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order Add. 18197, ff. A-F and ff. G-M.Musical notation. 2 historiated initials in colours and gold, of the Beheading of John the Baptist (f. A) and Lawrence (f. H); with on the reverses, part of one four-line red stave, musical
circuit of wall in a lake) (ff. 7v-8). Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas) John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: his name inscribed (f. 1); listed in
circuit of wall in a lake) (ff. 7v-8). Atlas with seven double-page Portolan charts (index Portolano, maps, Lord Lumley's Atlas) John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: his name inscribed (f. 1); listed in
Text page with a full floral border. Two unfoliated blank leaves after f. 212. Watermark, f. [214], unidentified.Colophon was partially erased and overwritten in [5]243, that is, 1483. Full floral border, in colours and gold (f. 209). Books Three
of the Sun) Charles II, king of England (b. 1630, d. 1685): a manuscript answering to 3469 was seen by John Evelyn in the library of Charles II at Whitehall Palace, 2 Sept. 1680, being described by him as follows:
of the Sun) Charles II, king of England (b. 1630, d. 1685): a manuscript answering to 3469 was seen by John Evelyn in the library of Charles II at Whitehall Palace, 2 Sept. 1680, being described by him as follows:
before 1505 by Antonius Van Gavere (burgher of Bruges from 18th July 1458 and admitted into the Guild of St John the Evangelist in 1459; d. 1505): tooled inscription on the book cover, 'ob laudem xpristi librum hunc recte ligavi
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.
Miniature of a man warming himself by a fire, in a calendar page for December. Damage done to the book by a Thames flood in the early 19th century (see S. C. Cockerell, ~The Book of Hours of Yolande
Historiated initial of a man praying, at the beginning of Psalm 101. Damage done to the book by a Thames flood in the early 19th century (see S. C. Cockerell, ~The Book of Hours of Yolande of Flanders: A
Decorated initial. Musical notation.For vol. 1, see Egerton 3311. For a third volume in the set, formerly in the possession of Major J. R. Abbey, see E. Ph. Goldschmidt, ~Gothic and Renaissance Bookbindings: Exemplified and Illustrated from the Author's
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,
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
19th-century hand on verso, 'J. M. W. 1856 / I. Lwe / "School of Leonardo da Vinci/ Very fine miniature"'. John Malcolm of Poltalloch (b. 1805, d. 1893), art collector and landowner: ink stamp on verso 'Malcolm Collection / B.M'.;
Partial white vine border with the initial 'M'(ecenas) and the arms of the Del Pugliese family of Florence. ff. 135-136 is a parchment leaf inscribed with a poem in Italian. Partial white vine border in colours and gold with
Partial border with birds and a leopard and an historiated initial 'D'(um) of Petrarch, holding a book. f. [iv] is a former pastedown.There are 3 unfoliated ruled folios after f. 6*.The table of contents (ff. 1*-6*) is in a
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
Large initial 'N'(atus) with interlaced foliate decoration, combined with a full white vine border with a wreath enclosing unidentified arms. The decoration, especially the initial on f. 1, is in the Ferrarese manner, according to unpublished notes of A.
Simple border in shaded mauve with a large initial 'A'(pud) with an oak leaf motif, capitals in alternating lines of gold and blue, and a trompe l'oeil seal with the arms of the Della Rovere family. Bound together with
Text page with humanistic script. Bound together with Harley 2708. Simple border in shaded mauve with a large initial in silver on a red ground with an oak leaf motif, capitals in alternating lines of gold and blue, and,