• The last page of the text, with explicit, Iudica me deus (ff. 1-19); 'Tractatus de xii utilitatibus tribulacionis' (ff. 19v-31v); Theologia mystica (ff. 32-50v); Meditationes (ff. 51-55v); 'Contricio beati Bernardi' (ff. 55v-59v)

the textual contents and style of initials.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Page of text Richard Rolle; Hugo de Balma;

• null, Iudica me deus (ff. 1-19); 'Tractatus de xii utilitatibus tribulacionis' (ff. 19v-31v); Theologia mystica (ff. 32-50v); Meditationes (ff. 51-55v); 'Contricio beati Bernardi' (ff. 55v-59v)

by the textual contents and style of initials.Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818. Detail Richard Rolle; Hugo de Balma; pseudo-Bonaventura;

• ~Masorah~ in micrographic form., Pentateuch with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

195v).Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name, 1612 (f. 196); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), pp. 100-101, and appendix §

• ~Masorah~ in micrographic form., Pentateuch with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~

195v).Giovanni Domenico Carretto, Italian censor (active in the first quarter of the 17th century): inscribed with his name, 1612 (f. 196); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), pp. 100-101, and appendix §

• Detail of a marginal decoration: a human head in the outer margin., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• Detail of an initial-word panel with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing accompanied with a dog chasing a hare in the lower margin., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• Detail of an initial-word panel with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing accompanied with a dog and a lion in the lower margin., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• Detail of a marginal decoration: dog in the outer margin., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• Detail of an initial-word panel with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing accompanied with a bird in the outer margin., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• Detail of an initial-word panel with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, accompanied with a bearded hybrid blowing a trumpet and carrying a shield with a fleur-de-lis, in the outer margin., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• Detail of an initial-word panel with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, inhabited by a dragon., Commentary on the Pentateuch in an abridged form

181v).Laurentius Franguellus (fl. until 1596), censor: inscribed with his name, 1575 (f. 181v); see William Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Illegible inscription, probably censor's signature (f. 181v).Giuseppe Almanzi (b.

• Puzzle initial 'S' from a bifolium used as a flyleaf., Fragment used as flyleaves of portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law

Paraphs in red or blue. Fragment used as flyleaves of portions of an index of contents of a work probably on canon law William Darell (d. in or after 1580), Church of England clergyman and antiquary: inscribed 'William Darell (f.

• Binding with tracery decoration., Psalms in English verse (girdle book)

to one of her maids of honour, a lady of the family of Wyat. ? George Wyat, 1817: see above, where he states that the described volume is in his possession.Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham

• Historiated initial 'P'(rosodia) with the author in prayer before the Virgin and Child, and full foliate borders and a bas-de-page scene with a lion and apes, at the beginning of Johannes de Janua's Summa que vocatur Catholicon., Summa que vocatur Catholicon

1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• Initial 'S'(eynt) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of the Live of St Michael., Lives of the Saints (in verse), including a life of Moses from the Old Testament History (ff. 155-158) (index Early South English Legendary)

1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the

• Diagram of the seven vices represented as devils: Superbia (Pride), Invidia (Envy), Ira (Wrath), Accidia (Sloth), Avaricia (Covetousness), Gula (Gluttony), and Luxuria (Self-indulgence), each subdivided, and countered by doves representing the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, a knight on horseback with the shield of faith, and an angel. The armour of the knight and the trappings of the horse are labelled with the names of virtues., Theological miscellany, including the Summa de vitiis (see Notes for contents)

representing the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, a knight on horseback with the shield of faith, and an angel. The armour of the knight and the trappings of the horse are labelled with the names of virtues. f. 192

• Diagram of the seven vices represented as devils: Superbia (Pride), Invidia (Envy), Ira (Wrath), Accidia (Sloth), Avaricia (Covetousness), Gula (Gluttony), and Luxuria (Self-indulgence), each subdivided, and countered by doves representing the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, a knight on horseback (the 'Just Man') with the shield of faith and armed with virtues, and an angel. The armour of the knight and the trappings of the horse are labelled with the names of virtues., Theological miscellany, including the Summa de vitiis (see Notes for contents)

of the Holy Spirit, a knight on horseback (the 'Just Man') with the shield of faith and armed with virtues, and an angel. The armour of the knight and the trappings of the horse are labelled with the names

• Miniature of a pard ('Pardo) with its mate attacking a ram. Below: miniature of a panther ('Panthera') emerging from a cave. The text explains that when the panther awakes from a nap, its breath is so sweet that all the animals, except the dragon, gather around to sniff it., Theological miscellany, including the Summa de vitiis (see Notes for contents)

1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Pard and Panther Peraldus

• Miniatures of bees collecting pollen from flowering plants, and below, of doves nesting in the peridens tree. A dragon waits below the peridens' branches, hoping to have an opportunity to catch one of its enemies, the dove, according to the text. On the opposite page, a snake is depicted in the upper miniature, and a dragon below., Theological miscellany, including the Summa de vitiis (see Notes for contents)

in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Animals Peraldus England

• Initial-word panel ~le-menatzeah~ (for the conductor) decorated with elaborate pen-flourishing spreading to the margins, at the beginning of Psalm 19., Prayer book (~Forli Siddur~) for the entire year, Italian rite

Popper, ~The Censorship of Hebrew Books~ (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1969), p. 78, appendix § 105-110.Note of birth: inscribed [5]349 [1589] (f. 342v).Hippolite of Ferrara, Franciscan censor (active at the end of the 16th century-beginning of 17th century, in