• Text page with initial 'P'(ROVIDE) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the edict of King Alaric., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

Text page with initial 'P'(ROVIDE) with penwork decoration at the beginning of the edict of King Alaric. Cassiodorus Senator (c.490-583) was a Roman statesman and writer, who, after retiring, became a monk at the monastery of Vivarium, which he

• Text page with 'P'(lerumque) with penwork decoration., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

Text page with 'P'(lerumque) with penwork decoration. Cassiodorus Senator (c.490-583) was a Roman statesman and writer, who, after retiring, became a monk at the monastery of Vivarium, which he founded on his own land, in emulation of the monastery

• Text page with initial 'Q'(ui) with penwork decoration., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

Text page with initial 'Q'(ui) with penwork decoration. Cassiodorus Senator (c.490-583) was a Roman statesman and writer, who, after retiring, became a monk at the monastery of Vivarium, which he founded on his own land, in emulation of the

• Text page with quire number in arabic numerals written backwards: '610' for 16., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

Text page with quire number in arabic numerals written backwards: '610' for 16. Cassiodorus Senator (c.490-583) was a Roman statesman and writer, who, after retiring, became a monk at the monastery of Vivarium, which he founded on his own

• Text page with puzzle initial 'P'(ropositi) with penwork decoration and rubric added in a later cursive script ., Variae (abridgement of the last five books)

Text page with puzzle initial 'P'(ropositi) with penwork decoration and rubric added in a later cursive script . Cassiodorus Senator (c.490-583) was a Roman statesman and writer, who, after retiring, became a monk at the monastery of Vivarium, which

• Double opening with ownership inscription, initial 'Q'(uoniam) and paraph with pen-flourishing., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum to 1277; a miscellany of theological treatises and monastic legal documents

fratris Martini' in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).The Old Royal

• Text page with ownership inscription., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum to 1277; a miscellany of theological treatises and monastic legal documents

fratris Martini' in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).The Old Royal

• Text page of the Chronicle of Popes and Emperors with each name marked by an intial., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum to 1277; a miscellany of theological treatises and monastic legal documents

fratris Martini' in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).The Old Royal

• Text page with paraphs marking the beginning of each document., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum to 1277; a miscellany of theological treatises and monastic legal documents

fratris Martini' in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).The Old Royal

• Text page with intial and large paraph with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the Chronicle of Popes and Emperors., Chronica pontificum et imperatorum to 1277; a miscellany of theological treatises and monastic legal documents

fratris Martini' in the list of manuscripts from Lincolnshire houses entitled 'de historiis antiquitatum ac divinitate tractancium', perhaps composed by John Longland, bishop of Lincoln and confessor of Henry VIII, Royal Appendix 69, f. 5v (see Carley 2000).The Old Royal

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'M'(arcus) at the beginning of the prologue to Mark., Glossed Gospel of Mark

the Abbey of Chck in Essex which was dedicated to S. Osith (f. 1).William Smarte: above-cited ownership inscription (f. 100v).? John Somers (b. 1651, d. 1716), Baron Somers, lawyer and politician: 1738 note written by James West that it once

• Detail of decorated initial., Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• Detail of decorated initial., Calendar (January to August only) and computistical table

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• Detail of illuminated initial., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

• Detail of illuminated initial., Psalms (ff. 7-146); Canticles (ff. 146-157v); Litany, Petitions and Collects (ff. 157v-161)

added to the calendar.? A member of the Dygne family: inscribed 'Of yower charyte pray for the sowlys of Wylliam, John, Recharde & Elizabeth Dygne …' (f. 180v).? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl

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Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• null, Epistolae ex Ponto

Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• null, Epistolae ex Ponto

Twysden, (b. 1597, d. 1672), 2nd baronet, antiquary: signed (ff. 2, 3; dated ‘1630’, f. 2), and with his pagination.Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: sold by him in the ‘Twysden’ sale, 6

• Historiated initial with Peter and Paul., Bible, with prologues and the interpretations of Hebrew names

Historiated initial with Peter and Paul. This manuscript is kept with the rest of the Henry Davis collection in the Rare Books and Music Department of the British Library. Applications to examine it may be made at the Reference

• Inhabited initial., Bible, with prologues and the interpretations of Hebrew names

Inhabited initial. This manuscript is kept with the rest of the Henry Davis collection in the Rare Books and Music Department of the British Library. Applications to examine it may be made at the Reference Enquiries desk in the