• Miniature of Nebuchadnezzar in bed with the Image of precious metals, and decorated initial 'O'(f hem) with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering extending into the margins at the beginning of the prologue to Gower's Confessio amantis., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

verse on parchment leaves (ff. 2-4v, 366v-368) including verses attributed to John Lydgate for pageants at Queen Margaret's Entry into London in May 1445 (ff. 2-4v).f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf. ff. 2-4 are parchment leaves.The outer and inner bifolia

• Miniature of the Lover kneeling before the Confessor in a landscape at the beginning of book 1 of Gower's Confessio amantis, with an acanthus frame surrounding the miniature and decorated initial 'I'( may)., Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler les amantz marietz, and a Latin prayer and two Latin Marian lyrics

verse on parchment leaves (ff. 2-4v, 366v-368) including verses attributed to John Lydgate for pageants at Queen Margaret's Entry into London in May 1445 (ff. 2-4v).f. 1 is a parchment flyleaf. ff. 2-4 are parchment leaves.The outer and inner bifolia

• Decorated initial 'C'(onverte) with acanthus leaves combined with a full foliate border, at the beginning of Compline of the Virgin., Book of Hours, for the use of Sarum, imperfect

1-6v), including: Edward, Wulstan, Milburgie (in red)(index Milburga), Cuthbert, Erkenwaldi (in red, 30 April and 14 November; London), Ethelburga (in red; Barking, London), etc.ff. 7-8v are blank leaves with later inscriptions. f. 16v is blank.Catchwords written horizontally. Leaf signatures. Including

• Puzzle initial 'E'(duuardus) at the beginning of the Magna Carta as confirmed by Edward I, Statutes of England (index Statuta Angliae, Statute book) preceded by (ff. 1-7v) a list of contents

of Harefield: with his armorial bookplate engraved with his motto and the legend 'Sr. George Cooke / of the Inner-Temple, London. / Chief Prothonotary of the Court / of Common-Pleas Westminster / 1727'.Francis Hargrave (b. 1740/41, d. 1821), legal writer.Purchased

• null, De chorographia (ff. 1-23), and other works, including an account of a sea voyage (ff. 23v-25v)

(his inventory number, see Iacobo Morelli, ~Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti~, 6 vols (Venice: Typis Palesii, 1787), III, no. 7931): his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 12837, bought by Burney for £1 2s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical

• Flyleaf with inscription of the title., Thebais (index Thebaid), with gloss, accessus, and anonymous life

perhaps as an attribution rather than a note of possession). ? Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (b. 1754 d. 1838): his sale, London, 8 May 1816, lot 3439, bought by Burney for £6 6s.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired

• Sketch of a blood-letting man 'Awe, wie we ist mir', at the end of the of the Versus de sanitate per menses., Miscellany, with a calendar and medical texts

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2v).Purchased by the British Museum

• Diagram., Medical miscellany, including a plant glossary, the Pseudo-Macer's De viribus herbarum (ff. 222-233)

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 2).Purchased by the British Museum

• Detail of decorated initials with penwork and pen-flourishing., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum, to 1285

(f. 2).Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London: its ink stamp 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.' (f. 2); its book-plate (inside upper

• Decorated initial 'I'(n ye) wit a full border, at the beginning of Genesis., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial with border London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of an pen-flourished initial 'I'(ou)., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Pen-flourished initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of the left-hand column of the folio with two pen-flourished initials., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Pen-flourished initials London England, S. E. (London?)

• Detail of a decorated initial 'I'(n) at the beginning of Esther., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Decorated initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Foliate Initial 'T'(he book) with a full border, at the beginning of Matthew., Wycliffite Bible, in the later version

partially erased: 'no...'; included in the list of book at the Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 19.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Foliate initial London England, S. E. (London?)

• Tinted drawing of king Henry VI on horseback., Coats of Arms in the time of Henry VI

Tinted drawing of king Henry VI on horseback. The London shields include those of Wyfolde or Wywold, Gregory and Norman, Lord Mayors in 1450, 1451, and 1453; John Derby, sheriff of London in 1446; John Stockton and William Stoker, Lord

• Miniature of Christ's Presentation in the Temple, in the left column; miniature of the Coronation of the Virgin Mary, in the right column., Speculum humanae salvationis

Catchwords. Middle Dutch notes underneath the miniatures in quire C.The miniatures were painted by a Dutch artist, probably based in London. 192 miniatures (2 per page, ff. 3v-51) and 2 full-page miniatures, each divided into 6 compartments featuring two figures

• Miniatures of the Harrowing of Hell, Moses parting the Red Sea, Abraham being rescued by an angel, and Lot and his daughters fleeing Sodom., Speculum humanae salvationis

Catchwords. Middle Dutch notes underneath the miniatures in quire C.The miniatures were painted by a Dutch artist, probably based in London. 192 miniatures (2 per page, ff. 3v-51) and 2 full-page miniatures, each divided into 6 compartments featuring two figures

• Historiated initial 'O' of the beheading of John the Baptist., Cuttings from a choir book

W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4

• Historiated initial 'Q' of Lawrence reading a book and holding a palm leaf, at his feet the gridiron of his martyrdom., Cuttings from a choir book

W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4

• Historiated initial 'S' of the Lamentation over the Dead Christ., Cutting from a choir book

W. Y. Ottley's Collection. / F. M.'.Payne and Foss, London booksellers: their sale, 24 June 1850, lot 1088; purchased by Boone on the fourth day of the sale, 27 June.William Boone, London bookseller trading 1815-1870: purchased by him for £4