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British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
Detail of a drawing of a face. Watermark visible: 'G. G.' (f. 1). 10 large 'KL' initials in the calendar (July and August missing) in gold on blue and pink grounds with the occupations of the months and zodiac
Calendar page for December with illuminated 'KL' initials, roundels of a man killing a pig and of Capricorn on gold grounds, and on the right, a full-page illuminated miniature in two registers of the Annuciation above, and the Visitation
Full-page miniatures on gold grounds, on the left in two registers of the Betrayal above and Christ being mocked by two men below, and on the facing folio, David playing a harp, and a standing musician playing a fiddle.
Full-page illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate decoration surrounded by roundels of animals playing instruments and an ape on a chain, and in the frame, half-roundels of a king playing a harp and a man with a raised club towards
lower margin). See ~Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry~, ed. by Peter Townend, 18th edn, 3 vols (London: Burke's Peerage Limited, 1972), III, 70-1, under Blake of Barham Court, for an outline of the family descent. Thomas
Full-page illuminated initial 'B'(eatus) with foliate decoration surrounded by roundels of animals playing instruments and an ape on a chain, and in the frame, half-roundels of a king playing a harp and a man with a raised club towards
Detail of the historiated initial 'Q'(uare) of Christ blessing and in the lower margin, a large fish touching the descender of the initial; and line-fillers of fish and a crowned figure. Watermark visible: 'G. G.' (f. 1). 10 large
Detail of a drawing of a face. Watermark visible: 'G. G.' (f. 1). 10 large 'KL' initials in the calendar (July and August missing) in gold on blue and pink grounds with the occupations of the months and zodiac
et Hiberniae~, 3 vols. (Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, no. 6513 or 6523.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
(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