• Historiated initial 'I'(gitur) in colours and gold and the beginning of the book of Aristotle., Ethica (index Ethics)

Albinia de la Mare article in A.S. Osley, ~Calligraphy and Palaeography. Essays presented to Alfred Fairbank on his 70th birthday~ (London: Faber and Faber, 1965), pp. 55-68, and, on Dávalos, p. 62 n. 34).The Master of the 'Vitae Imperatorum' was

• Text page with coloured initials., The Consolation of Philosophy, Books 1-5 (index De consolatione philosophiae) (ff. 1-23v), 'Mythologiae', Books 1-3 (ff. 24-35v), 'De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii', Books 1-9 (ff. 39-102)

library in Düsseldorf: bought 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 page with coloured initials., The Consolation of Philosophy, Books 1-5 (index De consolatione philosophiae) (ff. 1-23v), 'Mythologiae', Books 1-3 (ff. 24-35v), 'De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii', Books 1-9 (ff. 39-102)

library in Düsseldorf: bought 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 page with coloured initials., The Consolation of Philosophy, Books 1-5 (index De consolatione philosophiae) (ff. 1-23v), 'Mythologiae', Books 1-3 (ff. 24-35v), 'De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii', Books 1-9 (ff. 39-102)

library in Düsseldorf: bought 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 page with rubric and initials in colours, and added interlinear glosses., The Consolation of Philosophy, Books 1-5 (index De consolatione philosophiae) (ff. 1-23v), 'Mythologiae', Books 1-3 (ff. 24-35v), 'De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii', Books 1-9 (ff. 39-102)

library in Düsseldorf: bought 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

• Historiated initial 'O'(mnis) with a portrait of Aristotle or Leonardo Bruno (Aretino) wearing spectacles, and, in the lower margin, the arms and initials of Iñigo Dávalos., Ethica (index Ethics)

Albinia de la Mare article in A.S. Osley, ~Calligraphy and Palaeography. Essays presented to Alfred Fairbank on his 70th birthday~ (London: Faber and Faber, 1965), pp. 55-68, and, on Dávalos, p. 62 n. 34).The Master of the 'Vitae Imperatorum' was

• White vine initial 'Q'(uoniam)., Ethica (index Ethics)(ff. 3-111); Aretinus' epistola ad hugonem medicum (possibly added; ff. 111-112v); Economica (index Economics)(ff. 113-132v)

Brienne family (index Lomenie de Brienne): sold by the son of Louis-Henri de Loménie (b. 1635, d. 1698) through the London bookseller James Woodman on 18 May 1724 to Edward Harley, sale dated 28 April 1724, lot 2403 (see Wright

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'R'(egium) with a frog, at the beginning of Jean Mallard's dedicatory letter to Henry VIII., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

number, no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Frog Jean Mallard, with Latin marginal notes by Henry VIII Jean Mallard Jean Mallard England, S. E. England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'I'(udica), at the beginning of Psalm 25., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Illuminated initial Jean Mallard, with Latin marginal notes by Henry VIII Jean Mallard Jean Mallard England, S. E. England, S. E. (London)

• Page with a text of Psalm 36:31-37:6 with illuminated initials and line-fillers, and with notes in Henry VIII's hand., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Text pages Jean Mallard, with Latin marginal notes by Henry VIII Jean Mallard Jean Mallard England, S. E. England, S. E. (London)

• Detail of a miniature of Henry VIII's court jester, William Somer (or Sommers), with an illuminated initial 'D'(ixit) containing a fly, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter ('The Psalter of Henry VIII')

no. 1283.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. William Somer Jean Mallard, with Latin marginal notes by Henry VIII Jean Mallard Jean Mallard England, S. E. England, S. E. (London)

• Historiated initial 'D'(ixi) of David before God, pointing to his mouth, at the beginning of Psalm 38., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

hand (f. i verso and unfoliated flyleaf at the end); passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller. Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably purchased from Scott together with other

• Detail of an historiated initial 'D'(ixit) of David and a fool, at the beginning of Psalm 52., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

hand (f. i verso and unfoliated flyleaf at the end); passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller. Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably purchased from Scott together with other

• Detail of a historiated initial 'S'(alvum) of David drowning in water, with God above, at the beginning of Psalm 68., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

hand (f. i verso and unfoliated flyleaf at the end); passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller. Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably purchased from Scott together with other

• Detail of a historiated initial 'E(xultate)' of David playing the bells, at the beginning of Psalm 80., Psalter (index Old Testament, Bible)

hand (f. i verso and unfoliated flyleaf at the end); passed to Robert Scott.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller. Charles II (b. 1630, d.1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: probably purchased from Scott together with other

• Miniature of God creating animals and birds., Image du Monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans) (index Mappe Monde)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966).The flourished initials are Parisian, c. 1430-1440, however some miniatures seem to have been executed by English

• Detail of a miniature of a mermaid and a fish., Image du Monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans) (index Mappe Monde)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966).The flourished initials are Parisian, c. 1430-1440, however some miniatures seem to have been executed by English

• Detail of a miniature of a God creating the world with compasses., Image du Monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans) (index Mappe Monde)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966).The flourished initials are Parisian, c. 1430-1440, however some miniatures seem to have been executed by English

• Detail of a miniature of God creating animals and birds., Image du Monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans) (index Mappe Monde)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966).The flourished initials are Parisian, c. 1430-1440, however some miniatures seem to have been executed by English

• Detail of a miniature of a man holding a set square and a compass at the beginning of the section on geometry., Image du Monde (Le livre de clergie en roumans) (index Mappe Monde)

D'Ewes, a large part of which was purchased by Harley, see Andrew George Watson, ~The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes~ (London: British Library, 1966).The flourished initials are Parisian, c. 1430-1440, however some miniatures seem to have been executed by English