• Detail of an illuminated initial 'A'(braham) between the third and fourth roundels., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of roundel drawing of the Sacrifice of Abraham., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of Salomon and queen Sabah., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of Nebuchadnezzar's dream., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of king Sedechias enthroned., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Illuminated initial 'B'(eata) above the twelfth picture., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of the Nativity., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of the Crucifixion., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel drawing of the Resurrection of Christ., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a drawing of the Apostles., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a circular diagram of a wheel with the personifications of vices, and four roundels in corners of Christ Judge, God Creator, the Resurrection and the Nativity and an illuminated initial 'H'(ec) below., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Miniature of a marriage., Cutting from a manuscript

twelfth-century owner: inscribed 'Ab Anno 1160' (f. 17v); this cutting and ff. 7-21 pasted onto parchment leaves from another manuscript.Manuel John Johnson (b. 1805, d. 1859), astronomer: his sale, 27 May 1862, lot 34; purchased by Boone.William Boone, London bookseller

• Detail of a roundel drawing of Adam and Eve eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, with a female-headed serpent twined around it., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail of a roundel with a miniature of Noah and his wife in the Ark with the animals., Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi

text between diagrams. Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing, or in red with blue pen-flourishing. Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi John Lumley, 1st baron Lumley (b. c. 1533, d. 1609), collector and conspirator: listed in the 1609 catalogue of his

• Detail from the lower margin with diagram illustrating mathematical principles., Philosophical works and fragments, including Pars quarta compendii studii theologie, with works on mathematics, geography, and astrology (index Compendium studii theologiae)

(Oxford: Sheldonian, '1697', but 1698?), II, 6375.Robert Scott (b. c. 1632, d. 1709/10), London bookseller: included in the catalogue of John Theyer’s manuscripts in his possession, made in 1678 by William Beveridge and William Jane, Royal Appendix, 70, no. 16.Charles

• null, Summa de vitiis et virtutibus (index Summa virtutum)

pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Summa de vitiis et virtutibus (index Summa virtutum) Inscriptions in English by William John, 15th century (ff. 7v, 56, 63v, 64, 99, 113v, 115, 155, 155v, 109v).Moses Lonman of Clapham: his armorial book-plate

• Decorated initial 'F'(rater) and display capitals at the beginning of the general prologue., Old Testament with prologues, Vol. I: Genesis-Nehemiah

prologues, Vol. I: Genesis-Nehemiah Unidentified contemporary readers: with numerous marginal annotations, often in red ink, especially in vol. II.? Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: perhaps his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1102,

• Decorated initial 'I'(n) and display script at the beginning of Genesis., Old Testament with prologues, Vol. I: Genesis-Nehemiah

prologues, Vol. I: Genesis-Nehemiah Unidentified contemporary readers: with numerous marginal annotations, often in red ink, especially in vol. II.? Sir John Saunders Sebright, (b. 1767, d. 1846), 7th baronet, politician and agriculturist: perhaps his sale 6 April 1807, lot 1102,

• Puzzle initial 'Q'(uia), in Johannes de Gaddesden's Rosa medicinae., Rosa medicinae

Rosa medicinae. The Rosa medicinae was written by John Gaddesden while he was at Oxford, probably between 1302 and 1317. This copy is one of 13 known surviving manuscripts. 4 large puzzle initials in red and blue with foliate pen-flourishing

• Detail of initial 'H'(ic est), at the beginning of the prologue to John., Bible, with the Interpretation of Hebrew names (the 'Lumley Bible')

the beginning of the prologue to John. Associated with a group of manuscripts (the 'William of Devon group'): now Egerton 1151, Pierpont Morgan Library M. 756, Cambridge, Emmanuel College 116 (2.I.6), Bodleian Library Auct. D. I. 17, Royal 1 D