• 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.

• Initial-word panel with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, and accompanied with 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.

• Flourished 'KL' letters for February., Breviary, Use of York (fragment), with a calendar (ff. 2-7v)

calendar. Breviary, Use ofYork (fragment), with a calendar (ff. 2-7v) Originally part of the same volume as Additional 34190. John Rawe, priest (d. 1500): inscription of his obit (f. 4). Marjory Bulmer (d. 1524): inscription of her obit (f.

• Historiated initial 'A'(d) of David in prayer, from the beginning of a Gradual., Leaf from a Gradual

Gradual Margaret ofYork (b. 1446, d. 1503), duchess of Burgundy: arms (recto), and later inscription (verso, see below). Friars of Greenwich, c. 1500: inscribed 'Ther was A Booke called A graile given unto the graie observant friers of greenwich

• Detail of the last 4 staves of music and an inscription., Leaf from a Gradual

Gradual Margaret ofYork (b. 1446, d. 1503), duchess of Burgundy: arms (recto), and later inscription (verso, see below). Friars of Greenwich, c. 1500: inscribed 'Ther was A Booke called A graile given unto the graie observant friers of greenwich

• End of Deuteronomy framed by micrographical design., 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 micrographical form framing a scribal formula., 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 §

• Arcade framing a ~masoretic~ list., Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~ (the 'Harley Catalan Bible')

framing a ~masoretic~ list. Watermark, of a lamb holding a cross (f. [ii]) and initials of JW (f. [425]), of James Whatman II, paper maker (1764-1793). Gilt edges.Foliation is written on the verso side of the leaves. Hebrew foliation from

• Arcade framing a ~masoretic~ list., Bible with ~masorah magna~ and ~parva~ (the 'Harley Catalan Bible')

framing a ~masoretic~ list. Watermark, of a lamb holding a cross (f. [ii]) and initials of JW (f. [425]), of James Whatman II, paper maker (1764-1793). Gilt edges.Foliation is written on the verso side of the leaves. Hebrew foliation from

• Miniature of Richard II giving instruction to the earl Marshal and another man, with a partial border., Chroniques

in the list of books at Richmond Palace of 1535, no. 11.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Richard II Master of the Harley Froissart Master of the London Wavrin

• null, Lectionary, including the life and miracles of saint Kyneburga in Gloucester, imperfect

: evidence of the liturgy (see Ker 1964). ? Richard Graves (b. 1677, d.1729), antiquary: note written in 1731 by James West that he 'bought this Book of Morgan Graves Esq. Son of that Excellent Antiquary Richard Graves of Mickleton

• Decorated initial 'C'(onverte), and trompe l'oeil border, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours (begins imperfectly)

trompe l'oeil border, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin. Contemporary sketch of the Virgin (blank leaf after f. 97).No calendar; Hours of the Virgin (f. 3) and Office of the Dead (f. 98) begin imperfect.

• Flourished initial 'U'(rhanus)., Cartulary of the Augustinian priory, Brinkburn, Northumbria, in eight capitula, imperfect

and landowner, of Naworth Castle, Cumberland, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d. 1572), 4th duke of Norfolk, in 1630: according to a note in English (f. 3v).Thomas Astle (b. 1735, d. 1803), archivist and collector of books

• Decorated initial 'O' with interlace decoration and partial foliate border., Cartulary of the Augustianian priory of Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, with table of contents (ff. 2-25)

red. Outlines of initials in blue and/or red (ff. 59v, 69). 5 decorated catchwords (ff. 73v, 81v, 89v, 97v, 105v). Cartulary of the Augustianian priory of Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, with table of contents (ff. 2-25) The Augustianian priory of Bradenstoke, Wiltshire,

• Genealogy from David to Josaphat, shown in circles connected by a straight line., Genealogical roll of the kings of England to Edward IV, imperfect (the Shorter English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England)

margin (ff. 2v-23). Genealogical roll of the kings of England to Edward IV, imperfect (the Shorter English genealogical chronicle of the kings of England) Edward Rowe Mores (b. 1730, d. 1778), antiquary and historian of printing: inscribed 'Edw. Rowe Mores

• Miniature with heraldic arms of Antonius Cicinello and of the Emperor Charles V, and full architectural borders, at the beginning of the History of the family 'De Cignis' or 'Schwanen'., History of the family 'De Cignis' or 'Schwanen', beginning with the time of Trajan

hand of the authenticity of the work by the 'Proconsules ac Senatus' of Cologne, dated 7 February 1532, with remains of a seal (f. 19). Francesco Cicinello, 16th century (f. 1). Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of

• Unfinished miniature of a seated figure of a king, on the left the drawing of a kneeling donor in prayer, and large decorated initial 'Q'(uando), at the beginning of the Ceremoniale., Ceremoniale

Unfinished miniature of a seated figure of a king, on the left the drawing of a kneeling donor in prayer, and large decorated initial 'Q'(uando), at the beginning of the Ceremoniale. 1 large unfinished miniature, in colours and gold (f.

• Miniature of Saints, decorated initial 'M'(onseigneur), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the prologue of the Légende dorée., Légende dorée (vol. 1)

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

• Decorated initial 'H'(ortaris), at the beginning of the letter of Jerome to Dexter., De viris illustribus; Retractationes, a list of letters of Augustine, Epistulae ad Quodvulteum; De viris illustribus; De institutionibus divinarum litterarum; In libros veteris et novi testamenti prooemia, extracts from De ecclesiasticis officis, De ortu et orbitu patrum, De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Allegoriae

beginning of the letter of Jerome to Dexter. Includes 'De viris illustribus' of Jerome, preceded by the prefatoty letter to Dexter (ff. 1-18), 'Retractationes' of Augustine (ff. 18-52v), a list of letters of Augustine (ff. 52v-56), Epistulae ad Quodvultdeum of

• Section of border with floral motifs and bezants., Cuttings from a choir book

York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection (see Pia Palladino, ~Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance~ (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003), cat. nos. 62a, c-d). 2 sections