• Historiated initial 'S'(alve) with the Tree of Jesse with the Virgin and Child at its apex. The body of the letter is decorated with reserved designs and pen-flourishing extending into the margins. The flourishing includes acorns, oak and ivy leaves, a bird and a hybrid creature with the head of a king, a reference to the subject depicted inside the letter., Various religious and historical tracts (also known as 'Codex ruber' and 'Waltham Abbey Miscellany' ; beginning and end imperfect), part 2

Naworth Castle, Cumberland, the younger son of Thomas Howard (b. 1538, d. 1572), 4th duke of Norfolk (see Bernard 1697). John Warburton (b. 1682, d. 1759), of Bury, county Lancashire, antiquary and herald, Somerset Herald in 1720: sent in by

• Text page of the chronicle., Chronicle, AD 1-1135 (ff. 34-61), with additions up to 1266 (ff. 61v-73)

Text page of the chronicle. The life of Thomas Becket in verse was composed c. 1184. It is based on one by Robert of Cricklade (d. c. 1174), prior of St. Frideswide's, Oxford, now lost. It can also be

• Detail of puzzle initial 'G'(aufridus de mandeville comes)., Cartularium abbatiae de Walden (Cartulary of Walden made for Abbot John Pentelowe, arranged mainly topographically, with sections of foundation, royal and episcopal charters (ff. 18-42), papal privileges (ff. 69v-75).

annotations, and headers in red. Smaller plain initials in blue. Cartularium abbatiae de Walden (Cartulary of Walden made for Abbot John Pentelowe, arranged mainly topographically, with sections of foundation, royal and episcopal charters (ff. 18-42), papal privileges (ff. 69v-75). The

• Pen-flourished initials., Cartularium abbatiae de Walden (Cartulary of Walden made for Abbot John Pentelowe, arranged mainly topographically, with sections of foundation, royal and episcopal charters (ff. 18-42), papal privileges (ff. 69v-75).

annotations, and headers in red. Smaller plain initials in blue. Cartularium abbatiae de Walden (Cartulary of Walden made for Abbot John Pentelowe, arranged mainly topographically, with sections of foundation, royal and episcopal charters (ff. 18-42), papal privileges (ff. 69v-75). The

• Pen-flourished initials., Cartularium abbatiae de Walden (Cartulary of Walden made for Abbot John Pentelowe, arranged mainly topographically, with sections of foundation, royal and episcopal charters (ff. 18-42), papal privileges (ff. 69v-75).

annotations, and headers in red. Smaller plain initials in blue. Cartularium abbatiae de Walden (Cartulary of Walden made for Abbot John Pentelowe, arranged mainly topographically, with sections of foundation, royal and episcopal charters (ff. 18-42), papal privileges (ff. 69v-75). The

• Pen-flourished initials., Cartularium abbatiae de Walden (Cartulary of Walden made for Abbot John Pentelowe, arranged mainly topographically, with sections of foundation, royal and episcopal charters (ff. 18-42), papal privileges (ff. 69v-75).

annotations, and headers in red. Smaller plain initials in blue. Cartularium abbatiae de Walden (Cartulary of Walden made for Abbot John Pentelowe, arranged mainly topographically, with sections of foundation, royal and episcopal charters (ff. 18-42), papal privileges (ff. 69v-75). The

• Headpiece with interlace decoration and coloured initials., 'Catastasis II' (ff. 1-10), 'Ad Paeonium de dono astrolabii' (ff. 10v-21), 'Catastasis I' (ff. 21v-24), 'In pervigilio natalis', Homily 2 (ff. 24v-25v)

(b. 1658, d. 1716), owner of a library in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Wright 1972). John Covel (b. 1638, d. 1722), chaplain of the Levant Company in Constantinople, 1670-1676, and later Master of Christ's College,

• Miniature of the Entry into Jerusalem, with a decorated initial 'D'(omine) and a full foliate border, at the beginning of the Passion of Christ., Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, with a Parisian calendar

Quoniam'. If so, the compiler of the inventory mistook the sequence of St. John's Gospel for a prayer to St. John Baptist and the word 'quoniam' has to be taken as the opening word of the second leaf of the

• Miniature of the Virgin of Humility with the patron kneeling in front of her, with a decorated initial 'D'(omine) and a full foliate border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin for Saturday., Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, with a Parisian calendar

