• Illuminated initials 'Q'(uatuor) and 'B'(ello) with interlace motifs., Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296)

blue. Rubrics in red. Capitals marked in yellow. Historia (1-222v) and Five Books of Commentaries on the Acts of the Church (ff. 223-296) Written in 1457 by Julianus de Viterbo for Guidone Gonzaga (d. 1483): colophon, 'Scripsit Julianus de viterbio

• Text page of added miscellaneous documents, memoranda, and records of pensions or tenancies providing documentation of the villages around Evesham., Cartulary and Register of Evesham

of the villages around Evesham. The volume is a composite miscellany including:- Proceedings relating to the church of Ombersley (Worcerstershire) in 1284 (ff. 3-44);- 14th-century letters and papers relating to churches, pensions and other matters, mainly contemporary to Abbot William

• Historiated initial 'A'(d) at the beginning of the hymn based on a psalm verse for the first Sunday in Advent, with a kneeling layman looking up to the radiant face of God, and a direction to the artist or note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial at the beginning of the mass on Christmas day. In the left column, the reading for Christmas eve from the Gospel of Luke is highlighted by the long golden letter I(n), and at the end of the right column, the hymn verses for the introit of mass on Christmas day begin with an historiated initial 'P'(uer) of the Nativity, with the Virgin lying on a red blanket, receiving the infant Christ from the midwife, while Joseph and the animals look on, and a direction to the artist or note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initail 'D'(ominus) of Andrew's crucifixion, at the vigil of the feast of Andrew., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'S'(uscepimus) of a bishop blessing the throats of the faithful who are queuing up, holding candles, at the beginning of the feast of Blaise, with a note 'purificaciou(n'), possibly an instruction to the illuminator and a direction to the artist or a note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated partial border and historiated initial 'R'(orate) of the Annunciation to the Virgin, with the Archangel Gabriel bearing a scroll with the words "Ave Maria" beside the Virgin who is in front of an open book, at the feast of the Annunciation,with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator, in the lower margin: 'i ymage of oure ladey'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'D'(e) of John the Baptist in the wilderness, wearing a camel skin garment carrying a book to which is tied a small figure of a lamb, at the beginning of the offertory of feast of the birth of John the Baptist on 24 June. In the lower margin, a note, or possibly an instruction to the artist: 'sent Jon ye baptyst'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'N'(unc) with Peter and Paul holding their symbols of keys and a sword, respectively, at the beginning of the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul. In the lower margin, the note "Peter and Paule," is possibly a later identifying note or an instruction to the artist., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'L'(audeamus) of the crowned Virgin surrounded by cherubim at the feast of the Assumption, with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator or later note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin: 'assumsion'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'L'(audeamus) of Anne, lying in a large bed as a midwife presents the infant Mary to her, at the feast of the birth of the Virgin, with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator or later note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin: 'the nativitie'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated border and historiated initial 'B'(enedicite) of a winged Michael holding a sword and a gold shield standing on the devil, at the feast of Michael, with a note, possibly an instruction to the illuminator or later note identifying the subject matter in the lower margin: 'archangele'., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Inhabited foliate initial 'A'(bsenti) with small figures, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum., Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum

Anno m [cccc] quinquagesimo quarto', followed by the initials 'IK' (f. 330).Perhaps written or owned in Mainz, which had a church dedicated to St Alban: with a contemporary or near-contemporary inscription 'Presulis Albani habens ossa que Ruffini / Talis in

• Inhabited foliate initial 'A'(bsenti) with a seated man and a naked man, at the beginning of Joannes de Milis's Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum., Repertorium aureum sive lexicon juridicum

Anno m [cccc] quinquagesimo quarto', followed by the initials 'IK' (f. 330).Perhaps written or owned in Mainz, which had a church dedicated to St Alban: with a contemporary or near-contemporary inscription 'Presulis Albani habens ossa que Ruffini / Talis in

• Illuminated initials., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Illuminated initials., Missal, Use of Sarum ('The Missal of William Melreth') with Gregory's Trental prayers

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• Bar border and initial 'W'(han) with foliate and spray decoration at the beginning of the Prologue of the Canterbury Tales., The Canterbury Tales, including the spurious Tale of Gamelyn (ff. 46-55), imperfect

of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator: his inscription (f. 1*); presented by him to Robert Harley when dean of Christh Church, Oxford, i.e. sometime between September 1711 and July 1713, as recorded by Harley's librarian, Humfrey Wanley in his catalogue

• 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)

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 representations of

• 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)

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. Pope-Hennessy

• 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)

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 dome and