• Miniature of Alexander the Great and his army make a sacrifice on the night before the Battle of Issus in Vasco da Lucena's French translation of Rufus's Historia Alexandri magni., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of

• Miniature of Alexander the Great encounters Diogenes in his barrel in Vasco da Lucena's French translation of Rufus's Historia Alexandri magni, executed mainly in grisaille., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of

• Miniature of Alexander the Great consulting his astrologers about an eclipse of the sun after the battle of Arbela and illuminated initial 'A'(lexandre) in Vasco da Lucena's French translation of Rufus's Historia Alexandri magni., History of Alexander the Great (Les faize d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni)

d'Alexandre) (index De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni; Historia Alexandri Magni) Philippe de Cluis (Cluys), Knight of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem and Bailiff of the Morea: purchased by him in 1475: dated inscription (f. 13); the arms of

• Diagram., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought

• Detail of historiated initial 'F'(uit) of the Anoiting of David., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought

• Detail of historiated initial, with a king in bed, and pointing to a building., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought

• Text page., Bible with prologues, without Psalms ('The Bible of Robert de Bello')

Additional 53710 and Stowe 378--both also from St Augustine's--from Sadler).Unidentified owner: with his number '61.' (f. ii, upper right corner).Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1186, bought

• Miniature of a death scene, with an angel and a devil fighting for the soul of the man lying in the foreground, decorated initial 'I'(ncipit) and foliate borders including hybrid figures and rabbits, at the beginning of the short Office of the Dead., Prayer book: Psalter of Jerome, Psalter of Augustine, Hours of the Dead, Hours of the Trinity, Hours of John the Baptist, Suffrages, Prayer to the Holy Face

blue grounds. Prayer book: Psalter of Jerome, Psalter of Augustine, Hours of the Dead, Hours of the Trinity, Hours of John the Baptist, Suffrages, Prayer to the Holy Face Made for a woman: although some miniatures depict the owner as

• Detail of historiated initial with bishops., Lections for feasts of saints, including Vita Gregorii, the life of St Augustine; Nativitate St Maria, Vita Edwardi regis (one chapter), and other texts

stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v).Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. Detail John the Deacon, Possidius and others England, N.

• Detail of illuminated initial., De amicitia (ff. 2-30v), De senectute (ff. 31-58v), Paradoxa (ff. 59-72)

Detail of illuminated initial. Offsets in the lower margins of ff. 42 and 43 were caused by the blue initials at the top of ff. 32 and 36. 3 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 31,

• Detail of lower border., De amicitia (ff. 2-30v), De senectute (ff. 31-58v), Paradoxa (ff. 59-72)

Detail of lower border. Offsets in the lower margins of ff. 42 and 43 were caused by the blue initials at the top of ff. 32 and 36. 3 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 31,

• Detail of illuminated initial., De amicitia (ff. 2-30v), De senectute (ff. 31-58v), Paradoxa (ff. 59-72)

Detail of illuminated initial. Offsets in the lower margins of ff. 42 and 43 were caused by the blue initials at the top of ff. 32 and 36. 3 white vine initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2, 31,

• Miniature of Christ carrying the cross and donors with Anthony, decorated initial 'A'(pprehendit) and foliate borders including heraldic arms, at the beginning of the Passion of Christ according to John., Book of Hours, unidentified Use

foliate borders including heraldic arms, at the beginning of the Passion of Christ according to John. 14 large miniatures with large decorated initials and full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 13, 20, 39, 50, 60, 65, 70, 76,

• Miniature of the Evangelists with their attributes, John with the eagle, Matthew with the angel, Mark with the lion, and Luke with the ox, decorated initial 'I'(n) and foliate borders including hybrid figures, at the beginning of the Gospel extracts., Book of Hours, Use of Lisieux

Evangelists with their attributes, John with the eagle, Matthew with the angel, Mark with the lion, and Luke with the ox, decorated initial 'I'(n) and foliate borders including hybrid figures, at the beginning of the Gospel extracts. 20 large miniatures

• Miniature of the Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist., Four Gospels

Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist. The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part of the 'Nicaea School', (see Carr 2005 p. 40).ff. 1* and 269 are paper leaves. 22 full-page or large miniatures in

• Headpiece at the beginning of John., Four Gospels

the beginning of John. The conclusions of each section of text are written in geometric shapes.Part of the 'Nicaea School', (see Carr 2005 p. 40).ff. 1* and 269 are paper leaves. 22 full-page or large miniatures in colours and gold,

• Decorated initial 'U'(trum) and white vine border with flowers, a winged putto, birds, a gem, and 2 compartments with rabbits, at the beginning of the text., Orator (ff. 1-59v); Brutus (ff. 60-138)

Decorated initial 'U'(trum) and white vine border with flowers, a winged putto, birds, a gem, and 2 compartments with rabbits, at the beginning of the text. Catchwords.Very clean manuscript: no marginal annotations.This manuscript was made in Florence c. 1470-c.

• White vine initial 'P'(ost) at the beginning of book 16 of Augustine's De Civitate Dei., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

139, 150, 163, 179, 196v, 210, 233v, 248v, 269, 286). De Civitate Dei (index City of God) Janos Vitez (index John Vitez) (b. c. 1405, d. 1472), Hungarian humanist, bishop of Nagyvárad, and archbishop of Esterzgom, and Petrus Garazda (index

• White vine initial 'C'(ivitatem) at the beginning of book 11 of Augustine's De Civitate Dei., De Civitate Dei (index City of God)

139, 150, 163, 179, 196v, 210, 233v, 248v, 269, 286). De Civitate Dei (index City of God) Janos Vitez (index John Vitez) (b. c. 1405, d. 1472), Hungarian humanist, bishop of Nagyvárad, and archbishop of Esterzgom, and Petrus Garazda (index

• Miniature of Christ in majesty, with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist, and the Resurrection of the Souls. Decorated initial in gold and colours, and full foliate border., Book of Hours, Use of Paris

with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist, and the Resurrection of the Souls. Decorated initial in gold and colours, and full foliate border. 8 roundels with partial foliate borders, in colours and gold, in the calendar (ff. 1-9v); 2