• Detail of historiated initial, with a king in bed, and pointing to a building., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Text page., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

not common in English Bibles before c.1240.Marginalia indicate that the text of this Bible has been compared to that of another.The large decorative extensions in the lower margins are of a type which are found in English manuscripts from about

• Genealogy from David to Josaphat, shown in circles connected by a straight line., Genealogical roll of the kings of England to Edward IV, imperfect (the Shorter English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

circles at the upper margin (ff. 2v-23). Genealogical roll of the kings of England to Edward IV, imperfect (the Shorter English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) Edward Rowe Mores (b. 1730, d. 1778), antiquary and historian of printing:

• Genealogy of Stephen, Henry II, Richard, and John, and their children shown in circles., Genealogical roll of the kings of England to Edward IV, imperfect (the Shorter English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

circles at the upper margin (ff. 2v-23). Genealogical roll of the kings of England to Edward IV, imperfect (the Shorter English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) Edward Rowe Mores (b. 1730, d. 1778), antiquary and historian of printing:

• Miniature of pageant figures personifying the virtues expected of a queen of France, with Old Testament heroinnes gathered around a queen: Rachel, Leah, Rebecca, and Esther, with Prudence, Generosity, Justice, and Temperance below., Le Sacre de Claude de France

expected of a queen of France, with Old Testament heroinnes gathered around a queen: Rachel, Leah, Rebecca, and Esther, with Prudence, Generosity, Justice, and Temperance below. On Jean Coene IV see gnerally Eberhard König, ~Boccaccio und Petrarca in Paris~, Leuchtendes

• Miniature of a bloodletting man., Physician's folding almanac, including Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. B-E, i.e. 9-6), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1398 to 1462 (ff. G-I, i.e. 4-2), and Grosseteste's 'De prognosticatione aeri', abridged (f. K, i.e. 1)

saints in the calendar correspond to those in calendars for the use of Sarum produced in Southern England.One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Bloodletting man in colours (f. A,

• Miniature of Zodiac man., Physician's folding almanac, including Somer's 'Calendar' (ff. B-E, i.e. 9-6), diagrams of solar and lunar eclipses from 1398 to 1462 (ff. G-I, i.e. 4-2), and Grosseteste's 'De prognosticatione aeri', abridged (f. K, i.e. 1)

saints in the calendar correspond to those in calendars for the use of Sarum produced in Southern England.One of 29 English folding almanacs, of which 10 are in the British Library: see Carey 2003. Bloodletting man in colours (f. A,

• The arms of Thomas Wall, Windsor herald, in the right margin, the signature of Jo Starkey, in the upper margin, that of Sir Robert Cotton ('Robert Cotton Bruceaus') with the date 1610 in the lower margin., De Regimine Principum; Secrets of the Philosophers; Secretum Secretorum

our Lorde 1525. Wyttenesse Robert Lytylbouroug Sayewell etc, the viiith day of May', together with other inscriptions in French and English in Gothic cursive (f. 130v).? John Starky (d. 1613), father of Ralph Starkey, a close associate of Sir Robert

• Decorated initial 'G'(od)., De Regimine Principum; Secrets of the Philosophers; Secretum Secretorum

our Lorde 1525. Wyttenesse Robert Lytylbouroug Sayewell etc, the viiith day of May', together with other inscriptions in French and English in Gothic cursive (f. 130v).? John Starky (d. 1613), father of Ralph Starkey, a close associate of Sir Robert

• Miniature of Raymond de Peñafort presenting the Decretales to Gregory IX, with an illuminated initial 'G'(regorius), at the beginning of Gregory IX letter to the university of Bologna., Decretales, with the glossa ordinaria

and Ireland: purchased from Scott together with other 311 manuscripts from Theyer's library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Gregory IX Gregory IV, glossed by Bernard of Parma France, S.

• Decorated initial 'A'(s) with pen-flourishing., Poems, imperfect

poems on diet (f. 4v), human complexions and physiognomy (ff. 78v-79, 79-79v) and 'The Secrees of Old Philosoffres' (ff. 188v-224).Folios missing after ff. 18, 123, 135, 178, 183, 260, f. 273v is blank. The foliation is probably original.Catchwords written horizontally.For

• Detail of added marginal annotation (in the hand of Humfrey Wanley?)., Poems, imperfect

died in 1449.Including poems on diet (f. 4v), human complexions and physiognomy (ff. 78v-79, 79-79v) and 'The Secrees of Old Philosoffres' (ff. 188v-224).Folios missing after ff. 18, 123, 135, 178, 183, 260, f. 273v is blank. The foliation is probably

• Miniature of Duke Richard the Fearless supervising the rebuilding of the church of the Abbey of Fecamp, while in the background, a man destroys the old church., Grande Chronique de Normandie

of the Abbey of Fecamp, while in the background, a man destroys the old church. The clothing suggest a date somewhere around 1465. 15 half-page miniatures, the first accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (ff. 1,

• A foliate border of grotesques, flowers, a lion, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 255 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border of grotesques, flowers, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 275 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border of grotesques, flowers, trompe l'oeil gems, the arms of Clement VII, plaques inscribed in capitals 'Clemen / VII' and 'Pont / Max', roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 290 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border with scrolled ends of trompe l'oeil gems and flowers, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 255 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border of trompe l'oeil gems, a vase and flowers, the arms of Clement VII, roundels containing the Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 290 x 35 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border in monochrome of trompe l'oeil gems and cameos, two Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 280 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.

• A foliate border in monochrome of trompe l'oeil gems and cameos, two Medici devices of an eagle perched on a diamond ring with three feathers and motto 'Semper', and the motto 'Candor Illesus' inscribed on a banner curling round a tree and a trunk supporting a crystal ball through which pass sun rays, one of which hits the tree causing it to burst into flames and the other strikes the banner but has no effect, measuring 280 x 30 mm., Cuttings from a service book of Clement VII

21412, ff. 26-34 [box 41]. To see the Samuel Rogers Album, which originally contained all the cuttings order Add. 21412, Old Covers.Another cutting from the same service book is part of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library, 54.662 (see Roger S.