Quoniam'. If so, the compiler of the inventory mistook the sequence of St. John's Gospel for a prayer to St. John Baptist and the word 'quoniam' has to be taken as the opening word of the second leaf of the

• Detail of an historiated initial 'R'(eines) with a mail-coated Nureddin, the Sultan of Damascus, with bare legs and an open helmet, fleeing on horseback with a foal underfoot from two knights (Godfrey Martel and Hugh de Lusignan the elder) pursuing him on war horses, trampling a dismembered torso., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

later owned by Firmin-Didot; perhaps bound for him; annotated perhaps by him with several notes concerning the Hospitallers of St John, and '+ de moy patriarche de alexandrie +' and 'sera(?) de moy lyon(?) est' (f. 122).This is the earlier

• Detail of an historiated initial 'B'(uymonz) of Saladin's mounted soldiers forcing captives and livestock from the burning city., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

later owned by Firmin-Didot; perhaps bound for him; annotated perhaps by him with several notes concerning the Hospitallers of St John, and '+ de moy patriarche de alexandrie +' and 'sera(?) de moy lyon(?) est' (f. 122).This is the earlier

• Detail of an historiated initial 'C'(ez) of Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy lying in state with a mitre, a crozier, and a chalice on his breast, and a number of ecclesiastical figures about him., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

later owned by Firmin-Didot; perhaps bound for him; annotated perhaps by him with several notes concerning the Hospitallers of St John, and '+ de moy patriarche de alexandrie +' and 'sera(?) de moy lyon(?) est' (f. 122).This is the earlier

• Detail of an historiated initial 'O' of the Sultan of Egypt falling from his horse and breaking his neck whilst out hunting., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

later owned by Firmin-Didot; perhaps bound for him; annotated perhaps by him with several notes concerning the Hospitallers of St John, and '+ de moy patriarche de alexandrie +' and 'sera(?) de moy lyon(?) est' (f. 122).This is the earlier

• Detail of an historiated initial 'M'(ot) of a group of boys with bleeding arms; they include Baldwin IV, who was found to have leprosy., Histoire d'Outremer, continued to 1232

later owned by Firmin-Didot; perhaps bound for him; annotated perhaps by him with several notes concerning the Hospitallers of St John, and '+ de moy patriarche de alexandrie +' and 'sera(?) de moy lyon(?) est' (f. 122).This is the earlier

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, with a decorated initial 'D'(omine) and a full foliate border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Cross., Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, with a Parisian calendar

Quoniam'. If so, the compiler of the inventory mistook the sequence of St. John's Gospel for a prayer to St. John Baptist and the word 'quoniam' has to be taken as the opening word of the second leaf of the

• Miniature of God the Father, with a decorated initial 'D'(omine) and a full foliate border, at the beginning of the Penitential Psalms., Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, with a Parisian calendar

Quoniam'. If so, the compiler of the inventory mistook the sequence of St. John's Gospel for a prayer to St. John Baptist and the word 'quoniam' has to be taken as the opening word of the second leaf of the

• Miniature of the Annunciation to the shepherds, with a decorated initial 'D'(eus) and a full foliate border, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, with a Parisian calendar

Quoniam'. If so, the compiler of the inventory mistook the sequence of St. John's Gospel for a prayer to St. John Baptist and the word 'quoniam' has to be taken as the opening word of the second leaf of the

• Miniature of the Coronation of the Virgin, with a decorated initial 'C'(onverte) and a full foliate border, at the beginning of Compline in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Bourges, with a Parisian calendar

Quoniam'. If so, the compiler of the inventory mistook the sequence of St. John's Gospel for a prayer to St. John Baptist and the word 'quoniam' has to be taken as the opening word of the second leaf of the

• Miniature of the Angel Gabriel appearing before a kneeling Zacharias to announce the birth of John the Baptist', in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour., Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version)

a kneeling Zacharias to announce the birth of John the Baptist', in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. The text is originally a Provencal poem composed between 1288 and 1292 by Matfré Ermengau of Béziers, and is an encyclopaedic compilation

• Miniature of the crucified Christ being offered vinegar to drink; miniature of Christ crucified between the two thieves, with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist at his feet; miniature of the Roman soldiers casting lots for Christ's robes, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour., Breviari d'Amor (Catalan prose version)

of Christ crucified between the two thieves, with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist at his feet; miniature of the Roman soldiers casting lots for Christ's robes, in Matfré Ermengau of Béziers's Breviari d'Amour. The text is originally a