• Detail of a miniature of John the Baptist and John the Evangelist., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of two bishop saints., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of the Presentation in the Temple., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of the Flagellation of Christ., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of the Annunciation., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of the Nativity., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of the Ascension of Christ., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of the martyrdom of Edmund., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of the martyrdom of Amphilabus., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Detail of a miniature of the martyrdom of Alban., Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Medieval binding of whittawed leather over oak boards with a flat spine and two projecting flaps, at the top and bottom. Fastened to a staple at the bottom of the front cover are three links of a chain. A white strap, secured by a decorated metal plate to the front cover, fits onto a pin in the middle of the back cover by means of a 16th-century metal loop. This is possibly a restoration of the original fastening, but previously two straps went from the front to the back, as is shown by the surviving sockets for them and their pins., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

(b. 1642, d. 1710), and came to Holt Wilson through intermarriage.George Holt Wilson, of Redgrave Hall, Suffolk: sale at Sotheby's, London, of 'Ancient Illuminated and other Manuscripts', 21 July 1910, lot 158, bought by Quaritch for £101.Bernard Quaritch, Ltd: its

• Historiated initial 'D'(eus) of Peter and Paul, seated side by side, holding an open book., Gospel lectionary with collects and a calendar

supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield (inside upper cover).Thomas Ballard, bookseller and book auctioneer in London; his sale, 20 February 1720/21, lot 10, bought for Edward Harley through Nathaniel Noel. The Harley Collection, formed by

• Initials 'R'(es) and 'A'(nno) with penwork decoration, at the beginning of William of Malmesbury's 'Gesta regum Anglorum'., Gesta regum Anglorum (ff. 4-103v); Gesta pontificum Anglorum (ff. 108-167); Henry of Sawtrey's De purgatorio S. Patricii (ff. 167v-175)

by R. Sharpe, J. P. Carley, R. M. Thomson and A. G. Watson, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 4 (London: British Library, 1996), pp. 465-467; see ibid. p. 526 for information on Alexander, the precentor); perhaps no. 120 ('Hystoria

• Initials 'P'(rima), 'Q'(uatuor), 'N'(on), 'T'(abernaculum) with penwork decoration., Liber Exceptionum, Part II (ff. 1-55v); sermons, and other texts (see Notes for contents)

by R. Sharpe, J. P. Carley, R. M. Thomson and A. G. Watson, Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues, 4 (London: British Library, 1996), pp. 465-467; see ibid. p. 526 for information on Alexander, the precentor); perhaps no. 120 ('Hystoria

• Musical notation: the Greek Cherubic Hymn or 'Cheroubikon' in a Latin translation., 'Vitae' (f. 1v), 'De consolatione philosophiae', Books 1-5, with glosses (ff. 2v-110v), 'Opuscula sacra', Books 1-4, imperfect, with glosses (ff. 113v-149v)

Düsseldorf: possibly bought with the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see 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 of two prayers written in Insular minuscule with decorated initials., Prayer book (the 'Royal Prayer Book'), including the apocryphal letter of Christ to Abgar, and Gospel readings

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6393.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer's manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Medieval binding of whittawed leather over oak boards with a flat spine and two projecting flaps, at the top and bottom. Fastened to a staple at the bottom of the front cover are three links of a chain. A white strap, secured by a decorated metal plate to the front cover, fits onto a pin in the middle of the back cover by means of a 16th-century metal loop. This is possibly a restoration of the original fastening, but previously two straps went from the front to the back, as is shown by the surviving sockets for them and their pins., Commentaries on Isaiah and Ezechiel

(b. 1642, d. 1710), and came to Holt Wilson through intermarriage.George Holt Wilson, of Redgrave Hall, Suffolk: sale at Sotheby's, London, of 'Ancient Illuminated and other Manuscripts', 21 July 1910, lot 158, bought by Quaritch for £101.Bernard Quaritch, Ltd: its

• Inscription stating that John of Dalling, monk of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans, gave this book to the abbey with the permission of abbot John of Hertford, reading 'Hunc librum dedit Frater Johannes de Dal/ling ex licencia domini Joh[annis] abb[at]is deo / eccl[es]ie s[anc]ti Albani ita tamen quod habeat / usum t[antu]m in vita sua. Quem quid[em] qui ab / eadem ecc[lesie] alienaverit v[e]l titulum dele/verit anathema sit. Amen. / Anima Johannis de dalling et anime omnium fidelium defunctorum requiescant in pace. Amen/'; with a note that the book was kept in a cupboard in the choir, 'De armariolo in choro.', Psalter and Canticles

manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6378.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and

• Zoomorphic initial 'S'(Saepe) in foliate forms and an animal's neck and head, at the beginning of Cicero's De inventione, and the ink stamp of the Royal Society of London in the lower margin., De inventione (index Rhetorica); Rhetorica ad Herennium (index De ratione dicendi ad Herennium)

Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate, inside upper cover).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other

• Donor inscription, recording the gift of the manuscript to the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, with some red lettering., Gospel Lectionary (volume two of Royal 2 B XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary)

XII, which contains an Epistle Lectionary) The London city church of St Mary Aldermanbury: presented to the church by Stephen Jenyns (b. c. 1450, d. 1523), administrator, merchant, and lord mayor of London (1508-1509) and his wife Margaret in 1508: