• Detail of a miniature of the Nativity., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Detail of a miniature of the Visitation., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Detail of a miniature of the Crucifixion., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Detail of historiated initial of a nun., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Miniature of the Adoration of the Magi, illuminated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of Sext in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Adoration of the Magi Master of Sir John Fastolf Rouen France, N. E. (Rouen)

• Miniature of the Flight into Egypt, illuminated initial 'D'(eus) and foliate borders, at the beginning of Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Flight into Egypt Master of Sir John Fastolf Rouen France, N. E. (Rouen)

• Miniature of Pentecost, decorated initial 'D'(omine) and foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Holy Spirit., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Pentecost Master of Sir John Fastolf Rouen France, N. E. (Rouen)

• Illuminated initials., Book of Hours, Use effaced, probably Rouen

of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Illuminated initials Master of Sir John Fastolf Rouen France, N. E. (Rouen)

• Decorated initials 'C'(orynthis) and 'P'(oul) at the prologue of 1 Corinthians., Wycliffite New Testament, later version with the usual prologues and table of lections (index tabulae lectionum, capitularia, lists of pericopes)

Decorated initials 'C'(orynthis) and 'P'(oul) at the prologue of 1 Corinthians. Added text written by Richard Smith: the Epistle to the Laodiceans, which is imperfect at the end (f. 284).Added index (f. 285).Horizontal catchwords. Large puzzle initials in red

• Miniature of the Annunciation, decorated initial 'D'(omine), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Miniature of the Visitation, decorated initial 'D'(eus), and full foliate border, at the beginning of Lauds in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Miniature of the Nativity with an angel preparing a bath for the Christ child, decorated initial 'D'(eus), and full foliate border, at the beginning of Prime in the Hours of the Virgin., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Miniature of the Requiem mass, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Hours of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Miniature of the Crucifixion, initial 'O' with a nun in prayer, and a full foliate border, at the beginning of a prayer to Our Lord., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• On the left, illuminated initial, and on the right, a miniature of the Requiem mass, decorated initial 'D'(ilexi), and full foliate border, at the beginning of the Office of the Dead., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Miniature of a burial., Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family')

of Hours, Use of Sarum (the 'Hours of the Umfray Family') Erased entries in the calendar commemorating the marriage of John and Eleanor Umfray in 1453 and the birth of their daughter Joan in the following year: 'Nata fuit Johanna

• Initial 'T' of the dedication of a church., Cutting from an Antiphoner (index Antiphonal, antiphonary)

d. 1836), writer on art and collector: his sale, 11 May 1838, lot 39; purchased by Russell for £1. Reverend John Fuller Russell (b. 1813, d. 1884), ecclesiastical historian: not identifiable in the catalogues of his sales; probably bought from

• Text with diagrams for numerical divination, and fifteen magical characters., Proposiciones; Errores in grammatica, letter to the Archbishop of Corinth; philosophical, scientific and mathematical treatises.

and included 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).Richard Philyp, perhaps

• Detail of illuminated initial 'A'(d dominum cum tribularer), with foliate motifs, at Psalm 119., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward Johnston's 'foundational

• Detail of an illuminated initial 'D'(ixit dominus domino meo), with foliate and knotwork motifs, at Psalm 109., Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald'), in the Gallican version, with a litany (ff. 209-211) followed by prayers (ff. 211-214)

Psalm 109. English saints in the litany include: Alban, Oswald, Kenelm, Edmund, Ethelbert, Cuthbert, Guthlac, Wilfred, John of Beverley, Chad, Erkonwald, Swithun, Birinus, Judoc, Machutus, Etheldreda, Sexburg, Withburg, and Werburg.The script of the Ramsey Psalter formed the basis of Edward