palmer London England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'O' of Romauld enthroned with a bishop saint (probably Augustine) and monastic saints John Gualbert (top right), Maurus and Placidus in Camaldolese habits., Cutting from a Gradual

Capanna', and 'Tommaso Giottinese b. 1324 dies 1356 / Puccio Capanna Pl CXII A...'.Walter Benjamin Tiffin (b. 1795, d. 1877), London art dealer and publisher: purchased from him by the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum on

• Detail of a drawing of an author portrait of Aldhelm., De laudibus virginitatis; letter of Aldhelm to Ehfridus

his collection, no. 399 (see ~The Lumley Library: The Catalogue of 1609~, ed. by Sears Jayne and Francis R. Johnson (London: British Museum, 1956)); passed to Henry, prince of Wales.Henry Frederick, prince of Wales (b. 1594, d. 1612), eldest child

• Detail of a painting of Archimedes., Three books of emblems, prefaced by a letter from Henry Peacham addressed to Henry Frederick, prince of Wales, and based on the Basilikon Doron (Royal Gift), James I's book of advice to his son and heir

II (f. 12v); his collection became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Archimedes Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'V'(enerabilibus) of Guido de Baysio presenting his book to the pope Boniface VIII, with a partial border, at the beginning of Guido de Baysio's Apparatus ad Sextum., Apparatus ad Sextum; De regulis iuris; Liber sextus Decretalium with the glossa ordinaria; Apparatus ad Sextum

Historiated initial 'V'(enerabilibus) of Guido de Baysio presenting his book to the pope Boniface VIII, with a partial border, at the beginning of Guido de Baysio's Apparatus ad Sextum. Includes: Guido de Baysio, Apparatus ad Sextum (ff. 1-136v); Dino

• Miniature of the pope Boniface VIII giving the book to two clerics, at the beginning of Liber sextus., Apparatus ad Sextum; De regulis iuris; Liber sextus Decretalium with the glossa ordinaria; Apparatus ad Sextum

Miniature of the pope Boniface VIII giving the book to two clerics, at the beginning of Liber sextus. Includes: Guido de Baysio, Apparatus ad Sextum (ff. 1-136v); Dino da Mugello, De regulis iuris (ff. 137-160v);The Liber sextus Decretalium with

• Text page with initials at the beginning of the Historia Scholastica., Historia Scolastica

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6429.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, appraised in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• null, Historiae ecclesiasticae

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Decorated initial with a leaf., Historiae ecclesiasticae

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• Detail of puzzle initial 'H'., Historiae ecclesiasticae

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),

• null, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

Hulne and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham~, ed. by James Raine, Surtees Society (London: Nichols and Son, 1838)). 'N x Nx' in pencil, 18th century (f. i verso).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817),