• Detail of a miniature of the Visitation, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Paris (The 'Hours of Nicolas Rolin')

Detail of a miniature of the Visitation, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin. Calendar missing. 38 miniatures in semi-grisaille, in quadrilobed compartments within rectangular frames, accompanied by full foliate borders with dragons, in colours

• Detail of a miniature of the Massacre of the innocents, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Paris (The 'Hours of Nicolas Rolin')

Detail of a miniature of the Massacre of the innocents, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin. Calendar missing. 38 miniatures in semi-grisaille, in quadrilobed compartments within rectangular frames, accompanied by full foliate borders with

• Detail of a miniature of the Crucifixion, at the beginning of the Hours of the Cross., Book of Hours, Use of Paris (The 'Hours of Nicolas Rolin')

Detail of a miniature of the Crucifixion, at the beginning of the Hours of the Cross. Calendar missing. 38 miniatures in semi-grisaille, in quadrilobed compartments within rectangular frames, accompanied by full foliate borders with dragons, in colours and gold

• Detail of the added heraldic arms of Rolin impaling des Landes, in the lower margin of the folio., Book of Hours, Use of Paris (The 'Hours of Nicolas Rolin')

Detail of the added heraldic arms of Rolin impaling des Landes, in the lower margin of the folio. Calendar missing. 38 miniatures in semi-grisaille, in quadrilobed compartments within rectangular frames, accompanied by full foliate borders with dragons, in colours

• Detail of a miniature of the Burial of the dead, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris (The 'Hours of Nicolas Rolin')

Detail of a miniature of the Burial of the dead, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead. Calendar missing. 38 miniatures in semi-grisaille, in quadrilobed compartments within rectangular frames, accompanied by full foliate borders with dragons, in

• Detail of the upper section of the border with a dragon and two fighting men, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris (The 'Hours of Nicolas Rolin')

Detail of the upper section of the border with a dragon and two fighting men, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead. Calendar missing. 38 miniatures in semi-grisaille, in quadrilobed compartments within rectangular frames, accompanied by full

• Detail of the added heraldic arms of Rolin impaling de Lévis, from the lower margin., Book of Hours, Use of Paris (The 'Hours of Nicolas Rolin')

Detail of the added heraldic arms of Rolin impaling de Lévis, from the lower margin. Calendar missing. 38 miniatures in semi-grisaille, in quadrilobed compartments within rectangular frames, accompanied by full foliate borders with dragons, in colours and gold (ff.

• Detail of the right-hand section of the border with birds, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Paris (The 'Hours of Nicolas Rolin')

Detail of the right-hand section of the border with birds, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead. Calendar missing. 38 miniatures in semi-grisaille, in quadrilobed compartments within rectangular frames, accompanied by full foliate borders with dragons, in

• Detail of a miniature of the Assumption of Mary, at the beginning of her suffrage., Book of Hours, Use of Paris (The 'Hours of Nicolas Rolin')

Detail of a miniature of the Assumption of Mary, at the beginning of her suffrage. Calendar missing. 38 miniatures in semi-grisaille, in quadrilobed compartments within rectangular frames, accompanied by full foliate borders with dragons, in colours and gold (ff.

• Detail of a miniature of the Trinity (Gnadenstuhl), from the Hours of the Holy Ghost., Book of Hours, Use of Paris (The 'Hours of Nicolas Rolin')

Detail of a miniature of the Trinity (Gnadenstuhl), from the Hours of the Holy Ghost. Calendar missing. 38 miniatures in semi-grisaille, in quadrilobed compartments within rectangular frames, accompanied by full foliate borders with dragons, in colours and gold (ff.

• Detail of a miniature of the Annunciation to the shepherds, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Paris (The 'Hours of Nicolas Rolin')

Detail of a miniature of the Annunciation to the shepherds, at the beginning of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin. Calendar missing. 38 miniatures in semi-grisaille, in quadrilobed compartments within rectangular frames, accompanied by full foliate borders with

• Historiated initial 'I'(n) with God, Virgin and Child and David harping, at the beginning of the Bible., Bible, with prologues

Historiated initial 'I'(n) with God, Virgin and Child and David harping, at the beginning of the Bible. The Psalms have the 10-part divisions. Glosses, especially dense in Luke. With an added Interpretation of Hebrew names (ff. 331v-356v), a treatise

• Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing harp, in the Bible., Bible, with prologues

Historiated initial 'B'(eatus) with David playing harp, in the Bible. The Psalms have the 10-part divisions. Glosses, especially dense in Luke. With an added Interpretation of Hebrew names (ff. 331v-356v), a treatise on dreams (ff. 356v-364v) and a table

• Miniature of the risen Christ a the Last Judgment, with an illuminated initial 'Q' and a full bar border including a grotesque and a shield of arms., Book of Hours, Use of Paris (The 'Hours of Nicolas Rolin')

Miniature of the risen Christ a the Last Judgment, with an illuminated initial 'Q' and a full bar border including a grotesque and a shield of arms. Calendar missing. 38 miniatures in semi-grisaille, in quadrilobed compartments within rectangular frames,

• 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