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British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
Illuminated initial 'A'(d honorem) at the beginning of John Somer's preface. Part 2 contains a preface by John Somer (ff. 1-2v), and a calendar (ff. 3v-9). The Psalter section (Part 1) includes a litany (ff. 138-143) and the Office of
be identified with John Turke (d. c. 1561), warden of the Company of Stationers of London in 1558.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Table of eclipses John Somer England
White vine initial 'C'(aius) with foliate extension. f. 1* is a former pastedown.5 large white vine initials have been excised (ff. 50, 71, 89, 110, 134). Vertical catchwords. Ruled in hardpoint.Wants the first section of text; starts at Epistolae
Illuminated intial 'A'(rma) and foliate bar border. Vertical catchwords.Ruled in crayon.ff. [i], [197] are parchment leaves pasted to marbled paper flyleaves.ff. [ii-iv], [195-196] are ruled parchment leaves.A large triangular section has been trimmed off the upper half of f.
Illuminated initial 'O'(ceanu). Vertical catchwords.Ruled in crayon.ff. [i], [197] are parchment leaves pasted to marbled paper flyleaves.ff. [ii-iv], [195-196] are ruled parchment leaves.A large triangular section has been trimmed off the upper half of f. [iii]. Vestiges of an
Text page with colophon of Franciscus de Camuciis supplied by Bartolomeo Sanvito in epigraphic captials. Vertical catchwords.Ruled in crayon.ff. [i], [197] are parchment leaves pasted to marbled paper flyleaves.ff. [ii-iv], [195-196] are ruled parchment leaves.A large triangular section has
Detail of Illuminated initial 'O'. Vertical catchwords.Ruled in crayon.ff. [i], [197] are parchment leaves pasted to marbled paper flyleaves.ff. [ii-iv], [195-196] are ruled parchment leaves.A large triangular section has been trimmed off the upper half of f. [iii]. Vestiges
of John. 'Linguistic and hagiographical indications in the Harley Hours suggest that the manuscript was made somewhere along the Netherlandish-German border area of the Lower Rhine.' (Marrow 1978, p. 592).Calendar with saints related to the dioceses of Utrecht, Liège and