• Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ost) of an enthroned king., Polychronicon

Detail of an historiated initial 'P'(ost) of an enthroned king. Ranulph Higden (b. c. 1299, d. 1364), was a monk of the Benedictine abbey of St. Werburg, Chester. His 'Polychronicon' is a universal history, based on earlier writers, but

• Historiated initial 'C'(armina) depicting a layman pointing to a book he is holding (presumably the author, Boethius), and arms of the de Lando family of Verona in the lower margin., De consolatione philosophiae

privatae~ (Utini:Typis Nicolai Schiratti, 1650), pp. 98-99, which included this text. Unidentified owner, 17th century: inscribed '(2)' (f. 2).? Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: perhaps his sale, 6 April 1807, lot 1128,

• Flourished initials 'B'(ella) and 'D'(ixerat) in Boethius's De consolatione philosophiae., De consolatione philosophiae

privatae~ (Utini:Typis Nicolai Schiratti, 1650), pp. 98-99, which included this text. Unidentified owner, 17th century: inscribed '(2)' (f. 2).? Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: perhaps his sale, 6 April 1807, lot 1128,

• null, Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)

also attributed Additional 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe (unpublished notes at the Bodleian Library, Oxford); see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 247-8; II, 11-12).A

• null, Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)

also attributed Additional 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe (unpublished notes at the Bodleian Library, Oxford); see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 247-8; II, 11-12).A

• null, Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)

also attributed Additional 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe (unpublished notes at the Bodleian Library, Oxford); see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 247-8; II, 11-12).A

• null, Orationes in C. Verrem (index Orationes in Verrem; Oratio in Caecilium)

also attributed Additional 16983 and Burney 292 to the same scribe (unpublished notes at the Bodleian Library, Oxford); see also John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 247-8; II, 11-12).A

• Detail of arms., Orations and letters (ff. 1-147); Invectivum in Ciceronem (ff. 147v-149)

20, and 22; A. C. de la Mare also attributed Additional 16983, and Burney 292 to the same scribe; cf. John W. Bradley, ~A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers and Copyists~, 3 vols (London: Quaritch, 1887-1889), I, 248; II, 11-2.A

• null, De consolatione philosophiae

privatae~ (Utini:Typis Nicolai Schiratti, 1650), pp. 98-99, which included this text. Unidentified owner, 17th century: inscribed '(2)' (f. 2).? Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: perhaps his sale, 6 April 1807, lot 1128,

• null, De consolatione philosophiae

privatae~ (Utini:Typis Nicolai Schiratti, 1650), pp. 98-99, which included this text. Unidentified owner, 17th century: inscribed '(2)' (f. 2).? Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: perhaps his sale, 6 April 1807, lot 1128,

• null, De consolatione philosophiae

privatae~ (Utini:Typis Nicolai Schiratti, 1650), pp. 98-99, which included this text. Unidentified owner, 17th century: inscribed '(2)' (f. 2).? Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: perhaps his sale, 6 April 1807, lot 1128,

• null, De consolatione philosophiae

privatae~ (Utini:Typis Nicolai Schiratti, 1650), pp. 98-99, which included this text. Unidentified owner, 17th century: inscribed '(2)' (f. 2).? Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: perhaps his sale, 6 April 1807, lot 1128,

• null, De consolatione philosophiae

privatae~ (Utini:Typis Nicolai Schiratti, 1650), pp. 98-99, which included this text. Unidentified owner, 17th century: inscribed '(2)' (f. 2).? Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: perhaps his sale, 6 April 1807, lot 1128,

• 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)

Saints (in verse), including a life of Moses from the Old Testament History (ff. 155-158) (index Early South English Legendary) John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806), antiquary and topographer: his book-plate with an inscribed number '669' (inside upper cover).Thomas Astle

• Miniature of a woman lying in a bed screened dby a curtain, with a swaddled infant held by a midwife, the miniature smudged by kissing, with the text above: beginning ‘Exi infans, Christus te vocat.’ (‘Come forth infant, Christ summons you in the name of the Son. Come forth infant, Christ guides you in the name of the Holy Spirit. Come forth infant, Christ guides you and invites you to baptism, [he] who suffered for you and from his side produced the water of baptism, and made baptism red by his blood. Elizabeth bore John, Anna bore Mary, the Virgin Mary bore Christ the saviour of the world, who will free you [name] from birth and your pains, Amen. If you are male or female, living or dead, come forth, for Christ summons you, in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, amen. The Father is alpha and omega, the Son is life, the Holy Spirit is medicine. Thanks be to God.’), Passion of Margaret

for you and from his side produced the water of baptism, and made baptism red by his blood. Elizabeth bore John, Anna bore Mary, the Virgin Mary bore Christ the saviour of the world, who will free you [name] from

• Text page with a bar border and historiated initials 'D'(omine): the birth of John the Baptist., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

and historiated initials 'D'(omine): the birth of John the Baptist. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton 3277B. 15 very large historiated initials with three-sides bar borders in colours and gold at the beginning of Psalms 38, 68,

• Text page with a bar border and historiated initials 'I'(ubilate): John the Baptist reproves Herod; historiated initial 'D'(eus) the Baptism of Christ., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

border and historiated initials 'I'(ubilate): John the Baptist reproves Herod; historiated initial 'D'(eus) the Baptism of Christ. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton 3277B. 15 very large historiated initials with three-sides bar borders in colours and gold

• Text page with a bar border and an historiated initial 'D'(eus): John the Baptist is put into prison., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

border and an historiated initial 'D'(eus): John the Baptist is put into prison. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton 3277B. 15 very large historiated initials with three-sides bar borders in colours and gold at the beginning of

• Text page with a bar border and historiated initials 'D'(eus): Michael; historiated initial 'P'(erpetuis): John the Baptist; historiated initial 'L'(argire): Peter and Paul., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

historiated initials 'D'(eus): Michael; historiated initial 'P'(erpetuis): John the Baptist; historiated initial 'L'(argire): Peter and Paul. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton 3277B. 15 very large historiated initials with three-sides bar borders in colours and gold at

• Text page with a bar border and historiated initials 'E'(cclesiam): John the Evagelist; historiated initial 'L'(argire): Noli me tangere., Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Bohun Psalter and Hours'), imperfect

border and historiated initials 'E'(cclesiam): John the Evagelist; historiated initial 'L'(argire): Noli me tangere. The former 18th-century binding now kept separately as Egerton 3277B. 15 very large historiated initials with three-sides bar borders in colours and gold at the beginning