• Detail of a miniature of a bloodletting man with one foot in a bleeding pan and a spindle in his hand., Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts

in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics, paraphs, and underlining in red. Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts John...: inscribed with his name in the 16th century (f. 229). Samuel Knott (d. 1687), rector of Combe Raleigh, Devon

• A diagram of the sphere of life and death used in prognostication., Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts

in red with blue pen-flourishing. Rubrics, paraphs, and underlining in red. Miscellany with various astronomical, calendrical, medical, and philosophical texts John...: inscribed with his name in the 16th century (f. 229). Samuel Knott (d. 1687), rector of Combe Raleigh, Devon

• Puzzle initial 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of Genesis., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew Names, imperfect

Puzzle initial 'I'(n principio) at the beginning of Genesis. Catchwords. Pricking holes.Chapters start on a new line. The text is missing the beginning of II Chronicles. Includes the Psalms (ff. 162-180v) and the Interpretation of the Hebrew Names (ff.

• Historiated initial 'E'(usebii) with a man reading (Georgius Trapezuntius?) combined with a full border with foliate decoration, flowers, besants, candelabras, birds, winged putti including two supporting a wreath enclosing the coat of arms of Cardinal Jorge da Costa, at the beginning of the text., De evangelica praeparatione

Historiated initial 'E'(usebii) with a man reading (Georgius Trapezuntius?) combined with a full border with foliate decoration, flowers, besants, candelabras, birds, winged putti including two supporting a wreath enclosing the coat of arms of Cardinal Jorge da Costa, at

• Decorated initial 'D'(arrano) and three-sided border with flowers and besants, including the arms of the Bardi family, of Florence, at the beginning of the prohemium., Historia Florentina (index Historia Fiorentina)

Decorated initial 'D'(arrano) and three-sided border with flowers and besants, including the arms of the Bardi family, of Florence, at the beginning of the prohemium. Jacopo di Poggio (b. 1442, d. 1478) edited and translated into Italian the Historia

• Decorated initials 'A'(nimis nostris) and 'Q'(uerenti mihi sepenumero)., De temporibus (ff. 1-48), Historia (ff. 51-69v)

Decorated initials 'A'(nimis nostris) and 'Q'(uerenti mihi sepenumero). ff. 49-50 are blank paper leaves, apart from headers in brown ink. Full border in orange and purple ink with 1 large initial in red with orange and purple penwork decoration

• Miniature of the Annunciation; historiated initial 'H'(ere) with Virgin and Child shown as the woman of the Apocalypse and foliate borders including John on Patmos and Augustus with the Tiburtine Sibyl, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin; Spierinck's signature and date in the lower margin of f. 18., Prayer book

shown as the woman of the Apocalypse and foliate borders including John on Patmos and Augustus with the Tiburtine Sibyl, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin; Spierinck's signature and date in the lower margin of f. 18.

• Foliate border with large roundels of putti with heraldic devices, smaller roundels with portraits of philosophers, the coat of arms of Aragon, and a portrait of Plato., Opera

Foliate border with large roundels of putti with heraldic devices, smaller roundels with portraits of philosophers, the coat of arms of Aragon, and a portrait of Plato. This is the second of two volumes. Vol. I: Harl 3481.Horizonal catchwords.Matteo

• Illuminated initial 'Q'(uum) on a panel ornamented with white vine decoration, inhabited by putti and a hare., Opera

Illuminated initial 'Q'(uum) on a panel ornamented with white vine decoration, inhabited by putti and a hare. This is the second of two volumes. Vol. I: Harl 3481.Horizonal catchwords.Matteo Felice was active in Naples in the 2nd half of

• Detail of a illuminated initial 'D'(ix[it] insipiens in corde suo) at Psalm 52., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational

• Detail of illuminated initial 'B' (eati inmaculati) at Psalm 118., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational hand' which

• Detail of illuminated initial 'B'(enedictus), with foliate motifs, at Psalm 143., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational hand'

• Litany with the names of Mary and Michael in gold letters., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational hand'

• Litany with the name of Benedict in gold letters followed by the number III, indicating that he is to be invoked three times., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

to be invoked three times. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the

• Detail of a decorated initial 'E'., Gospel Lectionary, imperfect

Detail of a decorated initial 'E'. Missing leaves at the beginning and after ff. 1, 23, 36, 135, 197, 219.Pericopes arranged according to the ecclesiastical calendar. Headpieces with geometric and foliate decoration in gold or silver and colours and

• Detail of a decorated initial 'E' and rubric in silver., Gospel Lectionary, imperfect

Detail of a decorated initial 'E' and rubric in silver. Missing leaves at the beginning and after ff. 1, 23, 36, 135, 197, 219.Pericopes arranged according to the ecclesiastical calendar. Headpieces with geometric and foliate decoration in gold or

• Miniature of the Annunciation, historiated initial 'H'(ere) with Virgin and Child shown as the woman of the Apocalypse and foliate borders including John on Patmos and Augustus with the Tiburtine Sibyl, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin; Spierinck's signature and date in the lower margin of f. 18., Prayer book

shown as the woman of the Apocalypse and foliate borders including John on Patmos and Augustus with the Tiburtine Sibyl, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin; Spierinck's signature and date in the lower margin of f. 18.

• Miniature of David in Prayer, and a full trompe l'oeil border, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Rome

the Virgin (ff. 32-37); the Gospel Lessons (ff. 37-41v); prayers to the Virgin (ff. 42-47v); suffrages to the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine, and Barbara (ff. 48-51v); the Hours of the Virgin (ff.

• Calendar pages for September and October., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of

• Initial 'E'(t), and in the lower left margin of the page with a discussion of eclipse of the moon, a series of figures representing a calculation of the latitude of Ely, in Alfraganus' treatise of Rudiments of Astronomy., Miscellany, including a calendar and astrological texts, including Roger's Hereford tables (ff. 77-87); excerpts from William of Conches's Dragmaticon philosophiae, and Daniel of Morley's Liber de naturis inferiorum et superiorum

1581: 'W(illia)m Vallans oweth mee 1581' (f. 1).Inscribed with a library list(?); including Arthus Gelius Frantinus, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Nequam, John of Salisbury, and others (f. 1v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of